The 2016-17 professional Mano season began on October 7, 2016 with the first round of the Lau eta erdiko Txapelketa 2016/Campeonato del 4 1/2 de 1a categoría 2016 LEP. M competition. The 1st round quarterfinal league competition took place on Oct. 14-16, 2016. The second round was played on Oct. 21-23. The third and final round was played on Oct. 28-30, 2016. The semi-finals were played on November 12-13, 2016.
Asegarce Competition Page
The
competition has 12 players, in two groups. The opening round of four
preliminary matches took place October 7-10, 2016. The four winners (two
in each group) move on to a quarter final league, where they join four
other seeded players (Urrutikoetxea and Altuna III in Gourp A, Oliazola
II and Bengoetxea VI in Group B) in a single round robin quarter-final
league. The 1st place finishers in each group will then face the 2nd
place finishers in the other group in the semi-finals. Semi-final
winners will play in the final on November 27, 2016.
Note: Source for all match articles, unless otherwise specifically stated is 21iquales.com.
The match for 3rd place between Oliazola II and Urrutikoetxea, which was to be played Labrit Fronton, Iruna (Pamplona) (1) (2) on Saturday, November 19, 2016, was cancelled due to a shoulder injury Oliazola II suffered in his semi-final loss to Altuna III last week. Details can be found in a Deia article. Oliazola II is expected to be out of action for "a few weeks."
