UPDATE (30 Mar) Once a player's position in their group is known for certain, it is added to the group letter in the Grp column so that you can see whether they did better or worse than their seeding group number.

Average lobby rankings (after assigning 480 to byes) were just over 800 for Groups A and C, around 775 for Groups B, D, E and G, and around 750 for Groups F and H. On the other hand, looking at the Elo ratings of the main contenders suggested that G, C and E were the strongest groups in that order but that F and H were still the 'easiest' - the differences were fairly small though.

If there are any errors/changes in your details, please write to tournaments@tantrix.co.uk
4th EUROPEAN TANTRIX CHAMPIONSHIP 2002 - LIST OF ENTRANTS (see end of list for key)
Players ordered by seeding (top 16) then seeding group - one player per seeding group will be in each of the 8 qualifying groups
Please note: From the fourth seeding group onwards, players were seeded based on lobby rankings, not seeding points.
This was designed to ensure that only one of the top 8 lobby-ranked players with no seeding points ends up in each group.
Helly was seeded higher than Yoseph because to 1 decimal place their Elo ratings are 1887.3 and 1887.1 respectively
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Seed Nickname Name (click to email) Country Location Age C1 C2 Grp 2001 WTC Elo Seed Lob. gmt Unav.
Seeding group 1 average posn 2.5 (no. 1 seed -> Grp A, no. 2 -> Grp H, nos 3/4 -> Grps D or E, nos 5/6/7/8 -> Grps B, C, F or G)
1 pepe Péter Petrecz HUN
Budapest 34 R Y A3 3rd 4th 1933 1933 966 + 2
2 Cuthbert Kevin Scott GBR
Wolverh'ton ENG 31 R B H2 QF R4 1923 1923 902 + 1
3 benopi Ben Polman NED
's-Hertogenbosch 41 R Y D1 1st R4 1922 1922 972 + 2
4 steven2 Steven Trezise GBR
Croydon ENG 36 B Y E2 D3 R4 1916 1916 961 + 1
5 RufusT Martin Harlow GBR
Croydon ENG 34 Y R G4 QF QF 1911 1911 933 + 1
6 pierre Pierre Sanchez FRA
Nevers 27 B R B4 QF R4 1897 1897 935 + 2
7 papillon Jérôme Papillon FRA
Bordeaux 31 B R C3 B5 R5 1889 1889 974 + 2
8 Helly Heli Niemi FIN
Kemi 27 G R F1 D4 2nd 1887 1887 871 + 3
Seeding group 2 average posn 3.3 (seeds 9-16, one drawn into each qualification group)
9 yoseph Yoseph Phillips ISR
Jerusalem 26 B Y C2 - R5 1887 1887 1000 + 3
10 Jaco J.-Olivier Haenni SUI
Lausanne 28 Y B G2 4th R4 1874 1874 780 + 2
11 phildnarud Philippe Durand FRA
Massy 41 R B E5 2nd R3 1831 1831 852 + 2
12 shunter Simon Wright GBR
Belfast NIR 12 N N A5 C3 R2 1826 1826 929 + 1 19-21 Ap
13 fraufuchs Ilona Halbach GER
Wuppertal 29 Y N B3 - R4 1854 1823 906 + 2
14 Othello Lutz Göhmann GER
Hess. Oldendorf 36 R G F3 QF R4 1795 1795 989 + 2
15 yanm Yan Moulin FRA
Paris 29 R G H4 B3 R3 1788 1788 866 + 2
16 mazzer Marion Scott GBR
Wolverh'ton ENG 32 G Y D2 D6 R3 1770 1770 906 + 1
Seeding group 3 average posn 3.8 (seeding points from 1650-1769, one drawn into each qualification group)
leslie László Harsányi HUN
Szigetszentmiklos 38 B R G3 C5 R4 1767 1767 967 + 2
ramon Raymond Hemmecke GER
Koelleda 29 B R E3 - R2 1752 1752 913 + 2
Ioiad John Waggott GBR
London ENG 37 R Y F4 - R2 1747 1747 796 + 1
pusi János Püspöki HUN
Budapest 36 R G C4 B6 R2 1739 1739 943 + 2
blob Franky Heyer FRA
Perols 30 R B A2 D5 R3 1728 1728 992 + 2
nealbolton Neal Bolton GBR
London ENG 32 G Y D6 B4 R3 1714 1714 827 + 1 3-11 Mar
Zotya Zoltán Nedeczky HUN
Godfelso 34 R G H3 A4 R2 1701 1701 690 + 2
ThB99 Thierry Berguin FRA
Paris 38 B Y B5 - R2 1696 1696 899 + 2
Seeding group 4 average posn 2.8 (seeding points below 1650, lobby ranking above 880, one drawn into each qualification group)
looping Alex Heyer FRA
Toulouse 20 B R D4 - - - - 954 + 2
tryme Tamás Köpeczi Bócz HUN
Budapest 34 G R G1 - - - - 935 + 2
Judit31 Judit Pap HUN
Budapest 31 G R A4 - - - - 930 + 2
fany Fany Buisan FRA
Montpellier 28 R B C5 - - - - 925 + 2
mikellos Miklós Hansel HUN
Szeged 32 R B F2 - - - - 921 + 2
Soqquadro Mauro Lazzara GBR
London ENG 31 B G B1 - - - - 919 + 1 9-18 Mar
