LAUSANNE – Two groups of five high class players come to the start for the 2016 Lausanne Billard Masters this week. The European CEB board member Diane Wild is with her team the organizer of the prestigious tournament. The top ranked players in the field are Frédéric Caudron, Dick Jaspers, Dani Sánchez, Torbjörn Blomdahl and Marco Zanetti. The LBL tournament is played from 2 until 4 December. Dick Jaspers, who is last year’s winner and Frédéric Caudron are on top of the two groups in the preliminaries. The opening ceremony is on Friday, December 2nd at 14.00.
The prize money: 2000 euros for the eight foreign players for participation.The winner is rewarded by 2.000 euros, the second by 1.500, the numbers three and four by 900 euros. For each won match the players receive 350 euros. There are bonuses of 150 euros for a run of 10 or more, 350 for 15 and more, 800 for 20 and more, 450 for a match in 15 innings or less and 800 euros for the best overall average.
The field includes eight players from the top twelve of the world. Furthermore, two Swiss players have been invited.
The group format:
Group A:
Dick Jaspers (Netherlands)
Marco Zanetti (Italy)
Dani Sánchez (Spain)
Jae Ho Cho (South Korea)
Michel Boulaz (Switzerland)
Group B:
Frédéric Caudron (Belgium)
Torbjörn Blomdahl (Sweden)
Jérémy Bury (France)
Dong Koong Kang (South Korea)
Xavier Gretillat (Switzerland).
The entrance fees are 70 Swiss francs for three days (special offer: from October 24 to November 6, 55 Swiss francs).
The tournament organization will again cooperate with the Foundation Merck, which helps people with multiple sclerosis. The Foundation pays five Swiss francs for every carom. The revenue in 2013, 2014 and 2015 was 5.950, 7.935 and 7.255 Sw. Francs.
Website: www.lausannebillardmasters.ch
The match schedule:
Friday:
14:30:
Zanetti-Cho
Jaspers-Boulaz
16:45:
Blomdahl-Kang
Caudron-Gretillat
19:00:
Sánchez-Boulaz
Jaspers-Cho
21:15:
Bury-Gretillat
Caudron-Kang
Saturday:
10:00:
Jaspers-Sánchez
Zanetti-Boulaz
12:15:
Caudron-Bury
Blomdahl-Gretillat
14:30:
Cho-Boulaz
Zanetti-Sánchez
16:45:
Kang-Gretillat
Blomdahl-Bury
19:00:
Jaspers-Zanetti
Sánchez-Cho
21:15:
Caudron-Blomdahl
Bury-Kang
Sunday:
10:00, 12:00:
Semi-finals
14:30:
Final.