The competition kicked off on July 5th in Vienna, Austria. Eight nations are vying for the European title, split into two pools. France’s team is managed by Patrice Briones, who also oversees the Nouvelle Aquitaine Pole.
The staff includes:
Henk van der LINDE NED Technical Delegate
Stephen LESFARQUES FRA Technical Commissioner
Martin MASOPUST SVK Technical Commissioner
Tomas ADAMEC CZE Technical Commissioner
Stephanie Winkler GER Scoring Director
Michael Vaillant AUT ass Scoring Director
The umpires:
Richard WESSEL NED
Nathan POLIS FRA
Luis Jose SALAZAR ITA
Timo Tapia TIIHONEN FIN
Filip HAVLIK CZE
Marco ITA
Tomas Spilauer CZE
Stretched over 5 days, the European champion will be crowned this Saturday, July 9th
There are two competitions happening simultaneously:
European Championships and the Qualifier, the latter not involving France.
The competition started for the French with a loss to Germany. They play the Czech Republic today at 2 PM
