PRAGUE - The balk-line players in the discipline 71/2 are at the start of the Euro Grand Prix in Prague, Czech Republic this weekend. The matches start on Friday, October 2nd at 14.00, the finals are on Sunday 4 October. The tournament is broadcast live and for free by Kozoom for all its members.
The tournament will be held with 27 of the experts in balkline. The first twelve from the European Championships in Brandenburg were automatically seeded. The absence of Frédéric Caudron makes his countryman Belgian Patrick Niessen and the Czech Marek Faus favourites for the victory.
The winner will be awarded 2.000 euros, the second 1000, the third 600. Three of the four players from the podium in Brandenburg are absent in Prague: Raymund Swertz, the European champion, Dave Christiani, the vice-champion and Thomas Nockemann.
The compositions of the groups:
Group A: Raul Cuenca (Sp), Markus Melerski (Ger), Olivier Careaux (Fr)
Group B: Adam Baca (Cze), Alvaro Gomez (Sp), Fabio Vendittelli (Fr)
Group C: Nicolas Gérassimopoulos (Gr), Alejandro Gil Martinez (Sp), Pascal Dessaint (Fr)
Group D: Patrick Niessen (Be), Brahim Djoubri (Fr), Janis Ziogas (Cze)
Group E: Marek Faus (Cz), Bachir Fellah (Fr), David Jacquet (Fr)
Group F: Jean-François Florent (Fr), Harrie van den Boogaard (Neth), Adam Kozak (Cz)
Group G: Benoît Legros (Fr), Sam van Etten (Neth), Ondrej Hosek (Cze)
Group H: Johann Petit (Fr), Milan Racek (Cz), Patrick Dupont (Fr)
Group I: Arnd Riedel (Ger), Bernard Villiers (Fr), Germ Bot (Neth).