Three-cushion world championship for national teams

Three-cushion world championship for national teams
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Ranking tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Association / host:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Festhalle Viersen (since 1990)
Playing time:	since 1981
Current title holder:	Turkey
Records
Most wins: 9 × Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl Lennart Blomdahl Mikael Nilsson
Best GD: MGD = 2.195 Belgium (2014)
Individual GD = 2.506 Frédéric Caudron Belgium (2015)
Best ED: BEMD = 3.363 Belgium (March 13, 2014), Netherlands (February 23, 2018)
Single BED = 4,444 Eddy Merckx Belgium (March 13, 2014)
Maximum series (HS): 22 (individual) / 20 (team)
Dick Jaspers / Belgium (February 22, 2013) / (March 11, 2017)
Position map
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Festhalle 2013
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Festhalle 2013
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The three- cushion world championship for national teams is organized by the Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) in the game of carom billiards (three- cushion discipline) , for the first time in 1981 in Mexico City .

history

After the next World Championships still took place irregularly - 1985 in Bordeaux (France) and 1987 in Madrid (Spain) - they have been an annual highlight in the tournament calendar of three-cushion sports since 1990 in February and have found a venue appropriate for the event in the Festhalle Viersen .

The UMB and the Confédération Européenne de Billard (CEB) have entrusted the German Billiards Union (DBU) with hosting the three-cushion World Cup until 2014; so the World Cup will remain in Viersen until then. After the 2015 World Cup, the city of Viersen was no longer able to cover the funding gap of € 12,500. After long negotiations, a new sponsor was found in Sparda-Bank West. The World Cup in Viersen is thus secured for the next three years. After the three years the Viersen company SAB Bröckskes found a new main sponsor of the world championship. This means that the three-cushion team championship will remain in Viersen until 2023.

Up to 2013, 31 different nations had participated in the World Cup. A total of 6 teams took part in the first three world championships; from the 4th to the 10th there were 12 teams. 18 to 24 teams started in the following tournaments. Japan was the only country to have participated in all world championships.

Records

→ Main article : List of records in three cushion

In 2013, the Dutchman Dick Jaspers improved the tournament record for the highest series of 17 points, which has been in place since 1974 , set by Belgian Raymond Ceulemans , by 5 points to now 22. Eddy Merckx improved Dick Jaspers' individual average (ED) record from the previous year on March 13, 2014 . After 9  admissions , he scored 40 points, giving an individual average (ED) of 4.444 . The best general average (GD) of a player at the Team World Cup is held by Frédéric Caudron . Improved to 2,506 during the 2015 World Cup.

Belgium set a new world record in Team Average (BEMD) on March 13, 2014. In the game against Austria Eddy Merckx and Frédéric Caudron scored 80 points in 22 shots. This brings the new record to 3.636 . In the Scotch Double on February 23, 2018, the Netherlands also played 3,636 (40 points in 11 recordings) against Egypt. The tournament average record (MGD) has been held by Belgium since 2014 with 2,195 .

Game mode

There are four match billiards in Viersen. Each team consists of two players, as a rule each nation can provide one team - the defending champion (and usually also the host) can provide a second team. From 2013 onwards it will no longer be played in the set system, but in the preliminary round (group stage) to 30 points (usually in groups of three teams) and from the quarter-finals to 40 points. Since 2014, the whole tournament has been played over a game distance of 40 points. No 3rd place has been played since 2004. So there are two bronze medals.

Since 2017, the entire tournament has been played in " Scotch Doubles mode". As early as 2015, a tie between two teams was played in the "Scotch Doubles mode" to decide.

On the final day of the 2017 World Cup, the President of the UMB , Farouk el-Barki , announced that from 2018 the tournament will only be played with 16 teams instead of the previous 24. There will be a preliminary round with four groups of four players each. The two best in the group will then move into the final round.

"That will further increase the quality, but we will also have to have a more restrictive invitation policy."

- Farouk el-Barki : Markus Schönhoff, Kozoom , March 12, 2017

Scoring, ranking and prize money

Until 2017

In contrast to other tournaments, this tournament has a ranking list based on the total number of places. The teams were assigned the number of their final placement as minus points, i.e. the winner (1st place) receives 1 point, the second (2nd place) 2 points and so on. Teams that did not register for the tournament received 25 penalty points and teams that registered but did not take part received 50 penalty points. So it was important to collect as few points as possible.

Since 2018

In 2018, the usual point system as in World Cup tournaments was switched to. The teams receive points according to the following classification:

	Prize money ( € ) individual tournament	World ranking points
winner	(1 ×) 8,000	80
finalist	(1 ×) 6,000	54
Semi-finalists	(2 ×) 3,600	38
05th - 08th	(4 ×) 2,400	26th
09-16	(8 ×) 1,400	16
not reported	-	0
reported, not started	-	−50
All in all	42,000	-

The last five years are evaluated.

