Lausanne Billard Masters 2017

The players for the Lausanne Billard Masters 3-cushion tournament have been announced. The tournament is an invitational that will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland, November 17-19.



Eight advance from the groups to the single-elimination phase.

See http://www.lausannebillardmasters.ch/en/welcome.html for more info.

If you have a reason or excuse to be in that part of the world in the middle of November, be sure to attend.

beneath_the_sur said:

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The 3 at the bottom of the groups , not even sure where they're from,
Chilie? Only one name seems like it would belong to that country
, I don't know, good luck to them

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From Wikipedia:


Local people for local experience and local interest. There is a lot of cheering when one of them wins.

Bert van Manen said:

Lausanne is a beautiful city, and this event provides top class 3-cushion in a rather intimate arena. I can only recommend it. Fair warning though: go to the Lausanne Starbucks and you'll pay about 9 dollars for a cup of coffee. Hotels, gas, restaurants, same price level.

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The host hotel is very nice (Alpha-Palmiers) and the tournament rate there is a significant reduction from the regular rate, which puts it at about $165. The hotel restaurant is nice but a chicken club sandwich runs about $25 including tax and service. There's a more affordable sandwich shop across the street.

The tournament staff provides meals at the venue at much better prices.

For travel, there is a frequent fast train from Geneva and the train station in Lausanne is two blocks from the hotel. Alternatively you can take the high speed train (TGV Lyria, about 160MPH?) from Paris to Lausanne. Hotel guests get a free pass to the local transit.

Those of who weren't here missed Marco Zanetti's 40 in 8 innings against Jeremy Bury in the round of 8. Jeremy got 8. He was buried.

Dick Jaspers wins the final against Frederic Caudron, 40-24 in 16 innings. They happen to be the current world's #2 and #1 ranked players.

Next year's edition is scheduled for November 23-25.