![Beaten by Sweden, the France team curls the United States and qualifies for the world championship in Spain [mis à jour]](https://img.lamontagne.fr/m4mK9x79vPbGRT-IMux7GRjs-aNJKCBxyg4TOu2VqVY/fit/657/438/sm/0/bG9jYWw6Ly8vMDAvMDAvMDUvNzkvMDAvMjAwMDAwNTc5MDAxNQ.jpg "Beaten by Sweden, the France team curls the United States and qualifies for the world championship in Spain [mis à jour]")
After a perfectly controlled first round, with five clear victories in as many games against England, Finland, the Netherlands, Thailand and Germany, the French pétanque team missed out on the big ones. widths, this Saturday, November 20, at 2 pm, bowing to a surprising team from Sweden, 13 to 8. The Scandinavians have won their ticket for the 1/8 final.
For France, it was necessary to go through a play-off, instantly from 4 p.m., against the United States, a more modest opponent. No worries, the French, who returned to Rocher instead of Suchaud, won 13-0 in just half an hour.
The French team of Auvergnat Philippe Suchaud received 5 out of 5 in the world championship in Spain
Against the Swedes, the French, with the Bourbonnais Philippe Suchaud, Henri Lacroix and Philippe Quintais, nevertheless attacked the game in the best possible way. In just three leads, they were already leading 7 to 0. The game changed face in the fourth lead where Philippe Suchaud made two holes and Henri Lacroix got lost once on point.
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Suchaud not in his shot
The Swedes took the opportunity to score the first four points. On the next end, Suchaud and Lacroix twice “cheeked” their shot and the opponents, authors of three diamonds, scored five points. Led 9-7, not really calm, the French came back to a small point in the sixth lead.
On the seventh and final lead, Suchaud again “chewed” a ball and the Swedes, on two new diamonds, carried the blow to score four points and create the sensation, 13 to 8. The Scandinavians could exult while the players of the France team, they looked grim.
By finishing second in their group behind the Swedes, Philippe Suchaud’s teammates risk having a much more complicated route to access the supreme title. The proof: they will face Claudy Weibel’s Belgium in the Round of 16 this Saturday evening, from 7:30 p.m.
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Bourbonnais Philippe Suchaud, record holder of the event, recounts his titles of world champion in pétanque
Fabrice Redon
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