World ranking

Rank 1-12	nation	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Points
01	South Korea	54	8th	80	80	38	260	▲ +1
02	Turkey	38	54	26th	38	80	236	▲ +2
03	Netherlands	38	80	38	26th	54	236	▬
04th	Belgium	80	38	54	26th	38	236	▼ −4
05	Austria	8th	38	8th	54	26th	134	▲ +2
06th	Germany	26th	26th	26th	26th	16	120	▼ −1
07th	France	8th	16	38	26th	26th	114	▲ +1
08th	Denmark	26th	16	16	38	16	112	▼ −2
09	Greece	16	26th	16	16	16	90	▲ +3
10	Japan	16	16	16	16	16	80	▼ −1
11	Egypt	16	26th	16	16	16	80	▼ −1
12	Colombia	16	0	16	16	26th	74	▲ +4

Rank 13-32	nation	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Points
13	Peru	8th	16	8th	16	16	64	▲ +4
14th	Spain	26th	16	16	0	0	58	▼ −3
15th	Sweden	16	8th	26th	0	0	50	▼ −2
16	Vietnam	0	0	0	16	26th	42	▲ +5
17th	Italy	16	8th	16	0	0	40	▼ −3
18th	Czech Republic	8th	16	16	0	0	40	▼ −3
19th	Lebanon	0	0	0	16	16	32	▲ +4
20th	Portugal	16	8th	8th	0	0	32	▼ −2
21st	Switzerland	8th	8th	8th	0	0	24	▼ −2
22nd	Luxembourg	8th	8th	8th	0	0	24	▼ −2
23	Mexico	0	0	0	0	16	16	▲ +6
24	Argentina	0	0	8th	0	0	8th	▬
25th	Hungary	0	0	8th	0 |	0	8th	▬
26th	Norway	0	8th	0	0	0	8th	▬
27	Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	0	▼ −5
28	United States		0	0	0	0	0	▼ −1
29	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	▼ −1
30th	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	▬
31	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	▬
32	Ecuador	−50	16	0	16	0	-18	▬

Press [Expand] to display rankings 13–32.

Not registered for the tournament at all (0 points)

Registered but not participated (−50 points)

archive

Previous world rankings that were not archived by the UMB.

• World ranking for national teams 2008–2012 ( Memento from February 25, 2013 on WebCite ) Archived on February 25, 2013.

Tournament statistics

The 3rd place has not been played out since 2004. Every loser in the semi-finals is awarded the (shared) 3rd place. The GD indicates the general average of the respective team during the tournament.

