InnPala has published its first rankings table for the 2016-17 season. Rankings are current through the end of the recently completed La Liga Kutxabank competition. Rankings are by player position. They are:
Delanteros Zagueros
(Front) (Back)
Gaubeka 66 Ibai-Perez 66
Necol 44 Ibargarai 44
Zubiri 36 Brefel 36
Fusto 30 Gordon 30
Landeta 24 Imanol 24
Rankings, along with explanation
La Liga was a 3 diamond (***) tournament.
Note that the InnPala ranking date has not yet been changed as of January 11, 2017
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Pala--La Liga Kutxabank--Final and 3rd place match
La Liga Kutxabank competition began on October 29, 2016 at Bizkaia Fronton, Bilbo (Bilbao) (1)(2). It ended with a final at Bizkaia on January 7, 2017.
This tournament included the entire InnPala roster, divided into 5
teams which participated in a double round robin League competition,
followed by a semi-final between the 2nd and 3rd place teams. The
winner faced the League winner in the final. Most
of the matches were played at Bizkaia. There were also matches at Sopela
and Gallarta. For more on the tournament see the tournament page at InnPala.
Week 1--October 29, 2016 (Full match videos available)
Week 2--November 5, 2016 (Selected match videos available)
Week 3--November 12, 2016
Week 4--November 19, 2016
Week 5--November 25-26, 2016 (Full match videos available)
Week 6--December 2-3, 2016
Week 7--December 10, 2016 (Full match videos available)
Week 9--December 23, 2016
Semi-final--December 30, 2016 (Full match video available)
Final
January 7, 2017
Individual Joko (set) score sources for both matches: Diario Vasco Cartelera (January 8, 2017), Mundodeportivo.com via InnPala Twitter feed, Deia match article, InnPala Fronton Facebook page. Diario Vasco had an incorrect joko score for the 3rd joko of the 3rd place match. It was 10-5 Zubiri-Brefel.
Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez defeated Necol-Ibargarai 3-0 (10-4, 10-7, 10-9)
Full match video for both the final and 3rd place match (EITB--added February 11, 2017).
Individual joko linescores (EITB) (winners always listed 1st):
Joko 1: 1-0; 2-0; 3-0; 3-1; 4-1; 4-2; 4-3(50 balls in play); 5-3 ; 6-3; 7-3; 7-4; 8-4; 9-4; 10-4; (1-0)
Joko 2: 0-0 (68 balls in play); 1-0 ; 2-0; 1-1; 2-1; 3-1; 3-2; 4-2; 4-3; 4-4; 5-4; 5-5 6-5; 7-5; 7-6; 8-6; 9-6; 9-7; 10-7 (2-0)
Joko 3: 1-0; 1-1; 2-1; 2-2; 3-2; 3-3; 3-4; 4-4; 4-5; 4-6; 5-6; 6-6; 6-7; 7-7; 7-8; 8-8; 8-9; 9-9; 10-9 (3-0).
Scoring:
Gaubeka +9 -1, Ibai-Perez +3 (all service aces) -7 (including 1 service fault)
Necol +6 -11, Ibargarai +3 -7 (including 1 service fault)
Note that the individual scores do not add up to the total
Balls in play: 604
Time of the match: 56 minutes, 20 seconds
Match preview (Deia)
Match article (mundodeportivo.com)
Match article with match statistics (Deia)
Match article with 22 photos (InnPala Fronton Facebook page)
At the time this was posted, there was no match video available. If and when it becomes available, it will be added.
In the match preview Ibargarai said that his team must attack to win. They did, but G-IP were up to the task of defending, waiting for mistakes, and counter punching. The number of balls in play (604) for a match won in straight jokos (only 50 points out of a possible maximum 95, an average of 12 balls in play per point--compared to the semi-final, in which 73 points and 4 jokos consumed 499 balls in play, an average of 8) indicates that this was a difficult struggle in spite of the final tally. But in the end, N-I led for only one point in the entire match (4-3 in the third joko, according to the mundodeportivo.com account). Two turning points came early, in the first joko. At 4-2, Gaubeka had to leave for treatment of a shoulder injury. He came back and played magnificently (his error count was amazing). At 5-3 in the same joko there was a monster 49 ball point won by G-I. That completely broke N-I's resistance in that joko and set the tone for the rest of the match. Ibai-Perez was named the best player of the match for his great defense (including more than one "impossible" rebote). N-I were hurt by errors, but it comes with the territory when you play the attacking game they had planned from the beginning. I-P finished the tournament with 7 wins and 2 losses (24-15 jokos). N-I finished 4-6 (20-23).
