Three Cushion World Cup 2005/2

103rd Three Cushion World Cup 2005/2
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World cup
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Sunrise Garden Beach Resort, Hurghada , Egypt
Opening:	September 5, 2005
Endgame:	September 10, 2005
Attendees:	92
Defending champion:	Dick Jaspers
Winner:	Roland Forthomme
2nd finalist:	Frédéric Caudron
3rd place:	Semih Saygıner Choi Jae-dong
Prize money:	€ 30,000
Records
Best GD:	1,636 Roland Forthomme
Best ED:	2,636 Frédéric Caudron
Maximum series (HS):	14 Frédéric Caudron000
Venue on the map
Hurghada
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The three- cushion world cup 2005/2 was the second UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 19th year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from September 5 to 10, 2005 in this discipline of carom billiards in Hurghada . It was the second three-cushion World Cup tournament in Hurghada.

history

The second World Cup tournament of 2005 in Hurghada ended with a surprise. The 34-year-old Belgian Roland Forthomme won his first World Cup tournament. In the final, the qualifier won 3-2 sets against the favorite Frédéric Caudron after a 1: 2 set deficit . He also confirmed his strong performance when he eliminated world number two Torbjörn Blomdahl in the first round and played the best general average of the tournament. Third place went to Semih Saygıner and the Korean Choi Jae-dong, who won a medal for the first time in an international tournament.

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

Three qualifying rounds were played in Hurghada. From the last qualifying round, the 12 group winners and the best runner-up 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. SV = rate ratio
3. GD = general average
4. HS = maximum series

Set participants

according to world ranking:

1. Daniel Sánchez
2. Torbjörn Blomdahl
3. Dick Jaspers
4. Frédéric Caudron
5. Semih Saygıner
6. Filipos Kasidokostas
7. Marco Zanetti
8. Martin Horn
9. Tonny Carlsen
10. Adnan Yüksel
11. Choi Jae-dong
12. Jean Paul de Bruijn

Main qualification

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	SP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	HS
A.	1	Murat Naci Çoklu	4th				1.153
	2	Mohamed Zayed	2				0.578
	3	Frederic Mottet	0				0.586
B.	1	Emilio Sciacca	4th				0.974
	2	Nikos Polychronopoulos	2				0.971
	3	Vangelis Moulos	0				0.795
C.	1	Brian Knudsen	4th				1.428
	2	Ricardo G. Alarcon	2				0.735
	3	Lennart Blomdahl	0				0.796
D.	1	Jean van Erp	4th				1.714
	2	Peter de Backer	2				1.405
	3	Claus Maurer	0				0.767
E.	1	Eddy Leppens	4th				1.111
	2	Nalle Olsson	2				1.113
	3	Marios Kosmadakis	0				0.876
F.	1	Christian Rudolph	4th				1.408
	2	Hesham Saad	2				0.676
	3	Mohamed Diab	0				0.640
G	1	John Tijssens	4th				1,132
	2	Muharrem Peker	2				0.719
	3	Aly El Kordy	0				0.264
H	1	Brian Zola Hansen	4th				1.363
	2	Jérémy Bury	2				1,315
	3	Ioannis Antoniou	0				0.511
I.	1	Gerhard Kostistansky	2	3: 2			1.326
	2	Arnim Kahofer	2	2: 2			1.152
	3	Peter Ceulemans	2	2: 3			1.081
J	1	Kostas Papakonstantinou	4th				1,132
	2	Claus Foge	2				0.600
	3	Michael Al-Khory	0				0.397
K	1	Yilmaz Ozcan	4th				1.203
	2	Allan Jensen	2				0.878
	3	Wesley de Jaeger	0				0.647
L.	1	Roland Forthomme	4th				1.188
	2	Tayfun Taşdemir	2				1,200
	3	Zein Abdou	0				0.711

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)

