2018 Veldhoven Open

The Dynamic Billard Veldhoven Open 2018 (sometimes known as the 2018 Netherlands Open) was the third Euro Tour 9-Ball pool event in 2018.^[2] The event was won by Austria's Mario He who defeated Albania's Eklent Kaçi 9–8 in the final. By making the final, Eklent had made the semifinal or better of four straight events.

2018 Veldhoven Open

Tournament information
Dates	2–4 August 2018
Venue	NH Hotel Koningshof,
City	Veldhoven
Country	Netherlands
Organisation(s)	Euro Tour
Format	Single Elimination, Double elimination
Total prize fund	€36,000
Winner's share	€4,500
Final
Champion	Mario He
Runner-up	Eklent Kaçi
Score	9–8[1]
← 2017 2019 →

The previous years champion Ruslan Tschinachow did not reach the last 32 stage.

Tournament format

The event saw a total of 228 players compete, in a double-elimination knockout tournament, until the last 32 stage; where the tournament was contested as single elimination.^[3]

Prize fund

The tournament prize fund was similar to that of other Euro Tour events, with €4,500 for the winner of the event.^[4]

	Prize Money
Winner	4.500 €
Finalist	3.000 €
Semifinalist	1.750 €
quarterfinalist	1.250 €
last 16	1.000 €
Last 32	500 €
33–48 Place	250 €
Total	36.000 €

Tournament results

^[3][4]

	1st Round				2nd Round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	Dimitri Jungo	9
	Wiktor Zieliński	5
					Dimitri Jungo	7
					Konstantin Stepanow	9
	Konstantin Stepanow	9
	Tomasz Kapłan	7
									Konstantin Stepanow	7
									Mario He	9
	Fedor Gorst	6
	Mario He	9
					Mario He	9
					Iker-Andoni Echeverria	8
	Philipp Stojanović	7
	Iker-Andoni Echeverria	9
													Mario He	9
													Niels Feijen	1
	Niels Feijen	9
	Bruno Sousa	4
					Niels Feijen	9
					Albin Ouschan	6
	Albin Ouschan	9
	Ivar Saris	8
									Niels Feijen	9
									Maxim Dudanez	2
	Miguel Silva	9
	Marek Kudlik	5
					Miguel Silva	6
					Maxim Dudanez	9
	Mateusz Śniegocki	7
	Maxim Dudanez	9
																	Mario He	9
																	Eklent Kaçi	8
	Konrad Juszczyszyn	8
	Marc Bijsterbosch	9
					Marc Bijsterbosch	9
					Jani Uski	4
	Pijus Labutis	7
	Jani Uski	9
									Marc Bijsterbosch	2
									Eklent Kaçi	9
	Alexander Kazakis	4
	Eklent Kaçi	9
					Eklent Kaçi	9
					Francisco Sánchez	3
	Daniele Corrieri	7
	Francisco Sánchez	9
													Eklent Kaçi	9
													David Alcaide	7
	Ralf Souquet	9
	Oliver Szolnoki	7
					Ralf Souquet	6
					David Alcaide	9
	Mariusz Skoneczny	4
	David Alcaide	9
									David Alcaide	9
									Kim Laaksonen	7
	Wojciech Szewczyk	7
	Kim Laaksonen	9
					Kim Laaksonen	9
					Joshua Filler	4
	Petri Makkonen	2
	Joshua Filler	9