The goal of this section is to give you all the informations about diplomacy in Europe.
 Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best for the last days of the Year 2007.
You will find in this issue the first part of the summary about Diplomacy in Europe in 2007.
 The EDA website
The EDA website was launched in September 2006 by the EDA-Board to promote diplomacy in Europe.
You can find a lot of informations about Diplomacy in Europe (the charter of the EDA, the list of the affiliated countries, the link towars the official list Staaab, the European Calendar and the Grand Prix website).
I continue to work on it to give you more informations.
The EDA website hosted the World Diplomacy Database (the database of the results of event of Diplomacy) and the website of each circuit in Europe.
In April 2007, I decided to launch This week in Europe.
It was imported from North America. Buz Eddy writes for the North American Federation of Diplomacy (NADF) This week in North America.
We can find in it a lot of informations about Diplomacy in North America, like past results, upcoming events...
This week in Europe gives you the last informations about Diplomacy in Europe, like a news letter. I try to make it once a week and you can follow what happen in Europe.
If you miss a past issue, it isn't a problem. You can find all the past issues here.
 European Grand Prix 2007 : A travel around Europe
The Grand Prix had 14 steps this year in 13 differents countries. Unfortunatly, the Irish step was canceled.
But, the Danish NDC was back in the Grand Prix and we can hope to see another tournament the next year.
This year, the average size of the step was the smallest we ever saw, with 25 players per tournament. I was happy to see new travellers and a lot of great event around Europe.
| Date | Country | Event | Nb of players | Winner |
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| April 7-8 |
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Coupe de Bruxelles |
24 |
| Yann Clouet |  |
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| April 20-21 |
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FinDipCon |
8 |
| Juho Malin | |
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| May 12-13 |
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San Marino Con |
22 |
| Alex Lebedev |  |
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| June 9-10 |
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Open du Génie de la Lampe |
10 |
| Christophe Borgeat | |
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| June 23-24 |
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DomDipCup |
18 |
| Stefan Unger |  |
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| July 22-23 |
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Manorcon |
20 |
| Emeric Miszti | |
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| August 4-5 |
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Felix Austria |
28 |
| Sebastian Beer | |
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| August 27-28 |
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HessenCon |
24 |
| Davide Cleopadre | |
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| September 8-10 |
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EuroDipCon |
53 |
| Fabien Grellier | |
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| October 6-7 |
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MilanCon |
23 |
| Marco Ferrari | |
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| October 18-20 |
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Danmarksmesterskabet i Diplomacy |
11 |
| Gwen Maggi | |
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| November 3-4 |
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Borås Spelkonvent |
28 |
| Gwen Maggi | |
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| November 24 |
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Norwegian NDC |
6 |
| Tor Magne Tonnesen | |
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| December 8-9 |
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French NDC |
75 |
| Gwen Maggi | |
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The winner of the Grand Prix is Gwen Maggi from far. He made a great job and won 3 steps.
Emmanuel du Pontavice finished second and Stefan Unger third for with only 19 points between them! René Van Rooijen finished fourth with his very good results in Paris (4th of the tournament).
Fabien Grellier (the European Champion and Second of the French NDC) and Jérôme Charon (Second of the EuroDipCon) finished at the fifth and sixth place.
Alex Lebedev finished seventh.
| Individual Competition |
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| 1st | Gwen Maggi | | 7950 pts | (Won the Danish NDC, Swedish NDC and French NDC, 2nd in Milan, 3rd in San Marino) |
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| 2nd | Emmanuel du Pontavice | | 4036 pts | (3rd in Bruxelles and in Sweden) |
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| 3rd | Stefan Unger | | 4017 pts | (Won the DomDipCup, 2nd in th FAT) |
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| 4th | René Van Rooijen | | 3100 pts | (4th in Paris) |
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| 5th | Fabien Grellier | | 2600 pts | (Won the EDC, 3rd in Paris) |
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| 6th | Jérôme Charon | | 2538 pts | (2nd in the EDC, 4th in Bruxelles) |
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| 7th | Alex Lebedev |  | 2500 pts | (Won the San MarinoCon, 4th in Milan) |
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| 8th | Davide Cleopadre | | 2109 pts | (Won rhe HessenCon) |
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| 9th | Yan Calibet | | 2100 pts | (2nd in Switzerland, 3rd of the EDC) |
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| 10th | Emeric Miszti | | 2050 pts | (Won the manorcon) |
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"La vie est injuste!" won the Team Competition with 10845 points. Congratulations to Gwen Maggi (1st), Emmanuel du Pontavice (2nd) and Frédéric Coste (23th).