RickY Rick Yagodich GBR
Twickenham ENG 32 N N E4 - - - - 910 + 1
LittleTom Tom McCoy GBR
Nottingham ENG 21 R B H1 - - - - 899 + 1
Seeding group 5 average posn 3.9 (seeding points below 1650, lobby ranking 780-879, one drawn into each qualification group)
berkje Bert Leus-Bamps BEL
Antwerp 25 R B G5 - - - - 876 + 2
Dhyan John Cooper GER
Freiburg 55 B G E1 - - - - 859 + 2
Bhoys Kevin Baird GBR
N Queensferry SCO 28 R Y A1 - - - - 846 + 1 14-22 Ap
katti Kati Karlsson FIN
Kemi ? Y N D5 - - - - 829 + 3
lebandit Mathieu Capcarrere SUI
Lausanne 27 R N Fw - - - - 822 + 2
marcab Marc Abramson FRA
Paris 34 G N B6 C7 R3 1642 1642 816 + 2
jmn34 Jean-Marc Nelken FRA
Sartrouville 40 B R C1 - - - - 804 + 2 8-12 Mar
Frogzone1 Eleanor Gordon GBR
Sunderland ENG 15 G Y H8 - - - - 788 + 1
Seeding group 6 average posn 5.7 (seeding points below 1650, lobby ranking 602-779, one drawn into each qualification group)
zolaty Zoltán Borbély HUN
Budapest 33 R G A6 - - - - 751 + 2
egmaria Maria Erdey-Gruz HUN
Budapest 23 Y B H6 - - - - 715 + 2
BYE Karin Jonasson SWE
entry withdrawn 19 Y R Cw nzD5 - 1388 1251 708 + 2
BYE Liam Ross GBR
defaulted 10 B R Bd - - - - 707 + 1
voogel Matthias Neumeister GER
Leipzig 30 B R D3 - - - - 643 + 2 16-24 Ma
Barby Barbara Böcsödi HUN
Budapest 28 B N G7 - - - - 636 + 2
fannyadams Paul Farley GBR
Dunfermline SCO 28 R B E6 - - - - 630 + 1
Jockey András Pinczel HUN
Budapest 25 G N F6 - - - - 603 + 2
Seeding group 7 average posn 6.0 (seeding points below 1650, lobby ranking 530-601, one drawn into each qualification group)
seaurchin Aras Kutlusan TUR
Istanbul 45 R Y G6 - R1 1692 1555 601 + 3
BYE Steven Banks GBR
defaulted 11 B Y Ed - - - - 600 + 1
BYE Jukka Heikkilä FIN
entry withdrawn 25 N N Dw - R2 1312 1112 599 + 3
BYE Kristan Rivers GBR
defaulted 30 Y G Cd - - - - 599 + 1
Pickle Carl Crook GBR
High Wycombe ENG 33 R G H5 - - - - 586 + 1
Mikko Mikko Juutinen FIN
Oulu 20 R B Aw - - - - 572 + 3
trable Tracey Fletcher GBR
London ENG 37 G Y B7 - R1 1276 1076 562 + 1
Kryyni Matti Tastula FIN
Oulu 21 R B Fw - - - - 537 + 3
Seeding group 8 average posn 5.8 (seeding points below 1650, lobby ranking below 530, one drawn into each qualification group)
Remember, these players may be re-distributed if withdrawals before 9 March result in any group having two players less than any other group
theking David Dunn GBR
Newcastle ENG 11 R B G8 - - - - 517 + 1
BYE Sam Johnson GBR
entry withdrawn 11 Y R Aw - - - - 516 + 1
Hotlips Sharon Crook GBR
High Wycombe ENG 34 Y B H7 - - - - 508 + 1
player1 Tuomo Niemi FIN
Kemi 30 R Y B2 - - - - 506 + 3
holgihasi Holger Gräfe GER
Göttingen 28 N N E7 - - - - 500 + 2
sundance Sharon Hood GBR
London ENG 40 B Y F5 - R1 1348 1211 482 + 1
BYE Db 480
BYE Cb 480
Key:
Seed = seeding (if in top 16)
Nickname = nickname in the Tantrix lobby
Name = player's real name - clicking on it should start an email with their address in the "To" field
- to check the email address, please put your mouse cursor on the name and look at the bottom left of your screen
Country = country and flag
Location = town/city
Age = age on 20 February 2002
C1/C2 = first and second preference Tantrix colours
Grp = qualification group
2001 = performance in 2001 European Championship - 1st = champion, etc, QF = quarter-finalist, A4 = 4th in Group A, etc
WTC = performance in 2001 World Championship - 1st = champion, etc, QF = quarter-finalist, R4 = KO'd in Round 4, etc
Elo = pre-tournament Elo rating (click on the column heading for the end of 2001 rating list)
Seed = seeding points = Elo rating if Elo rating based on G>=20 (click on the column heading for the end of 2001 seeding points list)
Lob. = lobby ranking at the entry deadline, midnight gmt 20 February 2002 (click on the column heading for current rankings)
gmt = hours ahead of gmt, now from 31 March onwards
Unav. = dates when the player is not contactable by email
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