The French three-cushion championship for D1 teams starts this week with one match on Thursday 21 September and three matches on Friday 22 September. In Group A, Andernos hosts the Courbevoie team on Thursday from 4pm. Albert welcomes Soissons on Friday. Soissons shows up with a strong team with Jérémy Bury, Eddy Merckx, Ruben Legazpi and Pierre Soumagne
Albert and Soissons meet on Friday with Peter Ceulemans and Jérémy Bury, among others, playing against each other as frontrunners. Two Belgian players also meet: Eddy Merckx and Jef Philipoom. Spaniard Ruben Legazpi will face Cédric Melnytschenko.
For Andernos, Roland Forthomme is the leading player and Dutchman Barry van Beers is part of the team.
The matches:
Andernos-Courbevoie (Thursday 4pm, live on Kozoom):
Roland Forthomme-Vahit Kunt
Jérôme Barbeillon-Hector Echeverry Marin
Barry Van Beers-Jean-Jacques Boudin
Thibaut Espada-Richard Bitalis
Albert-Soissons (Friday 4.30pm):
Peter Ceulemans-Jérémy Bury
Jef Philipoom-Eddy Merckx
Cédric Melnytschenko-Ruben Legazpi
Thierry Roxo-Pierre Soumagne.