The 2nd European Pétanque Championship 2011 took place from August 19th to 21st in Gothenburg ( Sweden ).
It served as a qualifying tournament for the 2012 World Cup . Of the 36 participating equipes from 35 nations (host Sweden starts with two teams) 25 qualify for the 2012 World Cup in Marseille .
Triplets
The defending champion is France, which competes with Michel Loy, Dylan Rocher, Kevin Malbec and Jean-Michel Puccinelli. The DPV nominated Söncke Backens (BC Saarwellingen), Sascha Koch (MKWU Munich), Steffen Kleemann and Benjamin Lehmann (both TSG Weinheim-Lützelsachsen).
mode
First, a preliminary round is played in groups of 5 and 6. The first two of each group qualify for the 1/8 final poules and directly for the 2012 World Cup. The first and second of the poules reach the final round, which is on Sunday (August 21) in the knockout system from the quarter-finals to the final is played.
The 20 team games that failed in the preliminary round in a B-European championship for the remaining 9 starting places for the 2012 World Cup. First, three rounds are completed according to the Swiss system . The equipes in places 1–9 are qualified for the World Cup, the first eight play out the winner of the B-EM in the knockout system.
Preliminary round
The preliminary round matches were divided into two blocks: The first three rounds were played on Friday. After that, the round of 16 in Groups A – D were already determined. For groups E – H, the last two rounds will follow on Saturday morning.
The favorites France, Spain and Italy and, somewhat surprisingly, the Netherlands and Israel all won their group games clearly and confidently. Switzerland also won all the preliminary round matches, but struggled a few times. In group A, the difference to the disadvantage of Finland had to decide on A or B EM. After an opening defeat against Luxembourg, the hosts Sweden 1 qualified with three wins for the Poules. Austria was eliminated without a win.
In the preliminary round, Germany faced Norway, Scotland, Spain and Ukraine in Group H. After two clear victories against Norway and Scotland, there was a 1:13 swat against the Spanish team in the third game on Friday. On Saturday, however, with a 13-1 victory over Ukraine, qualifying for the Poule round and thus for the 2012 World Cup was sovereign as second in the group.
draw
The draw took place on August 18, 2011. The 36 equipes were drawn in 4 groups of 4 teams (groups A – D) and in four groups of 5 teams (groups E – H).
Games
|
Group A
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| space
|
team
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Victories
|
Points
|
difference
|
| 1.
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Denmark Denmark
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2
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36:21
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+15
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| 2.
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Slovenia Slovenia
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2
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34:21
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+13
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| 3.
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Finland Finland
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2
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32:27
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+5
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| 4th
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Belarus 1995 Belarus
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0
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6:39
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−33
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|
Group B
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| space
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team
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Victories
|
Points
|
difference
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| 1.
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Italy Italy
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3
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39: 7
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+32
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| 2.
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Portugal Portugal
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2
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30:26
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+4
|
| 3.
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Hungary Hungary
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1
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25:33
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−8
|
| 4th
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Ireland Ireland
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0
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11:39
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−28
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Group C
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| space
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team
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Victories
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Points
|
difference
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| 1.
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France France
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3
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39: 6
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+33
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| 2.
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Monaco Monaco
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2
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30:26
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+4
|
| 3.
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Andorra Andorra
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1
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25:33
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−8
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| 4th
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Poland Poland
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0
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10:39
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−28
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|
Group D
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| space
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team
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Victories
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Points
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difference
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| 1.
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Netherlands Netherlands
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3
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39: 6
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+33
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| 2.
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Estonia Estonia
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2
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26:19
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+7
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| 3.
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Russia Russia
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1
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24:37
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−13
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| 4th
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San Marino San Marino
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0
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12:39
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−28
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Group E
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| space
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team
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Victories
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Points
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difference
|
| 1.
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Sweden Sweden 1
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3
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50:34
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+16
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| 2.
|
England England
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3
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47:32
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+15
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| 3.
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Czech Republic Czech Republic
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2
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39:34
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+5
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| 4th
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Luxembourg Luxembourg
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2
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38:45
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−7
|
| 5.
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Austria Austria
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0
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23:52
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−29
|
|
Group F.
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| space
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team
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Victories
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Points
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difference
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| 1.
