The french GP had seen Sébastien Scheen (BEL/ASD SC Salernitana) as the winner in Open category after an exciting game (2-2) with a goal scored directly on the sudden death kick-off. The finalist was Wolfgang Haas (AUT/Elstow TFC), who in this way was able to honor his new colors brilliantly.
Sébastien Scheen beat the organizer, Raphaël Pommier (FRA/FTC Caen) 3-1, while Haas beat another Scheen, Pascal (BEL/Valletta SC) with the same score (3-1), in the semi finals.
Benoit Massart (BEL/SC Temploux) took another Belgian victory in this event, after a close shoot-out fight, when he beats Darren Clark (ENG/CAP Ciudad de Murcia FM) after 0-0 in regular time in the Veterans final.
Massart beats Chris Aggelinas (GRE/Avenir Subbuteo Hennuyer) who had a very good run, on the score of 1-0 in the sudden death, for their semi final, while Clark had the same score but in regular time against the Italian Francesco Torano (ITA/Leonessa 2004 Brescia).
In Ladies category, another Scheen won ! Mélina Scheen (BEL/ST Stembert) claims her second Grand Prix title, but how prestigious. Indeed, Mélina Scheen, after being led 0-2, managed to find the necessary resources to come back to equality and push the French legend Francoise Guyot (FRA/Elan SC Champs) to the penalty shootout and win.
Noah Denne (BEL/SC Lion’s Eugies) dominated in the U20 event, beating 4-1 the French hopeful player, Fanch Coquillon (FRA/Celtic Combourg CFT)
In U16, two clubmates from Avenir Subbuteo Hennuyer reached the final. Louis Soret, won 4-2 against Bejamin Marain.
In the team event, the only Italian team present, ASD SC Salernitana, won a great victory against the French champions, FTC Caen.
ASD SC Salernitana – FTC Caen : 2-1
Daniel Scheen – Fayçal Rouis : 3-0
Maurizio Lepri – Rémy Lours : 0-1
Lucio Canicchio – Romain Lafontaine : 1-1
Sébastien Scheen – Raphaël Pommier : 3-2
The semi-finals saw the Italian club oppose the Belgian club SC Lion’s Eugies (2-1), and the French club against the surprising Belgians SC Temploux (2-0).