BRANDENBURG AN DER HAVEL - The Italian star player Marco Zanetti defends his title at the European championship three-cushion, played in Brandenburg an der Havel from 24 to 26 April. The European federation has announced the 64 players who will participate in the tournament.
The Belgians have with eight the most players in the field. Eddy Merckx and Frédéric Caudron are the leaders of the delegation with Roland Forthomme, the Belgian champion Eddy Leppens, Peter Ceulemans, Francis Forton, Martin Spoormans and Jef Philipoom.
The Turks are coming to Brandenburg with Tayfun Tasdemir, Murat Naci Coklu, Lütfi Cenet, Adnan Yüksel, Tolgahan Kiraz, Murat Tüzül and Semih Sayginer, who's certainly one of the most notable players in the field of 64.
For the Netherlands will play Dick Jaspers, Jean Paul de Bruijn, the Dutch champion Jean van Erp, Glenn Hoffman, Raimond Burgman and Barry van Beers.
The German delegation consists of Christian Rudolph, Martin Horn, Dustin Jäschke, Ronny Lindemann and Andreas Niehaus. On the reserve list, which is led by Cédric Melnytschenko are eight German players.
The 64 participants are:
1 Marco Zanetti (It)
2 Dick Jaspers (Neth)
3 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
4 Frédéric Caudron (Bel)
5 Torbjörn Blomdahl (Swe)
6 Tayfun Tasdemir (Tur)
7 Christian Rudolph (Ger)
8 Dani Sánchez (Sp)
9 Jérémy Bury (Fr)
10 Roland Forthomme (Bel)
11 Filippos Kasidokostas (Gr)
12 Murat Naci Coklu (Tur)
13 Lütfi Cenet (Tur)
14 Jean Paul de Bruijn (Neth)
15 Eddy Leppens (Bel)
16 Ruben Legazpi (Sp)
17 Papa Salvatore (It)
18 Martin Horn (Ger)
19 Peter Ceulemans (Bel)
20 Jean van Erp (Neth)
21 Adnan Yüksel (Tur)
22 Nikos Polychronopoulos (Gr)
23 Jean Reverchon (Fr)
24 Javier Palazón (Sp)
25 Rui Costa (Por)
26 Martin Bohac (Cze)
27 Brian Hansen (Den)
28 Michael Nilsson (Swe)
29 Arnim Kahofer (Aus)
30 Behzat Cetin (Cze)
31 Briece Briere (Lux)
32 Sami Hannula (Fin)
33 Balázs Leb (Hun)
34 Espen Hauge (Nor)
35 Arie Salomon (It)
36 Christakis Christoforou (Cyp)
37 Dusten Jäschke (Ger)
38 Francis Forton (Bel)
39 Glenn Hoffman (Neth)
40 Tolgahan Kiraz (Tur)
41 Kostas Papakonstantinou (Gr)
42 Jean-Christophe Roux (Fr)
43 Sergio Jimenez (Sp)
44 Miroslav Baca (Cze)
45 Brian Knudsen (Den)
46 Andreas Kronlachner (Aus)
47 Ramon Hamm (Lux)
48 Tapio Soinisalo (Fin)
49 Peter Varga (Hun)
50 Ronny Lindemann (Ger)
51 Martin Spoormans (Bel)
52 Raimond Burgman (Neth)
53 Semih Sayginer (Tur)
54 Jérôme Barbeillon (Fr)
55 Radek Novak (Cze)
56 Thomas Andersen (Den)
57 Georg Schmied (Aus)
58 Gérard Goedert (Lux)
59 Toni Hannula (Fin)
60 Tamas Szolnoki (Hun)
61 Andreas Niehaus (Ger)
62 Jef Philipoom (Bel)
63 Barry Beers (Neth)
64 Murat Tüzül (Tur).
Radek Novak has been cancelled and replaced by Cédric Melnytschenko.
