The three- cushion world cup 1995/2 was the second UMB world cup tournament in the tenth year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from February 23 to 26, 1995 in this discipline of carom billiards in the Greek capital Athens . It was the first three-cushion World Cup tournament in Greece.
After two defeats in the final, the 20-year-old Spaniard Daniel Sánchez won his first World Cup tournament. In the final, he defeated the Portuguese Jorge Theriaga , who won in Dongen, Netherlands, after a 1: 2 set deficit with 3: 2 sets. The highly talented Belgian Eddy Merckx achieved his first World Cup podium . The German participants also achieved good placements. Christian Rudolph and Christian Zöllner only failed in the quarterfinals.
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Tournament mode
In the qualifying round, two sets of 15 points each are played in round robin mode. The two best in the group qualify for the 1/16 finals. There are also 14 seeded players. From the main competition (1/16 final), all games are played on three sets of 15 points each.
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.