From today on 16 players will dispute the title in four groups of four. From each group the two best players will continue in two groups of four and from their the competition will be continued in a KO system.
Group-leaders are most famous players: Torbjorn Blomdahl, Jean-Paul De Bruijn, Peter De Backer and Fréderic Caudron. Next to them the last World Champion of the discipline Wolfgang Zenkner is also participating. From France, the organizing federation, are participating Johann Petit, Bernard Villiers and Alain Remond.
Asia is represented by Phi Hung Tran (Vietnam) and the young player Yusuke Mori who participated only two weeks ago into the World Championship Three Cushion U22.
The championship is organized by the local club St. Brevin Billard Club under the leading of her President Mr Joel Bertrand and the Responsible for the organization Jacques Deneufve. The championship starts today in the beautiful adapted “Salle de l’Etoile de Jade” and is to be followed from today on in live-stream on Kozoom.Com.