Three Cushion World Cup 2004/5

101st three-cushion world cup 2004/5
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World cup
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / CEB / KBBB
Tournament details
Venue:	?, Antwerp , Belgium
Opening:	August 29, 2004
Endgame:	September 5, 2004
Attendees:	138
Defending champion:	Daniel Sánchez
Winner:	Daniel Sánchez
2nd finalist:	Semih Saygıner
3rd place:	Dick Jaspers Martin Horn
Prize money:	€ 30,000
Records
Best GD:	1,938 Daniel Sánchez
Best ED:	3,214 Eddy Merckx
Maximum series (HS):	15 Marco Zanetti000
Venue on the map
Antwerp
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The three- cushion world cup 2004/5 was the fifth and last UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 18th year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from August 29th to September 5th 2004 in this discipline of carom billiards in Antwerp . It was the 17th three-cushion World Cup tournament in Belgium.

history

Before the last World Cup tournament of the year, no fewer than four players still had a chance of winning the overall World Cup. The leader in the ranking Torbjörn Blomdahl had the best . But against a great Christian Rudolph , the tournament was over in round one. It was no different for Frédéric Caudron . In an average game he was defeated by the Japanese Tatsuo Arai. For Semih Saygıner round one started with a Nevenkrimi. Victory hung by a thread against the Korean Kim Kyung-roul , who was getting better and better . Two sets, including the fifth, ended with extremely close 15:14 set wins. That meant that only Saygıner and Daniel Sánchez had realistic chances of winning the title. They both made it to the semi-finals and had two opponents, Dick Jaspers and Martin Horn, who played at a very high level in this tournament. Saygıner and Sánchez won two hard-fought five-set matches. In the high-class final, the Spaniard prevailed after a 1: 2 set deficit with 3: 2 sets and was overall World Cup winner 2004. It was his fifth World Cup victory.

Prize money and world ranking points

	Prize money ( € )	World ranking points
winner	5,000	80
finalist	3,000	54
Semi-finalists	1,800	38
5th - 8th	1,100	26th
9-16	750	16
17th - 32nd	500	8th
All in all	30,000	-

Tournament mode

Four qualifying rounds were played in Antwerp. From the last qualifying round, 12 players qualified for the final round. There were also wildcard players from the host and associations from America and Asia. The main tournament was played with 32 participants.

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

1. MP = match points
2. GD = general average
3. HS = maximum series

Set participants

according to world ranking:

1. Torbjörn Blomdahl
2. Semih Saygıner
3. Frédéric Caudron
4. Daniel Sánchez
5. Dick Jaspers
6. Filipos Kasidokostas
7. Marco Zanetti
8. Murat Naci Çoklu
9. Martin Horn
10. Eddy Merckx
11. Tonny Carlsen
12. Ramón Rodriguez

