AGIPI Billiard Masters 2009

AGIPI Masters 2009
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin , knock out
Organizer:	AGIPI
Tournament details
Venue:	AGIPI headquarters, Schiltigheim, France
Opening:	November 7, 2008
Endgame:	March 15, 2009
Attendees:	20th
Defending champion:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
Winner:	Dick Jaspers
2nd finalist:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
3rd place:	Frédéric Caudron Roland Forthomme
Prize money:	€ 124,450
Records
Best GD:	2,043 Kim Kyung-roul
Best ED:	2,941 Eddy Merckx
Maximum series (HS):	20 Dick Jaspers000
Venue on the map
Schiltigheim Baden-Baden
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The AGIPI Billard Masters 2009 was a three-cushion tournament series that was held between November 7, 2008 and March 15, 2009 in Schiltigheim , France . The game was played in three phases: 1st qualifying round; 2nd group stage; 3rd final.

The defending champion was the Swede Torbjörn Blomdahl who lost in the final against the Dutchman Dick Jaspers with 50:39 and thus helped him to his first title at this tournament. The Belgians Frédéric Caudron and Roland Forthomme became joint thirds . The only German participant, Martin Horn from Essen, was eliminated as third in the qualification, as did the Japanese three-cushion world champion from 2007 Ryūji Umeda .

General information

Venue	AGIPI headquarters 12 Avenue Pierre Mendès France 67300 Schiltigheim, France
Set of rules	CEB - EOR 2
Game modes	4 groups of 5 players each; 1st & 2nd placed go into the main round (¼ final)
distance	Qualification and group stage: 50 balls (points) with follow-up Final: 50 balls (points) without a kick
Entry fee	Invitation tournament. All costs are borne by the host.

Prize money

space	Prize money
Final round
winner	€ 10,900
finalist	€ 8,400
Semi-finalist	€ 4,150
Quarter finalist	€ 1,200
Qualification group A – D
winner	€ 800
draw	600 €
loser	400 €
Bonus per qualifier	500 €
Bonuses
Maximum series (HS)
HS = 10	500 €
HS = 11–14 (per point)	+ 50 €
HS = ≥ 15 (per point)	+ 100 €
performance
Best Game 25 = record.	500 €
Best Game 25 <record. (per point)	+ 100 €
Best GD in qualification	500 €
Overall average (GD)
1. Best GD	€ 1,000
2. Best GD	750 €
3. Best GD	500 €
Sum (paid out)	€ 124,450

qualification

In the group stage, five players met in four groups. The first two of the group made it to the final. The game was played in round robin mode.

Legend

Pt.	points scored
Recording	Required recordings (for the winner to win)
ED	Single average
GD	General average (all games. Points ÷ recordings; the higher the better)
HS	Maximum series; highest number of collisions played during a recording
PP	Game points (winner = 2; tie = 1; loser = 0; in the event of a tie, the better GD advances)
	The first two of the group will enter the group stage

Group draw

draw

group	Surname
A.	Torbjörn Blomdahl
	Eddy Merckx
	Daniel Sánchez
	Eddy Leppens
	Christophe Duval
B.	Dick Jaspers
	Roland Forthomme
	Kim Kyung-roul
	Jean Paul de Bruijn
	Jérome Barbeillon
C.	Frédéric Caudron
	Martin Horn
	Ryūji Umeda
	Filipos Kasidokostas
	Jean-Christophe Roux
D.	Semih Saygıner
	Marco Zanetti
	Nikos Polychronopoulos
	Ramon Rodriguez
	Jérémy Bury

Groups A and B

The game was played from 7th to 9th November 2008.

Group A

game	Surname	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS	PP
1	Eddy Leppens	50	39	1.280	6th	2
	Eddy Merckx	45	39	1.154	10	0
2	Daniel Sánchez	50	25th	2,000	9	2
	Christophe Duval	17th	25th	0.680	6th	0
3	Eddy Merckx	50	17th	2.940	11	2
	Daniel Sánchez	18th	17th	1.059	3	0
4th	Torbjörn Blomdahl	50	30th	1.670	6th	2
	Christophe Duval	32	30th	1.067	11	0
5	Eddy Leppens	50	37	1.351	8th	1
	Torbjörn Blomdahl	50	37	1,350	7th	1
6th	Eddy Merckx	50	17th	2.941	8th	2
	Christophe Duval	10	17th	0.590	3	0
7th	Torbjörn Blomdahl	50	27	1,852	12	2
	Daniel Sánchez	46	27	1,700	7th	0
8th	Eddy Leppens	50	32	1.563	9	2
	Christophe Duval	35	32	1.090	6th	0
9	Eddy Merckx	50	29	1.724	10	2
	Torbjörn Blomdahl	44	29	1.520	10	0
10	Daniel Sánchez	50	21st	2,380	14th	2
	Eddy Leppens	35	21st	1.667	6th	0
Group graduation
space	Surname	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS	PP
1	Eddy Merckx	195	102	1.911	11	6th
2	Torbjörn Blomdahl	194	123	1,577	12	5
3	Eddy Leppens	185	129	1.434	9	5
4th	Daniel Sánchez	164	90	1,822	14th	4th
5	Christophe Duval	94	104	0.903	11	0
total		832	548	1.518	14th	20th

