Three Cushion World Cup 1998/2

75th three-cushion world cup 1998/2
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round robin , knock out
Organizer:	UMB / BWA
Tournament details
Venue:	?, Bussum , Netherlands
Opening:	February 18, 1998
Endgame:	February 22, 1998
Attendees:	78
Defending champion:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
Winner:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
2nd finalist:	Dick Jaspers
3rd place:	Marco Zanetti Henk Habraken
Prize money:	40,000 SFR
Records
Best GD:	2,150 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	3,000 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Maximum series (HS):	?
Venue on the map
Bussum
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The three- cushion world cup 1998/2 was the first UMB / BWA world cup tournament in the 13th year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from February 18 to 22, 1998 in this discipline of carom billiards in Bussum in the province of North Holland . It was the first three-cushion World Cup tournament in Bussum.

history

The three-cushion World Cup is increasingly becoming a duel between Dick Jaspers and Torbjörn Blomdahl . This time, the record World Cup winner was in front again in the final statement. Jaspers had no chance in the final and clearly lost with 15:45 in 14 shots. The Dutchman Henk Habraken caused a surprise, who together with Marco Zanetti took third place. Martin Horn from Essen came for an unexpected success . He beat Belgian billiards legend Raymond Ceulemans in the first round with 3-0 sets and made it to the quarter-finals, where he lost to the eventual winner.

Tournament mode

The World Cup tournament was played as an open tournament. From a pre-qualification with a maximum of 124 participants, 12 participants qualify for the 1/16 finals. The main tournament is played with 32 participants. In future, 18 participants are set. The seeded participants are recruited from the best 16 players in the current world rankings. The whole tournament is played in the knockout system with three winning sets of 15 points each.

In the event of a tie, the following order will be applied:

1. MP = match points
2. SV = rate ratio
3. GD = general average
4. HS = maximum series

Set participants

according to world ranking:

1. Dick Jaspers
2. Torbjörn Blomdahl
3. Frédéric Caudron
4. Dion Nelin
5. Raimond Burgman
6. Marco Zanetti
7. Raymond Ceulemans
8. Semih Saygıner
9. Christian Rudolph
10. Gerwin Valentijn
11. Daniel Sánchez
12. Eddy Leppens
13. Ludo Dielis
14. Jorge Theriaga
15. Andreas Efler
16. Roland Forthomme
17. Louis Havermans
18. Francis Forton

from qualification:

1. 12 participants

Wildcards:

1. Henk Habraken
2. Aart Gieskens

qualification

A pre-qualifying round was played. The 16 group winners reached the main qualification. From this main qualification, the 12 group winners qualified for the main tournament.

Main qualification

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	SP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED
A.	1	Ronny Daniëls	4th	4: 1			0.955
	2	Adnan Yüksel	2	3: 3			0.984
	3	Jean Reverchon	0	1: 4			0.719
B.	1	Kostas Papakonstantinou	4th	4-0			1,500
	2	Tonny Carlsen	2	2: 2			2.260
	3	Jozef Gijsels	0	0: 4			0.880
C.	1	Stefan Galla	2	3: 3			1.489
	2	Norbert Ohagen	2	3: 3			1.186
	3	Georges Demos	2	3: 3			1.076
D.	1	Roland Uytdewilligen	4th	4-0			1.224
	2	George Sakkas	2	2: 2			1.343
	3	Muharrem Peker	0	0: 4			0.704
E.	1	Paul Stroobants	4th	4-0			1.428
	2	Leslie Menheer	2	2: 2			1,000
	3	Rini Zwiers	0	0: 4			0.575
F.	1	Martin Horn	4th	4: 1			1.403
	2	Antoine Suu	2	2: 2			0.905
	3	Bert van Manen	0	1: 4			0.771
G	1	Huub Wilkowski	4th	4: 2			0.860
	2	Haci Arab Yaman	0	2: 4			0.821
	3	Gerhard Kostistansky	n / A
H	1	Ben Velthuis	4th	4: 1			0.883
	2	Wim Vredefeldt	2	2: 3			1.016
	3	Rainer Neff	0	2: 4			0.779
I.	1	Martin van Leeuwen	4th	4: 1			0.855
	2	Aria Weyenburg	2	2: 3			0.983
	3	Jean-Christophe Roux	0	2: 4			0.886
J	1	Eddy Merckx	4th	4: 1			1.245
	2	Jan Verkijk	2	3: 2			1.230
	3	Herbert Szivacz	0	0: 4			0.588
K	1	Peter de Backer	4th	4-0			1,500
	2	Ronny Brants	2	2: 3			0.774
	3	Américo Rui	0	1: 4			1.034
L.	1	Habib Engin	4th	4-0			1.224
	2	Egidio Vieira	2	2: 3			0.933
	3	Jean van Erp	0	1: 4			0.793

Final round

The tournament tree for the final round is listed below.