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.392

Murat Naci Çoklu

2 / 0.843

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.487

Martin Horn

1 / 1.210

Martin Horn

3 / 1.633

Gerhard Kostistansky

1 / 1.137

Daniel Sánchez

2 / 1.687

Semih Saygıner

3 / 1.606

Tayfun Taşdemir

3 / 1.076

Ihab El Messery

1 / 0.843

Tayfun Taşdemir

1 / 1.257

Semih Saygıner

3 / 1.555

Christian Rudolph

1 / 0.941

Semih Saygıner

3 / 1.134

Semih Saygıner

2 / 2,000

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 2.636

Kost. Papakonstantinou

3 / 1.038

Jean Paul de Bruijn

2 / 1.196

Kost. Papakonstantinou

3 / 1.285

John Tijssens

0 / 1.090

Marco Zanetti

0 / 1.285

John Tijssens

3 / 2.045

Kostas Papakonstantinou

0 / 0.785

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1,500

Brian Knudsen

3 / 1,500

Sameh Sidhom

0 / 1,000

Brian Knudsen

2 / 1.170

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.416

Eddy Leppens

1 / 0.833

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.348

Frédéric Caudron

2 / 1.395

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.302

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.607

Brian Zola-Hansen

0 / 1,000

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.140

Adnan Yüksel

2 / 1,000

Yilmaz Ozcan

2 / 1.486

Adnan Yüksel

3 / 1.810

Dick Jaspers

1 / 1.156

Choi Jae-dong

3 / 1.666

Luis Aveiga

1 / 1.146

Choi Jae-dong

3 / 1.285

Choi Jae-dong

3 / 1.365

Jean van Erp

2 / 1.019

Jean van Erp

3 / 1.134

Hamdi Badr

1 / 0.588

Choi Jae-dong

0 / 0.761

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.956

Tonny Carlsen

3 / 1.072

Emilio Sciacca

1 / 0.870

Tonny Carlsen

3 / 1.730

Hideaki Kobayashi

0 / 1,000

Hideaki Kobayashi

3 / 1.285

Martin Hermse

0 / 0.818

Tonny Carlsen

1 / 1.285

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.793

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 / 1.406

Javier Teran Noboa

0 / 0.800

Filipos Kasidokostas

0 / 1.233

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.406

Roland Forthomme

3 / 2,000

Torbjörn Blomdahl

1 / 1,500

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 Roland Forthomme 10 15: 4 252 154 1.636 2,000 11 3,750 80 2 Frédéric Caudron 8th 14: 8 289 186 1.553 2.636 14th 5,000 54 Semi- finals 3 Semih Saygıner 6th 11: 7 210 142 1.478 1.606 11 3,750 38 Choi Jae-dong 6th 9: 7 196 148 1,324 1.666 12 7,500 38 quarter- final 5 Tonny Carlsen 4th 7: 4 140 109 1.284 1.730 13 7,500 26th 6th Daniel Sánchez 4th 8: 6 183 122 1,500 1.487 11 3,000 26th 7th Dick Jaspers 4th 7: 5 147 117 1.256 1.607 11 5,000 26th 8th Kostas Papakonstantinou 4th 6: 5 121 115 1.052 1.285 8th 1.666 26th eighth final 9 Brian Knudsen 2 5: 3 100 77 1.298 1,500 6th 1,875 16 10 Jean van Erp 2 5: 4 111 103 1.077 1.134 8th 2.42 16 11 John Tijssens 2 3: 3 81 55 1.472 2.045 6th 2,500 16 12 Martin Horn 2 4: 4 95 68 1.397 1.633 8th 2.142 16 13 Adnan Yüksel 2 5: 5 123 93 1.322 1,810 11 2,500 16 14th Filipos Kasidokostas 2 3: 3 82 62 1.322 1.406 8th 2,500 16 15th Hideaki Kobayashi 2 3: 3 69 59 1.169 1.285 6th 3,750 16 16 Tayfun Taşdemir 2 4: 4 100 87 1.149 1.076 8th 1,875 16 1/16 finals 17th Yiulmaz Ozcan 0 2: 3 55 37 1.486 --- 6th 1,250 8th 18th Jean Paul de Bruijn 0 2: 3 61 51 1,196 --- 4th 2.142 8th 19th Murat Naci Çoklu 0 2: 3 43 51 0.843 --- 4th 1,250 8th 20th Torbjörn Blomdahl 0 1: 3 39 26th 1,500 --- 6th 1,500 8th 21st Luis Aveiga 0 1: 3 47 41 1.146 --- 4th 1,250 8th 22nd Gerhard Kostistansky 0 1: 3 33 29 1.137 --- 7th 2,500 8th 23 Christian Rudolph 0 1: 3 48 51 0.941 --- 4th 0.625 8th 24 Emilio Sciacca 0 1: 3 47 54 0.870 --- 5 0.833 8th 25th Ihab El Messery 0 1: 3 43 51 0.843 --- 8th 1.363 8th 26th Eddy Leppens 0 1: 3 35 42 0.833 --- 5 1.153 8th 27 Hamdi Badr 0 1: 3 30th 51 0.588 --- 3 0.681 8th 28 Marco Zanetti 0 0: 3 27 21st 1.285 --- 4th --- 8th 29 Brian Zola-Hansen 0 0: 3 26th 26th 1,000 --- 7th --- 8th 30th Sameh Sidhom 0 0: 3 28 28 1,000 --- 5 --- 8th 31 Martin Hermse 0 0: 3 27 33 0.818 --- 4th --- 8th 32 Javier Teran Noboa 0 0: 3 24 30th 0.800 --- 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. 178 . Vienna October 2005, p. 9-13 .