S.L. Benfica (billiards)

Benfica

Full name	Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Founded	2 November 1938
Manager	Vasco Manuel da Cruz Gomes
League	Portuguese Billiards League
2011–12	1st at Snooker, American Pool, Women's Pool
Website	Club home page

Active departments of Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Football	Futsal	Basketball
Roller hockey	Handball	Volleyball
Rugby union	Athletics	Swimming
Table tennis	Billiards	Canoeing

Sport Lisboa e Benfica is a semi-professional billiards team based in Lisbon, Portugal. Benfica compete in the Portuguese Billiards League, in carom billiards (three-cushion), pool (eight-ball and nine-ball), and snooker events. The team is almost exclusively composed of Portuguese players. They play at the Estádio da Luz in a 202 square meters room with 4 professional pool tables and a 50 people stand.

History

The billiard section was created in 1938–39 with players like Alvaro Figueiredo de Lima, Maximiano Varges Henrique da Costa Santos and Aguinaldo Cacho. The section continued to grow and in the sixties it won its first regional title in 66/67 and by 69 its first National Championship. Also in 69 it participated for the first time into the CEB European Three-cushion Championship.

Between 1983 and 2000, Benfica won most of its titles, 10 Regional Championships, 6 National Championships, 2 Portuguese Cups and 3 Supercups.

In 2002/03, Benfica hired Dick Jaspers, Dion Nelin, Henrique Penalva, Jaime Faraco in an attempt to win the CEB European Three-cushion Championship but it only managed a second place. ^[1]

In 2011/12, Benfica won a combined number of 13 titles, 9 for teams.^[2]

Honours (Men)

According to the official website^[3]

Three Cushin

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Billiards Championship

Winners (9): 1968–69, 1970–71, 1976–77, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1994–95

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Billiards Cup

Winners (2): 1992–93, 1999–00

• Portuguese Three-cushion Men's Billiards Super Cup

Winners (3): 1992–93, 1994–95, 1997–98

• Lisbon Regional Three-cushion Men's Billiards Championship

Winners (15): 1966–67, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95

• CEB European Three-cushion Championship:

Runners-up: 2002–03

Pool

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• Portuguese Pool Men's Billiards Cup

Winners (1): 2010–11, 2011–12

• Portuguese Pool Men's Billiards Super Cup

Winners (3): 2011–12

American Pool

^[6]

• Portuguese American Pool Men's Billiards Championship

Winners (1): 2011–12

• Portuguese American Pool Men's Billiards Cup

Winners (1): 2010–11, 11–12

• Portuguese American Pool Men's Billiards Super Cup

Winners (1): 2011–12

Snooker

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• Portuguese Snooker Men's Billiards Championship

Winners (2): 2011–12, 2013–14

• Portuguese Snooker Men's Billiards Championship
• Winners (2): 2013, 2014

Honours (Women)

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Pool

• Portuguese Pool Women's Billiards Championship

Winners (1): 2011–12

• Portuguese Pool Women's Billiards Cup

Winners (1): 2010–11, 2011–12

Current squad

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Name Nat. Sport practised António Rodrigues Three-cushion António Figueiredo Three-cushion Carlos Marques Three-cushion Carlos Venda Three-cushion Fernando Maia Three-cushion Fernando Tomás Three-cushion Guerra Santos Three-cushion Henrique Louro Three-cushion Joaquim Torres Three-cushion João Silva Three-cushion-Snooker José Antunes Three-cushion Jorge Ribeiro Three-cushion Mário Chaves Three-cushion Rui Vasconcelos Three-cushion Vasco Gomes Three-cushion

Name Nat. Sport practised Henrique Correia Pool-American Pool-Snooker João Grilo Pool-American Pool-Snooker Jorge Tinoco Pool-American Pool Nuno Santos Pool-American Pool-Snooker Pedro France Pool-American Pool Rui Edgar Pool-American Pool Ana Oliveira Pool Ana Pires Pool Anna Gradisnik Pool Helena Moreira Pool Lídia Moreira Pool Marta Tavares Pool Sara Rocha Pool

Name Nat. Sport practised Filipe Correia Pool Ivan Coelho Pool João Costa Pool Klemen Gradisnik Pool Mauro Marianito Pool Sérgio Almeida Pool

Notable past athletes

Alvaro Figueiredo de Lima Maximiano Varges Henrique da Costa Santos Aguinaldo Cacho Manuel Rodriguez José Tavares Alvaro Lima Artur Ribeiro Eduardo Martins

José Alabern Alvaro Araujo de Oliveira Alfredo Ferraz Jorge Pinto Dr. Joaquim Lourenço Gago João Pereira Manuel Barroso Sanchez Victor Hugo Leal

Vladimiro Correia Monteiro Carlos Alberto França Ilídio Gomes Mário Machado Vladimiro Monteiro Mário Ribeiro Victor Hugo Leal

Technical staff

^[10]

Name	Nat.	Job
Sr. Porfírio José da Silva		Financial Manager
Sr. João Maria Marinho de Abreu		Infrastructures Area
Eng.º Eduardo Lucas Paixão		Informatics, Communication and Marketing Area
Sr. Ricardo Jorge Veloso Simões		Pool Area

References

1. History of Benfica's Billiards (Portuguese)
2. "Benfica win's 12 titles". SL Benfica.pt. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
3. "Honors". SL Benfica.pt. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
4. "Men's Pool 10/11 season". Serbenfiquista.com. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
5. "Men's Pool 11/12 season". Portal Bilhar.com. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
6. "American Pool 11–12 season". Portal Bilhar.com. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
7. "Snooker 11/12 season". Portal Bilhar.com. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
8. "Women's Pool 11/12 season". Portal Bilhar.com. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
9. "Current squad". Slbenfica.pt. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
10. "Team Technical Staff". Slbenfica.pt. Retrieved 2012-08-24.

External links

• Official website (Portuguese)