ANKARA - Dutchman Raimond Burgman has cancelled his participation at the European championship for national teams, which is planned for 17-19 February in Ankara, Turkey. He has been replaced by Raymund Swertz. The registration for the European Championship closes five weeks before the start of the tournament: fifteen of 24 teams have already registered.
The Dutch team already had to play without Dick Jaspers, who is concentrating on the World Cup being played at the same venue. Raimond Burgman was now the team captain with Jeffrey Jorissen as second man, but today Burgman has cancelled. ''I am waiting for a surgery on polyps, which is still uncertain because of Corona'', Burgman explains. ''It's a pity that I cannot play, but the prospect of the operation is more important at the moment.'' The Dutchman does expect to play in the Dutch team with Dick Jaspers at the World Championships for nation teams in Viersen.
The teams that have been provisionally registered for the Europeans:
Spain 1 (defending champion): Dani Sánchez-Ruben Legazpi
Spain 2: Antonio Montes-Sergio Jimenez
Netherlands 1: Jeffrey Jorissen-Raymund Swertz
Netherlands 2: Dave Christiani-Jean van Erp
Belgium 1: Eddy Merckx-Peter Ceulemans
Belgium 2: Francis Forton-Bart Ceulemans
Turkey 1: Tayfun Tasdemir-Lütfi Cenet
Turkey 2: Can Capak-Turgay Orak
Germany 1: Ronny Lindemann-Cengiz Karanca
Germany 2: Tom Löwe-Lukas Stamm
Sweden 1: Ronny Lindemann-Cengiz Karanca Torbjörn Blomdahl-Michael Nilsson
Austria: Arnim Kahofer-Nikolaus Kogelbauer
Portugal: Rui Costa-Jose Miguel Soares
Denmark: Dion Nelin-Thomas Andersen
Czech Republic: Martin Bohac-Ivo Gazdos