BRANDENBURG AN DER HAVEL - The four semi-finalists at the European Championships in the discipline one cushion have started off the fifth day of the tournament at 9.00. The Belgian Frédéric Caudron plays against Frenchman Bernard Villiers and the Austrian Arnim Kahofer against Frenchman Nicolas Gerassimopoulos. The final in this game is at 17.00 in the afternoon.
The juniors under 21 play the semi-finals free game at the match tabel at the same time (9.00 pm). It is a clash between Holland and the Czech Republic. The matches: Sam van Etten-Adam Kozak and Ferry Jong-Ondrei Hosek.
The last highlights late last night were seen at the tables where the 47/2 balkline started the preliminaries. The Frenchman Willy Gerimont played an excellent match in one inning against the Spaniard Raul Cuenca (200-0). Eddy Leppens defeated Frenchman Patrick Dupont in two innings 200-2.
Eight groups of three games in the 47/2 battle for places in the final rounds.
In the 5 pins the country teams start today and four Italians come to the tables for the semi-finals individually: Michelangelo Aniello, Andrea Quarta, Sandro Giachetti and Thomas Primon.
Eight players are scheduled for three-cushion at the small table under 17. The games are at 9.00 pm:
Arda Güngor (Tur) -Glenn Neyens (Bel)
Marcel Back (Ger) -Michael Parent (Bel)
Adria Garcia Duenas (Sp) -Jeffrey Heesch (Nl)
Enzo Riquart (Fr) -Daniel Pena (Sp).
Semi-finals 12.00.
Final at 15.00.
CEB sports director Jean Pierre Guiraud did the draw for three cushion individually on the small table that starts today.
The groups are:
Group A: Andreas Wild, Mathy Monnissen, Dirk Harwardt, Jörg Eckermann.
Group B: Byrol Uymaz, Christian Rust, Kenny Miatton, Karl Makik.
Group C: Peter Meersman, Jens Stuss, Alexander Weiss, Balint Szluka.
Group D: Vincent Giacomini, Wesley Mathysen, Jan Alles, Berry Dallinga.
Group E: Kay de Zwart, Peter van der Scheur, Tim Gorrebeeck, Heiko Wolter.
Group F: Dieter Kiefer, Wil Janssen, Rick van Aspert, Libor Baca.
Group G: Manfred Schuffert, Ralf Lenz, Can Capak, Ivo Gazdos.
Group H: Jan Hudak, Steven van Acker, Markus Pfeiffer, Stefan Scheler.
Group I: Josef Richter, Dirk Berkel, Adri Verhoef, Marco Jansen.
Group J: Lydia Aubert Roueche, Ingo Fischer, Omer Karakurt, Huug Wilkowski.
Group K: Eric Aubert Roueche, Giorgio Morosi, Peter De Backer, Uwe Schmidt.
Group L: Mehmet Goren, Dave Scheurweghs, Michael B Nielsen, Radovan Hajek.
Group M: Jaroslav Korec, Günter Grewe, Kevin Vasseur, Alfred Nebuda.
Group N: Jordy de Kruyf, Raymon Groot, Hamet Mohsen, Karsten Schubert.
Group O: Markus Wirgs, Matthias Pfeifer, Stefan Kohout.
All matches are live on Kozoom.