2013 European Pétanque Championships

4th European Espoirs Pétanque Championships 2011
Attendees	16 (8 men and 8 women teams) from 10 nations
venue	Dusseldorf
Period	October 19-20, 2013
Defending champions / men	France
Winner / Gentlemen	France
Defending champion / women	Germany
Winners / ladies	France

The 4th European Pétanque Championship for Espoirs took place from October 19-20, 2013 in the Düsseldorf boules hall of the "sur place" association in parallel women and men competitions. Eight teams played in two groups of four.

mode

In contrast to the world and European championships for men, women or juniors, the European championship for espoirs is not only held in triplets with the option of substitution. Instead, the first round of triplets is followed by a double and a tête à tête at the same time , without the possibility of changing.

Every victory is awarded one point. Thus, the overall game wins the team that can win at least two of the three games.

A preliminary round is played in groups of four (everyone against everyone). The first and second in each group reach the semi-finals, which are played crosswise (A1 - B2 and B1 - A2). There is no game for third place.

Unlike the last European Championship in 2011 , this time the preliminary round groups will be drawn on the evening before the start of the tournament. There are no setting rights.

Men's

The defending champion is France, which was pre-qualified alongside hosts Germany. Other teams had to go to a qualifying round.

qualification

To determine the six free starting places, three qualification tournaments took place in the run-up to the European Championship, each of which was attended by 6 teams. The first two teams in each qualification group qualified for the European Championship.

Surprisingly, Monaco, runner-up in 2011, did not register for qualification.

Group A

In qualification group A, the hosts Finland, Norway, Sweden, Spain and Turkey were originally supposed to play for the starting places for the European Championship in Luxembourg. However, Norway canceled their participation, so that five teams played off the two places.

In addition to the favored Spaniards, the hosts also prevailed through the direct comparison won against Finland and qualified for an EM for the first time since 2008.

space	team	Victories	Games	Diff.
1	Spain	4th	11: 1	+76
2	Luxembourg	2	7: 5	+34
3	Finland	2	6: 6	−19
4th	Turkey	1	3: 9	−56
5	Sweden	1	3: 9	−35

round	Team 1	Team 2	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1	Bullets	Final score
1	Luxembourg	Spain	10:13	04:13	13:10	27:36	1: 2
1	Turkey	Finland	06:13	07:13	13: 8	26:34	1: 2
2	Luxembourg	Finland	10:13	13: 1	13: 6	36:20	2: 1
2	Turkey	Sweden	06:13	13: 6	13: 9	32:28	2: 1
3	Turkey	Spain	03:13	06:13	04:13	13:39	0: 3
3	Sweden	Finland	09:13	11:13	12:13	28:39	0: 3
4th	Luxembourg	Sweden	07:13	12:13	13: 5	32:31	1: 2
4th	Spain	Finland	13: 0	13: 8	13: 9	39:17	3-0
5	Luxembourg	Turkey	13: 2	13: 5	13: 6	39:13	3-0
5	Spain	Sweden	13: 2	13: 7	13:11	39:20	3-0

Group B

Qualifying group B played in the Netherlands. There the hosts received Belgium, Israel, Italy, Slovenia and the Czech Republic.

The favorites Belgium and Italy prevailed confidently. Only third place remained for the host.

space	team	Victories	Games	Diff.
1	Italy	5	14: 1	+96
2	Belgium	4th	13: 2	+86
3	Netherlands	3	8: 7	+17
4th	Slovenia	1	4:11	−77
5	Israel	1	3:12	−49
6th	Czech Republic	1	3:12	−73

