This week in this week

Part I : EuroDipCon 2009 : We are waiting for YOU
Part II : WorldDipCon : the last news!
Part III : The next tournaments are...
Part IV : The last results in Europe
Part V : Last news about circuit in 2009
Part VI : Results of circuit in 2008

Previous and next this week

In this week 39, you can find a summary one what happened in tournament between July 2008 and June 2009.
In the next this week (41), you will find a report about the EuroDipCon (including the hobby meeting) and many statics about 2008.

EuroDipCon 2009 : We are waiting for YOU

The EuroDipCon 2009 will take place in Bonn from July 31 to August 2nd. As usual, the German hobby will organise one of the most enjoyable event of the year, so don't miss it and register as soon as possible.

From André Ilievics :
We will play four rounds at a house called "Haus Annaberg" near Bonn, which is cosy and friendly place. You can see some pictures of it at http://www.annaberg.de/bilder.htm. It's definitely a great place to create a friendly and good atmosphere.
We offer packages starting from 66 € (6-bed-dorm) up to 109€ (single room) including tournament fees, free internet access, dinner on Friday evening, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday morning.
The convention begins Friday, 31/07/2009 and ends Sunday, 02/08/2009. The first round starts Friday at about 4 p.m. and the last rounds is sunday morning at about 10 a.m. You can check in Friady starting from about noon. Sunday's round will have a top board, and it will be possible to get through it even if you miss Friday's round.
We will have plenty of time for other games, hanging around or for visiting Bonn or Cologne. And I'm sure the will be some guys going out for night life as well. ;-)
The best place to fly to is Cologne/Bonn airport. But it might also possible for a limited number of people to give you a lift from Frankfurt to the venue. If you prefer to fly to Hahn, the low cost airlines airport, there is a bus shuttle to cologne and from the you will have a connections to Annaberg, but this will be very time consuming.
If you have an questions write us an email at edc@diplomacy-bund.de; we will be lucky to help you.

Andre Ilievics and the other: Stefan Unger, Julian Ziesing, Dirk Brüggemann, Daniel Leinich, Holger Schmalle, Frank Bacher

Website : Website in English
Location : Haus Annaberg, Annaberger Str. 400, 53175 Bonn, Germany.
Date : Friday, July 31 to Sunday, August 2
PreCon : BaltiCon (July 24-26)
AfterCon : Felix Austria (August 7-9)

WorldDipCon 2009 : Andrew Goff is the new World Champion

The winner : Andrew Goff

The WorldDipCon 2009 took place in Columbus, Ohio. 53 players attended to the event, including 2 Australian, 1 English, 1 French and 49 North American. There were 7 solos for 23 boards played during the whole tournament. Andrew Goff won with 3 wins, followed by the Dan "Small Dog" Lester with ONLY 2 wins. Jim O'Kelley took the third place with one win followed by Adam Sigal with one win too. The second European who did the trip (Me : Laurent Joly) finished at the 34th place (Yes, I know that is pretty poor!). That is the third vitory of an Australian in a WorldDipCon and the first out of Australia!. Andy Bartalone, Dan Lester and Mark "Washingon" Zoffel won the team competition. See the results The Next WorldDipCon will take place in Den Haag (The Hague) in the Netherlands at the end of July or beginning of August. More informations will be available soon. The following WorldDipCon will take place in Sydney in Australia during the World Cup of Rugby at the end of September 2011. More informations will be available soon.

The second : Dan "Small Dog" Lester

The last results in Europe are...

The results
Utrecht Diplomacy Tournament 2009 (July 10-12)	Manorcon 2009 (July 17-19)	Balticon 2009 (July 24-26)

The next tournaments are...

To come...
EuroDipCon 2009 (July 31-August 2)	Felix Austria 2009 (August 6-9)	Moscow Tournament 2009 (August 15-16)
Tournoi de Marseille 2009 (September 19-20)	Pisa 2009 (September)	Championnat d'Ile de France 2009 (October 10)
Coupe du Dragon 2009 (October 17-18)	Waldkappel 2009 (November 13-15)	Championnat de France 2009 (December 18-20)

News about circuit in 2009

Results of Circuit in 2008

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The last results in Europe are...

