European three-cushion championship 2008

65th three-cushion European championship 2008
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	-
Tournament format:	KO tournament
Organizer:	CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Centr Culturel “La Passerelle”, Florange
Opening:	June 5, 2008
Endgame:	June 8, 2008
Attendees:	32
Defending champion:	Eddy Merckx
Winner:	Dick Jaspers
2nd finalist:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
3rd place:	• Marco Zanetti • Roland Forthomme
Prize money:	€ 18,500
Records
Best GD:	2,169 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	5,625 Dick Jaspers
Maximum series (HS):	340 • Dick Jaspers
Venue on the map
Florange
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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 space Surname MP SV Pt. Recording GD BED HS 1 Eddy Merckx 6th 6: 1 104 67 1.552 2,000 8th 2 Raimond Burgman 4th 5: 2 91 72 1.263 1.304 8th 3 Andreas Kronlachner 2 2: 4 58 73 0.794 0.833 4th 4th Balint Szluka 0 0: 6 44 82 0.536 - 3 Final table group B space Surname MP SV Pt. Recording GD BED HS 1 Torbjörn Blomdahl 6th 6-0 90 62 1.451 1.666 7th 2 Jérémy Bury 4th 4: 2 82 72 1.138 1,250 7th 3 Ihab El Messery 2 2: 4 67 92 0.728 0.714 7th 4th Ari Fagerström 0 0: 6 54 86 0.627 - 5 Final table group C space Surname MP SV Pt. Recording GD BED HS 1 Frédéric Caudron 6th 6: 1 100 55 1,818 2.307 11 2 Jean Christophe Roux 4th 5: 2 91 79 1.151 1.428 6th 3 Vasco Gomes 2 2: 4 63 77 0.818 0.937 4th 4th Milan Nedovic 0 0: 6 48 67 0.716 - 4th Final table group D space Surname MP SV Pt. Recording GD BED HS 1 Daniel Sánchez 6th 6-0 90 40 2.250 3,000 13 2 Mikael Nilsson 4th 4: 2 68 51 1.333 1.578 7th 3 Lütfi Çenet 2 2: 4 74 63 1.174 1.034 6th 4th Stephan Kohout 0 0: 6 35 56 0.625 - 4th Final table group E space Surname MP SV Pt. Recording GD BED HS 1 Dick Jaspers 6th 6: 1 99 58 1.706 2.052 7th 2 Filipos Kasidokostas 4th 5: 2 94 61 1,540 2,000 9 3 Torsten Danielsson 2 2: 5 66 87 0.758 0.955 7th 4th Ramon Hamm 0 1: 6 42 80 0.525 - 4th Final table group F space Surname MP SV Pt. Recording GD BED HS 1 Peter de Backer 6th 6: 1 100 74 1.351 1.181 7th 2 Martin Horn 4th 5: 4 116 79 1.468 1,826 12 3 Kurt Ceulemans 2 3: 4 93 78 1.192 0.967 8th 4th Kostas Papakonstantinou 0 1: 6 71 89 0.797 - 6th Final table group G space Surname MP SV Pt. Recording GD BED HS 1 Marco Zanetti 6th 6-0 90 71 1.267 1.666 9 2 Roland Forthomme 2 3: 4 96 74 1.297 1.428 7th 3 Alfonso Legazpi 2 2: 4 67 82 0.817 0.909 5 4th 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 Thomas Andersen 6th 6: 2 105 81 1.296 1.761 9 2 Christian Rudolph 4th 5: 2 92 84 1.095 1.428 8th 3 Jean Paul de Bruijn 2 3: 5 93 56 1.660 2,866 12 4th Nikos Polychronopoulos 0 1: 6 63 55 1,145 - 5

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 .)

