Three Cushion European Championship 2017

72nd three-cushion European championship 2017
The winners
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round robin / knock-out
Organizer:	CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Stahlpalast , Brandenburg an der Havel
Opening:	April 28, 2017
Endgame:	April 30, 2017
Attendees:	64 (48 + 16 seeded players)
Defending champion:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
Winner:	Marco Zanetti
2nd finalist:	Frédéric Caudron
3rd place:	Dick Jaspers David Martinez
Prize money:	€ 28,700
Records
Best GD:	1,980 Marco Zanetti
Best ED:	3,636 Marco Zanetti
Maximum series (HS):	17 Marco Zanetti000
Venue on the map
Brandenburg on the Havel Venue
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The 2017 three-cushion European Championship is a tournament in the three- cushion carom variant . It took place from April 28 to 30, 2017 as part of the multi-European championship in the Stahlpalast in Brandenburg an der Havel . It is the 72nd edition since the first tournament in 1932.

mode

The first 16 top places in the European rankings automatically advance to the final round. The other 48 placed play in 16 groups of three players each. The first placed move into the final round of the "Best 32". The game is played according to the rules C / 6 of the CEB . In the group stage, 30 points were played with no push-ups , in the final round 40 points were played with push-ups. During the entire tournament there was a shot clock of 40 seconds with the possibility of three extra times per game during qualification and two in the final round.

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	-

Tournament commentary

The Italian Marco Zanetti was able to secure the title of European champion in Brandenburg for the second time since 2013. In a one-sided final, he clearly beat Belgian all-rounder Frédéric Caudron 40:14 in eleven shots.

qualification

The German Martin Horn , one of the favorites before the tournament, never found his game and was eliminated in the qualification.

