SCHILTIGHEIM - The multiple European and French champion Agipi will be launched for the team competition on Thursday for a home match against Albert. On the same evening the teams of Laxou and Gravelines meet in Laxou.
These are matches for the first round of the competition in which Kozoom and Andernos already played forward (6-2 victory Kozoom).
For their first encounters, the champion team of Agipi and the runner-up Laxou both are in the strongest line-up.
Torbjörn Blomdahl, in a shiny form in recent months, faces in the home match the experienced Belgian Martin Spoormans. Martin Horn plays against another Belgian, Ronny Daniels. Pierre Soumagne, who gained rhytme in the Anag Cup in the Czech Republic, will meet his compatriot Frederick Roelants.
For the Albert team, the two Belgian leaders have a difficult mission. Peter Ceulemans battles against Frédéric Caudron, his teammate in the Belgian league. Kurt Ceulemans is looking for a good result against Marco Zanetti. Two young Frenchmen play at table three: Jérémy Bury against Cédric Melnytschenko.
The schedule:
Laxou-Gravelines:
17.00: Eric Kremer-Leclaire (Laxou) - Gilles Stopin (Gravelines)
Pierre Soumagne (Laxou) Frederick Roelants (Gravelines)
19h: Martin Horn (Laxou) Ronny Daniels (Gravelines)
Torbjörn Blomdahl (Laxou) Martin Spoormans (Gravelines)
Agipi-Albert
17.00: Jean-Christophe Roux (Agipi)-Kevin Perrotin (Albert)
Jérémy Bury (Agipi) Cédric Melnytschenko (Albert)
19h: Marco Zanetti (Agipi) Kurt Ceulemans (Albert)
Frédéric Caudron (Agipi)-Peter Ceulemans (Albert).
The match Agipi-Albert will be broadcasted on Kozoom for members.