The second World Cup tournament ended with the same final pairing as the first. This time, however, the Japanese Nobuaki Kobayashi won in the duel of the permanent rivals of recent years. Ludo Dielis failed as a seeded player, as in Paris, in the first round due to his compatriot Leon Devreese, who played through to the semi-finals. The Belgian Raymond Ceulemans prevailed in the family duel with a strong performance against his son Koen with 3-0 sets. For the German participant Dieter Müller , the round of 16 was a bit unfortunate. After a 2: 1 lead he lost in the fifth set with 12:15. The quarter-finals and the semi-finals ended without any major surprises. That Raymond Ceulemanms lost in the final with 0: 3 sets was not to be expected before the game.
The tournament was played with 16 participants. The whole tournament was played in the knockout system with three sets of 15 points each.
The first four of the world rankings (in this case Raymond Ceulemans, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Ludo Dielis and Rini van Bracht) were seeded for the round of 16.
If a set was completed by player one at 15 points, player two had no follow-up kick.
Final round
The tournament tree for the final round is listed below. Legend: SP / Pkte / Aufn / ED / HS
The three-cushion World Cup was organized by the founding association, the " Billiards Worldcup Association " (BWA) until 1998 . Disputes between the BWA and the world association Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) led to parallel tournaments between 1994 and 1997. The UMB / BWA organized the tournament together until the beginning of 1999. Since the dissolution of the BWA in 1999, the UMB has been the sole organizer. From 1988-1991 the UMB did not host any world championships. During this time, the annual overall winner of the World Cup was crowned world champion.