No.	year	place	winner	GD	place 2	GD	place 3	GD
01	1981	Mexico city	Kobayashi Komori	1,237	Ceulemans Dielis	1.232	Vierat Bitalis	0.953
02	1985	Bordeaux	Kobayashi Komori	1,311	T. Blomdahl L. Blomdahl	1.058	Torres Gilbert	1.103
03	1987	Madrid	T. Blomdahl L. Blomdahl	1.017	Torres Gilbert	0.960	Yosihara Kai	1.077
04th	1990	Viersen	Kai Yosihara	1,114	T. Blomdahl L. Blomdahl	1.177	Siebert C. Rudolph	1.064
05	1991		T. Blomdahl L. Blomdahl	1.246	Carlsen Laursen	1.044	C.Rudolph Kühl	1.118
06th	1992		Kobayashi Komori	1.218	Lee Torres	1.159	Theriaga Ribeiro	1,096
07th	1993		C. Rudolph M. Aguirre	1.104	Jaspers Havermans	1.120	T. Blomdahl L. Blomdahl	1.182
08th	1994		C. Rudolph M. Aguirre	1.252	Theriaga Ribeiro	1.073	Zöllner umbrella fire	1.004
09	1995		Nelin Haack-Sorensen	1,145	L. Blomdahl Noren	1.133	Theriaga Fradinho	1.073
10	1996		Nelin Laursen	1.181	Kai Ichinose	1.067	Sánchez squeeze glass	1,199
11	1997		C.Rudolph umbrella fire	1.156	Kostistansky A. Efler	1,210	Ichinose Arai	1.014
12	1998		Jaspers Burgman	1,540	Sánchez Minguell	1.182	C.Rudolph Horn	1.321
13	1999		Jaspers Burgman	1.478	T. Blomdahl Nilsson	1.489	C.Rudolph Horn	1.245
14th	2000		T. Blomdahl Nilsson	1.553	Jaspers Burgman	1.430	Nelin Haack-Sorensen	1,214
15th	2001		T. Blomdahl Nilsson	1.546	C.Rudolph Horn	1.444	Nelin Carlsen	1.255
16	2002		C.Rudolph Horn	1.381	Jaspers de Kleine	1.503	Taşdemir Yüksel	1.258
17th	2003		Saygıner Taşdemir	1.412	Polychronopoulos Kasidokostas	1,400	Jaspers de Kleine	1.707
No.	year	place	winner	GD	place 2	GD	3rd places	GD
18th	2004	Viersen	Saygıner Taşdemir	1.514	Caudron de Backer	1.362	Sánchez Legazpi	1.302
							Bury Roux	1.138
19th	2005		T. Blomdahl Nilsson	1.414	Jaspers de Bruijn	1.377	Merckx Leppens	1.471
							Horn C.Rudolph	1,270
20th	2006		T. Blomdahl Nilsson	1.421	C.Rudolph Horn	1.412	Jaspers Burgman	1.647
							Saygıner Yüksel	1.371
21st	2007		T. Blomdahl Nilsson	1.537	Carlsen Knudsen	1,217	Jaspers Burgman	1.526
							Horn C.Rudolph	1.489
22nd	2008		T. Blomdahl Nilsson	1.664	Jaspers Burgman	1.593	Kim Kr. Choi	1.584
							Sánchez Garcia	1.411
23	2009		T. Blomdahl Nilsson	1,769	Merckx Forthomme	1.558	Horn C.Rudolph	1.607
							Kim Kr. Kang	1.401
24	2010		Yüksel Çoklu	1.689	Sánchez Legazpi	1.456	Jaspers Burgman	1,831
							Kim Kr. Choi	1.554
25th	2011		Taşdemir Çenet	1.510	Merckx Leppens	1.652	Jaspers Burgman	1,570
							Horn Galla	1.267
26th	2012		Merckx Caudron	1,876	Horn Galla	1.504	Sánchez Palazon	1.640
							Carlsen Andersen	1.295
27	2013		Merckx Caudron	1.640	Horn C.Rudolph	1.371	Kim Kr. Heo	1.397
							Taşdemir Çoklu	1,580
28	2014		Merckx Caudron	2.195	Jaspers van Beers	1.486	Horn Galla	1.412
							Taşdemir Kiraz	1,314
29	2015		Merckx Caudron	1,968	Heo Cho	1,867	Taşdemir Yüksel	1,427
							Jaspers van Beers	1.693
30th	2016		Jaspers van Erp	1.675	Saygıner Çenet	1.491	Merckx Caudron	1,700
							Kahofer Efler	1.287
31	2017		Choi Kim	1.515	Caudron Forthomme	1.701	Jaspers van Erp	1.923
							Barbeillon Melnytschenko	1,260
32	2018		Choi Kang	1,920	Kahofer Efler	1.273	Saygıner Taşdemir	1.394
							Carlsen Andersen	1.472
33	2019		Çoklu Çenet	1.803	Jaspers Burgman	1.564	Caudron Merckx	1.713
							Kim Cho	1.431
34	2020

Medal table

space	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
01.	Sweden	9	4th	1	14th
02.	Turkey	5	1	6th	12
03.	Belgium	4th	5	3	12
04th	Germany	4th	4th	10	18th
05.	Japan	4th	1	2	07th
06th	Netherlands	3	7th	7th	17th
07th	Denmark	2	2	4th	08th
08th.	Korea	2	1	5	08th
09.	Spain	0	2	4th	06th
10.	United States	0	2	1	03
10.	Austria	0	2	1	03
12.	Portugal	0	1	2	03
13.	Greece	0	1	0	01
14th	France	0	0	3	03

Web links

Commons : Three Cushion World Championship for National Teams  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the three-cushion world championship in Viersen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Billiards World Cup remains in the festival hall. Viersen.de, 2015, archived from the original on February 4, 2017 ; accessed on August 24, 2015 .  
2. ↑ Markus Schönhoff: Team WM Viersen 2017 - hosts with two premieres. Kozoom , March 5, 2017, archived from the original on March 10, 2017 ; accessed on March 10, 2017 .  
3. ^ David beinke: Billiard World Cup in Viersen with a completely new mode. RP online, February 25, 2017, archived from the original on March 10, 2017 ; accessed on March 10, 2017 .  
4. ↑ Daniel Uebber: Billiards World Cup - More tension with the Scotch Double System. Stadtspiegel Viersen, February 24, 2015, archived from the original on March 10, 2017 ; accessed on March 10, 2017 .  
5. ↑ Three top teams and an outsider fighting for World Cup gold. Accessed March 12, 2017.
6. ↑ Regulations from December 16, 2019 (PDF) UMB, December 16, 2019, archived from the original on January 18, 2020 ; accessed on January 18, 2020 (English).  
7. ↑ Rules of the three- cushion World Cup for national teams (PDF; 47 kB) on UMB.org, accessed on October 28, 2012.
8. ↑ World rankings for national teams 2015–2019 (PDF; 243 kB) March 21, 2019. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved on March 21, 2019.

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