Utrecht Diplomacy Tournament 2009 : Gwen Maggi is Back

The tournament's mascot

9 foreigners did the trip to play the Dutch step of the Grand Prix : 3 German, 3 Italian, 2 French, 1 Russian. It was a really great weekend in Utrecht : play Diplomacy, drink and eat, have fun and night life for some of us. But, like in Como, we are still looking for the girls! Gwen Maggi won the tournament for his great return. André, Stefan and me did also a great tournament but not as good as Gwen. Davide "Calimero" Cleopadre won the Calimero Prize... Is it a surprise? Did his reputation follow him? 1. Gwen MAGGI 2. André ILIEVICS 3. Stefan UNGER See the results

The podium

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ManorCon 2009 : Small event this year

8 players participated to the tournament, including the French, from the Frioul Island, Gwen Maggi. There was 3 rounds of 1 board. Finally, Emeric Miszti won followed by Graeme Murphy and Gwen Maggi.

1.	Emeric MISZTI
2.	Graeme MURPHY
3.	Gwen MAGGI

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BaltiCon 2009 : Niclas Perez is the new Swedish Champion

On left, Niclas Perez, the new Swedish Champion Tallinn

14 players (1 Russian, 3 French, 10 Swedish) were there for the cruise between Stockholm and Tallinn. 4 Swedish champions : Emmanuel du Pontavice (2008), Gwen Maggi (2007), Simon Fagerstedt (2005), Jens Persson (1997). During the trip between Stockholm and Tallinn, we've played the first round. Niclas Perez and Gwen Maggi topped their board. We had a great buffet the evening and we wasn't able to eat everything, so sad! And finnaly, we spent the night in the disco! Arrived to Tallinn, we visited the city. During the trip between Tallinn and Stockholm, we've played the second round. Niclas Perez and Jens Persson topped their board. The winner of the tournament is, without any surprise, Niclas Perez! Well done Niclas! The last night in the boat was really great. Thank you to Dennis for this great tournament and cruise (even if the Swedish likes to lie and to kill me :) ). 1. Niclas PEREZ 2. Jens PERSSON 3. Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE See the results

The Boat that we took for the cruise Tallinn

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The upcoming tounaments of Diplomacy

Felix Austria 2009 : August 6-9

The Felix Austria is the AfterCon of the EuroDipCon 2009
Dear friends and participants of the Felix Austria Tournament (FAT),
We would like to invite you to this years FAT from THU 6th to SUN 9th August 2009. It will also be our glorious return to Herrgottschnitzerhaus at the Hohe Wand Natural Ressort. As always, after a competitive day of Diplomacy, our evenings are free to socialize and play.
The price for the whole weekend (3 days, full board) is from 60.- to 150.- Euro, depending on your need for comfort. There are less places than ever available, so the sooner you register, the better.
!!!Special offer: the first five non-austrian participants to register get their weekend in the lowest category for free! True story!!!
For further informations, please take a look at the website.
or contact us : office@tu-felix-austria.org
See you soon,
Sebastia Beer

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MosCon 2009 : August 15-16

The Moscow Tournament will be the first Russian step of the Grand Prix. Welcome to the Russian in the Grand Prix.
Here it is what we have right now:
- dates: 15-16 August 3 games (still to decide if the 2 games on saturday will be palyed morning - evening or evening - night ).
- place. everything is arranged, I have only to place the map on the site and write a little how to reach.
- the hotel is still on hold. It has to be cheap and near the venue: not an easy task. It'll be possible perhaps to stay at some russian players house.
- the invitation. we'll have in a day or two have the contacts for the agency, which can provvide the invitation (it'll cost 900 rubles something about 20-25 Eur), which is needed in order to get a visa.
I think it's all for now.
Alex Lebedev
For more informations, contact Alex Lebedev or see the website.

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Tournoi de Marseille 2009 : September 19-20

Gwen Maggi will organise the tournament in Marseille on September 19-20 on the Frioul Island. For more informations, contact Gwen Maggi

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Pisa 2009 : September

The tournament of Pisa will be the final step of the Campionato Italo-San Marinese 2009. The fight for the first place will continue between Marco Ferrari and Giuseppe Salerno. Good luck to us ;-).
For more informations, contact Luca Pazzaglia, president of the Italian Diplomacy Association

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Championnat d'Ile de France 2009 : October 10

The Championnat d'Ile de France will take place on October 10 (2 rounds). It will be organise by Romain Parmentier, Mélina Parmentier and Philippe Dumay. More informations will be available soon.