| Team Competition |
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| 1st |
La vie est injuste! |
10845 pts |
| Gwen Maggi (1st) | |
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| Emmanuel du Pontavice (2nd) | |
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| Frédéric Coste (23th) | |
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| 2nd |
Pizza Mandolino Mamma |
5952 pts |
| Giovanni Cesarini (11th) | |
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| Davide Cleopadre (8th) | |
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| Luca Pazzaglia (20th) | |
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| 3rd |
Tri-Nations |
5473 pts |
| Yann Clouet (24th) | |
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| André Ilievics (13th) | |
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| Alex Lebedev (7th) | |
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Go on the GP website, to have the complete results and statistics.
EuroDipCon 2007 : Dip on the Beach
53 players participated to the EuroDipCon, on the Frioul Island near Marseilles. Two players came from outside Europe for this event : Rob Schone (from New Zealand) and Edi Birsan (from United States).
We had a beautiful weather and we were able to do a lot of activities. It smelled like holidays. We will be able to see all the pictures in the report section of the World Diplomacy Database (WDD).
On Monday morning, the top board decided of the winner of this EuroDipCon. Fabien Grellier won it with 10 centers as England.
You can see the top board on stabbeurfou and the complete results in the WDD.
| Individual Competition |
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| 1st | Fabien Grellier | | 206.8 pts |
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| 2nd | Jérôme Charon | | 178.75 pts |
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| 3rd | Yan Calibet | | 170 pts |
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| 4th | Lionel Luthin | | 162.25 pts |
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| 5th | Cyrille Sevin | | 160.5 pts |
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| 6th | Gwen Maggi | | 157.3 pts |
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| 7th | Vincent Carry | | 147.95 pts |
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| 8th | Alexandre Godfroy | | 141.9 pts |
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| 9th | Frank Oosterom | | 136.4 pts |
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| 10th | Ludovic Legrand | | 128.75 pts |
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| Team Competition |
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| 1st |
French Connection |
190 pts |
Fabrice Essner | |
| Fabien Grellier | |
| Lionel Luthin | |
| 2nd |
A HOL S A MUN-MAR |
170 pts |
André Ilievics | |
| Igor Kurt | |
| Frank Oosterom | |
| 3rd |
French Foreign Legion |
108 pts |
Edi Birsan |  |
| Davide Cleopadre | |
| David Norman | |
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The Annual General Meeting took place during this weekend. Davide Cleopadre was elected as member of the Board and all the trophies of the Grand Prix 2006 was given.
The next EuroDipCon will take place in Italy, in Brunate, near Como, on April 11-13. I went there this year and you can be sure that it will be a beautiful event in a beautiful place.
You can see all the pictures taken there in the report section of the WDD.
The first EuroDip Vacation (EDV)
This first EDV took place on June 7-14 in Reykjavík.
On Friday and Saturday, there were 7 players : David Norman, Julian Ziesling, Rob Schone, Vincent Carry and 3 Icelanders (Victor Kiernan, Jon Thor and Jón Þór Sturluson).
Sunday, there're 9 players : the 4 non-Icelanders and 5 Icelanders.
A game was organised : Julian, Mike Frigge (an American living in Iceland),
David, Vincent, David Frigge, Einar Jon Masson and Victor Kiernan. Paul Frigge watched the game.
From Monday to Wednesday, they went and saw a lot various stuff around Iceland.
Everybody was very happy.
About the atmosphere:
It was very casual and relaxed. People in Iceland don't get easily upset.
In fact, as long as there is no life-threatening volcanic eruption with lava running towards their houses, it seems like they hardly show any emotions at all.
