European three-cushion championship 2015

European three-cushion championship 2015
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round robin / knock-out
Organizer:	CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Stahlpalast , Brandenburg an der Havel
Opening:	April 24, 2015
Endgame:	April 26, 2015
Attendees:	64 (48 + 16 seeded players)
Defending champion:	Marco Zanetti
Winner:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
2nd finalist:	Eddy Merckx
3rd place:	• Dick Jaspers • Adnan Yüksel
Prize money:	€ 28,700
Records
Best GD:	2,417 Eddy Merckx
Best ED:	4,000 Eddy Merckx
Maximum series (HS):	12 Frédéric Caudron R. Forthomme000 00000
Venue on the map
Brandenburg on the Havel Venue
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The three-cushion European championship 2015 was a tournament in the collision variant three-cushion . It took place from April 24th to 26th, 2015 as part of the multi-European championship in the Stahlpalast in Brandenburg an der Havel . It was the 71st edition since the first tournament in 1932.

mode

The first 16 top places in the European rankings automatically advanced to the final round. The other 48 placed played in 16 groups of three players each. The first placed entered the final round of the "Best 32". The game was played according to the rules C / 6 of the CEB . In the group stage, 30 points were played with an extra kick , and in the final round they played 40 without a kick. During the entire tournament there was a shot clock of 40 seconds with the possibility of three extensions per game during qualification and two in the final round. It was based on the ranking list issue no.11/2012 from August 22, 2012.

Prize money and ranking points

	Prize money ( € )	Ranking points
winner	6,000	80
finalist	3,500	54
Semi-finalists	2,000	38
5th - 8th	1,000	26th
9-16	600	16
17th - 32nd	400	8th
P-qual	-	4th
All in all	28,700	-

qualification

The game was played on 30 points with a kick. The shot clock was on 40 seconds.

Legend
Abbr.	meaning	Abbr.	meaning
MP	Match points	HS	Maximum series
SV	Sentence ratio	ED	Single average
GD	General average	BSD	Best sentence average
BED	Best individual average	PP	Game points
BG	Best sentence average	BMD	Best team average
Pt.	points scored	GUV	G ewonnen- U nentschieden- V erloren; Points 2-1-0 are awarded in this order
Recording	required recordings		Group winners advance to the final round
Possibly. not all terms apply or some are not listed. These can be looked up in the list of collision terms .