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

Frédéric Caudron

3 /54/30/7

Mikael Nilsson

1/43/29/6

Frédéric Caudron

2/49/38/7

Dick Jaspers

3 /61/39/11

Christian Rudolph

0/25/16/4

Dick Jaspers

3 /45/17/9

Dick Jaspers

3 /45/14/8

Roland Forthomme

0/15/13/6

Daniel Sánchez

2/58/46/7

Roland Forthomme

3 /68/46/12

Roland Forthomme

3 /45/28/9

Filipos Kasidokostas

0/22/26/3

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 /45/19/10

Thomas Andersen

0/15/17/4

Dick Jaspers

3 /45/8/15

Torbjörn Blomdahl

0/18/6/8

Jérémy Bury

2/67/40/10

Marco Zanetti

3 /64/40/15

Marco Zanetti

3 /56/39/10

Jean Christophe Roux

1/48/38/8

Eddy Merckx

2/55/44/5

Jean Christophe Roux

3 /57/44/7

Marco Zanetti

1/39/39/5

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 /54/40/5

Peter de Backer

3 /59/34/8

Raimond Burgman

2/60/33/6

Peter de Backer

2/56/50/6

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 /70/50/6

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 /53/25/8

Martin Horn

1/38/24/5

Closing table

Final ranking phase space Surname MP SV Pt. Recording GD BED BSD HS final 1 Dick Jaspers 14: 0 18: 3 295 136 2.169 5.625 15,000 34 2 Torbjörn Blomdahl 12: 2 15: 7 285 183 1.557 2.120 3,000 8th Semi- finals 3 Marco Zanetti 10: 2 13: 6 249 189 1.317 1.666 7,500 15th Roland Forthomme 6: 6 9: 9 224 161 1.391 1.607 2,500 12 quarter- final 5 Frédéric Caudron 8: 2 11: 5 203 123 1,650 2.307 5,000 11 6th Peter de Backer 8: 2 11: 6 215 158 1,360 1,818 2.142 8th 7th Filipos Kasidokostas 6: 4 8: 5 161 106 1.518 2,368 3,000 10 8th Jean Christophe Roux 6: 4 9: 7 196 161 1,217 1.428 2,500 8th eighth final 9 Daniel Sánchez 6: 2 8: 3 148 86 1.720 3,000 3,000 13 10 Eddy Merckx 6: 2 8: 4 159 111 1.432 2,000 2,500 8th 11 Thomas Andersen 6: 2 6: 5 120 98 1.224 1.761 2,500 9 12 Raimond Burgman 4: 4 7: 5 151 105 1.438 1.304 3,750 8th 13 Jérémy Bury 4: 4 6: 5 149 112 1.330 1,250 2,500 10 14th Mikael Nilsson 4: 4 5: 5 111 80 1.387 1.578 1,875 7th 15th Christian Rudolph 4: 4 5: 5 117 100 1.170 1.428 1,875 8th 16 Martin Horn 4: 4 6: 7 154 103 1.495 1,826 3,000 12 Group phase 17th Kurt Ceulemans 2: 4 3: 4 93 78 1.192 0.967 1.666 8th 18th Jean Paul de Bruijn 2: 4 3: 5 93 56 1.660 2,866 7,500 12 19th Lütfi Çenet 2: 4 2: 4 74 63 1.174 1.034 1.071 6th 20th Vasco Gomes 2: 4 2: 4 63 77 0.818 0.937 1.071 4th 21st Alfonso Legazpi 2: 4 2: 4 67 82 0.817 0.909 1.153 4th 22nd Andreas Kronlachner 2: 4 2: 4 58 73 0.794 0.833 0.833 4th 23 Ihab El Messery 2: 4 2: 4 67 92 0.728 0.714 0.833 7th 24 Torsten Danielsson 2: 4 2: 5 66 87 0.758 0.955 2.142 7th 25th Antonio Oddo 2: 4 2: 5 79 91 0.868 1.054 1,250 8th 26th Nikos Polychronopoulos 0: 6 1: 6 63 55 1,145 - 1.666 5 27 Kostas Papakonstantinou 0: 6 1: 6 71 89 0.979 - 1.071 6th 28 Ramon Hamm 0: 6 1: 6 42 80 0.525 - 0.681 4th 29 Milan Nedovic 0: 6 0: 6 48 67 0.716 - - 4th 30th Ari Gagerström 0: 6 0: 6 64 86 0.627 - - 5 31 Stephan Kohout 0: 6 0: 6 35 56 0.625 - - 4th 32 Balint Szluka 0: 6 0: 6 44 82 0.536 - - 3

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 .)

Individual evidence

1. ^ World Records. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), December 2017, archived from the original on January 10, 2018 ; accessed on January 10, 2018 .  
2. ^ Heinrich Weingartner: Billiards . No. 206 (June / July). Vienna 2008, p. 16-19 .