14th Carrom Euro Cup in Rome, Itlay
June 10 to 14, 2010
Authority: European Carrom Confederation
Host: Italian Carrom Federation
13th Carrom Euro Cup in Switzerland
a grand success
(We thank the Italian Carrom Federation for the 13th Euro Cup photos - Editor)
Karnal Abdin of UK is agian European Carrom Champion.
During the 13th Carrom Euro Cup 2009 at Lenk, Switzerland, Karnal Abdin successfully defended his European Title, by winning all 12 matches plus beating Jonathan Leau of France in Final by 25:01, 25:12. Jonathan Leau and Fabian Pereira (both France) came on second and third places. A total number of 84 players participated in Singles Event, which was conducted with Swiss System of 8 boards or 25 points (whichever is first) based on 2 winning points plus Bucholz points and Coins difference.
The doubles event was won by Fabian Pereira and his 12 year old partner Radjou Venou of France, who surprised by winning the final beating Murshad Khan and Ala Miah of UK, who came on second place. Steffen Eder and Jan Geister of Germany came on third place.
The UK Team also defended the Teams Championship title beating all other countries. France came on second place, while Germany on third place. Germany, Italy and Switzerland had 18 points each, but the coins difference was in favour of Germany. Poland (which participated with full team for the first time) came on 6th place behind Switzerland. Poland scored 6 points.
Best woman player was Elisa Martinelli of Italy.
Arif Naqvi and Roger Meyer were the Chief Referees, while the final matches were conducted by Claudio Motta of Italy.
Earlier on 10th July the 13th Carrom Euro Cup, under the auspices of the European Carrom Confederation, was inaugurated by ECC president Arif Naqvi (who is also ICF president) at Lenk in Simmenthal, Switzerland, surrounded by beautiful mountains. Naqvi appreciated the excellent arrangements made by the Swiss Carrom Association and also praised the rising standard of Carrom in Europe and welcomed some new countries willing to join ECC. Speaking on behalf of the host country Roger Meyer welcomed the participants and thanked the ECC and other federations for their support.
Also in the prize distribution ceremony on 12th evening, ECC president Arif Naqvi praised the arrangements and claimed that the 13th Euro Cup was a great success and the excellent performances of the players in 13th Euro Cup will also reflect in the Carrom World Cup in 2010 in USA.
Roger Meyer of Switzerland thanked all participants and sponsors for their support.
During the meeting of the Board of Management of the European Carrom Confederation, during the Euro Cup, it was decided to send Greetings to the participants of the SAARC Countries Championship in Mumbai and Asian Carrom Championsip in Pune in August this year. It is hoped that the Asian players who have always been inspiring the players all over the world will have excellent performances during these championship and continue raising the prestigue of Carrom.
The 14th Carrom Euro Cup in 2010 was allotted to Italy and the 15th Euro Cup in 2011 to France. The Polsih Carrom Association which officially joined the ECC offered to host a Eurocup tournament in Poland in coming years.
Results of 13th Carrom Euro Cup:
Teams Championship