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Coupe du Dragon 2009 : October 17-18

The Brussels Cup won't take place this year. The lonely Belgian will be the Coupe du Dragon in Mons. It will take place on October 17-18 and it will be the Begian Championship, a step of the Grand Prix and of the Tour de France. More informations will be available soon.

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Waldkappel 2009 : November 13-15

Waldkappel will be the Final step of the Vier Chancen Tournee. It will be also a great tournament (as usual!!).
Date : 13.11.2009 - 15.11.2009
Place : Waldkappel
Contact : Stefan Unger, Julian Ziesing, Dirk Brüggemann, Daniel Leinich, Holger Schmalle
EMail : vorstand@diplomacy-bund.de

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Championnat de France 2009 : December 18-20

The French Championship of Diplomacy will be th final step of the Grand Prix and of the Tour de France.
We will keep the same organisation with some improvement in the rules. More informations will be available on the website very soon.

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News about circuit in 2009

European Grand Prix 2009

The European Grand Prix 2009 will have the same rules than in 2008. You can find it on the Grand Prix's section. A team can have two or three players. If you want to register a team, send me an email at jolylaur1@hotmail.com.
The Grand Prix will have 11 steps in 10 countries.
No step will take place in Finland, Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Czech Republic, Ireland and Turkey. Pierre-Yves Franzetti, the Swiss organiser, said that his step will be back in 2010. It was impossible to have a location this year.

Country	Date	Tournament	Place	Contact
	July 31-Aug 2	EuroDipCon	Bonn, Germany	EDC Organisers
	August 6-9	Felix Austria	Hohe Wand	Clara Bretschneider, Sebastian Beer
	August 15-16	MosCon I	Moscow	Alex Lebedev
	October 17-18	Coupe du Dragon	Mons	Laurent Dumont
	December 18-20	French Championship	Paris	Laurent Joly

After 6 steps, Gwen Maggi is in first position (3700 pts) followed by Alex Lebedev (2700 pts) and Marco Ferrari (2600 pts). The first team is "La vie est injuste !" with 6875 pts followed by the team of Marco, Frank and André with 4850 pts.

Date	Country	Tournament	Place	Nb of Players	Winner
May 15-17		San Marino Con	San Marino	16	Leonardo QUIRINI
June 13-14		Diplomacy Over the Lake	Brunate	15	Marcello CIANCIO
June 12-14		BerliCon	Berlin	17	Jan BADURCZIK
July 10-12		Utrecht Diplomacy Tournament	Utrecht	15	Gwen MAGGI
July 17-19		ManorCon	Leicester	8	Emeric MISZTI
July 24-25		BaltiCon	During a cruise	14	Niclas PEREZ

Go on the GP website, to have the complete results and statistics.

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Vier-Chancen Tournee 2009

There will be 6 steps in Austria, Germany, Holland and France. You can find all the informations on the Vier-Chancen Tournee's section. For more informations, contact the DDB.

Country	Date	Tournament	Place	Contact
	July 31-Aug 2	EuroDipCon	Bonn, Germany	EDC Organisers
	August 6-9	Felix Austria	Hohe Wand	Clara Bretschneider, Sebastian Beer
	November 13-15	Waldkappel	Waldkappel	André Ilievics

After 3 steps, Daniel Leinich (winner of the Chil Con Out III) is at the first place with 1156 pts followed by René Van Rooijen with 1018 pts.

Date	Country	Tournament	Place	Nb of players	Winner
May 2-3		Sommet Franco-Allemand	Metz	7	Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE
June 12-14		BerliCon	Berlin	17	Jan BADURCZIK
July 10-12		Utrecht Diplomacy Tournament	Utrecht	15	Gwen MAGGI

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Tour de France 2009

There will be 9 steps. You can find all the informations on the Tour de France's section. For more informations, contact Emmanuel du Pontavice.

