Challenge Bernadotte 2009 del 2
TV-sändning på Viasat Sport 1
(2009-03-16)
På torsdag den 19 mars kl 18.00 (OBS ändrad tid) sänder Viasat Sport 1 ett sammandrag från Challenge Bernadotte. Kommentar: Henning Österberg
Sändningen går i repris de närmaste tre dagarna:
Fredag 20 mars kl 13.30
Lördag 21 mars kl 19.00
Söndag 22 mars kl 21.00
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Tack!
(2009-03-09)
Till alla som hjälpte till att göra årets Challenge Bernadotte: Ett djupt känt tack! Fantastiskt bra jobbat! Hoppas vi ses nästa år.
Hungary wins the day!
From mid-match, Hungary takes over the intiative and is able to work up a significant lead which Germany could not overcome. Final score 41-31.
Germany in command after half the final
Into bout #4, Germany leads 8-6.
Poland in 3rd
In sudden death, Poland defeats Italy and takes third place.
Sweden ends in 15th place
After defeting Belarus, the Swedish team with Reine Kase, Carl Frisell, Joar Sundman and Tor Forsse, ends up in 15th place, an improvement over the 20th and 22th placements from 2007 and 2008.
Sweden to take on Belarus
Sweden lost to China and will now fence Belarus for place 15-16.
Hungary vs Germany in the teams final
In the semi finals, Germany had a convincing win against Poland. The match between Italy and Hungary however was very close and down to the last second, when Gabor Boczko could land an arrêt against the flèche from Matteo Tagliariol to make the final score 29-27.
Estonia defeats Sweden
In the first match in the competition for place 9-16, Sweden lost to Estonia and will now fence China in the place 13-16 bracket.
Italy vs Hungary and Germany vs Poland in semi finals
France-Germany 40-45, Italy-Ukraine 45-27, Russia-Hungary 32-33. Poland-Switzerland 32-31.
It's close!
France-Germany 10-11, Italy-Ukraine 9-9, Russia-Hungary 8-8, Poland-Switzerland 11-8.
Exit Sweden, USA, Belarus and Kazakhstan
Germany, Ukraine, Hungary and Poland through to the next round in four matches where none was really close.
France, Italy, Russia and Switzerland!
In the round of 16, Russia and Italy had fairly comfortable wins against Norway and Canada.
The two other matches were a completely different story! Switzerland went into sudden death against China, but managed to win 33-32.
And Estonia was an inch from beating France, but was defeated in sudden death with 42-43.
Sweden through to the next round after defeating Korea
After a rather dismal individual competition, the Swedish fencers are out to get revenge in the team cup and managed to defeat Korea with 44-39. In the team: Reine Kase, Carl Frisell, Joar Sundman and Tor Forsse.
Sunday is for teams!
[2009-03-08]
Good morning! It's 9am in Stockholm, Sweden, and the Challenge Bernadotte World Cup for teams is in progress. So far, Estonia has eliminated the Chech Republic, Germany has won over Portugal, Switzerland over Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan has eliminated Great Britain.
In an very close match, Weston Kelsey secured advancement for the USA, winning 35-34 in overime.
And the gold goes to Germany!
15-9 in a very intense final to Sven Schmid. Again, we saw great patience and excellent tempo actions from the skillfull German.
Semi finals under way
In the first semi-final, Sven Schmid (GER) defeated Gautier Grumier (FRA) in a very close match (15-14) caracterized by very long and fast attacks from Grumier and tempo actions from Schmid.
In semi-final 2, Paulo Pizzo is the more active and "hungry for a win" fencer and defeats fellow Italian Alfredo Rota 15-12.
Italy, Italy, France and Germany
Quarter finals done. Paulo Pizzo (ITA) won over Guoje Li (CHN) with 15-9. Sven Schmid (GER) defeated Nikolai Novosjolov (EST) with 15-9. Gautier Grumier (FRA) won over Francesco Martinelli (ITA). And – a surprise perhaps - Matteo Tagliariol (ITA) lost to countryman Alfredo Rota (ITA).Semi finals to start 15:30.
Forza Italia!
The day so far belong to the Italians. They fence very well and seem to have the mental strength to win almost every close match. Tagliariol, Martinelli, Rota and Pizzo are now all in the final 8!
