DOUAI-CARVIN TAKES THE TITLE AWAY FROM DOUARNENEZ
What an exciting day we had in the Espace Jules Verne in Douarnenez!
Today the semifinals of the Coupe d'Europe Classic were played as planned.
The plot twist happened in the morning in the first semifinal when the Austria team of Wiener BA ruined the dream of the sixth title in a row for the home team of Douarnenez. Arnim Kahofer won his 1-Cushion match against Gregory Le Deventec while Raymund Swertz equalized with a win over Michael Hikl in 71/2. The decider match in 47/2 was a victory for the Austrian Patrick Andre over Marek Faus. Wiener BA was therefore the first to reach the final.
The second semifinal was interrupted after 2 games were secured by Douai-Carvin and nothing else could be done by the Dutch team of De Hazelaar. Frederic Caudron won Eric Dericks in 1-Cushion and Patrick Niessen beat Jordy Kanters in 47/2 for Douai-Carvin. The third match between Michael Hikl and Pascal Dessaint in 71/2 was interrupted.
In the final the French team of Douai-Carvin faced the Austrian of Wiener BA. There were moments of suspense when Frederic Caudron closed the 1-Cushion match to 120 points and Arnim Kahofer in the equalization shot reached 119 points, but he failed the last points. Then Patrick Niessen won the 47/2 against Patrick Andre making the third match (Hikl and Dessaint) uninfluent and Douai-Carvin could finally celebrate the title. For Frederic Caudron is the first gold in the Coupe d'Europe Classic, he got bronze and silver in 2011 and 2012 with the Spanish of Centelles. Patrick Niessen already won this trophy 6 times in the past with the Dutch team of Cubti / Etikon. For Dessaint it's a first time. This is also the second time on the podium for an Austrian team after the bronze of last season for the national representative which included Kahofer and Hikl.
Final standings:
1st: Douai-Carvin (France)
2nd: Wiener BA (Austria)
3rd: Douarnenez Valdys (France) and De Hazelaar (The Netherlands)
Check the CEB info page for all teams compositions, results, schedules.
Photo credit: Doucet Benoit DSB29 Douarnenez
THE COUPE D'EUROPE CLASSIC 2025 HAS ITS SEMIFINALISTS
In front of a crowdy venue the qualifications groups are just finished and the semifinalists are now known.
The defending champions of Douarnenez Valdys won the group A with a full score; runner up is the Dutch team De Hazelaar/GJ Billiards.
In group B the second French team of Douai-Carvin was the best; Wiener Billard Assoziation finishes second.
Tomorrow's semifinals:
At 9:30 Douarnenez Valdys (FR) vs Wiener BA (AT)
At 12:00 Douai-Carvin (FR) vs De Hazelaar/GJ Billiards (NL)
The whole event is live on Kozoom with Premium Pass.
Check the CEB info page for all teams compositions, results, schedules.
Photo credit: Doucet Benoit DSB29 Douarnenez
DOUARNENEZ AND DOUAI-CARVIN LEADING THE RANKING IN THE COUPE D'EUROPE CLASSIC
After two days of competition in the Espace Jules Verne in Douarnenez the final ranking of the qualification groups begins to show a clear trend.
The local team and defending champion is unbeaten in group A, even at singles games, thus leading the group with a full score: 4 match points and 12 individual game points. It is worth to note a match by Raymund Swertz against Gert Jan Veldhuizen (De Hazelaar): 200 points in 1 inning in 30 minutes and 50 seconds.
Dutch team of De Hazelaar is second and German team of Bfr.Sterkade is third; both with two match points and 4 individual points, the Dutch team has a lightly better average. They will face each other tomorrow for the second place in this group. The CB Punt d'Atac from Spain has zero match points and no more chance to advance.
In group B Douai-Carvin (France) is leading with 4 matchpoints and 10 individual game points. Frederic Caudron runs 81 in a 1-Cushion match against Nico Van Hanegem (BC Noorderkempen, Belgium). The Austrian team of Wiener BA is the runner up with 2 match points and 8 individual game points. ABC Merklinde has 2 match points and 4 individual game points. BC Noorderkempen is fourth with zero points. Tomorrow Douai-Carvin will play ABC Merklinde and Wiener AB will play BC Noorderkempen.
All teams have one group match left to play tomorrow.
The whole event is live on Kozoom with Premium Pass.
Check the CEB info page for all teams compositions, results, schedules.
Photo credit: Doucet Benoit DSB29 Douarnenez
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.
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