Country	Date	Tournament	Place	Contact
	September 19-20	Dip On the Beach	Marseille	Gwen Maggi
	October 17-18	Coupe du Dragon	Mons	Laurent Dumont
	November ??-??	Open de Gascogne, French Cup	Agen	Xavier Perraudin
	December 18-20	Championnat de France	Paris	Laurent Joly, Emmanuel du Pontavice, Xavier Blanchot

After 5 steps, Emmanuel du Pontavice is in first place with 2208 pts (3 victories in 5 tournaments!). Romain Parmantier is second with 1338 pts and Yann Clouet is third with 1229 pts.

Date	Country	Tournament	Place	Nb of players	Winner
February 14-15		Coppa Garibaldi	Cannes	11	Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE
February 21-22		Anjou Feu	Avrillé	16	Romain PARMANTIER
May 2-3		Sommet Franco-Allemand	Metz	7	Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE
May 30-June 1		Trou Normand 2	Armentières-sur-Avre	25	Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE
July 11-13		Open du FLIP	Parthenay	20	Alexandre PIGNON

You can find the complete results on the website.

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Campionato Italo San Marinese 2009

There will be 4 steps in Italy and 1 step in San Marino. You can find all the informations on the Campionato Italo San Marinese's section. For more informations, contact Luca Pazzaglia, president of the Italian Diplomacy Association.

Country	Date	Tournament	Place	Contact
	September	Pisa	Pisa	Stefano Grisolia

Before the 4th step in Como, Marco Ferrari and Giuseppe Salerno were very closed. After the 4th step, Marco Ferrari (5100 pts) took a good advantage on Giuseppe Salerno (3850 pts), Alex Lebedev (3600 pts) and Marcello Ciancio (3200 pts).

Date	Country	Tournament	Place	Nb of Players	Winner
January 24-25		Udine	Udine	12	Marco FERRARI
March 14-15		Terni	Terni	15	Giuseppe SALERNO
May 15-17		San Marino Con	San Marino	16	Leonardo QUIRINI
June 13-14		Diplomacy Over the Lake	Brunate	15	Marcello CIANCIO

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Results of circuit in 2008

Grand Prix 2008 : Final results

207 players participated to the Grand Prix 2008 (272 for the Grand Prix 2007) : 46 French, 34 German, 24 English, 24 Italian, 21 Swedish, 13 Irish, 13 Dutch, 10 Belgian, 8 Austrian, 3 Czech, 2 Canadian, 2 American, 2 Norwegian, 1 San Marinese, 1 Russian, 1 Australian.
We had more travelers but less steps : 21 persons played 3 steps or more (14 in 2007) and 11 steps in 10 countries (14 steps in 13 countries in 2007). Unfortunatly, there was no step in Switzerland, Denmark and Norway. The Irish step was back to the Grand Prix.

Date	Country	Tournament	Place	Nb of Players	Winner
Feb 28-Mar 2		Leprecon, Irish NDC	Dublin	13	Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE Troy O'DONOGHUE
April 11-13		EuroDipCon	Brunate, Italy	28	Luca PAZZAGLIA
May 1-4		Swedish NDC	Linköping	22	Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE
May 16-18		San Marino Con	San Marino	14	Alex LEBEDEV
July 5-6		Utrecht Diplomacy Tournament	Utrecht	19	Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE
July 25-27		Manorcon	Leicester	23	Mick DUNNETT
August 8-10		BerliCon	Berlin	33	Fabian STRAUB
August 14-17		WorldDipCon	Vienna	63	Julian ZIESING
October 25-26		Coupe de Bruxelles	Bruxelles	12	Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE
November 8-9		Fossombrone	Fossombrone	16	Davide CLEOPADRE
December 13-14		Championnat de France	Paris	55	Marvin LEFEBVRE

Emmanuel du Pontavice won the Grand Prix with 4 victories (Ireland, Sweden, Netherland, Belgium). Fabian Straub finished second followed by Luca Pazzaglia and Gwen Maggi. The trophies were given at the end ot the Final step in Paris (8 of the top 10 were there).