round	Team 1	Team 2	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1	Bullets	Final score
1	Netherlands	Slovenia	13: 0	10:13	13:11	36:24	2: 1
1	Israel	Italy	03:13	10:13	09:13	22:39	0: 3
1	Belgium	Czech Republic	13: 6	13: 6	13: 9	39:21	3-0
2	Netherlands	Italy	08:13	09:13	08:13	25:39	0: 3
2	Israel	Belgium	02:13	00:13	09:13	11:39	0: 3
2	Slovenia	Czech Republic	13:10	03:13	12:13	28:36	1: 2
3	Netherlands	Czech Republic	13:11	13: 5	13: 6	39:22	3-0
3	Israel	Slovenia	12:13	07:13	13: 7	32:33	1: 2
3	Belgium	Italy	06:13	13: 6	10:13	29:32	1: 2
4th	Netherlands	Belgium	07:13	10:13	09:13	24:39	0: 3
4th	Israel	Czech Republic	13: 7	13: 0	08:13	34:20	2: 1
4th	Slovenia	Italy	00:13	00:13	09:13	9:39	0: 3
5	Netherlands	Israel	13: 2	13: 8	13:12	39:22	3-0
5	Italy	Czech Republic	13: 2	13: 0	13: 5	39: 7	3-0
5	Slovenia	Belgium	03:13	03:13	05:13	11:39	0: 3

Group C

Qualification group C was held in Denmark. In addition to the host, England, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia and Hungary also competed.

Here, too, the favored teams prevailed. In addition to the host, Switzerland has also secured a ticket to the finals and will thus take part in a European Championship for the second time.

Due to the direct comparison between the teams with two wins, England is third, Slovakia fourth and Austria fifth.

space	team	Victories	Games	Diff.
1	Switzerland	5	12: 3	+83
2	Denmark	4th	12: 3	+84
3	England	2	7: 8	−9
4th	Slovakia	2	8: 7	−22
5	Austria	2	5:10	−18
6th	Hungary	0	1:14	−118

round	Team 1	Team 2	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1	Bullets	Final score
1	Denmark	Austria	13: 3	13: 6	13:11	39:20	3-0
1	Switzerland	England	13: 0	13:10	13: 7	39:17	3-0
1	Hungary	Slovakia	03:13	11:13	06:13	20:39	0: 3
2	Denmark	England	13: 0	13: 0	13: 9	39: 9	3-0
2	Switzerland	Hungary	13: 1	13: 5	13: 2	39: 8	3-0
2	Austria	Slovakia	06:13	13: 2	13: 6	32:21	2: 1
3	Denmark	Slovakia	13: 4	12:13	13: 1	38:18	2: 1
3	Switzerland	Austria	13: 9	12:13	13: 9	38:31	2: 1
3	Hungary	England	04:13	04:13	03:13	11:39	0: 3
4th	Austria	England	04:13	07:13	12:13	23:39	0: 3
4th	Denmark	Hungary	13: 1	13: 4	13: 7	39:12	3-0
4th	Slovakia	Switzerland	06:13	13:12	08:13	27:38	1: 2
5	Denmark	Switzerland	04:13	06:13	13: 9	23:35	1: 2
5	Austria	Hungary	13: 3	10:13	13: 7	36:23	2: 1
5	England	Slovakia	13: 4	05:13	11:13	29:30	1: 2

Preliminary round

In August the German Pétanque Association (DPV) nominated Pascal Keller (PCB Horb / Baden-Württemberg), Vincent Probst ( MKWU Munich / Bavaria), Robin Stentenbach (1st BPC Bad Godesberg / NRW) and Manuel Strokosch (BC Niedersalbach / Saarland) for the EM.

On Friday, October 18, 2013, the preliminary round groups were drawn. The following groups came into being:

Germany had a very difficult preliminary group with defending champion France, who competed with Dylan Rocher and Kevin Malbec, who had been European champions the week before, among others , Italy and Spain.

The other group is made up of Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

The preliminary round will take place on Saturday, October 19th.

groups
A.	B.
Spain	Luxembourg
Germany	Switzerland
France	Denmark
Italy	Belgium

Group A

Germany played as hosts in Group A against defending champions France, Italy and Spain.

Thus three medal winners from the last European Championship met in the preliminary round.

As expected, France was the first to prevail. Spain and Italy delivered a real thriller about the semi-finals in the last group game, which the Italians won after losing a triplet.