Group A
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Kostas Papakonstantinou	4th	60	44	1.363	2,000	8th		Balazs Leb	26: 30	Kostas Papakonstantinou
2	Balazs Leb	2	56	47	1.191	1.666	11		Rui Manuel Costa	13: 30	Balazs Leb
3	Rui Manuel Costa	0	37	33	1.121	---	4th		Rui Manuel Costa	24: 30	Kostas Papakonstantinou
Group B
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Andreas Kronlachner	2	56	57	0.982	1.428	10		Andreas Kronlachner	26: 30	Jean van Erp
2	Jean van Erp	2	55	57	0.964	0.833	8th		Javier Palazon	10: 30	Andreas Kronlachner
3	Javier Palazón	2	40	42	0.952	1.428	5		Javier Palazon	30 : 25	Jean van Erp
Group C
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Nikos Polychronopoulos	4th	60	44	1.363	1.363	4th		Gérard Goedert	3: 30	Dustin Jaeschke
2	Dustin Jaeschke	2	57	38	1,500	1.857	7th		Nikos Polychronopoulos	30 : 9	Gérard Goedert
3	Gérard Goedert	0	12	38	0.315	---	5		Nikos Polychronopoulos	30 : 27	Dustin Jaeschke
Group D
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Brian Knudsen	4th	60	52	1.153	1.304	6th		Brian Knudsen	30 : 7	Toni Hannula
2	Glenn Hofman	2	49	59	0.830	0.833	6th		Glenn Hofman	30 : 15	Toni Hannula
3	Toni Hannula	0	22nd	65	0.338	---	4th		Glenn Hofman	19: 30	Brian Knudsen
Group E
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Jean Reverchon	4th	60	47	1.276	1.363	7th		Jean Reverchon	30 : 28	Thomas Andersen
2	Raimond Burgman	2	52	43	1.209	1.666	8th		Raimond Burgman	30 : 29	Thomas Andersen
3	Thomas Andersen	0	57	40	1.425	---	12		Raimond Burgman	22: 30	Jean Reverchon
Group F.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Sergio Jimenez	4th	60	42	1.428	1.666	8th		Salvatore papa	25: 30	Sergio Jimenez
2	Martin Horn	2	46	36	1.276	1.666	8th		Martin Horn	30 : 13	Salvatore papa
3	Salvatore papa	0	38	42	0.904	---	5		Martin Horn	16: 30	Sergio Jimenez
Group G
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Jérôme Barbeillon	2	49	35	1,400	1.764	7th		Georg Schmied	21: 30	Francis Forton
2	Georg Schmied	2	51	48	1.062	1.666	57		Jérôme Barbeillon	19: 30	Georg Schmied
3	Francis Forton	2	34	47	0.723	1,000	5		Jérôme Barbeillon	30 : 4	Francis Forton
Group H.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Peter de Backer	4th	60	57	1.052	1.153	6th		Cetin Behzat	23: 30	Peter de Backer
2	Cetin Behzat	2	52	82	0.646	0.588	4th		Ramon Hamm	25: 30	Cetin Behzat
3	Ramon Hamm	0	34	77	0.441	---	5		Ramon Hamm	9: 30	Peter de Backer
Group I.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Semih Saygıner	3	60	46	1.304	2,500	8th		Ronny Lindemann	14: 30	Semih Saygıner
2	Michael Nilsson	3	60	55	1.090	1.428	5		Mikael Nilsson	30 : 14	Ronny Lindemann
3	Ronny Lindemann	0	28	33	0.848	---	4th		Mikael Nilsson	30:30	Semih Saygıner
Group J
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Arnim Kahofer	4th	60	54	1.111	1,250	5		Tolgahan Kiraz	30 : 18	Thomas guy
2	Tolgahan Kiraz	2	45	53	0.849	1.034	3		Arnim Kahofer	30 : 19	Thomas guy
3	Thomas guy	0	37	59	0.627	---	3		Arnim Kahofer	30 : 15	Tolgahan Kiraz
Group K
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Miroslav Bača	4th	60	67	0.895	1.153	5		Cédric Melnytschenko	30 : 21	Tapio Soinisalo
2	Cédric Melnytschenko	2	53	68	0.779	0.714	4th		Miroslav Bača	30 : 13	Tapio Soinisalo
3	Tapio Soinisalo	0	34	83	0.409	---	7th		Miroslav Bača	30 : 23	Cédric Melnytschenko
Group L
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Andreas Niehaus	4th	60	53	1,132	1,200	11		Andreas Niehaus	30 : 11	Aria Salomon
2	Peter Ceulemans	2	57	49	1.163	1.428	7th		Peter Ceulemans	30 : 14	Aria Salomon
3	Aria Salomon	0	25th	46	0.543	---	2		Peter Ceulemans	27: 30	Andreas Niehaus
Group M
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Adnan Yüksel	4th	60	37	1.621	2,000	7th		Adnan Yüksel	30 : 16	Martin Spoormans
2	Martin Spoormans	2	46	25th	1,840	3,000	10		Jean-Christophe Roux	15: 30	Martin Spoormans
3	Jean-Christophe Roux	0	39	32	1.218	---	6th		Jean-Christophe Roux	24: 30	Adnan Yüksel
Groups
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Martin Boháč	4th	60	54	1.111	1,500	9		Aspen Hauge	25: 30	Peter Varga
2	Peter Varga	2	36	57	0.631	0.810	7th		Martin Boháč	30 : 10	Aspen Hauge
3	Aspen Hauge	0	35	71	0.492	---	4th		Martin Boháč	30 : 6	Peter Varga
Group O
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Barry van Beers	4th	60	48	1,250	1.304	6th		Brice Briere	29: 30	Tamas Szolnoki
2	Tamas Szolnoki	2	57	65	0.876	0.714	6th		Barry van Beers	30 : 18	Brice Briere
3	Brice Briere	0	47	67	0.701	---	6th		Barry van Beers	30 : 27	Tamas Szolnoki
Group p
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Murat Tüzül	4th	60	55	1.090	1.153	6th		Murat Tüzül	30 : 21	Sami Hannula
2	Christakis Christoforou	2	52	49	1.061	1.304	5		Christakis Christoforou	30 : 19	Sami Hannula
3	Sami Hannula	0	40	52	0.769	---	5		Christakis Christoforou	22: 30	Murat Tüzül

Final round

The game was played on 40 points without a kick. The shot clock was set to 40 seconds and two extensions per game were possible. The results are shown as follows:

• Match points
• Points
• Recordings
• Single average
• Maximum series

Round 1									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	Marco Zanetti	40	12	3.333	8th	2
Q16	Andreas Kronlachner	6th	12	0.500	2	0			1	Marco Zanetti	27	23	1.173	4th	0
Q1	Adnan Yüksel	40	25th	1,600	8th	2			Q1	Adnan Yüksel	40	23	1,739	7th	2
16	Ruben Legazpi	37	25th	1,480	6th	0												Q1	Adnan Yüksel	40	33	1,212	5	2
9	Jérémy Bury	40	28	1.428	7th	2												Q9	Martin Boháč	33	33	1,000	7th	0
Q8	Andreas Niehaus	36	28	1.285	4th	0			9	Jérémy Bury	31	24	1.291	6th	0
Q9	Martin Boháč	40	28	1.428	9	2			Q9	Martin Boháč	40	24	1.666	7th	2
8th	Daniel Sánchez	39	28	1,392	5	0																					Q1	Adnan Yüksel	14th	20th	0.700	3	0
5	Torbjörn Blomdahl	40	30th	1.333	6th	2																					5	Torbjörn Blomdahl	40	20th	2,000	6th	2
Q12	Peter de Backer	33	30th	1,100	6th	0			5	Torbjörn Blomdahl	40	26th	1.538	8th	2
Q5	Jean Reverchon	40	37	1.081	5	2			Q5	Jean Reverchon	23	26th	0.884	6th	0
12	Murat Naci Çoklu	36	37	0.972	5	0												5	Torbjörn Blomdahl	40	22nd	1,818	9	2
13	Lütfi Çenet	23	22nd	1.045	6th	0												Q4	Nikos Polychronopoulos	30th	22nd	1.363	7th	0
Q4	Nikos Polychronopoulos	40	22nd	1,818	5	2			Q4	Nikos Polychronopoulos	40	23	1,739	7th	2
Q13	Miroslav Bača	14th	13	1.076	3	0			4th	Frédéric Caudron	38	23	1.652	12	0
4th	Frédéric Caudron	40	13	3.076	9	2																														5	Torbjörn Blomdahl	40	17th	2,352	7th	2
3	Eddy Merckx	40	21st	1.904	9	2																														3	Eddy Merckx	31	17th	1,823	9	0
Q14	Semih Saygıner	34	21st	1.619	6th	0			3	Eddy Merckx	40	16	2,500	6th	2
Q3	Kostas Papakonstantinou	37	24	1.541	10	0			14th	Jean Paul de Bruijn	15th	16	0.937	4th	0
14th	Jean Paul de Bruijn	40	24	1.666	10	2												3	Eddy Merckx	40	15th	2,666	8th	2
11	Filipos Kasidokostas	40 (1)	30th	1.333	9	2												Q11	Murat Tüzül	19th	15th	1.266	5	0
Q6	Barry van Beers	40 (0)	30th	1.333	7th	0			11	Filipos Kasidokostas	31	31	1,000	4th	0
Q11	Murat Tüzül	40	18th	2.222	8th	2			Q11	Murat Tüzül	40	31	1.290	5	2
6th	Tayfun Taşdemir	27	18th	1,500	7th	0																					3	Eddy Merckx	40	10	4,000	7th	2
7th	Christian Rudolph	40	29	1,379	6th	2																					2	Dick Jaspers	15th	10	1,500	4th	0
Q10	Arnim Kahofer	38	29	1,310	10	0			7th	Christian Rudolph	40	26th	1.538	6th	2
Q7	Brian Knudsen	18th	17th	1.058	5	0			10	Roland Forthomme	31	26th	1.192	7th	0
10	Roland Forthomme	40	17th	2,352	11	2												7th	Christian Rudolph	25th	25th	1,000	4th	0
15th	Eddy Leppens	40	16	2,500	9	2												2	Dick Jaspers	40	25th	1,600	5	2
Q2	Sergio Jimenez	36	16	2.250	11	0			15th	Eddy Leppens	22nd	23	0.956	5	0
Q15	Jérôme Barbeillon	33	24	1.375	10	0			2	Dick Jaspers	40	2	1,739	6th	2
2	Dick Jaspers	40	24	1.666	8th	2