Main qualification

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	SP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	HS
A.	1	Tayfun Taşdemir	4th	4-0	60	29	2.068	2.727	8th
	2	Christophe Duval	2	2: 3	41	27	1.518	2,000	12
	3	Jean van Erp	0	1: 4	38	33	1.151	---	6th
B.	1	Peter Ceulemans	2	3: 3	81	71	1,140	1.281	7th
	2	Jorge Theriaga	2	3: 3	83	77	1.077	1.128	8th
	3	Ronny Brants	2	3: 3	64	70	0.914	0.974	8th
C.	1	Jorge Fernandes Alipio	4th	4: 1	65	56	1.160	1.206	4th
	2	Nikos Polychronopoulos	2	3: 3	74	56	1.321	1.259	9
	3	Eric Hendrickx	0	1: 4	38	53	0.716	---	4th
D.	1	Peter de Backer	4th	4-0	60	35	1.714	1.764	7th
	2	Allan Jensen	2	2: 3	59	45	1,311	1,448	9
	3	Patrick Kesteloot	0	1: 4	58	46	1,260	---	7th
E.	1	Raúl Hernandez	4th	4-0	60	45	1.333	1,500	6th
	2	Brian Knudsen	2	2: 3	56	56	1,000	1.108	4th
	3	Wesley de Jaeger	0	1: 4	46	61	0.754	---	4th
F.	1	Leslie Menheer	4th	4: 2	78	68	1.147	1.444	13
	2	John Tijssens	2	3: 3	78	63	1,238	1.108	10
	3	Kim Soon-jong	0	2: 4	70	77	0.909	---	5
G	1	Raimond Burgman	2	3: 2	61	40	1.525	1,875	7th
	2	Andreas Efler	2	3: 2	42	37	1,135	1.363	5
	3	Jean Paul de Bruijn	2	2: 3	52	46	1.130	1,400	8th
H	1	Gerhard Kostistansky	4th	4: 1	66	56	1.178	1.578	9
	2	Jean-Christophe Roux	2	2: 3	54	41	1.317	1.565	6th
	3	Michel van Camp	0	2: 4	59	59	1,000	---	8th
I.	1	Christian Rudolph	4th	4: 1	69	43	1.604	1,875	7th
	2	Ad Koorevaar	2	2: 2	55	41	1.341	1.153	7th
	3	Kim Kyung-min	0	1: 4	54	52	1.038	---	8th
J	1	Kim Kyung-roul	4th	4-0	60	56	1.071	1,250	4th
	2	Richard Bitalis	2	2: 3	64	52	1.230	1,379	5
	3	Ben Beylemans	0	1: 4	42	60	0.700	---	4th
K	1	Kim Jong-wan	2	3: 2	61	51	1,196	1,000	9
	2	Apostolis Balogiannis	2	2: 2	51	51	1,000	1.363	8th
	3	Jérémy Bury	2	2: 3	54	43	1.255	1,500	6th
L.	1	Francis Connesson	4th	4: 1	64	63	1.015	1.363	7th
	2	Roland Forthomme	2	3: 2	60	49	1.224	3.333	8th
	3	Jozef Philipoom	0	0: 4	27	29	0.931	---	5

Final round

The tournament tree for the final round is listed below.

1/16 final (3 GS with 15 points)

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)

Torbjörn Blomdahl

1 / 1.652

Christian Rudolph

3 / 2.125

Christian Rudolph

3 / 1.538

Filipos Kasidokostas

2 / 1.641

Kim Jong-wan

2 / 1.435

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 / 1.384

Christian Rudolph

1 / 1.285

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.965

Francis Connesson

2 / 1.211

Eddy Leppens

3 / 1.288

Eddy Leppens

1 / 0.956

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.250

Raimond Burgman

1 / 1.250

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2,000

Dick Jaspers

2 / 1.517

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.866

Eddy Merckx

3 / 3.214

Johan Loncelle

0 / 1.916

Eddy Merckx

2 / 1.173

Tonny Carlsen

3 / 1.346

Ad Koorevaar

1 / 1.363

Tonny Carlsen

3 / 1.588

Tonny Carlsen

0 / 1.080

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.666

Raúl Hernandez

0 / 1.421

Jacob Haack-Sörensen

3 / 2.250

Jacob Haack-Sörensen

0 / 0.850

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 2.045

Jorge Fernandes Alipio

1 / 1.333

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 2.409

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.827

Semih Saygıner

2 / 1.827

Frédéric Caudron

1 / 1.292

Tatsuo Arai

3 / 1.333

Tatsuo Arai

3 / 1.594

Roland Forthomme

1 / 1.277

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.186

Adnan Yüksel

2 / 0.896

Tatsuo Arai

0 / 0.871

Martin Horn

3 / 1.125

Murat Naci Çoklu

0 / 0.758

Ramón Rodriguez

3 / 1,500

Ramón Rodriguez

2 / 1.692

Martin Horn

3 / 1.794

Martin Horn

3 / 1.774

Gerhard Kostistansky

1 / 1.066

Martin Horn

2 / 1.722

Semih Saygıner

3 / 1.750

Peter Ceulemans

0 / 0.791

Marco Zanetti

3 / 1,800

Marco Zanetti

3 / 2.142

Peter de Backer

0 / 0.894

Tayfun Taşdemir

1 / 1.133

Peter de Backer

3 / 1.282

Marco Zanetti

0 / 1,300

Semih Saygıner

3 / 2.045

Leslie Menheer

1 / 0.809

Choi Jae-dong

3 / 1.325

Choi Jae-dong

1 / 1.592

Semih Saygıner

3 / 1.714

Semih Saygıner

3 / 1.911

Kim Kyung-roul

2 / 2,000

Closing table

For the sake of clarity, not all players are listed, only the 32 participants in the final round.

