Sixteen final players et European artistic

FLORANGE - The European championships artistic billiards will continue in the individual tournament this Thursday with 16 players, who remain from the preliminary rounds with 24 players. From 10 in the morning, the final players will be in action in the matches, which will be broadcast live on Kozoom. Turkey's Haci arap Yaman was the best of the qualified players on Wednesday with the top five further featuring Michaël Hammen (France), Anthony Marin (France), Baris Cin (Turkey), the title holder, and Kevin Tran (France).

The final field further includes Belgian Erik Vervliet and Dutchman Erik Vijverberg. The candidates for the title are mainly the Turkish and French players in this field. Spaniard Xavier Fonellosa and Dutchman Rene Dericks could not survive the preliminary rounds. Fonellosa lost to Erik Vijverberg and Bernd Singer, Dericks to Anthony Marin and Serdar Gumus.

The individual championship is decided over the next two days: the European champion will be known on Friday. Saturday and Sunday, the nation teams will play for the European title.

The teams for the Nations championship are:

Turkey 1, France 1, Belgium 1 (Erik Vervliet, Steve Wilms), Germany 1, Spain 1, Austria 1, Netherlands (Erik Vijverberg, Benny Smits), Luxembourg, Turkey 2, France 2, Belgium 2 and Germany 2. 

Best 16 after the preliminary rounds and knock-out matches:

Haci arap Yaman-Matthieu Franck

Erik Vervliet-Emrah Tac

Kevin Tran-Bastien Panis

Baris Sin-Sergio Sanchez

Anthony Marin-Manfred Hekerle

Erik Vijverberg-Serdar Gumus

Hector Cuadrado-Thomas Arens

Michael Hammen-Bernd Singer

The ranking after the prerounds:

1. Haci arap Yaman 4-301
2. Michael Hammen 4-257
3. Anthony Marin 4-250
4. Baris Cin 4-240
5. Kevin GTran 4-255
6. Erik Vijverberg 4-229
7. Hector Cuadrado 4-210
8. Erik Vervliet 2-248
9. Emrah Tac 2-261
10. Thomas Arens 2-260
11. Serdar Gumus 2-222
12. Bastien Panis 2-209
13. Sergio Sanchez 2-220
14. Manfred Hekerle 2-188
15. Bernd Singer 2-206
16. Matthieu Franck 2-188