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MEDELLIN - Two match in the series of eight, in the World Cup 1/8 finals today (Friday ) have a rich history. Marco Zanetti and Filippos Kasidokostas and the Belgian fighters Eddy Merckx and Eddy Leppens have starred in wonderful battles in recent years.
The most recent matches:
Marco Zanetti - Filippos Kasidokostas:
French championship teams final in 2013: Zanetti wins 50-33.
French championship teams match in 2013: Zanetti wins 50-35.
Agipi Masters 2013: Zanetti wins 50-43 in 23.
French championship 2012: Zanetti wins 50-42 in 25.
Crystal Kelly tournament 2011: Kasidokostas wins the final 50-38 in 28
In the group match Zanetti wins 50-49 in 19
Agipi 2011: Kasidokostas wins 50-38 in 25
Agipi quarterfinals 2010: Zanetti wins 50-46 in 19 with a run of 19 (2.632/2.421).
Eddy Merckx - Eddy Leppens:
Belgian championship teams in 2013: Leppens wins 50-45
Dutch championship teams in 2013: Leppens wins 50-47
Superprestige 2013: Leppens wins 40-39
Belgian championship teams: Merckx wins 50-37
Christmas tournament 2012: Merckx wins 50-46
Belgian championship teams in 2012: Leppens wins 50-43
German bundesliga: Merckx wins 50-28
French championship 2011: Leppens wins 50-27 and 50-43
Merckx wins the return
Merckx wins the return 50-40
World championship Sluiskil 2010: Leppens wins 3-2 (Merckx 2.178, Leppens 1.896)
The Koreans Sung -Won Choi and Jae Ho Cho met each other many times in Asia. At the international stage, they played only one time: in the World Cup of Matosinhos, sixteenth finals in 2011. Jae Ho Cho triumphed 3-1 in sets.
Jérémy Bury and Lütfi Cenet crossed swords in the Agipi Masters in 2013 and the World Cup of Hurghada in 2012. Both times Cenet won: in the Agipi Masters 50-48 (30), in Hurghada 3-2 in sets.
Torbjörn Blomdahl played never before against Hyung Bum Hwang in official matches. Kyung-Roul Kim and Carloman Ortiz are strangers to each other at the billiard tables, like Frédéric Caudron and Andres Lizarazo.
Dick Jaspers never officially played against Alexander Salazar: both players made it to the semifinals at the World championship in Antwerp, where Jaspers lost to Kasidokostas and Salazar to Caudron.