European Disability Snooker Championship Finals Set in Sofia
The eight finals at the 2026 European Disability Snooker Championship are confirmed following four days of action in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The third staging of the European Disability Snooker Championship has seen 45 players from 11 nations competing for glory across eight classification groups.
Eight champions will be crowned on Thursday with the action set to get underway from 10:00 EEST.
Dave Beaumont vs. Tony Southern
Dave Beaumont and Tony Southern will meet in the wheelchair final of the European Championship for a third successive year.
The 58-year-old Beaumont is one of two players, along with Andy Lam, aiming to win a third European crown and maintain a 100% record in the prestigious event.
Beaumont, who is the current world number one, is yet to lose a frame in Sofia and boasts an 18-2 head-to-head record over his title match opponent – although Southern’s most recent success over him did come on the European stage in last year’s group stages.
Andy Lam vs. Adam Wilk
Andy Lam is also looking to complete a memorable European Championship hat-trick on Thursday as he meets the recently-crowned World Abilitysport Guttman Games gold medalist Adam Wilk.
It is the first ever WDBS final meeting between the cueists from Hong Kong China and Poland with Wilk holding a 4-2 head-to-head record lead over the two-time defending European champion.
In their group stage meeting, Wilk took a 2-0 lead with a break of 41 before dramatically losing out to Lam in a deciding frame.
Carl Gibson vs. Archie Buskin
Two-time world champion Carl Gibson will take on the youngest ever European Disability Snooker Championship finalist Archie Buskin in tomorrow’s Group 4 title match.
Gibson, who won the European title in 2024, has lost just a single frame in the event so far and has never lost to Buskin in their five previous meetings.
The teenager has already caused an upset, however, by defeating the 2026 World Championship runner-up Yannick Piscador in the semi-finals and will be looking to make more history in his first ever WDBS final.
Dave Bolton vs. Dalton Lawrence
Dave Bolton is aiming to make history in Sofia by winning the 18th WDBS title of his career and equalling the all-time record set by World Snooker Tour (WST) Hall of Fame inductee Daniel Blunn.
Bolton is looking to regain the title he previously won in 2024 and meets Dalton Lawrence in a repeat of that final in Albufeira, Portugal two years ago.
The current world number one holds an emphatic 25-1 lead in the head-to-head record over Lawrence, but the former runner-up did earn his sole victory over Bolton on the European stage in 2025 and will be looking for a repeat result on Thursday.
Nicklas Olsen vs. Niall Pollitt
Denmark’s Nicklas Olsen remains on course to successfully defend the European Championship crown after reaching the final without losing a frame.
Standing in his way is Ireland’s Niall Pollitt, who dramatically defeated his brother Aidan in a semi-final decider to reach the first WDBS final of his career – three years on from his debut event.
Olsen, who was crowned world champion for the first time earlier this year, has never failed to win a WDBS tournament that he has entered and won the only previous meeting with Pollitt 2-0 earlier this week.
James Hart vs. Matthew Haslam
The current world champion will meet the former European champion in the Group 6B final in Sofia tomorrow.
Hart, aged 37, won the biggest title of his career in Thailand earlier this year and will be looking to add European glory to his CV after defeating former world number one Leroy Williams in the semi-finals.
Between Hart and a famous WDBS double is Haslam – the current world number one who won this prestigious title in Portugal in 2024. Haslam boasts an 11-3 advantage in the head-t0-head records, including victories in their two previous title match meetings.
Dylan Rees vs. Nikolay Hristov
Reigning two-time world champion Dylan Rees will be looking to add the European Championship title to his list of achievements when he meets Bulgarian debutant Nikolay Hristov in the Group 7 final.
Both players are making their debut at the European Championship and they are each looking to become the first cueist from their respective nations to win the prestigious event.
Their only previous meeting took place in the group stages of this tournament with Rees securing a 2-0 victory with a break of 46.
Kristof De Bruyn vs. Lewis Knowles
Defending European champion Lewis Knowles takes on former world champion Kristof De Bruyn in the final of the deaf classification group.
It is the 12th meeting in WDBS competitions between the players from England and Belgium, with Knowles holding the 7-4 head-to-head advantage heading into tomorrow’s title match.
De Bruyn, who won the World Championship crown in 2025, defeated Knowles in the group stage in Sofia and will be aiming for a repeat result on Thursday.
You can follow live scores from all matches via WPBSA SnookerScores and watch the action on Table 9 and Table 10 on the WPBSA YouTube channel.
