AGIPI Billiard Masters

AGIPI Billiard Masters
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin, knock out
Association / host:	AGIPI
Tournament details
Venue:	AGIPI headquarters in Schiltigheim, France
Playing time:	2008-2013
Current title holder:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
Records
Most wins: 2 ×
Torbjörn Blomdahl (2008, 2012) Dick Jaspers (2009, 2010)
Best GD: 2,500
Frédéric Caudron (2013)
Best ED: 4.166
Filipos Kasidokostas (2010) Dick Jaspers (2011)
Maximum series (HS): 22
Dick Jaspers (2008)
Position map
Schiltigheim Baden-Baden

The AGIPI Billard Masters was a three-cushion tournament that was held in Schiltigheim in France.

The invitation tournament for the best three-cushion players in the world was held six times from 2008 to 2013. On October 5th, 2013 it was announced that the “father” and sponsor of the tournament, Claude Fath, resigned from his position as director of AGIPI. Since his successor is more fond of football than billiards, there will be no continuation of the three-cushion tournament, which is the most highly endowed after the Crystal Kelly Cup, from the 2013/14 season .

The games were broadcast live on the Eurosport 2 TV channel and on the Internet via Kozoom .

mode

It was played in four groups of five players. The two best in the group qualify for the final round. The game was played in two groups of four players. The first two in the group qualified for the semi-finals. The semi-final winners contested the final. The game was played up to 50 points. As of 2009: The last 8 played quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals.

The 2012 tournament started with 28 participants. 8 players were seeded for the two qualifying groups before the quarter-finals. The rest had to qualify through qualifying rounds, a third place was played out again. The final from 22-25. In March 2012 Eurosport 2 and kozoom broadcast live again.

Prize money

In contrast to most other carom tournaments, the winnings of the individual players were paid out according to a so-called bonus system. In addition to the fixed sum for the corresponding placement, a player could also receive various bonuses. The following list shows the bonus key for the 2013 edition:

space	Prize money
Final round
winner	€ 20,000
finalist	€ 8,000
Semi-finalist	€ 3,000
Quarter finalist	€ 1,500
Group stage A – D
Won	500 €
draw	375 €
Lost	250 €
Bonus per qualifier	450 €
qualification
Won	€ 300
draw	€ 225
Lost	150 €
Bonuses
Maximum series (HS)
HS = 10-14	500 €
HS = 15-19	750 €
HS = 20 ≥	€ 1,000
Best Game (BG)
BG 20 ≤ record.	500 €
World records * 1
HS ≤ 28	€ 10,000
BG (50 points in ≥ 5 recordings)	€ 10,000
Tournament records * 1
HS ≤ 23	€ 2,500
BG (50 points in ≥ 11 recordings)	€ 2,500

Remarks

• * ¹ The bonuses could not be combined

The total prize money for 2008 was € 121,450, of which the winner received € 28,050. The runner-up Dick Jaspers even won € 28,900 thanks to special bonuses and also got the largest exchange of € 29,200 (2010). The highest total to date was paid out in 2011. The lowest exchange was paid out in 2013 at € 109,600. One of the reasons for this was that fewer top series were played during the tournament than in other years.

totals paid so far

• 2008: € 121,450
• 2009: € 124,450
• 2010: € 116,800
• 2011: € 127,800
• 2012: € 123,400
• 2013: € 109,600

Tournament statistics

The GD indicates the general average of the respective player during the tournament. The numbers behind the players indicate 1. the GD, 2. the maximum series and 3. the total winnings.

No.	year	winner	GD / HS / prize money	place 2	GD / HS / prize money	Semi-finalist (3rd)	GD / HS / prize money	Semi-finalist (4.)	GD / HS / prize money	Ref.
1	2008	Torbjörn Blomdahl	€ 2,048 / 11 / € 28,050	Dick Jaspers	€ 2,211 / 22 / 28,900	Frédéric Caudron	1.796 / 12 / 13,500 €	Semih Saygıner	€ 1,510 / 18 / 12,250
2	2009	Dick Jaspers	€ 1.954 / 20 / 20,550	Torbjörn Blomdahl	€ 1,665 / 12 / 14,450	Frédéric Caudron	€ 1,854 / 15 / 12,850	Roland Forthomme	1,624 / 11 / 10,300 €
3	2010	Dick Jaspers	€ 2,096 / 11 / 29,200	Frédéric Caudron	€ 2,399 / 11 / 22,950	Marco Zanetti	€ 1.958 / 19 / 10,500	Roland Forthomme	0€ 1,535 / 15 / 6,900
4th	2011	Choi Sung-won	1,666 / 12 / 25,350 €	Jérémy Bury	€ 2,106 / 15 / 13,950	Filipos Kasidokostas	€ 1,923 / 21 / 08,200	Marco Zanetti	€ 2,057 / 12 / 09,950
5	2012	Torbjörn Blomdahl	€ 1.953 / 20 / 27,200	Kim Kyung-roul	€ 1,865 / 12 / 13,200	Martin Horn	€ 2,157 / 17 / 09,950	Choi Sung-won	0€ 1,724 / 13 / 7,950
6th	2013	Marco Zanetti	€ 1,915 / 16 / 24,450	Frédéric Caudron	€ 2,165 / 20 / 13,450	Dick Jaspers	€ 1,943 / 11 / 06,825	Cho Jae-ho	€ 1,815 / 12 / 06,950

Web links

• Official website ( Memento from January 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
• Official website - review of 2008 ( memento of February 7, 2009 in the web archive archive.today )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AGIPI Masters - A dream is over! on Kozoom.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
2. ↑ Prize money and bonuses ( memento of February 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on AGIPI Masters.com. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
3. ↑ Results ( Memento from January 17th, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on AGIPI Billiard Masters.com. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
4. ↑ Ranking 2008 . AGIPI Masters.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
5. ↑ Prize money 2008 . AGIPI Masters.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
6. ↑ Ranking 2009 . AGIPI Masters.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
7. ↑ Prize money 2009 . AGIPI Masters.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
8. ↑ Ranking 2010 . AGIPI Masters.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
9. ↑ Prize money 2010 . AGIPI Masters.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
10. ↑ Ranking 2011 . AGIPI Masters.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
11. ↑ Prize money 2011 . AGIPI Masters.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
12. ↑ Ranking 2012 . AGIPI Masters.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
13. ↑ Prize money 2012 . AGIPI Masters.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
14. ↑ Ranking 2013 . AGIPI Masters.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
15. ↑ Prize money 2013 . AGIPI Masters.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2013.