Individual Competition 1st Emmanuel du Pontavice 7771.3 pts (Won the Irish NDC, the Swedish NDC, in Utrecht and in Bruxelles) 2nd Fabian Straub 5100 pts (Won the German NDC, 2rd in Bruxelles) 3rd Luca Pazzaglia 4872.6 pts (Won the EDC, 2nd in San Marino) 4th Gwen Maggi 4121.6 pts (2nd of the French NDC, 3rd of the EDC) 5th René Van Rooijen 4024.4 pts (2nd of the Italian NDC, 3rd in Utrecht) 6th Davide Cleopadre 3450 pts (Won the Italian NDC) 7th Alex Lebedev 3215.3 pts (Won the San MarinoCon) 8th Dennis Andersson 2500 pts (2nd of the BerliCon, 4th of the WDC) 9th Stefan Unger 2324.3 pts (2nd in Utrecht) 10th Cyrille Sevin 2246.1 pts (2nd of the WDC)

The podium : Luca, Emmanuel and Fabian

In the team competition, la vie est injuste ! (Emmanuel du Pontavice, Gwen Maggi, Frédéric Coste) won for the second time.

Team Competition
1st	La vie est injuste!	9155 pts	Emmanuel du Pontavice (1th)	Gwen Maggi (4th)	Frédéric Coste (n.c.)
2nd	Pizza Mandolino Mamma	6904 pts	Giovanni Cesarini (149th)	Davide Cleopadre (7th)	Luca Pazzaglia (3rd)
3rd	???	5441 pts	André Ilievics (20th)	Frank Oosterom (15th)	René Van Rooijen (5th)

Go on the GP website, to have the complete results and statistics.

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Vier-Chancen Tournee 2008 : Final results

This year, there were 6 steps in Germany, Austria, Holland and France. 115 players of 14 differents nationalities participated to Vier-Chancen 2008. Gwen Maggi, fourth of the Grand Prix, won it. You can find the complete results on the website.

Date	Country	Tournament	Place	Nb of players	Winner
February 23-24		Sommet Franco-Allemand	Metz	19	Gwen Maggi
May 17-18		Chill Con Out	Hannover	14	Stefan Hagemann
July 5-6		Utrecht Diplomacy Tournament	Utrecht	19	Emmanuel du Pontavice
August 8-10		BerliCon	Berlin	33	Fabian Straub
August 15-17		Felix Austria, WDC	Vienna	63	Julian Ziesing
November 22-23		HessenCon	Waldkappel	23	Frank Oschmiansky

Individual Competition 1st Gwen Maggi 3646 pts 2nd Stefan Unger 3491 pts 3rd Emmanuel du Pontavice 2925 pts 4th Fabian Straub 2370 pts 5th Daniel Leinich 2305 pts 6th Julian Ziesling 2154 pts 7th René Van Rooijen 2100 pts 8th Dirk Bruggemann 2086 pts 9th Frank Oosterom 2084 pts 10th André Ilievics 1995 pts

Team Competition 1st Nevada C VIE-PAR (d) 6537 pts Gwen Maggi Emmanuel du Pontavice 2nd Die Unbesieglosen 5269 pts Stefan Unger Julian Ziesling 3rd uiesce beatha 3762 pts René Van Rooijen André Ilievics

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Tour de France 2008 : Final results

This year, there were 6 steps in France and Belgium. 101 players of 9 differents nationalities participated to the Tour de France 2008. Gwen Maggi won the Tour de France. You can find the complete results on the website.

Date	Country	Tournament	Place	Nb of players	Winner
February 16-17		Coppa Garibaldi	Cannes	14	Gwen Maggi
February 23-24		Sommet Franco-Allemand	Metz	19	Gwen Maggi
July 12-14		Open du FLIP	Parthenay	21	Philippe Dumay
September 13-14		Coupe de France	Marseille	26	Alex Lebedev
October 11-12		Coupe du Dragon	Mons	22	Philippe Coic
December 13-14		Championnat de France	Paris	55	Marvin Lefebvre

