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![]() Thrilling matches at the 14th Carrom Euro Cup in Rome, Italy.
(Report by ICF Media Commission)
The 14th Carrom Euro cup held from 11th to 13th June in Rome ended on Sunday by the Prize Distribution Ceremony, in which ECC president Arif Naqvi announced that the 15th Euro Cup has been alloted by the ECC to France.
About one hundred Carrom players from France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Poland, Slovania, Switzerland and United Kingdom participated in this year's Euro Cup, which was held in three disciplines: Singles, Doubles and Team Event.
The team from Czech Republic could not attend at the last minute due to the death of the father of an important member
of the team.
the 14th Euro Cup was opened on Thursday evening by Arif Naqvi, President of European Carrom Confederation and ICF,
who appreciated that the Carrom Euro Cup has been held every year without any interval and has contributed to its popularity and rise of the standard. He said that the 14th Euro Cup should be taken as a rehersal for the 3rd World Cup which would be taking place from 27th September to 1st October in Richmond, Virginia USA. Naqvi appreciated the dedicated hard work done by Elisa Martinelli and other members of the Italian Carrom Federation to make the event successful.
The teams Championship conducted on first day, 11th June, was won by the UK with an edge of only one point against Germany. Switzerland came on third place.
The points are as following:
1. UK 25 points
2. Germany 24 points
3. Switzerland 15 points
4. France 14 points
5. Italy 12 points
6. Poland 0 points
Simultaneously the doubles Campionship was conducted on the same day which was won by Italy's Weerasinghe Sriyantha and Cristiani Gianluca agians Collard Steve and Pierre Dubois of France, with 25 to 24 . Both sides gave a excellent performance. At one point the score in the final game was 24 to 24. Leu Jonathan and Pierre Fabian of France came on third place.
The Singles Event , which was conducted on 12th and 13th June, was won by Karnal Abedin of UK for the third consecutive time. After the 11 round of matches the final was held between Karnal Abedin of UK and Pierre Dubois of France. While Karnal was leading clearly after 11 rounds with 20 points in hand Pierre Dubois of France, Peter Boecker of Germany and Abdul Malik of UK followed him with 18 points each, while Pierre had edge with Bucholz points.
The final between Karnal Abedin and Pierre Dubois was extremely exiting. While Karnal won the first game clearly, Pierre gave him a very good fight in the second game, winning the game clearly. The third game was however dominated by Karnal Abeding and he won the match and the trophy for the third consecutive time. Peter Boecker of Germany came on the third place.
The meeting of the General Council of the European Carrom Confederation was also held during the Euro Cup in Rome. It was attended by the representatives of France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Slovania (as guest), Switzerland and United Kingdom. The 15th Euro Cup was alotted to France and is to be held near Paris.
Poland's Paulina Nowakowska and UK's Nazrul Islam were included in the ECC General Council as two new Vice Presidents.
The 14th Euro Cup was concluded with prize distribution ceremny and a closing speech of the ECC President Arif Naqvi
at a restaurant rear the sea side of Rome. Naqvi asked the players to forward to 3rd. World Cup (2010) in USA, while Elisa Martinelly thanked on behalf of the italian federation to all players and sponsors for the coperation.
Presidents.
The present Office Bearers of the ECC are as following:
President: Arif Naqvi (Germany)
Vice Presidents: Paulina Nowakowska (Poland)
Nazrul Islam (UK)
Secretry General: Elisa Martinelli (Italy)
Treasurer: Kurt Scherrer (Switzerland)
!4th Carrom Euro Cup Results
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Singles Event: ( 89 player )
Winner: Karnal Abedin (UK)
2nd: Pierre Dubois (France)
3rd.: Peter Boecker (Germany)
Doubles Event:
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Winner: Weerasinghe Sriyantha and Cristiani Gianluca (Italy)
2nd: Collard Steve and Pierre Dubois (France)
3rd.: Leau Jonathan and Fabian Pereira (France)
Teams Event
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1. UK
2. Germany
3. Switzerland
4. France
5. Italy
6. Poland
Arif Naqvi
Chairman
ICF Media Commission
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