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OPEN DU VALAIS
W.States Pool Club Billard
Rue des Ateliers 6
1950 Sion
Switzerland
Tel: 079/ 448 54 06
w.statespoolbillard@netplus.ch

26-30 April 2007

P-A Wenger ( Pr�sident du club) Eric Marendaz, Yannick Beaufils, Vincent Ortiz

L'Open du Valais 2007 unfolded at the W States Pool Club in Sion, Switzerland. This year we again innovated by founding two tournaments. Indeed, the principal tournament, with more than 10000 Swiss Francs prize-fund, as well as a tournament for the losers with more than 2000 Swiss Francs prize. The tournament played out over the 4 days of Thursday April 26 to Sunday April 29. This year we decided to Seed for the final stages on Sunday the 8 first of the Swiss Rankings, the best players of the club, the winner of last year Vincent Facquet and we also invited Yannick Beaufils who was vice champion of the world of English Pool in 2002.

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This tournament proceded in the following way: Thursday, Friday and Saturday was for qualifications. Tables of 16 or 32 players in double KO, allowing 32 players to join the 16 qualified for the final table of the principal tournament and 16 players to play in the tournament of the losers of Sunday.

Qualified Thursday:

Direct : Vincent Ortiz, Enrique Dalmau, Eric Marendaz, Michel Tercier
Indirect : David Bianco, Michael Jacquerod, Mustapha Trabelsi, Bertrand Luisier

Friday was with the turn of the French to come in a number and to qualify 2 players.

Qualified Friday:

Direct : Murat Ayas, J-M Chiappolino ( France )
Indirect : Emanuel Ciana, Julien Roux ( France )

Qualified Saturday morning:

Direct : Jerry Quinto ( Philippines ), Daniel Gajardo
Indirect : Fadil Krasniki, Thierry Stern

Qualified Saturday afternoon:

Direct : Roger Schmid, Yves Scheurer, Angelo Savastano, Uorsin Candrian
Indirect : Mich. Sorace,Jos� Dos Santos, Manuel Vidinha, Antonio Rossi

Qualified Saturday evening:

Direct : Aziz Nana ( France ) Igor Bodlovic, Vincent Barbey, Jos� Lopes
Indirect : S�bastien Curtil et Morad Baiche ( France) Lorrine Mills, Marco R

The table of Sunday was majestic. Indeed, there were 6 French at the beginning, 12 Switzerland players classified in the 16 best nationals, as well as very strong players representing all the categories of play in Switzerland.

A large surprise from the very start of the tournament. Indeed, the finalist of last year Urs Furrer corrected himself by the French Jean-Marie Chiappolino who had never played American billiards... It is a player of English Pool which plays with the players of Sion in Haute-Savoie.

In the first round of matches for the winner of last year Vincent Facquet was less at ease than when at practice, but he still qualified for the semi final, but found his Masterin the person of Eric Marendaz who beat him, along with previous wins over Manuel Vidinha, Rosendo Gonzalez, Dimitri Jungo and Pascal Perisset.

Marendaz is a former player of the club and really wanted to take part in the finale of this great sporting appointment, but after a little more than one hour of play, Vincent Facquet capitulated by losing 9 to 7.

On the other side of the table one could assess the quality of the French player Yannick Beaufils, vice champion of the World of English Pool in 2002, who qualified for the final by beating Vincent Barbey, Sascha Specchia, Fadil Krasniki and in the semi final Vincent Ortiz.

The final began at 20:30hrs and nothing could seperate the two players. This play lasted up to 8-all, and then Eric Marendaz cracked and Yannick Beaufils benefitted from it to gain his first great American tournament.

We would like to make a point of thanking the sponsors who supported us for this event and all the others who support us year on year.

Thank you also with all the volunteers, without which an event of this size could not take place.

Here's looking forward to L'Open du Valais 2008.

Code 8

1.Yannick Beaufils (nothing)
2. Eric Marendaz
3. Vincent Facquet (nothing), Vincent Ortiz
5. John Torres, Pascal Perisset, Pascal Nydegger, Fadil Krasniki

9. P-A Wenger, Roland Vodoz, Murat Ayas, Dimitri Jungo, J-M Chiappolino, Angelo Savastano, Jonathan Fulcher, Sascha Specchia

17. Fabien Nicolier, Rolf Hollenstein, Roger Schmid, Jos� Lopes, Yves Scheurer, Rosendo Gonzalez,Igor Bodlovic, Daniel Gajardo, Urs Furrer, Benoit Bonvin, St�phane Wenger, Enrique Dalmau, Marc B�hler, Uorsin Candrian, Vincent Barbey, Jerry Quinto
33. Aziz Nana, Morad Baiche, Michael Jacquerod, Bertrand Luisier, David Bianco, Manuel Vidinha, Marco Recchilungo, Michelangelo Sorace, Eleuterio Dos Santos, Julien Roux, Mustapha Trabelsi, Lorraine Mills, Michel Tercier, Emanuel Ciana, S�bastien Curtil, Antonio Rossi

P-A Wenger ( Pr�sident du club) Eric Marendaz, Yannick Beaufils, Vincent Ortiz

Code 7

1.Memisi Nuhi
2. Emanuel Ciana
3. David Bianco, Julien Roux
5. Morad Baiche, Michelangelo Sorace, Mustapha Trabelsi, S�bastien Curtil
9. Nana Aziz, Bertrand Luisier, Manuel Vidinha, Marco Recchilungo, Rapha�l Sermier, Lorraine Mills, Michel Tercier, Antonio Rossi

17. Martin Andr�s, Michael Jacquerod, Simon Dayen, Eleuterio Dos Santos, Sauro Licciardello, Fabien Luyet, Roberto Zolla, Ingrid Nydegger, L�onor Maurice

David Bianco, Julien Roux, Emanuel Ciana et Mimisi Nuhi

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