MARCO ZANETTI WINS IN SHARM EL SHEIKH
The 2024 World Cup circuit closes in Sharm El Sheikh with a victory of the Italian Maestro. The tension has risen high in the last shots of the final, when Eddy Merckx (Belgium) run 15 to catch Zanetti close to the finish line (46-46). With iron nerves Zanetti replied with 4 and closed the match. Zanetti is also the author of the best run (19) of the tournament.
For Zanetti (62) this is the fifth World Cup victory in his long career, the last one it was also in Sharm in 2019. Bronze medals for Torbjorn Blomdahl (Sweden) and Hong Chiem Thai (Vietnam).
The results in Sharm also decided the final ranking of the 2024 World Cup Season: the winner is Dick Jaspers (Netherlands), second place for Q.C.Tran (Vietnam) and third place for Tayfun Tasdemir (Turkiye).
The CEB is proud to congratulate all of its athletes!
Read more on UMB Website.
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SHARM EL SHEIKH WORLD CUP: EUROPE STILL DOMINATES
Three emblematic players of the Old Continent will fight for the best seats on the podium of the Sharm El Sheikh World Cup: Marco Zanetti, Torbjorn Blomdahl and Eddy Merckx. The fourth is the young Vietnamese Hong Chiem Thai.
The first semifinal will be Merckx - Thai, tomorrow at 10:00 AM local time.
The second semifinal is a classic one: Zanetti - Blomdahl, tomorrow at 12:30 AM local time.
The final is scheduled at 4:00 PM.
Dick Jaspers won the battle for the top of the World Cup 2024 circuit; he lost in the last 16 to the young Thai, but Q.C.Tran, the only possible contender, did the same to M.W.Cho.
All details available on UMB Website.
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SHARM EL SHEIKH IS HOSTING THE LAST WORLD CUP OF 2024.
The 7th and last World Cup of the 2024 period began this morning in the Park Recency Resort on the Red Sea.
At stake there are the top position on the three UMB ranking which Dick Jaspers is currently leading: the World Players Ranking, the UMB Events Ranking and the 2024 World Cup Season Ranking. Q.C.Tran is the main contender for the top position in the 2024 World Cup ranking, with same points of the Dutch champion but second in the ranking.
The CEB seeded players in the last 32 main tournament are: Dick Jaspers, Eddy Merckx, Martin Horn, Tayfun Tasdemir, Marco Zanetti, Torbjorn Blomdahl, Tolgahan Kiraz. They will be on the tables on Thursday 5th. More players from CEB federations will start in the last qualification round on Wednesday 4th: De Bruijn, Kostistanski, Jorissen, Caudron, Van Etten, Salman, Karakurt Omer and Berkay, Costa, Bury, Polychronopoulos, Legazpi, Ceulemans, Hofman. Many others will deal with the pre-qualification rounds started today. Semifinals and final are scheduled for Saturday 7th.
Full details, streaming and results are available on UMB website.
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