Group B

game	Surname	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS	PP
1	Kim Kyung-roul	50	27	1,850	10	2
	Jérome Barbeillon	47	27	1.741	6th	0
2	Roland Forthomme	50	22nd	2.273	9	2
	Jean Paul de Bruijn	26th	22nd	1.180	5	0
3	Roland Forthomme	50	25th	2,000	7th	2
	Kim Kyung-roul	48	25th	1,920	6th	0
4th	Dick Jaspers	50	29	1.720	8th	2
	Jérome Barbeillon	25th	29	0.862	4th	0
5	Dick Jaspers	50	23	2.174	20th	1
	Jean Paul de Bruijn	50	23	2.170	8th	1
6th	Jérome Barbeillon	50	25th	2.083	6th	2
	Roland Forthomme	24	24	1,000	6th	0
7th	Jérome Barbeillon	50	23	2.170	10	2
	Jean Paul de Bruijn	29	23	1.261	5	0
8th	Dick Jaspers	50	18th	2,780	12	2
	Kim Kyung-roul	42	18th	2.333	10	0
9	Roland Forthomme	50	25th	2,000	11	2
	Dick Jaspers	38	25th	1.520	7th	0
10	Kim Kyung-roul	50	23	2.170	7th	2
	Jean Paul de Bruijn	37	23	1.609	10	0
Group graduation
space	Surname	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS	PP
1	Roland Forthomme	174	96	1,812	11	6th
2	Dick Jaspers	188	95	1,978	20th	5
3	Kim Kyung-roul	190	93	2.043	10	4th
4th	Jérome Barbeillon	172	103	1.669	10	4th
5	Jean Paul de Bruijn	142	91	1,560	10	1
total		866	488	1.775	20th	20th

Groups C and D

The game was played from January 30th to February 1st, 2009.

Group C

game	Surname	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS	PP
1	Filipos Kasidokostas	50	23	2.174	13	2
	Martin Horn	40	23	1,740	6th	0
2	Ryūji Umeda	50	35	1.430	9	2
	Jean-Christophe Roux	44	35	1.257	4th	0
3	Frédéric Caudron	50	38	1,316	9	2
	Jean-Christophe Roux	42	38	1,110	6th	0
4th	Martin Horn	50	21st	2.381	11	2
	Ryūji Umeda	31	21st	1,480	9	0
5	Frédéric Caudron	50	25th	2.080	11	2
	Filipos Kasidokostas	48	24	2,000	9	0
6th	Martin Horn	50	38	1,316	5	2
	Jean-Christophe Roux	44	38	1.160	5	0
7th	Frédéric Caudron	50	19th	2.632	10	2
	Ryūji Umeda	26th	19th	1,370	5	0
8th	Filipos Kasidokostas	50	37	1.351	5	2
	Jean-Christophe Roux	47	37	1,270	5	0
9	Frédéric Caudron	50	25th	2,000	6th	2
	Martin Horn	30th	25th	1,200	6th	0
10	Ryūji Umeda	50	30th	1.667	6th	1
	Filipos Kasidokostas	50	30th	1.667	6th	1
Group graduation
space	Surname	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS	PP
1	Frédéric Caudron	200	106	1,886	11	8th
2	Filipos Kasidokostas	198	114	1.736	13	5
3	Martin Horn	170	107	1,588	11	4th
4th	Ryūji Umeda	158	105	1.504	9	3
5	Jean-Christophe Roux	177	148	1.195	6th	0
total		903	580	1.557	13	20th