3rd Place Match
Zubiri-Brefel defeated Fusto-Gordon 3-2 (10-8, 6-10, 10-5, 9-10, 10-9). :
Individual joko linescores: (winners always listed 1st) (EITB)
Joko 1: 0-1; 1-1; 1-2; 1-3; 1-4; 2-4; 3-4; 3-5; 4-5; 5-5; 6-5; 6-6; 7-6; 8-6; 9-6; 9-7; 9-8; 10-8 (1-0)
Joko 2: 0-1; 1-1; 1-2; 1-3; 2-3; 3-3; 3-4; 3-5; 3-6; 4-6; 4-7; 4-8; 5-8; 5-9; 6-9; 6-10 (1-1)
Joko 3: 1-0; 1-1; 2-1; 3-1; 3-2; 4-2; 5-2; 6-2; 7-2; 8-2; 8-3; 9-3; 9-4; 9-5; 10-5 (2-1)
Joko 4: 0-1; 0-2; 1-2; 2-2; 3-2; 3-3; 3-4; 3-5; 4-5; 5-5; 6-5; 6-6; 7-6; 7-7; 8-7; 9-7; 9-8; 9-9; 9-10 (2-2)
Joko 5: 1-0; 1-1; 1-2; 2-2; 3-2; 4-2; 4-3; 5-3; 6-3; 6-4; 7-4; 7-5; 7-6; 8-6; 8-7; 8-8; 8-9; 9-9; 10-9 (3-2).
Scoring (EITB
Zubiri +7 -8; Fusto +18 -6
Brefel +17 -11; Gordon +5 -15
675 balls in play
Zubiri 165, Brefel 174
Fusto 204, Gordon 132
Time of the match: 1 hour, 17 minutes, 42 seconds.
87 points were scored out of a possible maximum 95. The last two jokos were won comebacks at the very end.
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Table of wins and losses for the 2016-2017 season.
Key: Player; Position (d=delantero (front court), z=zaguero (back court)); match wins-losses; joko (set) wins-losses; winning-losing streak; championships won. Matches that are single partidos will be noted. Table will be according to match winning percentage. 1st tie breaker will be number of wins. 2nd tie breaker will be joko win-loss differential. We begin the season with La Liga Kutxabank, starting October 29, 2016.
January 7, 2017 (end of La Liga)
Gaubeka(d)..7-2.....24-15..+2*....1(La Liga)
Zubiri(d)......6-5.....24-19..+1*
Fusto(d)........5-5.....20-21..-2
Necol(d)........4-7.....20-26..-1
Landeta(d)...3-6.....15-22..+1
Ibai-Perez(z)..7-3....25-18..+1*....1(La Liga)
Brefel(z).........5-4....20-16..+2
Ibargari(z).....5-6....23-23...-1
Gordon(z)......5-6....20-24...-2
Imanol(z).......3-6....15-22..+1*
Includes Dec. 30, 2016 independent match: Landeta-Imanol defeated Zuberi--Ibai-Perez 3-1 (10-8, 7-10, 10-9, 10-7) at Bizkaia.
*Does not include the result of Nov.25, 2016 independent match Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez v Zubiri-Imanol. The result is unknown at this time. I will add it when I find it.
Includes Nov. 19, 2016 independent match: Zuberi-Ibargari defeated Necol-Gordon 3-0 (10-8, 10-3, 10-9) at Bizkaia.
For cumulative accounting of this player table see the InnPala Player win-loss table under the Pala page on the right side of the blog.
Week 1--October 29, 2016 (Full match videos available)
Week 2--November 5, 2016 (Selected match videos available)
Week 3--November 12, 2016
Week 4--November 19, 2016
Week 5--November 25-26, 2016 (Full match videos available)
Week 6--December 2-3, 2016
Week 7--December 10, 2016 (Full match videos available)
Semi-final--December 30, 2016 (Full match video available)
Final
January 7, 2017
Individual Joko (set) score sources for both matches: Diario Vasco Cartelera (January 8, 2017), Mundodeportivo.com via InnPala Twitter feed, Deia match article, InnPala Fronton Facebook page. Diario Vasco had an incorrect joko score for the 3rd joko of the 3rd place match. It was 10-5 Zubiri-Brefel.
Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez defeated Necol-Ibargarai 3-0 (10-4, 10-7, 10-9)
Full match video for both the final and 3rd place match (EITB--added February 11, 2017).
