5th European Tantrix Championship
Jérôme Papillon won for France!
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When no. 5 seed Jérôme Papillon (FRA) finished 2nd in the first-ever WTC and followed that up with 3rd place in the first 'proper' tournament in early 1999, many of us 'old hands' thought it would be only a matter of time before he won his first tournament. However, despite always being a player anyone sane would wish to avoid in the draw, he 'saved' his first win for four more years, and did it the hard way in one of the most competitive Tantrix tournaments there has ever been. He played quality opposition throughout, not least in an exciting Final where he met the 2001 Champion Ben Polman (NED), the no. 6 seed this time around. France is the only country to have won this Championship twice (Jean-Louis Potier having won in 2000) and the last two losing finalists have been French as well.
Although there were some big shocks in the group phase as always, the established strong players who survived that phase made their experience count in the KO phase and as well as the nos 5 & 6 seeds reaching the Final, it was no. 3 seed Heli Niemi (FIN) who finished 3rd by beating no. 12 seed Zoltan Nemeth (HUN) in a match which, like both SFs before it, went to a tie-break.
Links to all of the results and lots of other info related to this tournament can be found underneath the flags below.
The 88 entrants for this tournament, 57% more than last year, came from the following 11 countries:
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RESULTS, REPORTS & OTHER STATS
KNOCKOUT PHASE RESULTS
GROUP PHASE SUMMARY RESULTS
DETAILED: Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Preliminary Round
CONSOLATION: Group Y
Group Z
*UPDATED* Top three in each Tantrix tournament ever played
Full list of entrants with player stats and where they finished
Hungarian article about Zoltan Nemeth's progress in this tournament
HELP WITH ARRANGING GAMES - each player's group, email, time zone, Assistant Controller, etc
Go to the Tantrix lobby to play or spectate games
Email the main tournament controller, Steven Trezise (GBR) - BUT please try the Assistant Controller for your section first
Email independent controller Jamie Sneddon (NZL) - eg. in situations in which Steven could have a conflict of interest
TOURNAMENT RULES IN 4 LANGUAGES - NB. ADDITIONAL RULES IN PRE-TOURNAMENT EMAIL APPLY:
Short tournament rules Full tournament rules
Rčglement Regeln für Turniere
A bajnokságok általános szabályai
"decisive victory" rule on trial in the KO phase also in Hungarian
OTHER USEFUL PAGES:
Eleanor Gordon's multi-lingual Tantrix phrasebook
Tantrix strategy advice & hints
Tournament World Records
Current Elo rating list
Current tournament seeding list
Last Year's European Championship
TANTRIX TOURNAMENTS HOME PAGE
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