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Switzerland Switzerland
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4th
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52:25
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+27
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| 2.
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Belgium Belgium
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3
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48:32
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+16
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| 3.
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Sweden Sweden 2
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2
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34:39
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−5
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| 4th
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Wales Wales
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1
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36:46
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−10
|
| 5.
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Slovakia Slovakia
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0
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24:52
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−28
|
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Group G
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| space
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team
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Victories
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Points
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difference
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| 1.
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Israel Israel
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4th
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52:15
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+37
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| 2.
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Lithuania Lithuania
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3
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44:36
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+8
|
| 3.
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Bulgaria Bulgaria
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2
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31:45
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−14
|
| 4th
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Turkey Turkey
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1
|
39:51
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−12
|
| 5.
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Latvia Latvia
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0
|
33:52
|
−19
|
|
Group H.
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| space
|
team
|
Victories
|
Points
|
difference
|
| 1.
|
Spain Spain
|
4th
|
52: 7
|
+45
|
| 2.
|
Germany Germany
|
3
|
40:18
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+22
|
| 3.
|
Scotland Scotland
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2
|
33:41
|
−8
|
| 4th
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Norway Norway
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1
|
22:48
|
−26
|
| 5.
|
Ukraine Ukraine
|
0
|
19:52
|
−33
|
Poule round
After the preliminary round, a poule round is played, in which four teams compete in four poules to advance to the quarter-finals. In each pool there are two group first and two group second from the preliminary round. First, a group winner meets a group runner-up. The two winners des Poules qualify for the quarter-finals, the EM is over for the two losers. This round is played on Saturday. It starts at 1.30 p.m.
The German team initially faced Italy in Poule J. Despite a 9-5 lead, they finally had to admit defeat 9:13. In the subsequent losers game, Estonia was fought down at 13:10. In the Barrage, a 13: 4 over Switzerland managed to take revenge for the knockout round at the World Cup a year earlier. France lost just one point in their two poule games and became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals. The co-favorites Italy and Spain as well as the strong Monegasque made it through directly. In the barrage the team Sweden 1, England and Belgium completed the final round to great cheers. For the Dutch, who performed so confidently the day before, the end came early after two defeats against Portugal and Belgium. The third of the last European Championships, Denmark, also had to pack their bags in the Poule round.
Composition of the poules
The round of 16 poules are formed according to the following pattern:
| Poules
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| I.
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J
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K
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L.
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| A1
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B1
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C1
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D1
|
| G2
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H2
|
A2
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B2
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| E1
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F1
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G1
|
H1
|
| C2
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D2
|
E2
|
F2
|
Games
This results in the following poules:
Final round
The final round was played out between the eight remaining teams in the knockout system. It was played on Sunday, August 21st. The final of the EM started at 4:00 p.m.
As expected, the French team secured the European Championship title without any major problems. Over the course of the tournament, she only dropped 18 points (in 8 games).
The German team narrowly missed a medal, but was able to finish the EM as a good 5th.
The quarter-finals were played according to the following pattern, the semi-finals were freely drawn:
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Quarter finals
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|
Semifinals
|
|
final
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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I1
|
Monaco
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J2
|
Germany
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
Monaco
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spain
|
12
|
|
|
|
J1
|
England
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
K2
|
Italy
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
Monaco
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
France
|
13
|
|
|
K1
|
France
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
L2
|
 Belgium
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
France
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Italy
|
8th
|
|
|
|
L1
|
Spain
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
I2
|
Sweden 1
|
8th
|
|
Final score
Final score triplets
| space
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country
|
player
|
| 1
|
|
Michel Loy, Dylan Rocher, Kevin Malbec and Jean-Michel Puccinelli
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| 2
|
|
Franck Millo, Eric Motte, Philippe Perez, Nicolas Riviere
|
| 3
|
|
Fabrizio Bottero, Fabio Dutto, Walter Torre, Luca Zocco
|
|
|
|
Ignacio Egea, Francisco Javier Flores, Juan Antonio Jimenez, Roberto Carlos Lopez
|
| 5
|
|
Fabrice Uytterhoeven, Benoit Hardenne, Michael Masuy, Jeremy Pardoen
|
|
|
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Sönke Backens, Steffen Kleemann, Sascha Koch, Benjamin Lehmann
|
|
|
|
Herve Bavazzano, Sofiane Lachani, Jerome Rousseau, Simon Bird
|
|
|
1
|
Patrik Andersson, Rickard Nilsson, Thomas Wiede, Robert Beijmo
|
Nations Cup
The Nations Cup was played between the 20 teams that had not reached the poule round after the preliminary round. Initially, 3 rounds of the Swiss system were played. The first 8 after these three rounds qualified for the knockout round. In addition, the remaining 9 starting places for the 2012 World Cup were played out. The eight quarter-finalists and the 9th of the preliminary round are qualified for the World Cup.