Individual joko linescores (EITB) (winners always listed 1st):
Joko 1: 1-0; 2-0; 3-0; 3-1; 4-1; 4-2; 4-3(50 balls in play); 5-3 ; 6-3; 7-3; 7-4; 8-4; 9-4; 10-4; (1-0)
Joko 2: 0-0 (68 balls in play); 1-0 ; 2-0; 1-1; 2-1; 3-1; 3-2; 4-2; 4-3; 4-4; 5-4; 5-5 6-5; 7-5; 7-6; 8-6; 9-6; 9-7; 10-7 (2-0)
Joko 3: 1-0; 1-1; 2-1; 2-2; 3-2; 3-3; 3-4; 4-4; 4-5; 4-6; 5-6; 6-6; 6-7; 7-7; 7-8; 8-8; 8-9; 9-9; 10-9 (3-0).
Scoring:
Gaubeka +9 -1, Ibai-Perez +3 (all service aces) -7 (including 1 service fault)
Necol +6 -11, Ibargarai +3 -7 (including 1 service fault)
Note that the individual scores do not add up to the total
Balls in play: 604
Time of the match: 56 minutes, 20 seconds
Match preview (Deia)
Match article (mundodeportivo.com)
Match article with match statistics (Deia)
Match article with 22 photos (InnPala Fronton Facebook page)
At the time this was posted, there was no match video available. If and when it becomes available, it will be added.
In the match preview Ibargarai said that his team must attack to win. They did, but G-IP were up to the task of defending, waiting for mistakes, and counter punching. The number of balls in play (604) for a match won in straight jokos (only 50 points out of a possible maximum 95, an average of 12 balls in play per point--compared to the semi-final, in which 73 points and 4 jokos consumed 499 balls in play, an average of 8) indicates that this was a difficult struggle in spite of the final tally. But in the end, N-I led for only one point in the entire match (4-3 in the third joko, according to the mundodeportivo.com account). Two turning points came early, in the first joko. At 4-2, Gaubeka had to leave for treatment of a shoulder injury. He came back and played magnificently (his error count was amazing). At 5-3 in the same joko there was a monster 49 ball point won by G-I. That completely broke N-I's resistance in that joko and set the tone for the rest of the match. Ibai-Perez was named the best player of the match for his great defense (including more than one "impossible" rebote). N-I were hurt by errors, but it comes with the territory when you play the attacking game they had planned from the beginning. I-P finished the tournament with 7 wins and 2 losses (24-15 jokos). N-I finished 4-6 (20-23).
3rd Place Match
Zubiri-Brefel defeated Fusto-Gordon 3-2 (10-8, 6-10, 10-5, 9-10, 10-9). :
Individual joko linescores: (winners always listed 1st) (EITB)
Joko 1: 0-1; 1-1; 1-2; 1-3; 1-4; 2-4; 3-4; 3-5; 4-5; 5-5; 6-5; 6-6; 7-6; 8-6; 9-6; 9-7; 9-8; 10-8 (1-0)
Joko 2: 0-1; 1-1; 1-2; 1-3; 2-3; 3-3; 3-4; 3-5; 3-6; 4-6; 4-7; 4-8; 5-8; 5-9; 6-9; 6-10 (1-1)
Joko 3: 1-0; 1-1; 2-1; 3-1; 3-2; 4-2; 5-2; 6-2; 7-2; 8-2; 8-3; 9-3; 9-4; 9-5; 10-5 (2-1)
Joko 4: 0-1; 0-2; 1-2; 2-2; 3-2; 3-3; 3-4; 3-5; 4-5; 5-5; 6-5; 6-6; 7-6; 7-7; 8-7; 9-7; 9-8; 9-9; 9-10 (2-2)
Joko 5: 1-0; 1-1; 1-2; 2-2; 3-2; 4-2; 4-3; 5-3; 6-3; 6-4; 7-4; 7-5; 7-6; 8-6; 8-7; 8-8; 8-9; 9-9; 10-9 (3-2).
Scoring (EITB
Zubiri +7 -8; Fusto +18 -6
Brefel +17 -11; Gordon +5 -15
675 balls in play
Zubiri 165, Brefel 174
Fusto 204, Gordon 132
Time of the match: 1 hour, 17 minutes, 42 seconds.
87 points were scored out of a possible maximum 95. The last two jokos were won comebacks at the very end.
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Table of wins and losses for the 2016-2017 season.
Key: Player; Position (d=delantero (front court), z=zaguero (back court)); match wins-losses; joko (set) wins-losses; winning-losing streak; championships won. Matches that are single partidos will be noted. Table will be according to match winning percentage. 1st tie breaker will be number of wins. 2nd tie breaker will be joko win-loss differential. We begin the season with La Liga Kutxabank, starting October 29, 2016.