Final ranking phase space Surname MP SV Pt. Recording GD BED HS BSD WRP * 1 final 1 Daniel Sánchez 10 15: 5 252 130 1.938 2.409 10 5,000 80 2 Semih Saygıner 8th 14: 8 274 149 1,838 2.045 10 3,750 54 Semi- finals 3 Dick Jaspers 6th 11: 5 213 111 1.918 2.250 10 7,500 38 Martin Horn 6th 11: 6 232 146 1,589 1,794 10 3,750 38 quarter- final 5 Marco Zanetti 4th 6: 3 116 66 1.757 2.142 15th 15,000 26th 6th Christian Rudolph 4th 7: 6 147 91 1.615 2.125 8th 3,750 26th 7th Tatsuo Arai 4th 6: 5 149 118 1.262 1,594 10 2.142 26th 8th Tonny Carlsen 4th 6: 6 151 111 1,360 1,589 8th 2,500 26th eighth final 9 Ramón Rodriguez 2 5: 3 111 69 1.608 1,500 11 2.142 16 10 Eddy Merckx 2 5: 3 106 66 1.606 3.214 7th 5,000 16 11 Jacob Haack-Sörensen 2 3: 3 62 40 1,550 2.250 8th 3,000 16 12 Filipos Kasidokostas 2 5: 5 118 78 1.512 1.384 7th 3,000 16 13 Choi Jae-dong 2 4: 4 100 70 1.428 1.325 8th 3,750 16 14th Roland Forthomme 2 4: 5 116 95 1,221 1.186 7th 2.142 16 15th Eddy Leppens 2 4: 5 89 75 1.186 1.288 5 3,000 16 16 Peter de Backer 2 3: 4 76 65 1.169 1.282 8th 1.666 16 1/16 finals 17th Kim Kyung-roul 0 2: 3 66 33 2,000 --- 9 2,500 8th 18th Kim Jong-wan 0 2: 3 56 39 1.435 --- 10 2,500 8th 19th Francis Connesson 0 2: 3 63 52 1,211 --- 5 2.142 8th 20th Adnan Yüksel 0 2: 3 52 58 0.896 --- 3 1,250 8th 21st Torbjörn Blomdahl 0 1: 3 38 23 1.652 --- 11 3,750 8th 22nd Ad Koorevaar 0 1: 3 45 33 1.363 --- 5 1,250 8th 23 Jorge Fernandes Alipio 0 1: 3 28 21st 1.333 --- 5 2.142 8th 24 Frédéric Caudron 0 1: 3 53 41 1.292 --- 8th 1,000 8th 25th Raimond Burgman 0 1: 3 35 28 1,250 --- 7th 2,500 8th 26th Tayfun Taşdemir 0 1: 3 51 45 1.133 --- 5 1,250 8th 27 Gerhard Kostistansky 0 1: 3 32 30th 1.066 --- 6th 1.363 8th 28 Leslie Menheer 0 1: 3 34 42 0.809 --- 7th 1.363 8th 29 Johan Loncelle 0 0: 3 23 12 1.916 --- 8th --- 8th 30th Raúl Hernandez 0 0: 3 27 19th 1.421 --- 7th --- 8th 31 Peter Ceulemans 0 0: 3 19th 24 0.791 --- 5 --- 8th 32 Murat Naci Çoklu 0 0: 3 22nd 29 0.758 --- 4th --- 8th

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. 168 . Vienna October 2004, p. 12-17 .