The three- cushion world cup 1995/1 was the first UMB world cup tournament in the tenth year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from January 3rd to 8th 1995 in this discipline of carom billiards in Vejle in the Danish region of Syddanmark. It was the first three-cushion World Cup tournament in Denmark.
The Vienna- born Swiss Andreas Efler caused a surprise in Vejle, Denmark . He dominated the tournament with all tournament best performances and deservedly won the final with a world class performance against the Spaniard Daniel Sánchez with 3-0 sets. In the game for third place, the European champion John Tijssens won against the world champion Rini van Bracht 3-2 sets. With his participation in the final, Sanchez took the lead in the UMB world rankings.
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Tournament mode
In the qualifying round, two sets of 15 points each are played in Round Robin . The two best in the group qualify for the 1/16 finals. There are also 14 seeded players. From the main competition (1/16 finals) onwards, all games are played on three sets of 15 points each in the knockout system .
In the event of a tie, the following order will be applied:
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.