The three- cushion world cup 1990/2 was the 2nd world cup tournament in the fifth year of the three-cushion world cup. It took place from November 16 to 18, 1990 in this discipline of carom billiards in Paris , France . It was the fourth three-cushion World Cup tournament in Paris.
The record world champion Raymond Ceulemans reported impressively back in the World Cup. With his victory he took the points lead in the fight for the world championship. The key game took place in the semifinals. Against the reigning world champion Torbjörn Blomdahl Ceulemans won the first two sets in seven shots each. Blomdahl fought his way back into the match in set three with 15:14 and in set four with 15: 1. Ceulemans then won the fifth set with 15:10 and was in the final. In the final there was a duel with the strong French Richard Bitalis . Only in the second set did Bitalis show his skills. He won 15: 6 in 6 shots. The other three sets clearly went to the favorites with 15: 5, 15: 0 and 15:12. It was the fourth World Cup victory for Raymond Ceulemans.
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, Richard Bitalis and Raymond Ceulemans) were seeded for the second round.
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.