15. 09. 2015 Balk-line specialists for Euro GP in Prague

Article reposted from Kozoom

Author Frits Bakker

http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/balk-line-specialists-for-euro-gp-in-prague.html

PRAGUE - The specialists in the balk-line disciplines are invited for the Euro Grand Prix in 71/2 from 2 to 4 October. The tournament will be held in Zizkov near Prague. The inscriptions are still open until 4th September. Maximum participation is 36 players. The venue: Sokol Žižkov (Koněvova 19, Prague 3), the organization in collaboration with BC Vitkov Prague, TJ Sokol Žižkov and Czech billiard federation. The Frenchman Jean Pierre Guiraud is the tournament director on behalf of the European Billards federation CEB. The organization will distribute three wildcards. The 24 players at the European championships in Brandenburg in this discipline will have priority for inscription.

The matches will be played on four match tables, the 36 players are divided into twelve groups of three. The winners of the groups and the four best runners-up qualify for the final round. The match length is 150 in the group stage, 200 in the final rounds. The winner will be rewarded by 2000 euros, the number two 1000, the numbers three and four 600, 250 euros for 5 to 8, 125 for nine to 16.

The tournament starts on Friday 2 with the opening ceremony at 13.30. The group stage will start at 14.00, four rounds are played on Friday. Final rounds are scheduled for Saturday, the quarterfinals Sunday at 10:00 am, the semi-finals at 12.00 and the final at 15.00.

The tournament is important for players to gather points for the European ranking in this discipline.er

Do not miss this wonderful tournament, register to perform on this stage or come to watch the experts in balk-line.

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Player list

1 CUENCA Raul ES
2 BACA Adam CZ
3 GERASSIMOPOULOS Nicolas GR
4 NIESSEN Patrick BE
5 FAUS Marek CZ
6 FLORENT Jean-François FR
7 LEGROS Benoît FR
8 PETIT Johann FR
9 RIEDEL Arnd DE
10 DESSAINT Pascal FR
11 ZIOGAS Janis CZ
12 RACEK Milan CZ
13 KOZAK Adam CZ
14 HOZEK Ondrej CZ
15 MELERSKI Markus DE
16 DUPONT Patrick FR
17 GOMEZ Alvaro ES
18 CAREAUX Olivier FR
19 VAN DEN BOOGAARD Harrie NL
20 GIL MARTINEZ Alejandro ES
21 VILLIERS Bernard FR
22 VENDITTELLI Fabio FR
23 BOT Germ NL
24 VAN ETTEN Sam NL
25 DJOUBRI Brahim FR
26 JACQUET David FR
27 TRUKSA Otakar CZ

Groups:

A:
CUENCA Raul ES
MELERSKI Markus DE
CAREAUX Olivier FR

B:
BACA Adam CZ
GOMEZ Alvaro ES
VENDITTELLI Fabio FR

C:
GERASSIMOPOULOS Nicolas GR
GIL MARTINEZ Alejandro ES
DESSAINT Pascal FR

D:
NIESSEN Patrick BE
DJOUBRI Brahim FR
ZIOGAS Janis CZ

E:
FAUS Marek CZ
TRUKSA Otakar CZ
JACQUET David FR

F:
FLORENT Jean-François FR
VAN DEN BOOGAARD Harrie NL
KOZÁK Adam CZ

G:
LEGROS Benoît FR
VAN ETTEN Sam NL
HOŠEK Ondřej CZ

H:
PETIT Johann FR
RÁČEK Milan CZ
DUPONT Patrick FR

I:
RIEDEL Arnd DE
VILLIERS Bernard FR
BOT Germ NL

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