The UMB has published the first list of 21 seeded players, both Jean Paul de Bruijn and Jean van Erp are awarded with a wild card by the organization.
The complete list of seeded players is as follows:
Reigning world champion Filippos Kasidokostas (Greece), Caudron Frédéric (Belgium), Dick Jaspers (Netherlands), Eddy Merckx (Belgium), Kyung-Roul Kim (Korea), Martin Horn (Germany), Torbjörn Blomdahl (Sweden), Tayfun Tasdemir (Turkey), Jef Philipoom (Belgium), Marco Zanetti (Italy), Jeremy Bury (France), Daniel Sánchez (Spain), Sung-Won Choi (Korea), Nick Polychronopoulos(Greece), Eddy Leppens (Belgium), Jung Han Heo (Korea), Roland Forthomme (Belgum), Ryuudi Umeda (Japan), Jean Paul de Bruijn (Netherlands), Jean van Erp (Netherlands).
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