ABIODUN takes U19 Boys crown ahead of PILARD and NOIRAULT

October 4, 2026
7:41 pm
Europe Youth Top-10

Portugal’s Tiago ABIODUN emerged as the winner of the Under 19 Boys event at the Europe Youth Top 10 in Antibes, finishing the competition with eight wins from nine matches.

ABIODUN entered the final day in contention for the title and completed his campaign with victories over France’s Antoine NOIRAULT and Nathan PILARD. After a 4-2 win over NOIRAULT in Round 8, the Portuguese player beat PILARD 4-1 in the concluding round to secure top spot.

The battle behind ABIODUN was extremely close. PILARD and NOIRAULT both finished with seven wins and two defeats, with PILARD taking second place and NOIRAULT third.

PILARD had earlier beaten Bulgaria’s Yoan VELICHKOV 4-1 and Russia’s Aleksei SAMOKHIN 4-3, while NOIRAULT defeated SAMOKHIN 4-1 before losing to ABIODUN.

SAMOKHIN finished fourth with six wins, ahead of France’s Flavio MOURIER, who recorded five victories. VELICHKOV was sixth and Poland’s Marcel BLASZCZYK seventh, both finishing with four wins.

Slovakia’s Samuel ARPAS took eighth place.

The competition was also affected by injuries, with Romania’s Robert ISTRATE and Poland’s Patryk ZYWORONEK forced to withdraw.

Final standings

Tiago ABIODUN (POR) – 8 wins, 1 defeat
Nathan PILARD (FRA) – 7 wins, 2 defeats
Antoine NOIRAULT (FRA) – 7 wins, 2 defeats
Aleksei SAMOKHIN (RUS) – 6 wins, 3 defeats
Flavio MOURIER (FRA) – 5 wins, 4 defeats
Yoan VELICHKOV (BUL) – 4 wins, 5 defeats
Marcel BLASZCZYK (POL) – 4 wins, 5 defeats
Samuel ARPAS (SVK) – 3 wins, 6 defeats
Robert ISTRATE (ROU) – withdrew due to injury
Patryk ZYWORONEK (POL) – withdrew due to injury

Round 1

Marcel BLASZCZYK (POL) – Patryk ZYWORONEK (POL) 4-0 (0, 0, 0, 0)
Yoan VELICHKOV (BUL) – Samuel ARPAS (SVK) 4-0 (9, 8, 7, 3)
Aleksei SAMOKHIN (RUS) – Robert ISTRATE (ROU) 4-2 (-7, 9, 6, -10, 9, 5)
Tiago ABIODUN (POR) – Flavio MOURIER (FRA) 4-2 (3, 7, -9, -7, 9, 9)
Antoine NOIRAULT (FRA) – Nathan PILARD (FRA) 1-4 (-9, -11, -9, 8, -10)

Round 2

Patryk ZYWORONEK (POL) – Nathan PILARD (FRA) 0-4 (0, 0, 0, 0)
Flavio MOURIER (FRA) – Antoine NOIRAULT (FRA) 1-4 (-5, -9, -7, 6, -4)
Robert ISTRATE (ROU) – Tiago ABIODUN (POR) 3-4 (-6, -8, 5, -8, 8, 9, -10)
Samuel ARPAS (SVK) – Aleksei SAMOKHIN (RUS) 2-4 (-9, -4, 8, -5, 9, -6)
Marcel BLASZCZYK (POL) – Yoan VELICHKOV (BUL) 2-4 (6, -7, -11, 9, -4, -7)

Round 3

Yoan VELICHKOV (BUL) – Patryk ZYWORONEK (POL) 4-0 (0, 0, 0, 0)
Aleksei SAMOKHIN (RUS) – Marcel BLASZCZYK (POL) 4-3 (-5, -8, -8, 9, 11, 7, 4)
Tiago ABIODUN (POR) – Samuel ARPAS (SVK) 4-2 (3, -9, 9, 10, -9, 5)
Antoine NOIRAULT (FRA) – Robert ISTRATE (ROU) 4-2 (4, 7, 10, -9, -8, 9)
Nathan PILARD (FRA) – Flavio MOURIER (FRA) 2-4 (10, -3, 9, -7, -4, -7)

Round 4

Samuel ARPAS (SVK) – Antoine NOIRAULT (FRA) 1-4 (9, -9, -6, -7, -5)
Marcel BLASZCZYK (POL) – Tiago ABIODUN (POR) 2-4 (7, -10, -7, 8, -6, -8)
Yoan VELICHKOV (BUL) – Aleksei SAMOKHIN (RUS) 2-4 (8, -9, 7, -7, -10, -8)

Round 5

Tiago ABIODUN (POR) – Yoan VELICHKOV (BUL) 4-3 (-3, -9, -7, 7, 8, 3, 6)
Antoine NOIRAULT (FRA) – Marcel BLASZCZYK (POL) 4-1 (6, -4, 6, 6, 11)
Nathan PILARD (FRA) – Samuel ARPAS (SVK) 4-1 (6, -9, 9, 4, 7)

Round 6

Samuel ARPAS (SVK) – Flavio MOURIER (FRA) 4-3 (-8, 6, -7, -8, 5, 7, 9)
Marcel BLASZCZYK (POL) – Nathan PILARD (FRA) 1-4 (-9, -8, -8, 10, -7)
Yoan VELICHKOV (BUL) – Antoine NOIRAULT (FRA) 3-4 (5, -8, 8, 6, -11, -3, -6)
Aleksei SAMOKHIN (RUS) – Tiago ABIODUN (POR) 4-3 (-7, 8, -9, 3, -8, 8, 10)

Round 7

Antoine NOIRAULT (FRA) – Aleksei SAMOKHIN (RUS) 4-1 (7, 9, 10, 0, 7)
Nathan PILARD (FRA) – Yoan VELICHKOV (BUL) 4-1 (10, -8, 10, 8, 10)
Flavio MOURIER (FRA) – Marcel BLASZCZYK (POL) 2-4 (9, 13, -8, -5, -7, -3)

Round 8

Yoan VELICHKOV (BUL) – Flavio MOURIER (FRA) 3-4 (9, -6, -8, 9, -4, 3, -5)
Aleksei SAMOKHIN (RUS) – Nathan PILARD (FRA) 3-4 (8, 8, -7, -15, -6, 10, -8)
Tiago ABIODUN (POR) – Antoine NOIRAULT (FRA) 4-2 (6, 7, 8, -3, -9, 8)

Round 9

Nathan PILARD (FRA) – Tiago ABIODUN (POR) 1-4 (5, -9, -7, -9, -4)
Flavio MOURIER (FRA) – Aleksei SAMOKHIN (RUS) 4-0 (8, 8, 10, 8)
Samuel ARPAS (SVK) – Marcel BLASZCZYK (POL) 0-4 (-5, -9, -9, -6)

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