France: DN1 Finals

 Source: FFBridge

 This weekend the best french bridge: The French Open teams Semifinal and Final. 

 The Zimmermann team wins the French DN1: Franck Multon, Jean-Christophe Quantin, Marc Bompis, Claudio Nunes, Fulvio Fantoni. Photos: Click here

The Final:

      1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Dif.
NS LAFFINEUR   29 3 6 4 46 0 88  
EO ZIMMERMANN   19 47 49 48 73 0 236 148

After the end of the semifinals;  Laffineur defeated Doussot and Zimmermann defeated Rombaut. Both winning teams will play the final during saturday 26 and sunday 27. 

Guy Laffineur, Nicolas Roussel, Alain Lévy, Christian Mari, Thomas et Michel Bessis.

Pierre Zimmermann, Franck Multon, Jean-Christophe Quantin, Marc Bompis, Claudio Nunes, Fulvio Fantoni.

Semi-finals 
64 boards, 4 segments; 16 boards each
Friday 25 January
Laffineur-Doussot
Zimmermann-Rombaut

Final 
96 boards, 6 segments; 16 boards each
Saturday 26 january- Sunday 27 january

The Teams:

Guy Laffineur, Nicolas Roussel, Alain Lévy, Christian Mari, Thomas et Michel Bessis.
Bernard Doussot, David Harari, Yves Lormant, Fabien Lacroix, Chau Pham Ngoc, Michel Lamongie.
Pierre Zimmermann, Franck Multon, Jean-Christophe Quantin, Marc Bompis, Claudio Nunes, Fulvio Fantoni.
Jérôme Rombaut, Cédric Lorenzini, Philippe Chottin, Philippe Kasler, Nicolas Lhuissier, Pierre Franceschetti.

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