With nine Europeans in the last sixteen for the World Cup

LA BAULE - The final phase of the World Cup in La Baule, the sixth tournament of the year, has started with sixteen players this morning: nine Europeans, four Koreans, one American, one Vietnamese and one Ecuadorian. Xuan Cuong Ma was the star player on the first day in the main event in the French coastal town with a resounding victory over the Belgian Frédéric Caudron in 11 innings.

The tournament continues today as of 11.00 for the eighth finals:

11.00:
Xuan Cuong Ma-Jérôme Barbeillon
Murat Naci Coklu-Javier Teran
Jae Ho Cho-Marco Zanetti
Dick Jaspers Pedro Piedrabuena
13.00:
Tayfun Tasdemir-Roland Forthomme
Dani Sánchez-Myung Woo Cho
Nikos Polychronopoulos-Jung Han Heo
Choong-Bok Lee-Torbjörn Blomdahl.