Individual Competition 1st Gwen Maggi 2039 pts (Won in Cannes and Metz, 2nd of the French NDC) 2nd Alexandre Pignon 1783 pts (2nd in Mons, 3rd in Metz) 3rd Philippe Dumay 1505 pts (Won in Parthenay) 4th Luca Pazzaglia 1364 pts (2nd in Marseille, Top board of the French NDC) 5th Emmanuel du Pontavice 1295 pts (3rd in Cannes) 6th Alex Lebedev 1290 pts (Won in Marseille) 7th Alexandre Godfroy 1197 pts (3rd of the French NDC) 8th Philippe Coic 1185 pts (Won in Mons) 9th Fabrice Essner 1096 pts (4th in Marseille) 10th Cyril Cotet 1034 pts (2nd in Parthenay) 10th David Thomae 1034 pts (4th in Mons)

Gwen Maggi and Alexandre Pignon

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Tour de Belgique 2008 : Final results

The second Tour de Belgique had 3 steps (Namur, Mons and Bruxelles). 30 players of 4 differents nationalities participated to the Tour de Belgique 2008. Bertrand Lelangue won it. You can find the complete results on the website.

Date	Country	Tournament	Place	Nb of players	Winner
May 10		DiploNam	Namur	7	Bertrand Lelangue
October 11-12		Coupe du Dragon	Mons	22	Philippe Coïc
October 25-26		Coupe de Bruxelles	Louvain-la-neuve	12	Emmanuel du Pontavice

Individual Competition
1st	Bertrand Lelangue		143.8 pts
2nd	Domitien Gillet		114.6 pts
3rd	Emmanuel du Pontavice		109.9 pts
4th	Laurent Dumont		92.9 pts
5th	Philippe Coïc		71.5 pts
6th	David Thomae		47.1 pts
7th	Alexandre Pignon		41 pts
8th	Nicolas Ianiri		36.9 pts
9th	Pierre Balthazar		36.2 pts
10th	Fabian Straub		33.5 pts

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Campionato Italo San Marinese 2008 : Final results

This year, there were 6 steps in Italy and San Marino. 48 players of 7 differents nationalities participated to CISD 2008. Luca Pazzaglia, the European Champion, won it. You can find the complete results on the website.

Date	Country	Tournament	Place	Nb of players	Winner
April 11-13		EuroDipCon	Brunate	28	Luca Pazzaglia
May 16-18		San Marino Con	San Marino	14	Alex Lebedev
June 28-29		Pisa	Pisa	7	Giovanni Giudici
September 27-28		Italian NDC	Terni	7	Luca Pazzaglia
October 18-19		MilanCon	Milan	13	Marco Ferrari
November 8-9		Fossombrone	Fossombrone	13	Davide Cleopadre

Individual Competition
1st	Luca Pazzaglia		7700 pts
2nd	Davide Cleopadre		4700 pts
3rd	Daniele Belardinelli		3950 pts
4th	Marco Ferrari		3800 pts
5th	Alex Lebedev		3592 pts
6th	Giovanni Giudici		3418 pts
7th	Leonardo Quirini		3200 pts
8th	Stefano Grisolia		2950 pts
9th	Giuseppe Salerno		2450 pts
10th	Gwen Maggi		1900 pts

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Mediterranean Championship 2008 : Final results

This year, there were 4 steps around the Mediterranean Sea (France, Italy and San Marino). 50 players of 7 differents nationalities participated to the Mediterranean Championship 2008. Luca Pazzaglia, the European Champion, won it. You can find the complete results on the website.

Date	Country	Tournament	Place	Nb of players	Winner
February 16-17		Coppa Garibaldi	Cannes	14	Gwen Maggi
April 11-13		EuroDipCon	Brunate	28	Luca Pazzaglia
September 13-14		Coupe de France	Marseille	26	Alex Lebedev
October 18-19		MilanCon	Milan	13	Marco Ferrari

Individual Competition
1st	Luca Pazzaglia		2150 pts
2nd	Gwen Maggi		1916.5 pts
3rd	Marco Ferrari		1633.9 pts
4th	Daniele Belardinelli		1595 pts
5th	Davide Cleopadre		1574.5 pts
6th	Alex Lebedev		1531 pts
7th	Emmanuel du Pontavice		1483.3 pts
8th	André Ilievics		1057.4 pts
9th	Giuseppe Salerno		1006 pts
10th	Fabrice Essner		905.7 pts

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