
THE COUPE D'EUROPE CLASSIC BEGINS IN FEW DAYS IN DOUARNENEZ, FRANCE.
The French pictoresque seaside city of Douarnenez in the Bretagne region is the place to be for the lovers of classic disciplines.
This week, from Thursday 27th until Sunday 30th, the Coupe D'Europe Classic will take place in the Espace Jules Verne.
The local team (Douarnenez Valdys) is the organizer under the auspices of the Federation Francaise de Billard and the CEB. Douarnenez team won this trophy 5 times in a row since 2018 and they will try to continue this succesfull streak.
For the fifth time they will defend the title in their home venue; the line up is the same of last season: Gregory Le Deventec, Raymund Swertz, Marek Faus, Louis Edelin.
8 teams representing 6 nations will compete divided in 2 groups of 4. Best two of each group will advance to the semifinals.
Douarnenez is number one in group A together with the Spanish of CB Punt d'Atac, Dutch De Hazelaar and BFR Sterkade from Germany.
Douai - Carvin (Frederic Caudron, Patrick Niessen and Pascal Dessaint) is number one in group B with Wiener BA from Austria, ABC Merklinde from Germany and the Belgian of BC Noorderkempen.
Each match is made up by three games: 1-Cushion, Balkline 47/2 and Balkline 71/2. Teams are free to choose the player of each discipline in each game.
The games are played on Simonis cloths with Aramith billiard balls.
The whole event is live on Kozoom with Premium Pass.
Check the CEB info page for all teams compositions, results, schedules.