Tag: Switzerland

Coupe du Monde Basel – Trophée de Bâle

Top tier competion. great venue, plenty of hotels nearby and some wonderful places to eat.

Introduction

Located right on the France and Switzerland border and only a short journey from EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg. Our one visit here was fantastic – would have been 2 but due to Covid and a different application of restrictions by France and Switzerland it decided the competion should be moved to Winterthur in 2022. Top tier competion. great venue, plenty of hotels nearby and some wonderful places to eat.

Pfaffenholz Sports Center

Years attended – 2020

Venue

Pfaffenholz Sports Center

A modern sports facility that quite literally is half in Switzerland and half in France. Inside, it’s quite imposing – almost like a gladitorial arena with it being sunken in to a very imposing concrete structure, with banked concrete seats one side and a viewing balacony all around. There was a smaller side hall, but I didn’t get any pictures of that.

Pfaffenholz Sports Center
Pfaffenholz Sports Center
Pfaffenholz Sports Center
Main Hall

Event Videos

Giulio Gaetani ITA v. Ian Hauri SUI (Team competition – 2020)

Hotels

I stayed in the Hôtel ibis Aéroport Bâle Mulhouse which was a walkable distance to the venue. No complaints there – note that it tends to be slighly cheaper staying on the French side of Basel.

Shops & Places To Eat

We had an excellent meal at Restaurant Tilleul and a few drinks and snacks at Week-End Brasserie. We also gave La Diligence a go, but they literally ignored us for about 15 minutes, so we left.

EFC Geneve

The standard was very high with most of the entries coming from France, Italy and Switzerland.

Introduction

Quite possibly a one-off EFC cadet event that came in very early on in the season. I don’t think there has been another since, but I could be wrong.

A smaller (just 85 entries in the mens epee), very well organised competition with two rounds of poules – which is extremely unusual for EFC events.

The standard was very high with most of the entries coming from France, Italy and Switzerland.

Years attended – 2018

Venue

École de Commerce et de Culture Générale Aimée-Stitelmann

A nice modern sports hall attached to the business school just a short bus ride away from the city centre. The later stages of the competion were held in an adjacent building that I think was a lecture theatre.

Main Hall
Main Hall
Main Hall
Main Hall

Event Videos

Filippo Armaleo ITA v. Sven Vineis SUI (Final – 2018)

Hotels, Shops & Places To Eat

We stayed at the Ramada Encore Geneva and ate at the Pizzeria Ristorante Molino which was right next to the hotel. The supermarket, which stocked a wide range of water, was located in the shopping centre right behind the hotel – so everything was very convenient. We were there for less than 24 hours, so didn’t get a chance to explore any further.