Closing table

Final ranking phase space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS final 1 Torbjörn Blomdahl 10 200 115 1,739 2,352 9 2 Eddy Merckx 8th 191 79 2,417 4,000 9 Semi- finals 3 Adnan Yüksel 10 194 138 1.405 2,000 8th Dick Jaspers 6th 135 82 1.646 1,739 8th quarter- final 5 Nikos Polychronopoulos 8th 170 111 1.531 1,818 7th 6th Murat Tüzül 8th 159 119 1.336 2.222 8th 7th Martin Boháč 8th 173 139 1.244 1.666 9 8th Christian Rudolph 4th 105 80 1,312 1.538 6th eighth final 9 Frédéric Caudron 2 78 36 2.166 3.076 12 10 Jérémy Bury 2 71 52 1,365 1.428 7th 11 Roland Forthomme 2 71 43 1.651 2,352 11 12 Marco Zanetti 2 67 35 1.914 3.333 8th 13 Filipos Kasidokostas 2 71 61 1.163 1.333 9 14th Eddy Leppens 2 62 39 1,589 2,500 9 15th Jean Paul de Bruijn 2 55 40 1.375 1.666 10 16 Jean Reverchon 2 123 110 1.118 1.363 7th 1/16 finals 17th Sergio Jimenez 4th 96 58 1.655 1.666 11 18th Semih Saygıner 3 94 67 1.402 2,500 8th 19th Kostas Papakonstantinou 4th 97 68 1,426 2,000 10 20th Tayfun Taşdemir 0 27 18th 1,500 --- 7th 21st Ruben Legazpi 0 37 25th 1,480 --- 6th 22nd Daniel Sánchez 0 39 28 1,392 --- 5 23 Jérôme Barbeillon 2 82 59 1.389 1.764 10 24 Barry van Beers 4th 100 78 1.282 1.304 7th 25th Arnim Kahofer 4th 98 83 1.180 1,250 10 26th Andreas Niehaus 4th 96 81 1.185 1,200 11 27 Peter de Backer 4th 93 87 1.068 1.153 6th 28 Miroslav Bača 4th 74 80 0.925 1.153 5 29 Brian Knudsen 4th 78 69 1.130 1.304 6th 30th Lütfi Çenet 0 23 22nd 1.045 --- 6th 31 Murat Naci Çoklu 0 36 37 0.972 --- 5 32 Andreas Kronlachner 2 62 69 0.898 1.428 10 Qualifying 2nd place 33 Michael Nilsson 3 60 55 1.090 1.428 5 34 Martin Spoormans 2 46 25th 1,840 3,000 10 35 Dustin Jaeschke 2 57 38 1,500 1,875 7th 36 Martin Horn 2 46 36 1.277 1.666 8th 37 Raimond Burgman 2 52 43 1.209 1.666 8th 38 Baláz's life 2 56 47 1.191 1.666 11 39 Peter Ceulemans 2 57 49 1.163 1.428 7th 40 Georg Schmied 2 51 48 1.062 1.666 7th 41 Christakis Christoforou 2 52 49 1.061 1.304 5 42 Jean van Erp 2 55 57 0.964 0.833 8th 43 Tamas Szolnoki 2 57 65 0.876 0.714 8th 44 Tolgahan Kiraz 2 45 53 0.849 1.034 3 45 Glenn Hofman 2 49 59 0.830 0.833 6th 46 Cédric Melnytschenko 2 53 68 0.779 0.714 4th 47 Cetin Behzat 2 53 82 0.646 0.588 4th 48 Peter Varga 2 36 57 0.631 0.810 7th Quali 3rd place 49 Javier Palazon 2 40 42 0.957 1.428 5 50 Francis Forton 2 34 47 0.723 1,000 5 51 Thomas Andersen 0 57 40 1.425 --- 12 52 Jean-Christophe Roux 0 39 32 1.218 --- 6th 53 Rui Manuel Costa 0 37 33 1.121 --- 4th 54 Salvatore papa 0 38 42 0.904 --- 5 55 Ronny Lindemann 0 28 33 0.848 --- 4th 56 Sami Hannula 0 40 52 0.769 --- 5 57 Brice Briere 0 47 67 0.701 --- 6th 58 Thomas guy 0 37 59 0.627 --- 3 59 Aria Salomon 0 25th 46 0.543 --- 2 60 Aspen Hauge 0 35 71 0.492 --- 4th 61 Ramon Hamm 0 34 77 0.441 --- 5 62 Tapio Soinisalo 0 34 83 0.409 --- 7th 63 Toni Hannula 0 22nd 65 0.338 --- 4th 64 Gérard Goedert 0 12 38 0.315 --- 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 .)

See also

• European Carom Championships 2015 - All final results, all disciplines

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} General information (PDF; 93 kB) Archived from the original on February 7, 2013. Retrieved on September 3, 2015.
2. ↑ European Players Ranking (PDF) July 11, 2012. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved on February 8, 2013.
3. ↑ Prize money and ranking points (PDF; 113 kB) Archived from the original on February 7, 2013. Retrieved on February 7, 2013.
4. ↑ Group classification qualification (PDF; 80 kB) Archived from the original on February 7, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 7, 2013. 
5. ↑ Group stage results (PDF; 85 kB) April 12, 2013. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved on April 12, 2013.
6. ↑ Results 1/16 finals (PDF; 30 kB) April 13, 2013. Accessed September 3, 2015.
7. ↑ Final table qualification (PDF; 264 kB) April 12, 2013. Accessed September 3, 2015.