qualification

The game is played on 30 points without a kick . The shot clock is set to 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		Player 2
1	Semih Saygıner	4th	60	46	1.304		8th		Jean-Christophe Roux	30 : 20	Stepan Kohout
2	Jean-Christophe Roux	2	58	39	1.487		10		Semih Saygıner	30 : 13	Stepan Kohout
3	Stepan Kohout	0	33	35	0.942	---	8th		Semih Saygıner	30 : 28	Jean-Christophe Roux
Group B
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	Jean van Erp	4th	60	50	1,200		6th		Jean van Erp	30 : 19	Janne Wiss
2	Rui Manuel Costa	2	44	48	0.916		4th		Rui Manuel Costa	30 : 28	Janne Wiss
3	Janne Wiss	0	47	64	0.734	---	6th		Rui Manuel Costa	14: 30	Jean van Erp
Group C
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	David Pennör	3	60	51	1.176		8th		Pierre Soumagne	23: 30	David Pennör
2	Pierre Soumagne	2	53	36	1.472		6th		Ronny Lindemann	15: 30	Pierre Soumagne
3	Ronny Lindemann	1	45	41	1.097		5		Ronny Lindemann	30 : 30	David Pennör
Group D
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	David Martinez	4th	60	61	0.983		12		Xavier Gretillat	27: 30	David Martinez
2	Arnim Kahofer	2	58	42	1,380		5		Arnim Kahofer	30 : 12	Xavier Gretillat
3	Xavier Gretillat	0	39	65	0.600	---	4th		Arnim Kahofer	28: 30	David Martinez
Group E
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	Therese Klompenhouwer	3	60	80	0.750		4th		Giorgio Mancini	30 : 30	Therese Klompenhouwer
2	Giorgio Mancini	3	60	94	0.638		5		Cetin Behzat	29: 30	Therese Klompenhouwer
3	Cetin Behzat	0	54	92	0.586	---	4th		Cetin Behzat	25: 30	Giorgio Mancini
Group F.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	Steven van Acker	4th	60	57	1.052		8th		Can Çapak	24: 30	Steven van Acker
2	Can Çapak	2	54	45	1,200		4th		Peter Varga	13: 30	Can Çapak
3	Peter Varga	0	30th	64	0.468	---	4th		Peter Varga	17: 30	Steven van Acker
Group G
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	Sergio Jimenez	4th	60	59	1.016		6th		Tamas Szolnoki	30 : 26	Liberato Picciano
2	Tamas Szolnoki	2	45	79	0.569		3		Sergio Jimenez	30 : 25	Liberato Picciano
3	Liberato Picciano	0	51	74	0.689	---	6th		Sergio Jimenez	30 : 15	Tamas Szolnoki
Group H.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	Javier Palazón	4th	60	33	1,818		8th		Georg Schmied	20: 30	Murat Celik
2	Murat Celik	2	42	41	1.024		8th		Javier Palazón	30 : 6	Georg Schmied
3	Georg Schmied	0	26th	38	0.684	---	5		Javier Palazón	30 : 12	Murat Celik
Group I.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	Barry van Beers	3	60	30th	2,000		10		Nikos Tremoulis	30 : 7	Herbert Szivacz
2	Nikos Tremoulis	2	38	26th	1.461		7th		Barry van Beers	30 : 30	Herbert Szivacz
3	Herbert Szivacz	1	37	30th	1,233		6th		Barry van Beers	30 : 8	Nikos Tremoulis
Group J
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	Dustin Jaeschke	3	60	53	1,132		10		Peter Ceulemans	30 : 16	Allan Schröder
2	Peter Ceulemans	3	60	60	1,000		7th		Dustin Jaeschke	30 : 12	Allan Schröder
3	Allan Schröder	0	28	31	0.903	---	5		Dustin Jaeschke	30 : 30	Peter Ceulemans
Group K
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	Tonny Carlsen	4th	60	49	1.224		7th		Martin Horn	30 : 27	Gülşen Degener
2	Martin Horn	2	53	55	0.963		7th		Tonny Carlsen	30 : 12	Gülşen Degener
3	Gülşen Degener	0	39	76	0.513	---	4th		Tonny Carlsen	30 : 23	Martin Horn
Group L
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	Konstantinos Kokkoris	4th	60	59	1.016				Ramon Hamm	16: 30	Dave Christiani
2	Dave Christiani	2	59	55	1.072		7th		Konstantinos Kokkoris	30 : 20	Ramon Hamm
3	Ramon Hamm	0	36	62	0.580	---	5		Konstantinos Kokkoris	30 : 29	Dave Christiani
Group M
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	Dionisis Tsokantas	4th	60	59	1.016		7th		Dionisis Tsokantas	30 : 24	Kim Laaksonen
2	Cédric Melnytschenko	2	59	41	1,439		8th		Cédric Melnytschenko	30 : 17	Kim Laaksonen
3	Kim Laaksonen	0	41	52	0.788	---	8th		Cédric Melnytschenko	29: 30	Dionisis Tsokantas
Groups
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	Christakis Christoforou	4th	60	55	1.090		11		Jose Miguel Soares	24: 30	Kalita Henryk
2	Kalita Henryk	2	57	59	0.966		6th		Christakis Christoforou	30 : 26	Jose Miguel Soares
3	Jose Miguel Soares	0	50	46	1.086	---	4th		Christakis Christoforou	30 : 27	Kalita Henryk
Group O
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	Thomas Andersen	4th	60	37	1.621		13		Martin Bohać	30 : 19	Lars-Harald Riiber
2	Martin Bohać	2	47	62	0.758		4th		Thomas Andersen	30 : 2	Lars-Harald Riiber
3	Lars-Harald Riiber	0	21st	47	0.446	---	3		Thomas Andersen	30 : 17	Martin Bohać
Group p
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1		Player 2
1	Radek Novak	4th	60	46	1.304		13		João Ferreira	30 : 5	David Tonoyan
2	João Ferreira	2	54	47	1.148		9		Radek Novak	30 : 10	David Tonoyan
3	David Tonoyan	0	15th	43	0.348	---	2		Radek Novak	30 : 25	João Ferreira

Final round

The game is played on 40 points with a kick. The shot clock is set to 40 seconds, two extensions per game were possible. The results are shown as follows:

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

First round									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2	40	23	1,739	6th
32	Therese Klompenhouwer	0	23	23	1,000	4th			1	Torbjörn Blomdahl	0	37	20th	1,850	9
17th	Javier Palazón	2	40	26th	1.538	5			17th	Javier Palazón	2	40	20th	2,000	8th
16	Jérôme Barbeillon	0	34	26th	1.307	4th												17th	Javier Palazón	0	27	16	1.687	7th
9	Marco Zanetti	2	40	37	1.081	4th												9	Marco Zanetti	2	40	16	2,500	10
24	Steven van Acker	0	38	37	1.027	5			9	Marco Zanetti	2	40	14th	2.857	17th
25th	Dionisis Tsokantas	0	23	20th	1.150	4th			8th	Murat Naci Çoklu	0	14th	14th	1,000	3
8th	Murat Naci Çoklu	2	40	20th	2,000	14th																					9	Marco Zanetti	2	40	23	1,739	9
5	Roland Forthomme	0	37	37	1,000	8th																					28	David Martinez	0	29	23	1.261	4th
28	David Martinez	2	40	37	1.081	5			28	David Martinez	2	40	23	1,739	7th
12	Tayfun Taşdemir	0	37	27	1,370	6th			21st	Tonny Carlsen	0	24	23	1.043	76
21st	Tonny Carlsen	2	40	27	1.481	6th												28	David Martinez	2	40	26th	1.538	8th
13	Adnan Yüksel	2	40	19th	2.105	7th												13	Adnan Yüksel	0	35	26th	1.346	5
20th	Semih Saygıner	0	23	19th	1,210	5			13	Adnan Yüksel	2	40	19th	2.105	6th
29	Barry van Beers	0	22nd	20th	1,100	5			4th	Daniel Sánchez	0	26th	19th	1.368	8th
4th	Daniel Sánchez	2	40	20th	2,000	8th																														9	Marco Zanetti	2	40	11	3,636	7th
3	Frédéric Caudron	2	40	25th	1,600	5																														3	Frédéric Caudron	0	14th	11	1.273	4th
30th	David Pennör	0	32	25th	1.280	5			3	Frédéric Caudron	2	40	18th	2.222	6th
19th	Radek Novak	0	28	32	0.875	4th			14th	Jérémy Bury	0	18th	18th	1,000	4th
14th	Jérémy Bury	2	40	32	1,250	5												3	Frédéric Caudron	2	40	17th	2,352	12
6th	Eddy Merckx	2	40	12	3.333	13												11	Eddy Leppens	0	23	17th	1.352	8th
27	Sergio Jimenez	0	12	12	1,000	4th			6th	Eddy Merckx	0	34	26th	1.307	7th
11	Eddy Leppens	2	40	24	1.666	9			11	Eddy Leppens	2	40	26th	1.538	6th
22nd	Jean van Erp	0	36	24	1,500	7th																					3	Frédéric Caudron	2	40	19th	2.105	6th
7th	Nikos Polychronopoulos	2	40	24	1.666	9																					2	Dick Jaspers	0	30th	19th	1,579	11
26th	Konstantinos Kokkoris	0	22nd	24	0.916	4th			7th	Nikos Polychronopoulos	2	40	18th	2.222	12
10	Christian Rudolph	2	40	25th	1,600	6th			10	Christina Rudolph	0	25th	18th	1.3885
23	Christakis Christoforou	0	25th	25th	1,000	4th												7th	Nikos Polychronopoulos	0	13	16	0.812	4th
15th	Raimond Burgman	2	40	28	1.428	6th												2	Dick Jaspers	2	40	16	2,500	7th
18th	Thomas Andersen	0	23	28	0.821	6th			15th	Raymond Burgman	0	16	24	0.666	2
31	Dustin Jaeschke	0	20th	24	0.833	5			2	Dick Jaspers	2	40	24	1.666	11
2	Dick Jaspers	2	40	24	1.666	9