Preliminary round
At the top of the final table was the host's second team. Since Sweden 1 had already reached the poule round (and later the quarter-finals) and was thus qualified for the World Cup, the team moved into 10th place (San Marino) in the World Cup starting places.
A very weak EM of the teams from Luxembourg and Turkey turned into a debacle with the missed World Cup ticket as well as for the Austrian team.
| space
|
|
Team
|
Qualified for World Cup
|
| 1
|
|
Sweden 2
|
|
| 2
|
|
Finland
|
Q
|
| 3
|
|
Andorra
|
Q
|
| 4th
|
|
Scotland
|
Q
|
| 5
|
|
Ireland
|
Q
|
| 6th
|
|
Bulgaria
|
Q
|
| 7th
|
|
Ukraine
|
Q
|
| 8th
|
|
Russia
|
Q
|
| 9
|
|
Czech Republic
|
Q
|
| 10
|
|
San Marino
|
Q
|
| 11
|
|
Luxembourg
|
|
| 12
|
|
Poland
|
|
| 13
|
|
Austria
|
|
| 14th
|
Hungary
|
Hungary
|
|
| 15th
|
|
Belarus
|
|
| 16
|
|
Wales
|
|
| 17th
|
|
Latvia
|
|
| 18th
|
|
Turkey
|
|
| 19th
|
|
Slovakia
|
|
| 20th
|
|
Norway
|
|
Final round
Since the Bulgarian team left early, the 9th of the preliminary round, the Czech Republic, advanced to the quarter-finals.
The B tournament was won by Finland (Arttu Poikolainen, Olli Sinnemaa, Juha-Pekka Siro, Tuukka Ylönen), the 2010 World Cup round of 16, against the Czech Republic with 13: 7.
|
|
Quarter finals
|
|
Semifinals
|
|
final
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Sweden 2
|
4th
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
Czech Republic
|
13
|
|
|
|
9
|
Czech Republic
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4th
|
Scotland
|
5
|
|
|
|
4th
|
Scotland
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
Ireland
|
10
|
|
|
|
9
|
Czech Republic
|
7th
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
Finland
|
13
|
|
|
3
|
Andorra
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7th
|
Ukraine
|
1
|
|
|
|
3
|
Andorra
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
Finland
|
13
|
|
|
|
2
|
Finland
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
8th
|
Russia
|
11
|
|
Tir de precision
In the Tir de précision (zD: Precision Shooting ) there is one representative from each nation. Sascha Koch competed for Germany and Dylan Rocher for France, the holder of the unofficial world record. Defending champion Charles "Claudy" Weibel is not there. In the preliminary round, all 35 athletes shot a full 20 rounds. The first 4 of the preliminary round directly reached the quarter-finals, the Tirure in places 5–16 went into the repechage, the second chance in which the best four also qualified for the quarter-finals. From the quarter-finals onwards, the knockout system continues.
Preliminary round
The best result of the preliminary round was achieved by Dylan Rocher (France) with 53 points. Sascha Koch was eliminated with 25 points without reaching the repechage.
