The three- cushion world cup 1993/2 was the 2nd world cup tournament in the eighth year of the three-cushion world cup. It took place from October 14 to 16, 1993 in this discipline of carom billiards in Istanbul . It was the first three cushion World Cup tournament in Turkey.
With his third World Cup victory, Sang Chun Lee crowned his performance in the first World Cup tournament on Turkish soil. Together with the second finalist Raymond Ceulemans , they both took the lead in the overall World Cup. The round of 16 started with a big surprise. The local Semih Saygıner eliminated last year's overall World Cup winner Torbjörn Blomdahl with a smooth 3-0 set win from the tournament. Dick Jaspers also had to accept his second elimination in his first tournament game . This means that his starting place as the seeded player in the top four in the round of 16 is already in danger. For the first time in the history of the Three Cushion World Cup, a qualification tournament for the 12 starting places in the 1/16 final with 64 participants was held.
The exact price money could not be determined from the documents. However, as in all BWA World Cup tournaments, it was at least 100,000 DM.
The World Cup tournament was played as an open tournament again. From a pre-qualification with 48 participants, 12 participants qualified for the 1/16 final and got 6 points for the world rankings. The main tournament was played with 28 participants. The first four of the world rankings were set for the second round. The players qualified in Spa must take part in the pre-qualification. The whole tournament, with the exception of the small final, was played in the knockout system with three sets of 15 points each.
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.