Matches are getting close…
Matteo Tagliariol (ITA) was down 13-14 with 3 seconds to go against Sven Jarve (EST), but managed to take the match into overtime and win.
Jonathan Willis (GBR) was far behind Bas Verwijlen (NED), managed to take the match to 14-14 but lost in the end.
Joar Sundman, the last Swede in the competition fought a close game against Alexander Berzkin (RUS) but lost 12-15.
Jeannet out…
Upsets or as expected? Opinons differ!
Li Guo (CHN) beats Jerome Jeannet (FRA) 15-7. Novosjolov (EST) beats Confalonieri (ITA) 15-12.
And enter the Champion!
In one of the last matches in the round of 64, Olympic champion Matteo Tagliariol (ITA) defeats Monich (BLR) by 15-7, using lightning fast actions that looks impressive and stands out even in this very strong field. Tagliariol look likes he’s going to be hard to beat today!
Sundman (SWE) through on walk over
Unfortunaterly, the #3 seed Silvio Fernandez (VEN) is ill and will not compete. This means that Sweden's Joar Sundman is through to the round of 32.
Jerome Jeannet through, but not easy
Olympic team gold-medalist, the #11 seed, Jerome Jeannet (FRA) wins his first bout against Torkildsen (NOR) by 15-14.
Sweden’s Jan Tivenius out
One of the two remaining Swedes, Jan Tivenius just lost 8-15 to Italia’s Confalonieri.
The first 15-14 of the day goes to Iran
In a very exciting match, Ali Yahghobian (IRI), defeats Yin Lian (CHI) by 15-14.
First match decided – and first upset!
Pizzo (ITA) wins over Imre (HUN), semi-finalist in Challenge Bernadotte 2007. And then we have the first upset of the day. Benny Steffen (SUI) defeats the world’s #2 seed Weston Kelsey (USA) by 15-8!
Good morning!
It's minus 5 degrees Celsius here in Stockholom, we are getting ready to begin the round of 64 and the fencers are warming up. First in the hall today was Weston Kelsey (USA), the world's #2 seed, who were exempt from yesterday's poules and preliminary rounds. He will face Benjamin Steffen (SUI) who we all remember from the astonishing semi final last year aganist Pavel Kolobkov (RUS). Yesterday Steffen had a relatively weak poules round. Let's see what he can do against Kelsey.
End of the first day
(2009-03-06)
Two Swedes, Jan Tivenius and Joar Sundman, stay in the competition but it was really close that we they would be joined by several others. Too many 14-15 losses for the Swedes I think personally:-(
The matches tomorrow for the Swedes are
08.45 Jan Tivenius-Diego Confalonieri ITA
For Joar Sundman it's a lucky day. He was supposed to meet Silvio Fernandez who has fallen ill so Joar is automatically in the table of 32 where he will meet the winner from the match Berezkin (RUS)_Pelletier (CAN).
See the results and the table of 32
Don't miss the webbcast from Challenge Bernadotte! We start tomorrow at 08.00.
Poule round completed
(2009-03-06)
All 22 poules are now completed. Undefeated so far are; Won Jin Kim (KOR), Martin Schmitt (GER), Nikolai Novosjolov (EST) and Alexandre Blaszyck (FRA). In the final set of poules Jan Tivenius (SWE) won 4 of 6 and Philip von Platen (SWE) won 2 of 6.
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Swedes doing well in poules
(2009-03-06)
In the second set of poules today, Swedish fencers pereformed quite well. Tor Forsse, for example, managed to secure advancement by winning after being down 2-4 against Benjamin Steffen, (SUI), semi finalist in last years event. Furthermore, Reine Kase, Anton Samuelsson and Victor von Platen all won 4 out of their 6 matches and are through to the next round with fairly good ranking. Andres Gomez and Magnus Malmgren both ended the poule with 2/6, and advancement is uncertain.
...and we have started!
(2009-03-06)
On time, at 8am this rather chilly morning in Stockholm, the first round of poules started on 8 pistes. So far the only undefeted fencer is Won Jin Kim, (KOR), who won 6 of 6 matches. Swedish results have been mixed so far: Joar Sundman 3/6, Christian Gustafsson 0/6, Andreas Jönsson 2/6, Carl Frisell 4/6, Martin Daniellson 1/6, Atle Lindbäck 2/6.