| space
|
country
|
Shooter
|
Points
|
| 1
|
|
Dylan Rocher
|
53
|
| 2
|
|
Eric Motte
|
43
|
| 3
|
|
Veiko Proos
|
39
|
| 4th
|
|
Sofiane Lachani
|
38
|
| 5
|
|
Jeremy Pardeon
|
38
|
| 6th
|
|
Fabrizio Bottero
|
36
|
| 7th
|
|
Rickard Nilsson
|
36
|
| 8th
|
|
Wietse van Keulen
|
34
|
| 9
|
|
Juraj Valent
|
33
|
| 10
|
|
Giovanni Tamburini
|
33
|
| 11
|
|
Juan Jimenez
|
32
|
| 12
|
|
Jack di Pizzo
|
30th
|
| 13
|
|
Evgeny Osokin
|
30th
|
| 14th
|
|
Emil Petersen
|
29
|
| 15th
|
|
Hugo Dores
|
29
|
| 16
|
|
Benny Bel-Lafkih
|
28
|
| ...
|
| 21st
|
|
Sascha Koch
|
25th
|
| ...
|
| 23
|
|
Nabil Hamammi
|
22nd
|
Repechage
In the Repechage, the shooters, who landed in the preliminary round in places 5–16, competed. The first four of this round also qualified for the quarter-finals. The shooters from Portugal (Hugo Dores) and somewhat surprisingly from Russia (Evgeny Osokin) showed themselves to be strong here, reaching the knockout round with 48 and 47 points respectively.
| space
|
country
|
Shooter
|
Points
|
| 1
|
|
Hugo Dores
|
48
|
| 2
|
|
Evgeny Osokin
|
47
|
| 3
|
|
Wietse van Keulen
|
42
|
| 4th
|
|
Emil Petersen
|
39
|
| 5
|
|
Jeremy Pardeon
|
39
|
| 6th
|
|
Juan Jimenez
|
39
|
| 7th
|
|
Rickard Nilsson
|
35
|
| 8th
|
|
Giovanni Tamburini
|
33
|
| 9
|
|
Fabrizion Bottero
|
31
|
| 10
|
|
Benny Bel-Lafkih
|
29
|
| 11
|
|
Juraj Valent
|
29
|
| 12
|
|
Jack di Pizzo
|
14th
|
Final round
The eight remaining shooters determine the new European champion in the knockout system. The first of the preliminary round shoots against the fourth of the repechage, the second of the preliminary round against the third of the repechage, etc. The final round was completed on Saturday evening. The award ceremony followed immediately after the finals.
In the quarter-finals, Estonian Veiko Proos and Russian Evgeny Osokin had a tough fight. Only in the jump-off (1 shot from 7 meters on each picture) did Proos finally win 8: 5. The world record holder Dylan Rocher also had to fight for a long time against the Dane Emil Petersen. A hit on the Cochonnet from 9 meters secured him the semi-finals. The shooters Wietse van Keulen (Netherlands) and Hugo Dores (Portugal), who were eliminated in the same pool in the afternoon, completed the last four.
In the semi-finals Rocher won against Proos, but missed a new tournament high score. The second semi-final did not have the same class as the first, but the Portuguese was more confident and made it through to the final with ease.
In the final Rocher showed his class and with 61 points not only achieved the best performance of the tournament, but also a European record
|
|
Quarter finals
|
|
Semifinals
|
|
final
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
V1
|
Dylan Rocher
|
50
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R4
|
Emil Petersen
|
44
|
|
|
|
|
Dylan Rocher
|
50
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Veiko Proos
|
33
|
|
|
|
V3
|
Veiko Proos
|
38
|
|
|
|
|
|
R2
|
Evgeny Osokin
|
35
|
|
|
|
|
Dylan Rocher
|
61
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hugo Dores
|
31
|
|
|
V2
|
Eric Motte
|
24
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R3
|
Wietse van Keulen
|
33
|
|
|
|
|
Wietse van Keulen
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hugo Dores
|
31
|
|
|
|
V4
|
Sofiane Lachani
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
R1
|
Hugo Dores
|
34
|
|
Final score
Final score Tir de Précision
| space
|
country
|
Shooter
|
| 1
|
|
Dylan Rocher
|
| 2
|
|
Hugo Dores
|
| 3
|
|
Veiko Proos
|
|
|
|
Wietse van Keulen
|
| 5
|
|
Sofiane Lachani
|
|
|
|
Eric Motte
|
|
|
|
Evgeny Osokin
|
|
|
|
Emil Petersen
|
swell
Gothenburg
Loy, Rocher, Malbec, Puccinelli
Claudy Weibel
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Belarus
Monaco
Germany
Spain
England
Italy
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