The three- cushion world cup 1987/3 was the third world cup tournament in the second year of the three- cushion world cup. It took place from November 27th to 29th, 1987 in this discipline of carom billiards in Berlin .
After Nobuaki Kobayashi , Jun'ichi Komori was the second Japanese to win a World Cup tournament. In the final he beat the big favorite Raymond Ceulemans in the fifth set with 15: 6 in five shots. For Ceulemans, who was able to take revenge against Torbjörn Blomdahl in the semifinals for his final defeat in Antwerp, only all tournament records remained. Norbert Ohagen from Essen caused a big surprise. Only in the semifinals did he have to admit defeat to eventual winner Komori and finished fourth. For Dieter Müller , as in the first two World Cup tournaments of the year, the quarterfinals were the final destination. Günter Siebert was eliminated very tightly in five sets against Rini van Bracht ; he lost the fifth set at 13:15 in twelve shots. Van Bracht was the Germans' feared opponent. Dieter Müller failed several times because of the Dutchman. The Berliner Hans Diermeier could only look forward to winning the first set with 15:14 in ten shots in his first round defeat against Ceulemans.
The current world champion Torbjörn Blomdahl , who won the title in Cairo in April, finished third. After the World Cup victory in Antwerp, the young Swede showed that he can be expected in the future.
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, Jun'ichi Komori, Nobuaki Kobayashi 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.