1/16 finals (3 GS 15 points each)

Round of 16 (3 GS 15 points)

Quarter-finals (3 GS 15 points each)

Semi-finals (3 GS 15 points)

Final (3 GS with 15 points)

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.375

Stefan Galla

1 / 1.391

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.368

Andreas Efler

0 / 1.352

Eddy Leppens

2 / 1.525

Andreas Efler

3 / 1.425

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.714

Semih Saygıner

2 / 2.380

Roland Uytdewilligen

0 / 0.888

Christian Rudolph

3 / 1.607

Christian Rudolph

2 / 1.270

Semih Saygıner

3 / 1.395

Semih Saygıner

3 / 1.657

Habib Engin

1 / 1.029

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.928

Marco Zanetti

1 / 1.777

Ronny Daniëls

1 / 1.029

Marco Zanetti

3 / 1.514

Marco Zanetti

3 / 1.512

Peter de Backer

1 / 0.973

Peter de Backer

3 / 1.166

Roland Forthomme

2 / 1.132

Marco Zanetti

3 / 1.638

Ludo Dielis

1 / 0.971

Louis Havermans

2 / 1.422

Ludo Dielis

3 / 1.422

Ludo Dielis

3 / 1.793

Dion Nelin

1 / 1.678

Dion Nelin

3 / 1.827

Ben Velthuis

1 / 1.428

Dick Jaspers

0 / 1.071

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 3,000

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 2.250

Huub Wilkowski

0 / 0.722

Frédéric Caudron

2 / 1.152

Henk Habraken

3 / 1.391

Aart Gieskens

0 / 0.857

Henk Habraken

3 / 1.046

Henk Habraken

3 / 1.318

Raimond Burgman

2 / 1.395

Kostas Papakonstantinou

1 / 1,000

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.187

Daniel Sánchez

0 / 1.344

Raimond Burgman

3 / 1,500

Raimond Burgman

3 / 1.558

Eddy Merckx

2 / 1.166

Henk Habraken

1 / 1.176

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.657

Gerwin Valentijn

2 / 0.927

Paul Stroobants

3 / 1.127

Paul Stroobants

2 / 1.018

Martin Horn

3 / 1.290

Raymond Ceulemans

0 / 1.310

Martin Horn

3 / 1,500

Martin Horn

0 / 1.333

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2.045

Francis Forton

2 / 1.076

Jorge Theriaga

3 / 1.366

Jorge Theriaga

0 / 1.470

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2,500

Martin van Leeuwen

0 / 0.896

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1,500

Closing table

Final ranking phase space Surname MP SV Pt. Recording GD BED HS WRP * 1 final 1 Torbjörn Blomdahl 10-0 15: 1 238 120 1.983 3,000 60 2 Dick Jaspers 8: 2 12: 7 228 106 2.150 2.714 45 Semi- finals 3 Marco Zanetti 6: 2 10: 6 219 137 1,598 1.638 30th Henk Habraken 6: 2 10: 7 207 167 1,239 1.391 30th quarter- final 5 Raimond Burgman 4: 2 8: 5 172 116 1.482 1.558 20th 6th Semih Saygıner 4: 2 8: 6 175 104 1,682 1.657 20th 7th Ludo Dielis 4: 2 7: 6 150 109 1.376 1.793 20th 8th Martin Horn 4: 2 6: 5 144 106 1.358 1,500 20th eighth final 9 Frédéric Caudron 2: 2 5: 3 98 66 1.484 2.250 10 10 Christian Rudolph 2: 2 5: 3 106 76 1.394 1.607 10 11 Paul Stroobants 2: 2 5: 5 118 110 1.072 1.127 10 12 Dion Nelin 2: 2 4: 4 100 57 1.754 1,827 10 13 Peter de Backer 2: 2 4: 5 100 92 1.086 1.166 10 14th Andreas Efler 2: 2 3: 5 80 57 1.403 1.425 10 15th Jorge Theriaga 2: 2 3: 5 96 69 1.391 1,365 10 16 Daniel Sánchez 2: 2 3: 4 96 77 1.246 1.187 10 1/16 finals 17th Eddy Leppens 0: 2 2: 3 61 40 1.525 - - 18th Louis Havermans 0: 2 2: 3 64 45 1.422 - - 19th Eddy Merckx 0: 2 2: 3 49 42 1.166 - - 20th Roland Forthomme 0: 2 2: 3 60 53 1,132 - - 21st Francis Forton 0: 2 2: 3 56 52 1.076 - - 22nd Gerwin Valentijn 0: 2 2: 3 51 55 0.927 - - 23 Ben Velthuis 0: 2 1: 3 40 28 1.428 - - 24 Stefan Galla 0: 2 1: 3 32 23 1.391 - - 25th Habib Engin 0: 2 1: 3 35 34 1.029 - - 26th Ronny Daniëls 0: 2 1: 3 35 34 1.029 - - 27 Kostas Papakonstantinou 0: 2 1: 3 47 47 1,000 - - 28 Raymond Ceulemans 0: 2 0: 3 38 29 1,310 - - 29 Martin van Leeuwen 0: 2 0: 3 26th 29 0.896 - - 30th Roland Uytdewilligen 0: 2 0: 3 24 27 0.888 - - 31 Aart Gieskens 0: 2 0: 3 36 42 0.857 - - 32 Huub Wilkowski 0: 2 0: 3 13 18th 0.722 - -

Legend Abbr. meaning Pt. points scored Recording required recordings ED Single average GD General average VGD Relative general average BMD Best team average BED Best individual average BSD Best sentence average BEVD Best Individual Relative Average HS Maximum series MP Match points PP Lot of points GUV G ewonnen- U nentschieden- V erloren SV Sentence ratio 1st place (gold) 2nd place (silver) 3rd place (bronze) Best GD of the tournament / round Best VGD of the tournament / round Best ED of the tournament / round Best BVGD of the tournament / round Best HS of the tournament / round (It is possible that not all terms are used or some are not listed. These can be looked up in the list of collision terms .)

annotation

• ^{* 1} = world ranking points

Individual evidence

1. ^ Heinrich Weingartner: Billiards . No. 104 . Vienna April 1998, p. 5-9 .