11/22/2016
MARSEILLE - The European top players in artistic billiards meet each other at the CEB Grand Prix in Marseille this week. The Turk Serdar Gümüs, who leads the European ranking ahead of Walter Bax from Belgium and Jean Reverchon from France, is one of the major contenders for the victory in the tournament, which is played in the billiard room SABM, Rue Pavillon in Marseille.
Serdar Gümüs, who defends his European title in Brandenburg next year, has a 21 points advantage over Walter Bax on the ranking and 30 points over Jean Reverchon. The Dutchman Sander Jonen misses an international Grand Prix for the first time in 25 years after a tough jaw-surgery, which still requires a long period of recovery.
The Spaniard Xavier Fonellosa was the winner at last year's Grand Prix in Marseille followed by Serdar Gümüs. Jean Reverchon won the tournament two years ago.
The qualifications start on Thursday, November 24th and will be closed on Friday. Then the sixteen players who have qualified meet each other as of 16.00. On Saturday, November 26 is the second part of the round, the quarters start at 16.00. The semi-finals are on Sunday at 10.00 pm, the finals at 14.30.
The results will be published on the website of the French Federation www.ffbillard.com and also in the website of the club organizer www.sabm-marseille.fr .The group format in which is played to 60 figures: Group A: Eric Daelman, Manfred Hekerle, Patrice Creuzot Group B: Kevin Tran, Hector Cuadrado, Richard Isaac Group C: Rene Dericks, Emrah Tac, Jean-Paul Sinanian Group D: Jacques Jaumotte, David Keller Group E: Laszio Toth, Olivier Panis, Claude Pacetti, Lemesle Group F: Jean-Luc Miller, Stephane Meschi, Sergio Sanchez, Wilms.
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