The three- cushion world cup 1993/5 was the 5th world cup tournament in the eighth year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from 10 to 12 December 1993 in this discipline of carom billiards in Bolzano . It was the first three cushion World Cup tournament in Italy.
For the first time a three-cushion World Cup tournament took place in Italy. Bolzano is the hometown of Marco Zanetti . Unfortunately, the tournament hall with 120 seats was a bit too small. Hundreds of spectators crowded at the entrance with no chance of admission. The tournament was of a very high standard, which was also shown on the Italian TV channel RAI. In the first round it caught two seeded players. Raymond Ceulemans and Sang Chun Lee had to admit defeat to Daniel Sánchez and Tonny Carlsen in five sets . The quarter-finals and the semi-finals were also very competitive. Five out of six matches went the full distance. The final was the highlight. In the best World Cup final in history, Blomdahl finally won his 18th World Cup tournament against the strong young Dane Tonny Carlsen after a set deficit of 1: 2.
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 tournament was played with 16 participants. The whole tournament, with the exception of the game for third place, 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.