In the week leading up to the UMB World Cup in Antalya, the CEB takes center stage in the same location. From 11 – 13 February, the European 3-cushion championship for ladies is held, and from 13 – 16 February it’s the European 3-cushion championship for National teams. Both events take place in the LİMAK ATLANTİS RESORT & HOTEL in Antalya.
For the Ladies tournament, Therese Klompenhouwer from the Netherlands is the number one seeded player, followed by Gülsen Degener from Turkey, Irena Hambalkova from the Czech Republic and Steffi Daske from Germany. The Netherlands has five players in the draw, Turkey has four. A total of 24 ladies will compete for the title, the ranking points and a first prize of € 1.000,00.
Matches will be to 25 points in the group stage, with a 40-inning limit. In the K.O. stage, the length will be 30 points. In all matches, there are two time-outs.
The second event is the European team championship in 3-cushion, which was part of the Brandenburg mega-tournament last time (2019). The Belgian favorites (Merckx and Caudron) won on that occasion. As a result, Belgium 1 (Merckx and Forthomme) is the number 1 seed, followed by Netherlands 1 (Jorissen and Burgman), Turkey 1 (Sayginer and Coklu) and Spain 1 (Sánchez and Legazpi). Turkey 2 (Tasdemir and Capak) is a strong contender, as well as Denmark 1 (Nelin and Sörensen). The Swedish A-team (Blomdahl and Nilsson), with their long history of successes in Viersen, must be considered a dangerous outsider, and it will be interesting to see what the very seasoned and still-very-young combination from Italy can achieve (Zanetti and D’Agata). Twenty-three teams take part in this event. The length is 30 points in the group stage, 40 points in the K.O. stage, with a maximum of three time-outs. First prize is € 4.000,00.
The two CEB events will be followed by the first UMB World Cup of the 2020 season.
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