LA BAULE – The French teams in their top league of three-cushion, reinforced by many world-class players, are in the billiards arena in La Baule over the next three days. They will play the final three rounds of the championship this Friday, April 24, Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26. The matches will be broadcast live by Kozoom. The Soissons team, featuring Eddy Merckx and Jérémy Bury, is the current leader with 10 match points, the same as Albert (Peter Ceulemans), also with 10 points, followed by Andernos (Marco Zanetti) with 9, Blois with 8, and Saint Quentin (Berkay Karakurt) with 7 match points. In three rounds, with four matches each day, will be decided who can call themselves the French champion on Sunday.
All ten teams will be in action three more times. Soissons plays against St. Quentin on Saturday and against Andernos on Sunday. Albert still plays against Intermarche and Blois, and Andernos against Colmar and Soissons. In addition, Eddy Merckx, Jérémy Bury, Marco Zanetti, Sameh Sidhom, Peter Ceulemans, and Glenn Hofman, among others, face each other in the matches for the top teams.
The matches start daily at 10:00 AM; the next rounds are at 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM, and 6:00 PM. The competitions for these three days:
Friday:
10am: Intermarche-St Quentin
12.00: Douarnenez-Blois Doozy 1
2 p.m.: Courbevoie-Colmar
4 p.m.: Retro Albertin-Andernos
6 p.m.: Blois 2-Soissons
Saturday:
10am: St Quentin-Soissons
12.00: Colmar-Andernos
2 p.m.: Intermarche-Albert
4 p.m.: Blois1-Courbevoie
6 p.m.: Douarnenez-Blois 2
Sunday:
10.00: Intermarche-Courbevoie
12.00: Douarnenez-Colma
Blois 2-Saint Quentin
Albert Blois
Andernos-Soisson
Playing for Soissons:
Jérémy Bury, Eddy Merckx, Pierre Soumagne, Jean Paul de Bruijn
Albert: Peter Ceulemans, Jef Philipoom, Cédric Melnytschenko, Thierry Roxo
Andernos: Marco Zanetti, Roland Forthomme, Gwendal Maréchal, Jérôme Barbeillon
Blois 1: Sameh Sidhom, Glenn Hofman, Mikaël Devogelaere, Maxime Panaia
St. Quentin: Berkay Karakurt, Johan Loncelle, Kévin Perottin, Nathan Duriez
Colmar: Omer Karakurt, Thomas Broux, Jérôme Riotto, Jean Haby
Intermarche: Dimitrios Seleventas, Frédéric Mottet, Ghani Refassi, Leo Debutante
Douarnenez: Steven van Acker, Francis Forton, Grégory Le Deventec, Vincent Lelievre
Courbevoie: Jean Reverchon, Vahit Kunt, Hector Echevery, Thomas le Coat, David Gallais
Blois 2: Fabrice Puigvert, Jacky Justice, Geofroy Barras, Cyril Miossec.
The score after six rounds out of 9 in total was:
1 Soissons 10-1,480-16
2 Albert 10-1,298-16
3 Andernos 9-1.286-13
4 Blois 1 8-1.445-14
5 St Quentin 7-1.183-17
6 Colmar 6-1.233-8
7 Intermarche 5-1.101-10
8 Douarnenez 3-1.014-12
9 Courbevoie 1-0.909-7
10 Blois 2 1-0.814-9