Day 5 of the Mens EBSA Snooker Championships here in the Ramada Hotel Sofia saw the start of the knock out rounds for our five Republic of Ireland players Stephen Bateman, Brendan O Donoghue, TJ Dowling, Greg Casey and Noel Landers and at the end of play we have two Irish stars standing with Brendan O Donoghue and Greg Casey in the last 16 round tomorrow.

• Last 81 Round

Stephen Bateman was beaten 4-3 by Kishan Hirani from Wales with top breaks of 54 and 55. View Score Card

In the same round Noel Landers had a good 4-1 win over Joseph Casha from Malta with top breaks of 56 and 116. View Score Card   

TJ Dowling also had an impressive win when he beat local player Teodor Chomovski from Bulgaria 4-0 with a top break of 116. View Score Card

• Last 64 Round 

Noel Landers had a great 4-2 win over Andreas Ploner from Austria. View Score Card  

TJ Dowling beat last years runner up Andres Petrov Estonia 4 frames to 3 in an exciting match coming back from 1-3 down. View Score Card

Greg Casey beat Kishan Hirani from Wales 4-0 with good tactical snooker. View Score Card  

Brendan O Donoghue played the match of the day when he made two century breaks 100 and 129 in beating Zsolt Fenyvesi from Hungary 4-3. View Score Card

• Last 32 Round 

Noel Landers was beaten by Brian Cini from Malta 4 frames to 2 in a good match. View Score Card  

Brendan O Donoghue beat Jani Kananen from Finland 4 frames to nil with a top break of 93. View Score Card

TJ Dowling was beaten by Ivan Kakovskii from Russia 4 frames to 1. View Score Card

Greg Casey beat Felix Frede from Germany in the last match of the night 4 frames to 2 in a excellent match with a top break of 91. View Score Card

Action begins again at 10am local time with the last 16 when Brendan will play Andrew Pagett from Wales and Greg will play Fasser Patrick from Scotland this will be followed by the Q Finals and then the Semi Finals in the evening.

COME ON IRELAND!!!!!!!!!!

• CLICK KNOCK OUT DRAW

Click below on each RIBSA players name for their Group results.

CLICK all the links to Live Scoring, Live Streaming, Groups, High Breaks, Match Times and Results in the Men’s Championship.

• Men’s Championship – RIBSA Players

Stephen Bateman – Results

Brendan O Donoghue – Results

TJ Dowling – Results 

Greg Casey – Results 

Noel Landers – Results

• Good Luck Team Ireland

RIBSA would like to wish all the RIBSA players good luck in the European Championships in Sofia. You can follow all the and action from all the events on www.ebsa.tv