French snooker championship

The French Snooker Championship is a national competition to determine the French champion in the snooker version of billiards .

history

The competition has its origins in the 1990s. In 1991, Eric Le Paul won the competition for the first time. A year later, Luc defeated Allain Yannick Poulain . Allain lost two years later, in 1993 Eric Robaine had won, against Sylvain Clamousse . In 1995 Le Paul became French champion for the second time, defeating Sylvain Clamousse. A year later he lost to Yannick Poulain. A year later he was able to defend his title, defeating Sylvain Clamousse. In 1998 Gregory Kopec managed to win the title. A year later David Gillet defeated Eric Le Paul in the final and became French champions for the first time, Gillet lost 2: 3 in 2000 to Sylvain Clamousse, who won the title for the second time. 2001 Eric Le Paul achieved the third league title by defeating Yannick Poulain 3-0. However, this was in the two following years French champion twice; first with 4-0 against Markku Hattu , then with a 3-2 against Le Paul. In 2004 Jean Beauchamp defeated Johan Lorek 3-2 in the final. Lorek, who lost to Laurent Carcel in the final the next year , won the title two years later. In 2006 and 2008 Poulain won again and became the French record champion with 6 titles. David Palmiero won the tournament in 2009 and 2010.

In 2015 Niel Vincent defeated Nathanael Beckrich 3-0. In the following years, too, the final score was 3-0, with Alexis Callewaert defeating Bruno Peigne in 2016 and Neil Vincent Brian Ochoiski in 2017 . Ochoiski became champions in 2018 when he defeated Alexis Callewaert 3-1. He won his second title the following year with a 3-1 win against Nicolas Mortreux .

Title holder

Note: All information is provided without guarantee and is not complete; a relevant source is not currently available (as of February 2020).

year	winner	finalist	Result
1991	Eric Le Paul	unknown
1992	Luc Allain	Yannick Poulain	unknown
1993	Eric Robaine	Claude Amar
1994	Sylvain Clamousse	Luc Allain
1995	Eric Le Paul	Sylvain Clamousse
1996	Yannick Poulain	Eric Le Paul
1997	Yannick Poulain	Sylvain Clamousse
1998	Gregory Kopec	Jean Claude Meignen
1999	David Gillet	Eric Le Paul
2000	Sylvain Clamousse	David Gillet	3: 2
2001	Eric Le Paul	Yannick Poulain	3-0
2002	Yannick Poulain	Markku Hattu	4-0
2003	Yannick Poulain	Eric Le Paul	3: 2
2004	Jean Beauchamp	Johan Lorek	3: 2
2005	Laurent Carcel	Johan Lorek	3: 2
2006	Yannick Poulain	David Palmiero	4-0
2007	Johan Lorek	Gregory Kopec	4: 2
2008	Yannick Poulain	Roger Dumortier	3: 1
2009	David Palmiero	Karam Fatima	unknown
2010	David Palmiero	Jean Pierre Auzias	4: 1
2011	Gregory Kopec	René Vaxelaire	4: 1
2012	Stéphane Ochoiski	Franck Dufays	3: 2
2013	Adrien Frostin	Franck Dufays	3: 1
2014	Alexis Callewaert	Niel Vincent	3: 2
2015	Niel Vincent	Nathanael Beckrich	3-0
2016	Alexis Callewaert	Bruno Peigne	3-0
2017	Niel Vincent	Brian Ochoiski	3-0
2018	Brian Ochoiski	Alexis Callewaert	3: 1
2019	Alexis Callewaert	Nicolas Mortreux	3: 1

Ranking list

space	player			Final participation
1	Yannick Poulain	6th	2	8th
2	Eric Le Paul	3	3	6th
3	Alexis Callewaert	3	1	4th
4th	Sylvain Clamousse	2	2	4th
5	Gregory Kopec	2	1	3
5	David Palmiero	2	1	3
5	Niel Vincent	2	1	3
8th	Johan Lorek	1	2	3
9	Luc Allain	1	1	2
9	David Gillet	1	1	2
9	Brian Ochoiski	1	1	2
12	Jean Beauchamp	1	0	1
12	Laurent Carcel	1	0	1
12	Adrien Frostin	1	0	1
12	Stéphane Ochoiski	1	0	1
12	Eric Robaine	1	0	1
17th	Franck Dufays	0	2	2
18th	Claude Amar	0	1	1
18th	Jean Pierre Auzias	0	1	1
18th	Nathanael Beckrich	0	1	1
18th	Roger Dumortier	0	1	1
18th	Karam Fatima	0	1	1
18th	Markku Hattu	0	1	1
18th	Jean Claude Meignen	0	1	1
18th	Nicolas Mortreux	0	1	1
18th	Bruno Peigne	0	1	1
18th	René Vaxelaire	0	1	1

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Global Snooker Countries - France. Global Snooker Center, 2004, archived from the original on October 13, 2004 ; accessed on September 26, 2018 (English).  
3. ^ Championnat de France Mulhouse - 1/4 - 1/2 - final. Retrieved July 10, 2019 (French).  
4. ↑ Championnat de France 2001. September 22, 2001, archived from the original on February 23, 2002 ; accessed on July 14, 2019 (French).  
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8. ↑ Palmarès Complets 2008-2009 season. (PDF; 7.86 KB) In: ffbillard.com. Fédération Française de Billard, accessed on February 24, 2020 (French).  
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13. ↑ Adrien Frostin: Champion de France 2013 Ligue de Bretagne, May 13, 2013, accessed on February 25, 2020 (French).  
14. ↑ Result - Snooker. In: Sport Billard e-magazine. Fédération Française de Billard, June 2014, p. 40 , accessed on February 25, 2020 (French).  
15. ↑ Championnats de France TC Snooker 2013/2014. (PDF; 17.3 KB) In: ffbillard.com. Fédération Française de Billard, archived from the original on August 29, 2014 ; accessed on February 26, 2020 (French).  
16. ↑ Isabelle Mortreux: Snooker championnat de France toutes catégories à Montpellier. In: ffbillard.com. Fédération Française de Billard, June 27, 2019, accessed July 10, 2019 (French).