The three- cushion world cup 1999/4 was the third UMB / BWA world cup tournament in the 14th year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from November 24th to 28th, 1999 in this discipline of carom billiards in Kemer City in the Antalya region. It was the eighth three-cushion World Cup tournament in Turkey.
In the fourth World Cup tournament of the year there was the fourth winner. The previously unconvincing defending champion Torbjörn Blomdahl won the tournament in Kemer City and once again has every chance of the overall World Cup. After two clear victories, however, he was just about to end in the quarter-finals against the Berlin winner Marco Zanetti . After winning two sets in a total of 11 shots, Zanetti had match point in the third set in the eleventh shot. He couldn't use it and Blomdahl won the set and the whole match with 3-2 sets. After a clear 3-0 set win against Dick Jaspers in the semifinals, the American Sang Chun Lee waited in the final . After winning two sets, it looked like a clear win for Blomdahl. Lee won sets three and four. In the decisive fifth set Lee started strong and quickly led clearly. Blomdahl fought his way back up and at 14:14 Lee had three match points, all of which he just missed. In the eighth shot there was a chance for Blomdahl which he used with nerves. Before the last World Cup tournament of the year, Sang Chun Lee took the overall lead with 145 points. It was followed by Blomdahl with 120 and Jaspers and Zanetti with 110 points each.
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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 final. The main tournament is played with 32 participants. There are 20 participants. The seeded participants are recruited from the best 18 players in the current world rankings. There are also two players who received a wildcard. The whole tournament is played in the KO system with 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.