We are very grateful for Mike's invitation for dinner one night, for Jón's family connections to a good hotel where we could sleep and play, as well as for everybody's hospitality.
We hope there will be another FTF in Iceland next year so we can recommend it to all those who could not make it this year!
Julian
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Tour de France 2007 : Final results
This year, there were 7 steps in France, Belgium and Switzerland.
169 players of 10 differents nationalities participated to the Tour de France 2007.
You can find the complete results on the website.
| Date | Country | Event | Nb of players | Winner |
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| March 24-25 |
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Tournoi du Dauphiné |
20 |
| Yann Clouet | |
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| June 9-10 |
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Open du Génie de la Lampe |
10 |
| Christophe Borgeat | |
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| July 6-8 |
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Parthenay |
21 |
| Emmanuel du Pontavice | |
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| September 8-10 |
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EuroDipCon |
53 |
| Fabien Grellier | |
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| October 6-7 |
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Coupe du Dragon |
19 |
| Emmanuel du Pontavice | |
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| November 24-25 |
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Coupe de France |
27 |
| Bud Wiser | |
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| December 8-9 |
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Championnat de France |
75 |
| Gwen Maggi | |
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| Individual Competition |
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| 1st | Gwen Maggi | | 1969 pts | (Won the French NDC) |
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| 2nd | Emmanuel du Pontavice | | 1926 pts | (Won in Mons and Parthenay) |
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| 3rd | Jérôme Charon | | 1888 pts | (2nd in the EuroDipCon and Mons) |
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| 4th | Yan Calibet | | 1812 pts | (2nd in Grenoble and Sierre, 3rd in the EuroDipCon) |
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| 5th | Fabien Grellier | | 1594 pts | (Won the EuroDipCon, 3rd in Paris) |
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| 6th | Vincent Carry | | 1340 pts | |
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| 7th | René Van Rooijen | | 1239 pts | (4th in the French NDC) |
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| 8th | Cyrille Sevin | | 1175 pts | |
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| 9th | Fabrice Essner | | 1149 pts | |
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| 10th | Alexandre Godfroy | | 1112 pts | |
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Vier-Chancen Tournee 2007 : Final results
This year, there were 6 steps in Germany, Austria, Holland and France.
87 players of 7 differents nationalities participated to Vier-Chancen 2007. Stefan Unger, third of the Grand Prix, won it.
You can find the complete results on the website.
| Date | Country | Event | Nb of players | Winner |
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| May 11-13 |
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BerliCon |
35 |
| Ahmet Alagun | |
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| June 23-24 |
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DomDipCup |
18 |
| Stefan Unger | |
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| August 4-5 |
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Felix Austria |
28 |
| Sebastian Beer | |
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| August 27-28 |
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HessenCon |
24 |
| Davide Cleopadre | |
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| September 1-2 |
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Sommet Franco-Allemand |
14 |
| David Thomae | |
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| November 17-18 |
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Waldkappel |
19 |
| Frank Oschmiansky | |
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| Individual Competition |
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| 1st | Stefan Unger | | 3658 pts |
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| 2nd | René Van Rooijen | | 3070 pts |
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| 3rd | André Ilievics | | 2844 pts |
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| 4th | Frank Oschmiansky | | 2729 pts |
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| 5th | Julian Ziesling | | 2571 pts |
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| 6th | Ahmet Alagun | | 2550 pts |
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| 7th | Fabian Straub | | 2361 pts |
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| 8th | Emmanuel du Pontavice | | 2187 pts |
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| 9th | Jan Badurczik | | 1987 pts |
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| 10th | Markus Paeuser | | 1858 pts |
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| Team Competition |
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| 1st |
Die Unbesieglosen |
5895 pts |
Stefan Unger |
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| Julian Ziesling | |
| 2nd |
uiesce beatha |
5804 pts |
René Van Rooijen |
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| André Ilievics | |
| 3rd |
Abteilung Jever |
3699 pts |
Stefan Hagemann |
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| Frank Oschmiansky | |
| 4th |
snowballs |
832 pts |
Frank Oosterom |
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| Antoine de Schipper | |
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Campionato Italo San Marinese 2007 : Final results
This year, there were 5 steps in Italy and San Marino.