Group D

game	Surname	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS	PP
1	Marco Zanetti	50	28	1.790	8th	2
	Ramon Rodriguez	30th	28	1.071	6th	0
2	Jérémy Bury	50	29	1.724	10	2
	Nikos Polychronopoulos	49	29	1.690	7th	0
3	Semih Saygıner	50	22nd	2.270	13	2
	Jérémy Bury	36	22nd	1.636	6th	0
4th	Marco Zanetti	50	28	1,786	8th	2
	Nikos Polychronopoulos	28	28	1,000	6th	0
5	Semih Saygıner	50	34	1,470	6th	2
	Ramon Rodriguez	47	34	1,382	5	0
6th	Jérémy Bury	50	26th	1,920	9	2
	Marco Zanetti	42	26th	1.615	11	0
7th	Semih Saygıner	50	25th	2,000	8th	2
	Nikos Polychronopoulos	29	25th	1.160	6th	0
8th	Jérémy Bury	50	29	1.720	10	2
	Ramon Rodriguez	42	29	1,448	6th	0
9	Semih Saygıner	50	24	2.083	10	2
	Marco Zanetti	46	24	1,920	8th	0
10	Nikos Polychronopoulos	50	38	1,316	7th	1
	Ramon Rodriguez	50	38	1,316	14th	1
Group graduation
space	Surname	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS	PP
1	Semih Saygıner	200	105	1.904	13	8th
2	Jérémy Bury	186	106	1.754	10	6th
3	Marco Zanetti	188	106	1,773	11	4th
4th	Ramon Rodriguez	169	129	1.130	14th	1
5	Nikos Polychronopoulos	156	120	1,300	7th	1
total		899	556	1.617	14th	20th

final

The final was from 12. – 15. March 2009 played in knock-out mode.

Places 1–3

	Quarter-finals 50 balls (pts) without a kick								Semi-final 50 balls (pts) without a kick								Final 50 balls (pts) without a kick
	March 13, 2009, 10:15 pm	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS	PP
	Semih Saygıner	19th	22nd	0.900	5	0
									March 14, 2009, 6:30 p.m.	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS	PP
	Torbjörn Blomdahl	50	22nd	2.273	10	2
									Torbjörn Blomdahl	50	36	1,390	9	2
	March 12, 2009, 6:00 p.m.	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS	PP
									Roland Forthomme	44	36	1.222	7th	0
	Roland Forthomme	50	33	1.520	9	2
																	March 15, 2009, 6:00 p.m.	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS	PP
	Jérémy Bury	49	33	1.485	9	0
																	Torbjörn Blomdahl	39	19th	2.053	11	0
	March 12, 2009, 9 p.m.	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS	PP
																	Dick Jaspers	50	19th	2.630	9	2
	Eddy Merckx	44	26th	1.692	7th	0
									March 14, 2009, 10:30 pm	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS	PP
	Dick Jaspers	50	26th	1,920	9	2
									Dick Jaspers	50	33	1.515	8th	2
	March 13, 2009, 5 p.m.	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS	PP
									Frédéric Caudron	43	33	1,340	6th	0
	Frédéric Caudron	50	20th	2,500	15th	2
	Filipos Kasidokostas	27	20th	1,350	6th	0

Final table with prize money

Legend
Abbr.	meaning
Pt.	points scored
Recording	required recordings
ED	Single average
GD	General average
VGD	Relative general average
BMD	Best team average
BED	Best individual average
BSD	Best sentence average
BEVD	Best Individual Relative Average
HS	Maximum series
MP	Match points
PP	Lot of points
GUV	G ewonnen- U nentschieden- V erloren
SV	Sentence ratio
	1st place (gold)
	2nd place (silver)
	3rd place (bronze)
	Best GD of the tournament / round
	Best VGD of the tournament / round
	Best ED of the tournament / round
	Best BVGD of the tournament / round
	Best HS of the tournament / round
(It is possible that not all terms are used or some are not listed. These can be looked up in the list of collision terms .)

