For the third year in a row, the French resort La Baule is organizer of one of the World Cups, the 5th of this year. The tournament starts on Monday October 22 with no less than 150 players, including Therese, of course. Last year, the World Cup of La Baule was won by Torbjörn Blomdahl, who in 2017 beat Frédéric Caudron 40-25 in 17 innings.
Monday, October 22 is the first qualifying day. The matches start at 11 am on the first three days, then at 10 am for the qualifications of Thursday, 12 am on Friday and 11 am on Saturday.
The UMB has seeded the following players for this world cup Frédéric Caudron, Eddy Merckx, Haeng-Jik Kim, Marco Zanetti, Dick Jaspers, Jung Han Heo, Sung-Won Choi, Jae Ho Cho, Murat Naci Coklu, Torbjörn Blomdahl, Sameh Sidhom, Quyet Chien Tran, Dani Sánchez en Nguyen Quoc Nguyen. The three wild card were awarded to Semih Sayginer (UMB), Jérémy Bury and Pierre Soumagne.
World Cup La Baule
Therese starts her tournament on Wednesday 24 October. She plays her first game at 12.30 against PPQ Player 7 (Table 2). Then she plays against the Egyptian Ragay Henry. The complete time schedule of the World Cup La Baule can be found here.
All matches can be followed live on kozoom for premium subscribers.