The three- cushion world cup 1990/1 was the 1st world cup tournament in the fifth year of the three-cushion world cup. It took place from November 2nd to 4th, 1990 in this discipline of carom billiards in Antwerp , Belgium . It was the fourth three-cushion World Cup tournament in Antwerp.
For the first time, an Austrian took part in a World Cup tournament with Christoph Pilss. The draw showed that he met the second player who qualified in the qualifying tournament in Spa, the Japanese Tatsuo Arai. After 2: 1 set lead Pilss lost 2: 3 sets. Also eliminated in the first round was the strong Japanese Jun'ichi Komori against the very defensive player Paul Stroobants from Belgium. The Dutchman Dick Jaspers , equipped with a BWA wildcard, showed a very good performance in his first World Cup tournament. He finished third with a 3-2 win in the game for third place against world champion Ludo Dielis . The two best players of the past few years met in the final. In a hard-fought final, Torbjörn Blomdahl defeated 21-time world champion Raymond Ceulemans with 3-2 sets.
The tournament was played with 16 participants. The whole tournament was played in the KO system with three sets of 15 points each.
The first four of the world rankings (in this case Torbjörn Blomdahl, Ludo Dielis, Raymond Ceulemans Marco Zanetti) were set for the round of 16.
If a set was completed at 15 points by player one, player two had no follow-up kick .
Final round
The tournament tree for the final round is listed below.
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.