Without a single victory, Germany was left behind in last place.

space	team	Victories	Games	Bullets	Diff.
1	France	3	8: 1	108: 26	+82
2	Italy	2	6: 3	90:69	+21
3	Spain	1	4: 5	75:88	−13
4th	Germany	0	0: 9	27: 117	−90

round	Team 1	Team 2	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1	Bullets	Final score
1	Spain	Germany	13: 5	13: 7	13: 0	39:12	3-0
1	France	Italy	13: 0	13: 1	04:13	30:14	2: 1
2	Spain	France	00:13	04:13	04:13	8:39	0: 3
2	Germany	Italy	01:13	04:13	06:13	11:39	0: 3
3	Spain	Italy	13:11	06:13	09:13	28:37	1: 2
3	Germany	France	01:13	00:13	03:13	4:39	0: 3

Group B

In Group B there was no clear favorite. Apart from Denmark, no other nation was at the last European Championship.

Belgium won all the games here and made it to the semi-finals first. After an opening defeat, Denmark also won the two duels against Luxembourg and Switzerland and thus had the first men's medal at an Espoir European Championship.

Switzerland and Luxembourg were eliminated. For the Swiss, three games won were not enough for an overall victory.

space	team	Victories	Games	Bullets	Diff.
1	Belgium	3	7: 2	104: 79	+25
2	Denmark	2	6: 3	106: 81	+25
3	Luxembourg	1	2: 7	75: 104	−29
4th	Switzerland	0	3: 6	75:96	−21

round	Team 1	Team 2	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1	Bullets	Final score
1	Luxembourg	Switzerland	13: 2	09:13	13:11	35:26	2: 1
1	Denmark	Belgium	11:13	12:13	13: 9	36:35	1: 2
2	Luxembourg	Denmark	04:13	05:13	11:13	20:39	0: 3
2	Switzerland	Belgium	05:13	05:13	13: 4	23:30	1: 2
3	Luxembourg	Belgium	03:13	07:13	10:13	20:39	0: 3
3	Switzerland	Denmark	03:13	10:13	13: 5	26:31	1: 2

Final round

The final round with the semi-finals and the final will take place entirely on October 20, 2011.

In the semifinals, the group first played against the group runner-up of the other group.

France and Italy both clearly won their games 3-0 to reach the final.

For Belgium and Denmark it stayed with bronze.

In the final Italy led 1-0 after the triplet. But two clear victories in the second round brought the French team the fourth title at the fourth European Championship.

	Semifinals					final
	A1	France	3
	B2	Denmark	0
							France	2
							Italy	1
	B1	Belgium	0
	A2	Italy	3

round	Team 1	Team 2	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1	Bullets	Final score
HF1	France	Denmark	13: 6	13: 5	13: 5	39:16	3-0
HF2	Belgium	Italy	05:13	00:13	08:13	13:39	0: 3
final	France	Italy	06:13	13: 0	13: 3	32:16	2: 1

Final score

Final score men

space	country	player
1		Logan Amourette, Florent Coutanson, Williams Dauphant, Dylan Rocher
2		Alessandro Basso, Mattia Chiapello, Gianluca Rattenni, Diego Rizzi
3		Dylan Alexandre, Logan Baton, Jonas Buyck, Dieter Verplancke
		Morten Junge, Daniel Presutti, Mathias Beyer, Lasse Dithmar
5		Gary Barone, Luc Cattazzo, Thomas Pickar, Thibaut Weber
		José Luis Guasch, Pedro Garcia, José Manuel Fernandez, Juan Carlos Sogorb
7th		Pascal Keller, Vincent Probst, Robin Stentenbach, Manuel Strokosch
		Maik Molinas, Tony Molinas, Julien Pittet, Steven Tamburini

Ladies

The defending champion is Germany. Thus, seven starting places were played in the qualifying groups.

qualification

As with the men, three qualifying tournaments were held for the women’s competition. 14 teams reported, which were divided into a group of four and two groups of five. The first and second in each group as well as the best third from the two groups of five qualified for the EM.

Group A

The group of four A played in Hungary. Belgium, Italy and the Czech Republic also competed there.

