Wendy Bartaire and Thierry Sacco won the French World Cup Qualifying Tournament Sunday in La Rochelle to earn berths into the 2012 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup.

In the women's title match, Bartaire swept Isabelle Derynck, two-games-to-none, in the best-of-three games format to claim her first berth into the BWC. Sacco will represent his country for the fourth time after 2005 (Slovenia), 2006 (Venezuela) and 2009 (Malaysia) thanks to a 2-1 victory over Jonathan Lefevre.

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The top 16 men and the top 8 women advanced to the single-elimination finals. Bartaire swept Marie Gauton in the quarterfinal and multiple French champion Isabelle Sacco in the semifinal on her way to the women's title. in the title match, Bartaire sealed the victory in two games, 215-171 and 235-225.

Sacco eliminated Nicolas Forestier in the Round of 16 and Julien Sermand in the quarterfinals in two games before he went the distance to defeat Vincent Cayez, 2-1. He lost the opening game in the title match against Lefevre, 254-279, but rebounded with back-to-back wins, 226-153 and 257-187 to wrap up the title.

The 48th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup will be held from Nov. 24 to Dec. 2 in Wroclaw, Poland.

 

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Women's Finals

Single-elimination, best-of-three-games

Quarterfinals
Gaelle Laplanche def. Péryne Desmulier, 2-1
164-169, 225-190, 191-143
Isabelle Derynck def. Valérie Murat, 2-0
224-182, 208, 179
Wendy Bartaire def. Marie Gauton, 2-0
211-183, 215-148
Isabelle Sacco def. Amandine Jacques, 2-1
210-190, 182-211, 237-162

Semifinals
Wendy Bartaire def. Isabelle Sacco, 2-0
231-228, 199-183
Isabelle Derynck def. Gaelle Laplanche, 2-1
196-201, 221-196, 226-190

Roll-off for third and fourth place
Isabelle Sacco def. Gaelle Laplanche, 222-214

Championship
Wendy Bartaire def. Isabelle Derynck, 2-0
215-171, 235-225.

 

Men's Finals

Single-elimination, best-of-three-games

Round of 16
Thierry Sacco def. Nicolas Forestier, 2-0
229-222, 192-178
Julien Sermand def. Frédéric Brulet, 2-1
233-156, 237-259, 248-184
Yoan Alix def. François Sacco, 2-0
235-197, 258-224
Vincent Cayez def. Yvan Dubois, 2-1
225-236, 200-179, 245-180
Laurent Quittelier def. Christophe Hournon, 2-0
255-191, 225-224
Thibaut Lanos def. David Roulet, 2-1
177-191, 222-192, 195-146
Yoni Billaut def. Romain Paquereau, 2-1
179-232, 238-191, 214-183
Jonathan Lefevre def. Thomas Munier, 2-0
203-199, 207-184

Quarterfinals
Vincent Cayez def. Yoan Alix, 2-1
220-126, 242-244, 218-199
Thierry Sacco def. Julien Sermand, 2-0
178-174, 248-211
Laurent Quittelier def. Thibaut Lanos, 2-0
202-192, 207-191
Jonathan Lefevre def. Yoni Billaut, 2-0
224-173, 191-173

Semifinals
Jonathan Lefevre def. Laurent Quittelier, 2-1
166-191, 198-191, 227-201
Thierry Sacco def. Vincent Cayez, 2-1
236-212, 200-246, 220-191

Roll-off for third and fourth place
Vincent Cayez def. Laurent Quittelier, 215-167

Championship
Thierry Sacco def. Jonathan Lefevre, 2-1
254-279, 226-153, 257-187.