Closing table

Final ranking phase space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS final 1 Marco Zanetti 10 200 101 1,980 3,636 17th 2 Frédéric Caudron 8th 174 90 1.933 2,352 12 Semi- finals 3 Dick Jaspers 6th 150 83 1.807 2,500 11 David Martinez 6th 149 109 1.366 1,739 12 quarter- final 5 Adnan Yüksel 4th 115 64 1,796 2.105 7th 6th Javier Palazón 4th 107 62 1.725 2,000 8th 7th Nikos Polychronopoulos 4th 93 58 1.603 2.222 12 8th Eddy Leppens 4th 103 67 1.537 1.666 9 eighth final 9 Eddy Merckx 2 74 38 1,947 3.333 13 10 Torbjörn Blomdahl 2 77 43 1.790 1,739 9 11 Daniel Sánchez 2 66 39 1.692 2,000 8th 12 Murat Naci Çoklu 2 54 34 1,588 2,000 14th 13 Christian Rudolph 2 65 43 1.511 1,600 6th 14th Tonny Carlsen 2 64 50 1.280 1.481 7th 15th Jérémy Bury 2 58 50 1.160 1,250 5 16 Raimond Burgman 2 56 52 1.076 1.428 6th 1/16 finals 17th Jean van Erp 0 36 24 1,500 --- 7th 18th Tayfun Taşdemir 0 37 27 1,370 --- 6th 19th Jérôme Barbeillon 0 34 26th 1.307 --- 4th 20th David Pennör 0 32 25th 1.280 --- 8th 21st Semih Saygıner 0 23 19th 1,210 --- 8th 22nd Dionisis Tsokantas 0 23 20th 1.150 --- 7th 23 Barry van Beers 0 22nd 20th 1,100 --- 10 24 Steven van Acker 0 38 37 1.027 --- 8th 25th Christakis Christoforou 0 25th 25th 1,000 --- 11 26th Roland Forthomme 0 37 37 1,000 --- 8th 27 Sergio Jimenez 0 12 12 1,000 --- 6th 28 Therese Klompenhouwer 0 23 23 1,000 --- 4th 29 Konstantinos Kokkoris 0 22nd 24 0.916 --- 6th 30th Radek Novak 0 28 32 0.875 --- 13 31 Dustin Jaeschke 0 20th 24 0.833 --- 10 32 Thomas Andersen 0 23 28 0.821 --- 13 Qualifying 2nd place 33 Giorgio Mancini 3 60 94 0.638 5 34 Jean-Christophe Roux 2 58 39 1.487 10 35 Pierre Soumagne 2 53 36 1.472 6th 36 Nikos Tremoulis 2 38 26th 1,439 7th 37 Cédric Melnytschenko 2 59 41 1,439 8th 38 Arnim Kahofer 2 58 42 1,380 5 39 Can Çapak 2 54 45 1,200 4th 40 João Ferreira 2 54 47 1.148 9 41 Dave Christiani 2 59 55 1.072 7th 42 Murat Celik 2 42 41 1.024 8th 43 Peter Ceulemans 2 60 60 1,000 7th 44 Kalita Henryk 2 57 59 0.966 6th 45 Martin Horn 2 53 55 0.963 7th 46 Rui Manuel Costa 2 44 48 0.916 4th 47 Martin Bohać 2 47 62 0.758 4th 48 Tamas Szolnoki 2 45 79 0.569 3 Quali 3rd place 49 Herbert Szivacz 1 37 30th 1,233 6th 50 Ronny Lindemann 1 45 41 1.097 5 51 Jose Miguel Soares 0 50 46 1.086 --- 4th 52 Stepan Kohout 0 33 35 0.942 --- 8th 53 Allan Schröder 0 28 31 0.903 --- 5 54 Kim Laaksonen 0 41 52 0.788 --- 3 55 Janne Wiss 0 47 64 0.734 --- 6th 56 Liberato Picciano 0 51 74 0.689 --- 6th 57 Georg Schmied 0 26th 38 0.684 --- 5 58 Xavier Gretillat 0 39 65 0.600 --- 4th 59 Cetin Behzat 0 54 92 0.586 --- 4th 60 Ramon Hamm 0 36 62 0.580 --- 5 61 Gülşen Degener 0 39 76 0.513 --- 4th 62 Peter Varga 0 30th 64 0.468 --- 4th 63 Lars-Harald Riiber 0 21st 47 0.446 --- 3 64 David Tonoyan 0 15th 43 0.348 --- 2

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 2017 - All final results, all disciplines

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} schedule. (PDF) Touch Billard-Magazin, 2017, archived from the original on April 26, 2017 ; accessed on April 26, 2017 (English).  
2. ↑ Regulations C / 6. (PDF) Confédération Européenne de Billard (CEB), archived from the original on April 26, 2017 ; accessed on April 26, 2017 (English).  
3. ↑ Prize money. (PDF) CEB, archived from the original on April 26, 2017 ; accessed on April 26, 2017 (English).  
4. ↑ ^{a b} CEB ranking list 14/2016. (PDF) CEB, December 23, 2016, archived from the original on April 26, 2017 ; accessed on April 26, 2017 (English).  
5. ↑ Final table qualification (PDF; 264 kB) April 12, 2013. Accessed September 3, 2015.