The Kremlin Cup (Russian: Кубок Кремля, romanizedKubok Kremlja) is an annual pool tournament held in the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia which has been held since 2011. Ruslan Chinachov has won the most times, winning the event in both 2014 and 2015. The tournament takes place in parallel to a Russian pyramid event of the same name also held in Moscow. The event was a nine-ball tournament in the inaugural 2011 edition, but changed to ten-ball in 2012.[1]

Winners

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Year Winner Score Finalist Semi-finalists Discipline
2011[2]   Nick Malai 11–8   Mika Immonen   Alexander Kazakis Nine-ball
  Ruslan Chinachov
2012[3]   Mateusz Śniegocki 8–6   Denis Grabe   Nikos Ekonomopoulos Ten-ball
  Alexander Kazakis
2013[4]   Thorsten Hohmann 9–7   Konstantin Stepanov   Denis Grabe
  Nick Malai
2014[5]   Ruslan Chinachov 8–7   Evgeny Stalev   Fedor Gorst
  Niels Feijen
2015[6]   Ruslan Chinachov 9–8   Mika Immonen   Sanjin Pehlivanović
  Thorsten Hohmann
2016[7]   Alexander Kazakis 9–6   Thorsten Hohmann   Dsmitryj Tschuprou
  Ralf Souquet
2017[8]   David Alcaide 9–6   Alexander Kazakis   Nick van den Berg
  Eklent Kaçi
2018[9]   Niels Feijen 8–7   Alexander Kazakis   Albin Ouschan
  Fedor Gorst
2019[10]   Tyler Styer 8–7   David Alcaide   Shane Van Boening
  Aleksa Pecelj
2021   Babken Melkonyan 9–7   Konstantin Zolotilov   Dimitris Loukatos
  Konstantin Stepanov

Top Performers

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Name Nationality Winner Runner-Up Semi-final
or better
Ruslan Chinachov   Russia 2 0 3
Alexander Kazakis   Greece 1 2 5
Thorsten Hohmann   Germany 1 3
Nick Malai   Albania 0 2
Niels Feijen   Netherlands

References

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  1. ^ "THE KREMLIN CUP & NATIONAL BILLIARDS LEAGUE JOIN MATCHROOM NINEBALL WORLD RANKINGS". Matchroom Pool. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Международный бильярдный турнир «Кубок Кремля 2011», пул". tournamentservice.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Международный бильярдный турнир «Кубок Кремля 2012», пул «10»". tournamentservice.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Международный бильярдный турнир «Кубок Кремля» 2013 (Пул10)". tournamentservice.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  5. ^ "IX Международный турнир по бильярдному спорту "Кубок Кремля", пул-10". tournamentservice.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  6. ^ "X Международный бильярдный турнир "Кубок Кремля", Пул 10". tournamentservice.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  7. ^ "XI Международный бильярдный турнир "Кубок Кремля", Пул 10". tournamentservice.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  8. ^ "XII Международный бильярдный турнир "Кубок Кремля", Пул 10". tournamentservice.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  9. ^ "XIII Международный бильярдный турнир "Кубок Кремля". Пул". tournamentservice.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  10. ^ "XIV Международный бильярдный турнир "Кубок Кремля". Пул". tournamentservice.net (in Russian). Retrieved 21 September 2019.