Rang |
Nation |
|
Wins |
Coins |
1. |
England |
 |
36 |
306 |
2. |
Frankreich |
 |
24 |
109 |
3. |
Deutschland |
 |
18 |
-3 |
4. |
Italien |
 |
18 |
-20 |
5. |
Schweiz |
 |
18 |
-69 |
6. |
Polen |
 |
8 |
-323 |
Doubles Championship
1. |
Fabian Pereira + Radjou Venou |
 |
10 |
50 |
52 |
2. |
Murshad Khan + Ala Miah |
 |
10 |
41 |
63 |
3. |
Steffen Eder + Jan Geister |
 |
10 |
40 |
31 |
4. |
A Rahman Khan + Abdul Malik |
 |
10 |
39 |
102 |
5. |
Stefano Stucchi + Amitha Ubhayathunga |
 |
8 |
44 |
35 |
6. |
Gabriele Pellegatta + Paolo Ometto |
 |
8 |
43 |
10 |
7. |
Anders Illi + Mervin Kalinga |
 |
8 |
35 |
22 |
8. |
Andreas Hurtig + Abdullah Nauandish |
 |
8 |
34 |
31 |
9. |
Rajesh Chilveri + Abdul Khan |
 |
7 |
47 |
32 |
10. |
Elisa Zucchiatti + Sriyantha Weerasinghe |
 |
7 |
47 |
12 |
11. |
Shuab Ahmed + Anhar Ali |
 |
6 |
44 |
13 |
12. |
Giorgio Balicchi + Vittorio Canisi |
 |
6 |
40 |
10 |
13. |
Bernhard Sander + Frank Fehr |
 |
6 |
38 |
-2 |
14. |
Fabien Vicart + Kevin Seiger |
 |
6 |
37 |
-24 |
15. |
Nitesh Sinha + Ajay Pal |
 |
6 |
34 |
4 |
16. |
Kurt Scherrer + Stefan Eigenmann |
 |
6 |
30 |
-8 |
17. |
Gunter Seibert + Ingo Frauenrath |
 |
6 |
29 |
6 |
18. |
Rolf Schmid + Robert Durrer |
 |
6 |
24 |
-26 |
19. |
Harvey Gomes + Azir Uddin |
 |
4 |
42 |
-39 |
20. |
Stefano Fabiano + Riccardo Maurizi |
 |
4 |
36 |
-10 |
21. |
Stéphane Cano + Norbert Mothe |
 |
4 |
36 |
-33 |
22. |
Armin Schneider + Uwe Schneider |
 |
4 |
34 |
-25 |
23. |
Jalal Ahmed + Ahad Miah |
 |
4 |
32 |
4 |
24. |
Marcel Egli + Barbara Thomas |
 |
4 |
28 |
-31 |
25. |
Fabio Tomasi + Andrea Croci |
 |
4 |
26 |
-50 |
26. |
Armin Steiner + Hans Faller |
 |
4 |
24 |
-18 |
27. |
Jonas Hürlimann + Noam Mayer |
 |
2 |
26 |
-42 |
28. |
Walter Buchmann + Riz Careem |
 |
0 |
28 |
-119 |
(Note: Four players from each country, who were members of their national teams did not take part in Doubles.
The Doubles Event and Team Event took place at the same time on final day.)
Singles Event
Champion: Karnal Abedin, U.K.
Runner-up: Jonathan Leau, France
Third: Fabian Pereira, France
Ranking |
Playerr |
Nation |
Winning Pt. |
Bucholzpt. |
Coins Pt. |
1. |
Karnal Abdin |
 |
24 |
186 |
242 |
2. |
Jonathan Leau |
 |
20 |
188 |
148 |
3. |
Fabian Pereira |
 |
18 |
195 |
110 |
4. |
Amitha Ubhayathunga |
 |
18 |
181 |
66 |
5. |
Abdul Malik |
 |
18 |
179 |
117 |
6. |
Sriyantha Weerasinghe |
 |
16 |
194 |
24 |
7. |
Nazrul Islam |
 |
16 |
190 |
42 |
8. |
Pierre Dubois |
 |
16 |
187 |
108 |
9. |
Mouraly Venou |
 |
16 |
184 |
99 |
10. |
Heiko Wurst |
 |
16 |
177 |
65 |
11. |
Abdul Wahid |
 |
16 |
176 |
95 |
12. |
Thomas Scheuerl |
 |
16 |
172 |
71 |
13. |
Gianluca Cristiani |
 |
16 |
168 |
75 |
14. |
Kevin Seiger |
 |
16 |
153 |
44 |
15. |
Cornel D'Silva |
 |
16 |
151 |
83 |
16. |
Steeve Collard |
 |
16 |
144 |
62 |
17. |
Carlito Bollin |
 |
15 |
165 |
99 |
18. |
Mervin Kalinga |
 |
14 |
172 |
10 |
19. |
Shuab Ahmed |
 |
14 |
171 |
56 |
20. |
Lorenzo Hürlimann |
 |
14 |
171 |
30 |
21. |
A Rahman Khan |
 |
14 |
168 |
48 |
22. |
Claudio Motta |
 |
14 |
165 |
57 |
23. |
Murshad Khan |
 |
14 |
162 |
53 |
24. |
Rajesh Chilveri |
 |
14 |
160 |
42 |
25. |
Radjou Venou |
 |
14 |
160 |
38 |
26. |
Anders Illi |
 |
14 |
158 |
37 |
27. |
Tobias Krüger |
 |
14 |
158 |
22 |
28. |
Marcel Egli |
