Euro de snooker - Anja Vandenbussche échoue aux portes de la finale

7 octobre 2025

Cody Liu racks snooker balls for his son, the Hong Kong born snooker player Shaun Liu, aged 15, as he practices in the Ding Junhui Snooker Academy in the centre of Sheffield, northern England on September 10, 2025. Since 1977 the Snooker World Championship has been held every year in Sheffield's 980-seat Crucible Theatre, with an estimated 500 million spectators watching the televised broadcast across 150 countries. China's Zhao Xintong is the reigning World Snooker Champion, the first Asian player to win the title, whilst China's Bai Yulu is the reigning winner of the World Women's Snooker Championship. Snooker remains incredibly popular in China, with around 50 million people playing the game and approximately 300,000 snooker clubs, however many professional Chinese players are based in Sheffield, England as the widely-acknowledged home of the sport. Oli SCARFF / AFP

Vandenbussche, 52 ans, avait d'abord sorti la Roumaine Monica Manolache sur le score de 3-0 en huitièmes de finale avant d'éliminer la Lettone Tatjana Vasiljeva, championne d'Europe 2012, en quarts de finale (4-2). En demi-finale, Vandebussche a subi la loi d'une autre Lettone Anna Prysazhnuka (WWS 49) sur le score de 4-1.

Prysazhnuka avait remporté l"Euro en 2023, privant alors Wendy Jans (WWS 19) d'un cinquième titre.