The three- cushion world cup 1998/3 was the second UMB / BWA world cup tournament in the 13th year of the three- cushion world cup. The tournament took place from 9 to 12 April 1998 in this discipline of carom billiards in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon . It was the first three-cushion World Cup tournament in Lisbon.
The Belgian Frédéric Caudron got off to a terrific start in the first two rounds of the three-cushion World Cup tournament . In the quarterfinals against Semih Saygıner the tournament was over for him. For the record world champion Raymond Ceulemans , the first round was the end of the line for the second time. The battle for the overall World Cup was like Bussum. The two currently best three- cushion players, Torbjörn Blomdahl and Dick Jaspers , met again in the final. After a 2-0 lead, Jaspers was already 12-1 in the third set after four shots. Then Blomdahl kicked off this set with the highest tournament series of 14 points and started the fourth set with ten points. Jaspers countered with eight points and ended the game in the fifth shot at 13:13 with two points and secured his seventh World Cup victory.
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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 18 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:
A pre-qualifying round was played. The 23 group winners reached the main qualification. From this main qualification, the 12 group winners qualified for the main tournament.
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.