2008 French Championship (dated 29 April 2008)

Qualification matches

Provisional ranking of the qualification matches (dated 29 April 2008):

2^nd International Bobigny's Open

The second International Bobigny's Open has been organised by the Entente Sportive Gervaisienne & Lilasienne 22 & 23 September 2007 on the La Motte stadium in Bobigny.

Seven teams played matches of 4 X 10 minutes: A.S.C. Pessac Alouette (France), Barbarians (Ireland & United Kingdom), E.S. Gervais-Lilas (France), Oakenden Pedallers (United Kingdom), Pédales Varengevillaises 1 & 2 (France) and V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic (France).

All teams met the others in a round robin on two pitches.

A victory gave 3 points, a tie: 2 points, a defeat: 1 point and a forfeit: 0 points.
If, after all qualification matches, two teams had the same number of points, the decision between both teams would have followed the conditions below (in order of priority):
- their match result
- overall goal-average
- number of goals scored
- number of goals lost to the opponant.

Saturday 22 September 2007

Sunday 23 September 2007

2007 International Bobigny's Open final ranking

1) V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic (France, 18 points)

2) P. St-Pierre de Varengeville 1 (France, 16 points)

3) A.S.C. Pessac Alouette (France, 13 points)

4) Barbarians (Ireland & United Kingdom, 12 points)

5) E.S. Gervais-Lilas (France, 10 points)

6) P. St-Pierre de Varengeville 2 (France, 9 points)

7) Oakenden P. (United Kingdom, 6 points)

Definitive ranking of the 2007 European Cup

The North Atlantic Cup, the York International Tournament and the International Bobigny's Open are the three legs of the 2007 European Cup. Ten European clubs from three countries played it in 2007.
The final ranking is:

York International Tournament 2007

The second York International Tournament has been well organised by the Oakenden Pedallers helped by the Bicycle Polo Association of Ireland 23 & 24 June 2007 on the York racecourse during the York Cycle Show (United Kingdom).

Six teams played matches of 4 X 10 minutes: Dublin Phoenix (Ireland), E.S. Gervais-Lilas (France), Johnstone W.C.C. (United Kingdom), Oakenden Pedallers (United Kingdom), Pédales Varengevillaises (France) and V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic (France).

All teams met the others in a round robin.

A victory gave 3 points, a tie: 2 points, a defeat: 1 point and a forfeit: 0 points.
If, after all qualification matches, two teams had the same number of points, the decision between both teams would have followed the conditions below (in order of priority):
- their match result
- overall goal-average
- number of goals scored
- number of goals lost to the opponant.

Saturday 23 June 2007

Sunday 24 June 2007

2007 York International Tournament final ranking

1) V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic (France, 15 points)

2) P. St-Pierre de Varengeville (France, 13 points)

3) Johnstone W.C.C. (United Kingdom, 11 points)

4) Dublin P. (Ireland, 9 points)

5) E.S. Gervais-Lilas (France, 6 points, goal average : - 21)

6) Oakenden P. (United Kingdom, 6 points, goal average : - 31)

Pictures of this event are available on the Claude Beja's blog!

North Atlantic Cup 2007

The second North Atlantic Cup has been well organised by the Bicycle Polo Association of Ireland from 27 to 29 April 2007 on the polo pitch of the Phoenix park in Dublin.

Twelve teams (a record for an international tournament!) played matches of 4 X 10 minutes: A.S.C. Pessac Alouette (France), Dublin Obelisk (Ireland), Dublin Phoenix (Ireland), E.S. Gervais-Lilas (France), Jericho C.P.A. (Canada) helped by players from Aiken B.P. (U.S.A.), Johnstone W.C.C. (United Kingdom), Oakenden Pedallers (United Kingdom), Pédales Varengevillaises (France), San Francisco B.P. (U.S.A.), Unionville B.P. (U.S.A.), V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic (France) and a mixed team made with players from several teams since a team didn't come at the last minutes.

Teams played in two qualification groups of 6 teams each. Teams were put into groups by taking into account the 2006 rank for teams which played it and by draw for the new teams.

A victory gave 3 points, a tie: 2 points, a defeat: 1 point and a forfeit: 0 points.
If, after all qualification matches, two teams had the same number of points, the decision between both teams would have followed the conditions below (in order of priority):
- their match result
- overall goal-average
- number of goals scored
- number of goals lost to the opponant.

Matches results on Friday 27 April 2007

Matches results on Saturday 28 April 2007

Ranking after the qualification matches

Finals

Final for 11^th and 12^thplaces

Oakenden P. / mixed team: 6 - 1

Final for 9^th and 10^thplaces

Dublin O. / San Francisco B.P.: 6 - 1

Final for 7^th and 8^thplaces

Johnstone W.C.C. / Dublin P.: 2 - 1

Final for 5^th and 6^thplaces

A.S.C. Pessac Alouette / E.S. Gervais-Lilas: 2 - 0

Final for 3^rd and 4^thplaces

Jericho C.P.A.-Aiken B.P. / Unionville B.P.: 5 - 1

Final for 1^st and 2^ndplaces

V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic / P. St-Pierre de Varengeville: 1 - 0

2007 Phoenix International Trophy

Because of a high number of teams playing the North Atlantic Cup and because of an obvious lack of time on a three day week-end, the 2007 Phoenix Shield could not be played with all clubs, such as in 2006.
The Irish organisors have then take the wise decision to come back to the initial tournament formatof this shield with matches between "national" teams of England, Scotland, France and Ireland.

In this tournament, the team of France was made of (from left to right on the picture): Jérôme Harel (V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic), Jean-Pierre Malandain (V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic), Sylvain Valentin (V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic), Jean-Michaël Languille (V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic), Alain Derly (E.S. Gervais-Lilas), Stéphane Malandain (V.C. Frileuse-Sanvic), Claude Beja (E.S. Gervais-Lilas) and John Pelourdeau (E.S. Gervais-Lilas, not on the picture).

A victory gave 3 points, a tie: 2 points, a defeat: 1 point and a forfeit: 0 points.
If, after all qualification matches, two teams had the same number of points, the decision between both teams would have followed the conditions below (in order of priority):
- their match result
- overall goal-average
- number of goals scored
- number of goals lost to the opponant.

Matches result

Friday 27 April 2007

Ireland / France : 1 - 2

Scotland / England : 8 - 0

Saturday 28 April 2007

France / England : 6 - 2

Ireland / Scotland : 1 - 3

Sunday 29 April 2007

France / Scotland : 2 - 1

Ireland / England : 9 - 2

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