January 7, 2017 (end of La Liga)
Gaubeka(d)..7-2.....24-15..+2*....1(La Liga)
Zubiri(d)......6-5.....24-19..+1*
Fusto(d)........5-5.....20-21..-2
Necol(d)........4-7.....20-26..-1
Landeta(d)...3-6.....15-22..+1
Ibai-Perez(z)..7-3....25-18..+1*....1(La Liga)
Brefel(z).........5-4....20-16..+2
Ibargari(z).....5-6....23-23...-1
Gordon(z)......5-6....20-24...-2
Imanol(z).......3-6....15-22..+1*
Includes Dec. 30, 2016 independent match: Landeta-Imanol defeated Zuberi--Ibai-Perez 3-1 (10-8, 7-10, 10-9, 10-7) at Bizkaia.
*Does not include the result of Nov.25, 2016 independent match Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez v Zubiri-Imanol. The result is unknown at this time. I will add it when I find it.
Includes Nov. 19, 2016 independent match: Zuberi-Ibargari defeated Necol-Gordon 3-0 (10-8, 10-3, 10-9) at Bizkaia.
For cumulative accounting of this player table see the InnPala Player win-loss table under the Pala page on the right side of the blog.
Main Nue--FFPB Championnat de France Elite Pro Individuel--Results of January 9, 2017
The Main Nue
Individuel Elite Pro Championnat de France A and B competition is sponsored by the Federation Francaise de Pelote Basque (FFPB). The competition began on December 23, 2016 and will end on February 20, 2017. You can follow its progress here. Pelotelive.free.fr also provides A and B
coverage. The tournament is a seeded ladder tournament.
* not listed on the Esku Pilota player pages at this time.
The A group consists of Antton Amulet, Philippe Bielle, Bixintxo Bilbao, Pascal de Ezcurra, Baptiste Ducassou, Peio Guichandut, Ximun Lambert, Peio Larralde, Matheiu Ospital, and Agusti Waltary. The seeds, from low to high are: Amulet and Ospital (1/8), Bilbao and Waltary (Quarter-finals), and Larralde and Ducassou ("Liguilla").
The B group consists of Gregory Aguirre, Jean-Philippe Benesse*, Mickael Darmendrail, Vincent Elgart, Julien Etchegaray, Alexis Inchauspe, Laurent Lambert, Cedric Lucu, Alain Migueltorena, Antton Monce, Mattin Olcomendy*, and Mickael Palomes. The seeds, from low to high are: Darmendrail and L. Lambert (1/8), Palomes and Inchauspe (Quarter-finals), and Elgart and Monce ("Liguilla").
The "Liguilla" phase is a round robin among the top 4 finishers (two who win their way in and two who are seeded in) which will determine the finalists.
Article describing the competition (Esku Pilota)
December 23 2016-January 2, 2017 matches; January 6, 2017 matches
January 9, 2017
Preview article for both matches (Pilota Ttiki)
Le Garat, St. Jean-Pied-de-Port (1) (2)
B5. Benesse* defeated Darmendrail via a forfeit. Darmendrail is recovering from cyst surgery and has dropped out of the tournament.
In place of that match, as a "lever de rideau" (curtain raiser) for the A4 match, Elgart (seeded into the "Liguilla" phase of the B tournament) played against Benesse instead.
Elgart defeated Benesse* 40-36 or 40-35. (Note: the Garat "lundi" page has the score of this match 40-36. Pilota Ttiki and Esku Pilota have it 40-35). This is the second consecutive week that separate sources have different scores for the same match. Benesse's next match will be a quarter final match against Palomes on Monday, January 16, 2017 at the Garat.
A4. Ospital defeated de Ezcurra 40-33
Match article for both matches (Pilota Ttiki)
Match article, along with match statistics (source: H. Ocafrain via Excel spreadsheet created by Esku Pilota), and an audio interview with Ospital. (Esku Pilota). Note that de Ezcurra's + adds to 28 (which is not listed in the spreadsheet or in the original Ocafrain table at the Garat "lundi" page).
This was a difficult match for Ospital. According to the match article he was playing with a sore heel which he bandaged. The bandage bothered him and he fell behind 8-2. According to Ospital:
"J’avais un petit souci au talon depuis le Super Prestige et j’ai joué en début de partie avec la cheville bandée et ce n’est pas du tout les mêmes appuis. Je n’étais pas du tout précis. Sur le coup de 20 j’ai enlevé le strap et après j’ai trouvé un petit plus de précision dans mon jeu"
loosely translated by Google:
"I had a little worry in the heel since the Super Prestige and I played at the beginning of the game with the ankle bandaged and it is not at all the same supports. I was not at all accurate. On the stroke of 20 I removed the strap and then I found a little more precision in my game."
