65th three-cushion European championship 2008
Tournament dates
Tournament type:
-
Tournament format:
KO tournament
Organizer:
CEB
Tournament details
Venue:
Centr Culturel “La Passerelle”, Florange France
Opening:
June 5, 2008
Endgame:
June 8, 2008
Attendees:
32
Defending champion:
Belgium Eddy Merckx
Winner:
Netherlands Dick Jaspers
2nd finalist:
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl
3rd place:
• Marco Zanetti • Roland Forthomme Italy Belgium
Prize money:
€ 18,500
Records
Best GD:
2,169 Dick Jaspers Netherlands
Best ED:
5,625 Dick Jaspers Netherlands
Maximum series (HS):
34 0 • Dick Jaspers Netherlands
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The 2008 three-cushion European Championship was the 65th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from June 5th to 8th, 2008 in Florange in the French department of Moselle. It was the tenth three-cushion European Championship in France in the 76-year history of this championship.
history
Almost all of the favorites prevailed in the preliminary round groups. Spaniard Daniel Sánchez showed the best performance . But that was of little use to him. Because in the last sixteen the end came after a 2-1 lead against the Belgian Roland Forthomme . The Dutchman Dick Jaspers made the best impression in the round of 16 . In a game that was never endangered, he won 3-0 sets against former German world champion Christian Rudolph . The current German champion Martin Horn fared not much better . There was a 3-1 defeat against Sweden's Torbjörn Blomdahl . In the quarterfinals there were only average performances. From the semi-finals, Dick Jaspers showed his class. First he eliminated Roland Forthomme with 3-0 sets and an average of 3.214. Then came the best final in three-cushion history. Against Torbjörn Blomdahl, who played an average of 3,000, there was a smooth 3-0 win. With 45 points in 8 shots he exceeded the previous best performance of Frédéric Caudron , achieved in 1996 at the World Cup tournament in Taegu, Korea, of 45 points in 9 shots. This resulted in the new European record with the best individual average (BED) of 5.625 . Dick Jaspers played a prolonged European record in the highest series (HS) of 34 points in the final against Sweden's Torbjörn Blomdahl by ending the first set with a series of 13 points, and he knocked out the second set in the first recording (15 points) and started with 6 points in the third set. The UMB even regards this record as a world record, although it was not achieved at a world championship or a world cup. This also applies to his ED of 5,625.
mode
The tournament was played with 32 participants. In the group games, two sets of 15 points were used to win. From the round of 16 onwards there were three sets of wins per game. Third place was no longer played out.
Group stage
Final table group A
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Surname
MP
SV
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
1
Belgium Eddy Merckx
6th
6: 1
104
67
1.552
2,000
8th
2
Netherlands Raimond Burgman
4th
5: 2
91
72
1.263
1.304
8th
3
Austria Andreas Kronlachner
2
2: 4
58
73
0.794
0.833
4th
4th
Hungary Balint Szluka
0
0: 6
44
82
0.536
-
3
Final table group B
space
Surname
MP
SV
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
1
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl
6th
6-0
90
62
1.451
1.666
7th
2
France Jérémy Bury
4th
4: 2
82
72
1.138
1,250
7th
3
Egypt Ihab El Messery
2
2: 4
67
92
0.728
0.714
7th
4th
Finland Ari Fagerström
0
0: 6
54
86
0.627
-
5
Final table group C
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Surname
MP
SV
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
1
Belgium Frédéric Caudron
6th
6: 1
100
55
1,818
2.307
11
2
France Jean Christophe Roux
4th
5: 2
91
79
1.151
1.428
6th
3
Portugal Vasco Gomes
2
2: 4
63
77
0.818
0.937
4th
4th
North Macedonia Milan Nedovic
0
0: 6
48
67
0.716
-
4th
Final table group D
space
Surname
MP
SV
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
1
Spain Daniel Sánchez
6th
6-0
90
40
2.250
3,000
13
2
Sweden Mikael Nilsson
4th
4: 2
68
51
1.333
1.578
7th
3
Turkey Lütfi Çenet
2
2: 4
74
63
1.174
1.034
6th
4th
Czech Republic Stephan Kohout
0
0: 6
35
56
0.625
-
4th
Final table group E
space
Surname
MP
SV
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
1
Netherlands Dick Jaspers
6th
6: 1
99
58
1.706
2.052
7th
2
Greece Filipos Kasidokostas
4th
5: 2
94
61
1,540
2,000
9
3
Switzerland Torsten Danielsson
2
2: 5
66
87
0.758
0.955
7th
4th
Luxembourg Ramon Hamm
0
1: 6
42
80
0.525
-
4th
Final table group F
space
Surname
MP
SV
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
1
Belgium Peter de Backer
6th
6: 1
100
74
1.351
1.181
7th
2
Germany Martin Horn