 |
14 |
158 |
5 |
29. |
Ish Kumer Gupta |
 |
14 |
155 |
58 |
30. |
Abdul Khan |
 |
14 |
155 |
-1 |
31. |
Vittorio Canisi |
 |
14 |
148 |
20 |
32. |
Rafi Dewangso |
 |
14 |
144 |
31 |
33. |
Wolfgang Peter |
 |
12 |
180 |
5 |
34. |
Stefano Stucchi |
 |
12 |
164 |
15 |
35. |
Andreas Hurtig |
 |
12 |
157 |
3 |
36. |
Paolo Martinelli |
 |
12 |
152 |
6 |
37. |
Ingo Frauenrath |
 |
12 |
150 |
-22 |
38. |
Gabriele Pellegatta |
 |
12 |
150 |
-42 |
39. |
Alfred Rajadurai |
 |
12 |
144 |
34 |
40. |
Armin Steiner |
 |
12 |
144 |
-11 |
41. |
Nitesh Sinha |
 |
12 |
143 |
-40 |
42. |
Francesco Pedicini |
 |
12 |
140 |
-17 |
43. |
Stefan Eigenmann |
 |
12 |
139 |
-10 |
44. |
Ala Miah |
 |
12 |
138 |
67 |
45. |
Jonas Hürlimann |
 |
12 |
138 |
-1 |
46. |
Patrice Dumas |
 |
12 |
137 |
-60 |
47. |
Elisa Zucchiatti |
 |
12 |
134 |
29 |
48. |
Bernhard Sander |
 |
12 |
134 |
-13 |
49. |
Jalal Ahmed |
 |
12 |
134 |
-19 |
50. |
Steffen Eder |
 |
12 |
134 |
-64 |
51. |
Ahad Miah |
 |
11 |
161 |
-66 |
52. |
Viktor Baumgartner |
 |
10 |
160 |
-38 |
53. |
Jan Geister |
 |
10 |
152 |
-32 |
54. |
Stéphane Cano |
 |
10 |
140 |
-36 |
55. |
Anhar Ali |
 |
10 |
136 |
28 |
56. |
Gunter Seibert |
 |
10 |
132 |
-1 |
57. |
Armin Schneider |
 |
10 |
132 |
-2 |
58. |
Stefano Fabiano |
 |
10 |
132 |
-63 |
59. |
Giorgio Balicchi |
 |
10 |
131 |
-42 |
60. |
Riccardo Maurizi |
 |
10 |
128 |
5 |
61. |
Norbert Mothe |
 |
10 |
127 |
-29 |
62. |
Jakub Nowakowski |
 |
10 |
124 |
-5 |
63. |
Paolo Ometto |
 |
10 |
123 |
15 |
64. |
Harvey Gomes |
 |
10 |
121 |
-18 |
65. |
Sylwester Pogorzelski |
 |
10 |
121 |
-78 |
66. |
Andrea Croci |
 |
10 |
120 |
-1 |
67. |
Frank Fehr |
 |
10 |
118 |
-36 |
68. |
Walter Buchmann |
 |
10 |
118 |
-54 |
69. |
Rolf Schmid |
 |
10 |
117 |
-38 |
70. |
Fabio Tomasi |
 |
10 |
110 |
-17 |
71. |
Hans Faller |
 |
10 |
102 |
-18 |
72. |
Abdullah Nauandish |
 |
8 |
136 |
-19 |
73. |
Kurt Scherrer |
 |
8 |
127 |
-36 |
74. |
Fabien Vicart |
 |
8 |
121 |
-39 |
75. |
Uwe Schneider |
 |
8 |
121 |
-44 |
76. |
Robert Durrer |
 |
8 |
115 |
-72 |
77. |
Ajay Pal |
 |
8 |
97 |
-113 |
78. |
Riz Careem |
 |
8 |
94 |
-86 |
79. |
Noam Mayer |
 |
7 |
87 |
-128 |
80. |
Michael Helbling |
 |
6 |
100 |
-123 |
81. |
Azir Uddin |
 |
6 |
99 |
-109 |
82. |
Barbara Thomas |
 |
4 |
98 |
-153 |
83. |
Cezary Kubicki |
 |
3 |
89 |
-205 |
84. |
Laura Zava |
 |
0 |
100 |
-263 |
13th EUROCUP LENK SWITZERLAND JULY 2009
(Thanks to Italian Carrom Federation for the following photos of Euro Cup 2009)
Kuspo the great Eurocup venu
Pedicini & Croci pracricing
Relaxing outsi
Stucci & Frien
Carlito and others trying out new skill
Gunter vs Riz
Frank vs Rolf
Jakub vs Jan
Laura vs Barbara
Players checking the score board
The final - Karnal Abdin vs Jonathan Leau
Team event - Italy vs Switzerland, Germany vs France
UK vs Poland
Elisa & Paolo enjoyong the beautiful mountains
Roger with the prizes
Prize giving ceremony
3rd place France
UK Team - the winners
Jan & Steffen from Germany 3rd place Doubles
Murshad Khan & Ala Miah runners up
Fabian Pereira and Radjou Venou 1st place Doubles
Elisa best woman player
The winners - Karnal. Jonathan and Fabian
Swiss organizers relaxing after the successful weekend
London, 31st July - 3rd. August 2008

Final match between Karnal Abdin and Sunahar Ali