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Diamond Nine - Euro-Tour/ Dynamic French Open
Leader Club Billard 94
8 rue Christophe Colomb
en face de Saint-Gobain
94370
Sucy-en-Brie
Paris
France
www.bwin.com
www.lcb94.fr
www.epbf.com
www.eurotouronline.eu

11-13 February 2010

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THE EURO TOUR FRENCH OPEN 2010
THE QUARTER-FINALS
Dimitri Jungo	9 : 3	Richard Jones
Craig Osborne	9 : 6	Mario He
Niels Feijen	9 : 5	Shane Van Boening
Tony Drago	9 : 7	Darren Appleton

THE EURO TOUR FRENCH OPEN 2010
THE SEMI-FINALS
Craig Osborne	9 : 3	Dmitri Jungo
Niels Feijen	9 : 5	Tony Drago

THE EURO TOUR FRENCH OPEN 2010
THE FINAL
Niels Feijen	9 : 2	Craig Osborne

Niels Feijen wins French Euro Tour

208 players started the tournament at Leader Club Billard 94 in Sucy-en-Brie, Paris, but there can be only one champion, and it was the pride of the Netherlands, Niels Feijen, who took the title, the trophy, and the prize money this weekend with a strong performance in the final against first time finalist Craig Osborne from Great Britain who took second place.

The field was, as usual, littered with celebrity players from all over Europe, plus a few extra special visitors from the US and Japan as international visitors made the most of their trip to Europe for the World Team Championships with a stay over that included the Euro Tour. Shane Van Boening and Yukio Akakariyama were the best performers for the two nations, reaching the Last 16 and Quarter-Finals respectively.

London resident from Malta, Tony Drago, had a momentous victory over pool supremo Darren Appleton in the Quarter-Finals, but received bronze place after a superior performance by Niels Feijen in the Semi-Finals, while Switzerland's Dmitri Jungo had to settle from Bronze too, after a resounding victory by Osborne.

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Day Three (Morning) of the French Euro Tour

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Day Three - The Final Conflict

By the end of play today we will have a victor in France as the tournament will be played to a conclusion by the remaining 16 condenders.

As the days starts, both the United States and Japan are still represented in the last 16 stage as Shane Van Boening and Yukio Akakariyama will be trying to achieve the almost inconceivable as they attempt to win a EuroTour on their first ever visit!

The day will get underway with a live-streamed match up between two British players, as Daryl Peach and Darren Appleton, two of the deadliest players on tour this season, face-off at 10am for a place in the Quarter-Finals.

Photographs � EPBF / Bethan Louise Sage - & used by Pro9 with express permission.

Day Two of the French Euro Tour

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The Second Day of Action at the Leader Club Billard 94

The second day of action in France saw some surprising upsets as the players were whittled down through the double elimination process from the huge 208 player field from all over the World, to the single elimination stages of just thirty-two candidates - and then further halved in the evening to the final sixteen successful players!

Britain's Imran Majid is clearly not himself after failing to reach the final thirty-two stage, and he was joined on the bench by Scott Higgins, and Andy Worthington. Then later, in the evening, the Last 32 stage saw Chris Melling, Karl Boyes and Mark Gray fall, leaving just four Brits to carry the flag into the Last 16.

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Day One of the French Euro Tour

Photographs � EPBF / Bethan Louise Sage - & used by Pro9 with express permission.

French Euro Tour gets underway today with some US players

Take a look at the entrants list for the Euro Tour's French Open event and you will spot some very familiar names from the US pool circuit as, for the first time ever, Shane Van Boening will be sampling the Euro Tour experience.

Shane, and a few other intercontinental players, have stopped over after the World Team Championships in Hannover, Germany, to test their metal once again against the best that Europe can provide - good luck Shane, and everyone else making the trip to France!

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Rank	Points	Prize-money (Euros)
1	550	5,000.00
2	480	3,300.00
3-4	420	2,000.00
5-8	370	1,480.00
9-16	330	1,000.00
17-32	300	764.00
33-48	235	100.00
49-64	230	Total Prize Fund 40,044 Euros
65-96	200
97-128	180
129-192	140

THE EURO TOUR FRENCH OPEN 2010
THE LAST 32
Thomas Engert	9 : 7	Ralf Souquet
Dimitri Jungo	9 : 6	Ruslan Chinakov
Richard Jones	9 : 3	Radoslaw Babica
Michael Valentine	9 : 6	Oliver Ortmann
Yukio Akakariyama	9 : 7	Mark Gray
Mario He	9 : 8	Karl Boyes
Harald Stolka	9 : 4	Carlos Cabello
Craig Osborne	9 : 6	Bruno Muratore
Niels Feijen	9 : 8	Chris Melling
Christian Reimering	9 : 5	Nick van den Berg
Shane Van Boening	9 : 5	Thorsten Hohmann
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz	9 : 5	Huidji See
Daryl Peach	9 : 4	Bjorn Lepke
Darren Appleton	9 : 4	Roman Hybler
Tony Drago	9 : 8	Raj Hundal
Florian Hammer	9 : 2	Carlo Dalmatin

THE EURO TOUR FRENCH OPEN 2010
THE LAST 16
Dimitri Jungo	9 : 4	Thomas Engert
Richard Jones	9 : 7	Michael Valentine
Mario He	9 : 2	Yukio Akakariyama
Craig Osborne	9 : 4	Harald Stolka
Niels Feijen	9 : 8	Christian Reimering
Shane Van Boening	9 : 4	Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
Darren Appleton	9 : 1	Daryl Peach
Tony Drago	9 : 7	Florian Hammer

THE EURO TOUR FRENCH OPEN 2010
THE QUARTER-FINALS
Dimitri Jungo	9 : 3	Richard Jones
Craig Osborne	9 : 6	Mario He
Niels Feijen	9 : 5	Shane Van Boening
Tony Drago	9 : 7	Darren Appleton

THE EURO TOUR FRENCH OPEN 2010
THE SEMI-FINALS
Craig Osborne	9 : 3	Dmitri Jungo
Niels Feijen	9 : 5	Tony Drago

THE EURO TOUR FRENCH OPEN 2010
THE FINAL
Niels Feijen	9 : 2	Craig Osborne

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