Placements									Prize money
			Matches	performance			average		Matches		Maximum series		Recordings		average		total
phase	space	Surname	GUV	Pt.	Recording	HS	GD	ED	GUV	total	10 or more	total	20 or less	total	GD	total
final	1	Dick Jaspers	5-1-1	338	173	20th	1.954	2,778	5-1-1	€ 14,000	20, 17, 12	€ 2,800	18, 19, 23	€ 3,000	1.954	750 €	€ 20,550
	2	Torbjörn Blomdahl	4-1-2	333	262	12	1.665	2.273	4-1-2	€ 11,500	12, 11, 10, 10	€ 2,150	22nd	€ 800	-	- €	€ 14,450
Semi- finals	3	Frédéric Caudron	5-0-1	293	158	15th	1,854	2.632	5-0-1	€ 4,850	15, 11, 10	1,800 €	19, 20, 24, 25	€ 3,200	-	- €	€ 12,850
		Roland Forthomme	4-0-2	268	165	11	1.624	2.273	4-0-2	€ 7,450	11, 10	€ 1,050	22, 25, 25	1,800 €	-	- €	€ 10,300
quarter- final	5	Eddy Merckx	3-0-2	239	128	11	1,867	2.941	3-0-2	€ 5,000	11, 10, 10	1,550 €	17, 17	€ 2,600	1,860	500 €	€ 9,650
	6th	Semih Saygıner	4-0-1	219	126	13	1.738	2.273	4-0-1	€ 4,900	13, 12, 10, 10	€ 2,250	22, 24, 25	€ 1,900	-	- €	€ 9,050
	7th	Jérémy Bury	3-0-2	235	139	10	1.691	1.923	3-0-2	€ 4,500	10, 10	€ 1,000	-	- €	-	€	€ 5,500
	8th	Filipos Kasidokostas	2-1-2	225	134	13	1.679	2.174	2-1-2	4,300 €	13	€ 650	23	€ 700	-	- €	€ 5,650
Group phase	9	Eddy Leppens	2-1-2	185	129	9	1.434	1.563	2-1-1	€ 2,600	-	- €	-	- €	-	- €	€ 2,600
	10	Kim Kyung-roul	2-0-2	190	93	10	2.043	2.174	2-0-2	€ 2,400	10, 10	€ 1,000	23	€ 700	2.043	€ 1,000	€ 5,100
	11	Marco Zanetti	2-0-2	188	106	11	1,774	1,786	2-0-2	€ 2,400	11	550 €	-	- €	-	- €	€ 2,950
	12	Martin Horn	2-0-2	170	107	11	1,589	2.381	2-0-2	€ 2,400	11	550 €	21st	€ 900	-	- €	€ 3,850
	13	Daniel Sánchez	2-0-2	164	90	14th	1,822	2.381	2-0-2	€ 2,400	14th	€ 700	21, 25	€ 1,400	-	- €	€ 4,500
	14th	Jérome Barbeillon	2-0-2	172	103	10	1.670	2.174	2-0-2	€ 2,400	10	500 €	23, 24	€ 1,300	-	- €	€ 4,200
	15th	Ryūji Umeda	1-1-2	158	105	9	1.505	1.667	1-1-2	€ 2,200	-	- €	-	- €	-	- €	€ 2,200
	16	Ramon Rodriguez	0-1-3	169	129	14th	1,310	1,316	0-1-3	1,800 €	14th	€ 700	-	- €	-	- €	€ 2,500
	17th	Jean Paul de Bruijn	0-1-3	142	91	10	1,560	2.174	0-1-3	1,800 €	10	500 €	23	€ 700	-	- €	€ 3,000
	18th	Nikos Polychronopoulos	0-1-3	156	120	7th	1,300	1,316	0-1-3	1,800 €	-	- €	-	- €	-	- €	1,800 €
	19th	Jean-Christophe Roux	0-0-4	177	148	6th	1,196	1,270	0-0-4	€ 1,600	-	- €	-	- €	-	- €	€ 1,600
	20th	Christophe Duval	0-0-4	94	104	11	0.904	1.090	0-0-4	€ 1,600	11	550 €	-	- €	-	- €	€ 2,150

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Prize money. AGIPI Billiard Masters.com, archived from the original on January 16, 2013 ; accessed on June 18, 2012 (English).  
2. ↑ Format and group draw. AGIPI Billiard Masters.com, archived from the original on January 16, 2013 ; accessed on June 18, 2012 (English).  
3. ↑ Results group A  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) on AGIPI Billiard Masters.com. Retrieved June 18, 2012
4. ↑ Results group B  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) on AGIPI Billiard Masters.com. Retrieved June 18, 2012
5. ↑ Results group C  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) on AGIPI Billiard Masters.com. Retrieved June 18, 2012
6. ↑ Results group D  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) on AGIPI Billiard Masters.com. Retrieved June 18, 2012
7. ↑ Results final  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) on AGIPI Billiard Masters.com. Retrieved June 18, 2012
8. ↑ Final table ( memento from January 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on AGIPI Billiard Masters.com. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
9. ↑ Award of prize money ( memento from January 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on AGIPI Billiard Masters.com. Retrieved June 18, 2012.