The favorites from Belgium and Italy prevailed confidently in this group and qualified for the European Championship.

space	team	Victories	Games	Diff.
1	Italy	3	7: 2	+49
2	Belgium	2	6: 3	+41
3	Czech Republic	1	4: 5	−25
4th	Hungary	0	1: 8	−65

round	Team 1	Team 2	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1	Bullets	Final score
1	Hungary	Italy	02:13	13:10	02:13	17.36	1: 2
1	Czech Republic	Belgium	01:13	13:11	00:13	14:37	1: 2
2	Hungary	Czech Republic	08:13	06:13	09:13	23:39	0: 3
2	Italy	Belgium	13: 0	13: 9	08:13	34:22	2: 1
3	Hungary	Belgium	07:13	02:13	00:13	9:39	0: 3
3	Italy	Czech Republic	13:11	13: 6	13: 4	39:21	3-0

Group B

Group B was played in Spain. The hosts received Denmark, England, the Netherlands and Austria.

Spain won every game and easily qualified for the European Championship. The second safe place on the grid, however, was hard fought. Due to the direct comparison, England placed ahead of Denmark, which only lost due to a 12-13 defeat in Tête-a-tête.

The Netherlands, who even had two 12-13 results in decisive games against each other, also failed very closely.

Austria, who finished seventh at the European Championships in 2011, remained the penultimate place in the table, as they won the direct comparison against the Netherlands.

space	team	Victories	Games	Diff.
1	Spain	4th	12: 0	+81
2	England	2	4: 8	−26
3	Denmark	2	5: 7	−21
4th	Austria	1	4: 8	−42
5	Netherlands	1	5: 7	+8

round	Team 1	Team 2	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1	Bullets	Final score
1	Spain	England	13: 8	13:11	13: 0	39:19	3-0
1	Netherlands	Denmark	11:13	13: 7	12:13	36:33	1: 2
2	Spain	Denmark	13: 5	13: 7	13: 5	39:17	3-0
2	Netherlands	Austria	13: 1	04:13	12:13	29:27	1: 2
3	Netherlands	England	13: 2	13: 7	13: 8	39:17	3-0
3	Austria	Denmark	00:13	13: 2	11:13	24:28	1: 2
4th	Spain	Austria	13: 7	13: 7	13: 5	39:19	3-0
4th	England	Denmark	06:13	13: 7	13:12	32:22	2: 1
5	Spain	Netherlands	13: 6	13: 7	13: 7	39:20	3-0
5	England	Austria	13: 4	13: 3	10:13	36:20	2: 1

Group C

In group C, Switzerland received the 2008 European champions, France, Sweden, Slovenia and Turkey.

As expected, France prevailed as first group with 4 wins. Three teams landed behind with two wins each. Due to the direct comparison with each other, Slovenia finished second, Switzerland third and Sweden failed to qualify in fourth.

Switzerland bought the ticket to the EM due to the better cross-comparison with the third in Group B, Denmark. Seven games were won against five of the Danes.

space	team	Victories	Games	Diff.
1	France *	4th	10: 2	+98
2	Slovenia *	2	7: 5	+16
3	Switzerland *	2	7: 5	−10
4th	Sweden	2	5: 7	−22
5	Turkey	0	1:11	−82

round	Team 1	Team 2	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1	Bullets	Final score
1	Switzerland	Slovenia	13: 9	10:13	13:12	36:34	2: 1
1	Turkey	Sweden	09:13	10:13	05:13	24:39	0: 3
2	Switzerland	Sweden	13:11	06:13	06:13	25:37	1: 2
2	Turkey	France	01:13	00:13	08:13	9:39	0: 3
3	Turkey	Slovenia	04:13	01:13	13:10	18:36	1: 2
3	France	Sweden	13: 0	13: 2	13: 7	39: 9	3-0
4th	Switzerland	France	00:13	05:13	13:11	18:37	1: 2
4th	Slovenia	Sweden	13:10	13: 4	13: 6	39:20	3-0
5	Switzerland	Turkey	13: 5	13: 8	13: 7	39:20	3-0
5	Slovenia	France	05:13	13:12	01:13	19:38	1: 2

(*) A direct comparison of the three teams with two victories resulted in the following table:

space	team	Victories	Games
1	Slovenia	1	4: 2
2	Switzerland	1	3: 3
3	Sweden	1	2: 4

Preliminary round

The DPV nominated two players for the EM, Natascha Denzinger (SKV Unterensingen / Baden-Württemberg) and Lea Mitschker ( TuRa Braunschweig / Lower Saxony), who had already become European champions in 2011. There are also Anne Hübchen (PC Göttingen / Lower Saxony) and Laura Schneider (LBR Dresden / Saxony).

