world championships: France gets off to a good start against Germany

It is a real marathon that awaits the French pétanque team as well as the 47 other nations involved in this 51st edition of the triplets world championships which takes place until this Sunday at the Zénith in Dijon.

This Friday is devoted to the qualifying phase.

After their success Thursday evening against the United States, the Blues were opposed to Germany, a slightly tougher opponent on paper than the Americans.

No less than four games are scheduled this Friday which take place, as for a chess tournament, according to the Swiss System. In each round the teams meet a triplet with similar performances: the winners play against the winners and the beaten ones face the beaten ones. At the end of this second day of competition, a ranking will be established: the first four obtain seeded status, the first 24 enter the main round of the world championships and the other 24 nations are transferred to the Nations Cup. , the consolation of these world championships.

Rock lined up, Suchaud on the bench

After the disillusionment of Thursday evening and his elimination from the repechage of the precision shooting event, Dylan Rocher was preferred this Friday morning to Philippe Suchaud, left on the bench.

In a Zénith de Dijon still sounding a little hollow, given the early hour, but which nevertheless already had several hundred enthusiasts, the French team entered the game well against its counterpart from across the Rhine. Leading 6-1 at the end of the third end, France was able to count on the complementarity of the players selected by David Le Dantec, to win 13-8, in 8 ends and less than an hour of play. Germany, driven by its shooter Mattias Laukart, offered good resistance thanks to a 5-point lead.

On a very technical pitch with sometimes capricious rebounds, Dylan Rocher reassured himself with his shot. In the middle Jean “Moineau” Feltain was complete and, true to form, Henri Lacroix was precise and valuable in support.

A good start which will require confirmation from 10 a.m., this Friday morning, for the third round.