4th
5: 4
116
79
1.468
1,826
12
3
Belgium Kurt Ceulemans
2
3: 4
93
78
1.192
0.967
8th
4th
Greece Kostas Papakonstantinou
0
1: 6
71
89
0.797
-
6th
Final table group G
space
Surname
MP
SV
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
1
Italy Marco Zanetti
6th
6-0
90
71
1.267
1.666
9
2
Belgium Roland Forthomme
2
3: 4
96
74
1.297
1.428
7th
3
Spain Alfonso Legazpi
2
2: 4
67
82
0.817
0.909
5
4th
Italy Antonio Oddo
2
2: 5
79
91
0.868
1.054
8th
Final table group H
space
Surname
MP
SV
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
1
Denmark Thomas Andersen
6th
6: 2
105
81
1.296
1.761
9
2
Germany Christian Rudolph
4th
5: 2
92
84
1.095
1.428
8th
3
Netherlands Jean Paul de Bruijn
2
3: 5
93
56
1.660
2,866
12
4th
Greece Nikos Polychronopoulos
0
1: 6
63
55
1,145
-
5
Swell:
Final round
The tournament tree for the final round is listed below. Legend: SP / pts / record / HS
Round of 16
Quarter finals
Semifinals
final
Belgium Frédéric Caudron
3 /54/30/7
Sweden Mikael Nilsson
1/43/29/6
Belgium Frédéric Caudron
2/49/38/7
Netherlands Dick Jaspers
3 /61/39/11
Germany Christian Rudolph
0/25/16/4
Netherlands Dick Jaspers
3 /45/17/9
Netherlands Dick Jaspers
3 /45/14/8
Belgium Roland Forthomme
0/15/13/6
Spain Daniel Sánchez
2/58/46/7
Belgium Roland Forthomme
3 /68/46/12
Belgium Roland Forthomme
3 /45/28/9
Greece Filipos Kasidokostas
0/22/26/3
Greece Filipos Kasidokostas
3 /45/19/10
Denmark Thomas Andersen
0/15/17/4
Netherlands Dick Jaspers
3 /45/8/15
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl
0/18/6/8
France Jérémy Bury
2/67/40/10
Italy Marco Zanetti
3 /64/40/15
Italy Marco Zanetti
3 /56/39/10
France Jean Christophe Roux
1/48/38/8
Belgium Eddy Merckx
2/55/44/5
France Jean Christophe Roux
3 /57/44/7
Italy Marco Zanetti
1/39/39/5
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl
3 /54/40/5
Belgium Peter de Backer
3 /59/34/8
Netherlands Raimond Burgman
2/60/33/6
Belgium Peter de Backer
2/56/50/6
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl
3 /70/50/6
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl
3 /53/25/8
Germany Martin Horn
1/38/24/5
Closing table
Final ranking
phase
space
Surname
MP
SV
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
BSD
HS
final
1
Netherlands Dick Jaspers
14: 0
18: 3
295
136
2.169
5.625
15,000
34
2
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl
12: 2
15: 7
285
183
1.557
2.120
3,000
8th
Semi- finals
3
Italy Marco Zanetti
10: 2
13: 6
249
189
1.317
1.666
7,500
15th
Belgium Roland Forthomme
6: 6
9: 9
224
161
1.391
1.607
2,500
12
quarter- final
5
Belgium Frédéric Caudron
8: 2
11: 5
203
123
1,650
2.307
5,000
11
6th
Belgium Peter de Backer
8: 2
11: 6
215
158
1,360
1,818
2.142
8th
7th
Greece Filipos Kasidokostas
6: 4
8: 5
161
106
1.518
2,368
3,000
10
8th
France Jean Christophe Roux
6: 4
9: 7
196
161
1,217
1.428
2,500
8th
eighth final
9
Spain Daniel Sánchez
6: 2
8: 3
148
86
1.720
3,000
3,000
13
10
Belgium Eddy Merckx
6: 2
8: 4
159
111
1.432
2,000
2,500
8th
11
Denmark Thomas Andersen
6: 2
6: 5
120
98
1.224
1.761
2,500
9
12
Netherlands Raimond Burgman
4: 4
7: 5
151
105
1.438
1.304
3,750
8th
13
France Jérémy Bury
4: 4
6: 5
149
112
1.330
1,250
2,500
10
14th
Sweden Mikael Nilsson
4: 4
5: 5
111
80
1.387
1.578
1,875
7th
15th
Germany Christian Rudolph
4: 4
5: 5
117
100
1.170
1.428
1,875
8th
16
Germany Martin Horn
4: 4
6: 7
154
103
1.495
1,826
3,000
12
Group phase
17th
Belgium Kurt Ceulemans
2: 4
3: 4
93
78
1.192
0.967
1.666
8th
18th
Netherlands Jean Paul de Bruijn
2: 4
3: 5
93
56
1.660
2,866
7,500
12
19th
Turkey Lütfi Çenet
2: 4
2: 4
74
63
1.174
1.034
1.071
6th
20th
Portugal Vasco Gomes
2: 4
2: 4
63
77
0.818
0.937
1.071
4th
21st
Spain Alfonso Legazpi
2: 4
2: 4
67
82
0.817
0.909
1.153
4th
22nd
Austria Andreas Kronlachner
2: 4
2: 4
58
73
0.794
0.833
0.833
4th
23
Egypt Ihab El Messery
2: 4
2: 4
67
92
0.728
0.714
0.833
7th
24
Switzerland Torsten Danielsson
2: 4
2: 5
66
87
0.758
0.955
2.142
7th
25th
Italy Antonio Oddo
2: 4
2: 5
79
91
0.868
1.054
1,250
8th
26th
Greece Nikos Polychronopoulos
0: 6
1: 6
63
55
1,145
-
1.666
5
27
Greece Kostas Papakonstantinou
0: 6
1: 6
71
89
0.979
-
1.071
6th
28
Luxembourg Ramon Hamm
0: 6
1: 6
42
80
0.525
-
0.681
4th
29
North Macedonia Milan Nedovic
0: 6
0: 6
48
67
0.716
-
-
4th
30th
Finland Ari Gagerström
0: 6
0: 6
64
86
0.627
-
-
5
31
Czech Republic Stephan Kohout
0: 6
0: 6
35
56
0.625
-
-
4th
32
Hungary Balint Szluka
0: 6
0: 6
44
82
0.536
-
-
3
Individual evidence
^ World Records. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), December 2017, archived from the original on January 10, 2018 ; accessed on January 10, 2018 .
^ Heinrich Weingartner: Billiards . No. 206 (June / July). Vienna 2008, p. 16-19 .
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