The draw on Friday, October 18. resulted in the following preliminary round groups:

groups
A.	B.
England	Spain
Switzerland	France
Italy	Belgium
Slovenia	Germany

Group A

In Group A, England, Switzerland and Slovenia met three newcomers at the European Championships. The fourth team was Italy, which last appeared in 2009.

The Italians came out on top with three wins in the group. Switzerland, which was there for the first time, also qualified for the semi-finals with victories over England and Slovenia.

space	team	Victories	Games	Bullets	Diff.
1	Italy	3	7: 2	114: 75	+39
2	Switzerland	2	6: 3	91:80	+11
3	Slovenia	1	3: 6	71:89	−18
4th	England	0	2: 7	64: 107	−43

round	Team 1	Team 2	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1	Bullets	Final score
1	England	Switzerland	09:13	00:13	13: 5	22:31	1: 2
1	Italy	Slovenia	13: 7	13: 3	13: 7	39:17	3-0
2	England	Italy	07:13	11:13	13:11	31:37	1: 2
2	Switzerland	Slovenia	13: 0	13: 5	13:10	39:15	3-0
3	England	Slovenia	02:13	01:13	08:13	11:39	0: 3
3	Switzerland	Italy	08:13	13:12	06:13	27:38	1: 2

Group B

In Group B, as in 2011 with Germany and France, the two finalists of the EM 2011 met in the preliminary round. In addition, the two third-place winners in Group B, Belgium and Spain, were drawn.

So all of Roskilde's medal winners played in one group.

France was the first to prevail with three wins. Spain also reached the semi-finals in second place.

For the defending champions there was only one win in the first triplet against Belgium. However, like the men, they finished the preliminary round without a win as the last.

space	team	Victories	Games	Bullets	Diff.
1	France	3	8: 1	114: 47	+67
2	Spain	2	6: 3	91:80	+11
3	Belgium	1	3: 6	75:94	−19
4th	Germany	0	1: 8	56: 115	−59

round	Team 1	Team 2	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1	Bullets	Final score
1	Spain	France	08:13	02:13	13:10	23:36	1: 2
1	Belgium	Germany	11:13	13: 5	13: 8	37:26	2: 1
2	Spain	Belgium	03:13	13: 9	13: 4	29:26	2: 1
2	France	Germany	13: 3	13: 4	13: 5	39:12	3-0
3	Spain	Germany	13: 9	13: 5	13: 4	39:18	3-0
3	France	Belgium	13: 7	13: 1	13: 4	39:12	3-0

Final round

The final round with the semi-finals and the final will take place entirely on October 20, 2011.

The first in the group plays against the second in the other group.

In the semi-finals, after a tough battle, France and Spain prevailed and reached the final.

Italy and Switzerland could still be satisfied with bronze in the first and second European Championship participation.

France then secured their second title in the final after 2008 .

	Semifinals					final
	A1	Italy	1
	B2	Spain	2
							Spain	0
							France	3
	B1	France	3
	A2	Switzerland	0

round	Team 1	Team 2	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1	Bullets	Final score
HF1	Italy	Spain	11:13	13:11	10:13	34:37	1: 2
HF2	France	Switzerland	13:12	13: 2	13:10	39:24	3-0
final	Spain	France	08:13	02:13	05:13	15:39	0: 3

Final score

Final result women

space	country	player
1		Morgan Bacon, Audrey Bandiera, Anaïs Lapoutge, Anna Maillard
2		Diana Castro, Melani Homar, Marta Fernandez, Cynthia Arrabal
3		Laura Cardo, Sara Domici, Giulia Levaggi, Jessica Rattenni
		Elena Baumgartner, Nicole Bégue, Emilie Métairon, Melanie Schüpbach
5		Aurélie Delporte, Stéphanie Moiny, Jordane Parker, Alisson Vandaele
		Kaja Jamnik, Tea Krsinar, Jera Šeruga, Urša Šeruga
7th		Natascha Denzinger, Anne Hübchen, Lea Mitschker, Laura Schneider
		Christina Norris, Sabrina Seville, Samantha Thatcher, Poppy Whatley

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