55 players of 6 differents nationalities participated to CISD 2007. Alex Lebedev won it after the final fight in Fossombrone.
In spite of his 2 victories (Milan and Fossombrone), Marco Ferrari finished only second.
You can find the complete results on the website.
| Date | Country | Event | Nb of players | Winner |
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| May 11-13 |
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San Marino Con |
22 |
| Alex Lebedev | |
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| June 2-3 |
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Diplomacy Over the Lake |
15 |
| Riccardo Savini | |
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| September 15-16 |
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Terni |
17 |
| Luca Pazzaglia | |
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| October 6-7 |
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MilanCon |
23 |
| Marco Ferrari | |
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| November 10-11 |
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Fossombrone |
13 |
| Marco Ferrari | |
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| Individual Competition |
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| 1st | Alex Lebedev | | 5700 pts |
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| 2nd | Marco Ferrari | | 5500 pts |
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| 3rd | Giovanni Cesarini | | 5100 pts |
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| 4th | Gwen Maggi | | 4900 pts |
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| 5th | Daniele Belardinelli | | 4700 pts |
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| 6th | Luca Pazzaglia | | 4300 pts |
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| 7th | Riccardo Savini | | 3200 pts |
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| 8th | Leonardo Quirini | | 2200 pts |
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| 9th | Davide Cleopadre | | 1572 pts |
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| 10th | Fulvio De Persio | | 1200 pts |
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Mediterranean Championship 2007 : Final results
This year, there were 4 steps around the Mediterranean Sea (France, Italy and San Marino).
91 players of 11 differents nationalities participated to the Mediterranean Championship 2007.
You can find the complete results on the website.
| Date | Country | Event | Nb of players | Winner |
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| February 24-25 |
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Coppa Garibaldi |
27 |
| Gwen Maggi | |
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| May 11-13 |
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San Marino Con |
22 |
| Alex Lebedev | |
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| September 8-10 |
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EuroDipCon |
53 |
| Fabien Grellier | |
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| October 6-7 |
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MilanCon |
23 |
| Marco Ferrari | |
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| Individual Competition |
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| 1st | Gwen Maggi | | 2150 pts |
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| 2nd | Marco Ferrari | | 1409 pts |
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| 3rd | Alex Lebedev | | 1300 pts |
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| 4th | Daniele Belardinelli | | 1101 pts |
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| 5th | Frédéric Coste | | 1087 pts |
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| 6th | Giovanni Cesarini | | 1085 pts |
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| 7th | Davide Cleopadre | | 1048 pts |
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| 8th | Fabien Grellier | | 1000 pts |
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| 9th | Frank Oosterom | | 900 pts |
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| 10th | Emmanuel du Pontavice | | 834 pts |
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Tour de Belgique 2007 : Final results
The first Tour de Belgique had 3 steps (Namur, Mons and Bruxelles).
35 players of 3 differents nationalities participated to the Tour de Belgique 2007.
You can find the complete results on the website.
| Date | Country | Event | Nb of players | Winner |
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| April 7-8 |
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Coupe de Bruxelles |
24 |
| Yann Clouet | |
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| October 6-7 |
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Coupe du Dragon |
19 |
| Emmanuel du Pontavice | |
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| November 10-11 |
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DiploNam |
14 |
| Laurent Dumont | |
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| Individual Competition |
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| 1st | Emmanuel du Pontavice | | 222 pts |
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| 2nd | Laurent Dumont | | 165 pts |
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| 3rd | Yann Clouet | | 164 pts |
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| 4th | Benjamin Grenier | | 92 pts |
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| 5th | Jérôme Charon | | 82 pts |
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| 6th | Jean-Louis Delattre | | 76 pts |
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| 7th | Nicolas Ianiri | | 75 pts |
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| 8th | Bertrand Lelangue | | 62 pts |
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| 9th | Bernard Mohymont | | 56 pts |
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| 10th | René Van Rooijen | | 51 pts |
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