The groups for the World championship

CAIRO/BORDEAUX - The sports director of the UMB, Mr Farouk Barki, has announced the groups and schedule for the World championship three-cushion in Bordeaux. Sixteen groups of three players will play the preliminaries starting December 1. The winners of those groups advance to the knockouts in the main tournament.

The opening ceremony is on Tuesday, December 1st at 13.00. The start of the main tournament is Friday, December 4th at 14.00.

The most remarkable groups:

Group A with Sung-Won Choi, Jae Guen Kim and Tatsuo Arai.
Group C with Eddy Merckx, Semih Sayginer and Luis Aveiga.
Group D with Dick Jaspers, Ryuuji Umeda and Hyung Kon Kim.
Group G with Marco Zanetti, Xuan Cuong Ma and Jean van Erp
Group I with Jae Ho Cho, Nick Polychronopoulos and Andres Lizarazou
Group N with Jean Paul de Bruijn, Adnan Yüksel and Dion Nelin
Group O with Dong Koong Kang, Jérémy Bury and Christopher Tevez

All groups for the preliminaries:

Group A:
Sung-Won Choi (Korea)
Jae Guen Kim (Korea)
Tatsuo Arai (Japan)

Group B:
Torbjörn Blomdahl (Sweden)
Ihab El Messery (Egypt)
Jean Reverchon (France)

Group C:
Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
Semih Sayginer (Turkey)
Luis Aveiga (Ecuador)

Group D:
Dick Jaspers (Netherlands)
Ryuui Umeda (Japan)
Hyung Kon Kim (Korea)

Group E:
Tayfun Tasdemir (Turkey)
Arnim Kahofer (Austria)
Cetin Behzat (Switzerland)

Group F:
Dani Sánchez (Spain)
Christian Rudolph (Germany)
Jan Alles (Czech Republic)

Group G:
Marco Zanetti (Italy)
Xuan Cuong Ma (Vietnam)
Jean van Erp (Netherlands)

Group H:
Frédéric Caudron (Belgium)
Huberney Catano (Colombia)
Christakis Christoforou (Cyprus)

Group I:
Jae Ho Cho (Korea)
Nick Polychronopoulos (Greece)
Andres Lizarazou (Colombia)

Group J:
Hyung Bum Hwang (Korea)
Ruben Legazpi (Spain)
Juan Pablo Sisterna (Argentina)

Group K:
Heo Jung Han (Korea)
Anh Vu Duong (Vietnam)
Michael Nilsson (Sweden)

Group L:
Roland Forthomme (Belgium)
Riad Nady (Egypt)
Miguel Torres (USA)

Group M:
Sameh Sidhom (Egypt)
Eddy Leppens (Belgium)
Cayo Bardales (Peru)

Group N:
Jean Paul de Bruijn (Netherlands)
Adnan Yüksel (Turkey)
Dion Nelin (Denmark)

Group O:
Dong Koong Kang (Korea)
Jérémy Bury (France)
Christopher Tevez (Peru)

Group P:
Quyet Chien Tran (Vietnam)
Pedro Piedrabuena (America)
Erick Tellez (Costa Rica).