Ospital was struggling at: 2-8; 9-11; 14-16; and 19-21. After the bandage came off the score went to 27-23; 32-28; and 39-31.He next faces Waltary at the Garat on January 16.
In other news, Bilbao's match v Guichandut, originally scheduled for Villefranque on January 14, has been postponed due to Bilbao being ill with influenza. That match has been re-scheduled for January 21 at the same venue. To replace match of the 14th a "lever de rideau" B match between Monce and Elgart (both seeded in at the Liguilla level), will precede the B6 match of Etchegaray v L. Lambert.
For cumulative records of Main Nue elite professionals see the "Cumulative records of EP players" on the recurring results page on the right side of the blog.
* not listed on the Esku Pilota player pages at this time.
The A group consists of Antton Amulet, Philippe Bielle, Bixintxo Bilbao, Pascal de Ezcurra, Baptiste Ducassou, Peio Guichandut, Ximun Lambert, Peio Larralde, Matheiu Ospital, and Agusti Waltary. The seeds, from low to high are: Amulet and Ospital (1/8), Bilbao and Waltary (Quarter-finals), and Larralde and Ducassou ("Liguilla").
The B group consists of Gregory Aguirre, Jean-Philippe Benesse*, Mickael Darmendrail, Vincent Elgart, Julien Etchegaray, Alexis Inchauspe, Laurent Lambert, Cedric Lucu, Alain Migueltorena, Antton Monce, Mattin Olcomendy*, and Mickael Palomes. The seeds, from low to high are: Darmendrail and L. Lambert (1/8), Palomes and Inchauspe (Quarter-finals), and Elgart and Monce ("Liguilla").
The "Liguilla" phase is a round robin among the top 4 finishers (two who win their way in and two who are seeded in) which will determine the finalists.
Article describing the competition (Esku Pilota)
December 23 2016-January 2, 2017 matches; January 6, 2017 matches
January 9, 2017
Preview article for both matches (Pilota Ttiki)
Le Garat, St. Jean-Pied-de-Port (1) (2)
B5. Benesse* defeated Darmendrail via a forfeit. Darmendrail is recovering from cyst surgery and has dropped out of the tournament.
In place of that match, as a "lever de rideau" (curtain raiser) for the A4 match, Elgart (seeded into the "Liguilla" phase of the B tournament) played against Benesse instead.
Elgart defeated Benesse* 40-36 or 40-35. (Note: the Garat "lundi" page has the score of this match 40-36. Pilota Ttiki and Esku Pilota have it 40-35). This is the second consecutive week that separate sources have different scores for the same match. Benesse's next match will be a quarter final match against Palomes on Monday, January 16, 2017 at the Garat.
A4. Ospital defeated de Ezcurra 40-33
Match article for both matches (Pilota Ttiki)
Match article, along with match statistics (source: H. Ocafrain via Excel spreadsheet created by Esku Pilota), and an audio interview with Ospital. (Esku Pilota). Note that de Ezcurra's + adds to 28 (which is not listed in the spreadsheet or in the original Ocafrain table at the Garat "lundi" page).
This was a difficult match for Ospital. According to the match article he was playing with a sore heel which he bandaged. The bandage bothered him and he fell behind 8-2. According to Ospital:
"J’avais un petit souci au talon depuis le Super Prestige et j’ai joué en début de partie avec la cheville bandée et ce n’est pas du tout les mêmes appuis. Je n’étais pas du tout précis. Sur le coup de 20 j’ai enlevé le strap et après j’ai trouvé un petit plus de précision dans mon jeu"
loosely translated by Google:
"I had a little worry in the heel since the Super Prestige and I played at the beginning of the game with the ankle bandaged and it is not at all the same supports. I was not at all accurate. On the stroke of 20 I removed the strap and then I found a little more precision in my game."
Ospital was struggling at: 2-8; 9-11; 14-16; and 19-21. After the bandage came off the score went to 27-23; 32-28; and 39-31.He next faces Waltary at the Garat on January 16.
In other news, Bilbao's match v Guichandut, originally scheduled for Villefranque on January 14, has been postponed due to Bilbao being ill with influenza. That match has been re-scheduled for January 21 at the same venue. To replace match of the 14th a "lever de rideau" B match between Monce and Elgart (both seeded in at the Liguilla level), will precede the B6 match of Etchegaray v L. Lambert.
For cumulative records of Main Nue elite professionals see the "Cumulative records of EP players" on the recurring results page on the right side of the blog.
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