Three Cushion World Cup 2006/1

106th Three Cushion World Cup 2006/1
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World cup
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / KNBB
Tournament details
Venue:	Congrescentrum 't Meulengat, Sluiskil , Netherlands
Opening:	January 23, 2006
Endgame:	January 29, 2006
Attendees:	118
Defending champion:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
Winner:	Dick Jaspers
2nd finalist:	Adnan Yüksel
3rd place:	Daniel Sánchez Roland Forthomme
Prize money:	€ 30,000
Records
Best GD:	1,925 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	3,214 Daniel Sánchez
Maximum series (HS):	14 Dick Jaspers000
Venue on the map
Sluiskil
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The three- cushion world cup 2006/1 was the first UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 20th year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from January 23 to 29, 2006 in this discipline of carom billiards in Sluiskil . It was the second three-cushion World Cup tournament in Sluiskil.

history

The first surprise in the final round was the defeat of record World Cup winner Torbjörn Blomdahl . He lost against Ramón Rodriguez from Peru with 0: 3 sets. He lost two of the sets with 14:15. The next surprise was when the qualifier Adnan Yüksel made it into the final. Here he had given local hero Dick Jaspers a tough fight. Only in the fifth set he had to admit defeat at 11:15. For Jaspers it was the 14th 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
33. - xxx.		1 + 1 point for each game won in qualification (max. 5 points)
All in all	30,000	-

Tournament mode

Four qualifying rounds were played in Sluiskil. From the last qualifying round, the 12 group winners and the two best runners-up qualified for the final round. Since Jérémy Bury did not play the main tournament as group winner, Glenn Hofman was another group runner-up in the main field. 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. Frédéric Caudron
3. Torbjörn Blomdahl
4. Dick Jaspers
5. Semih Saygıner
6. Marco Zanetti
7. Jean Paul de Bruijn
8. Luis Aveiga
9. Filipos Kasidokostas
10. Eddy Merckx
11. Martin Horn
12. Tonny Carlsen

Wildcard player:

1 × CEB : Peter de Backer 2 × ACBC : Kim Kyung-roul, Hideaki Kobayashi 2 × CPB : Marco Sobarso, Roberto Rojas 2 × organizing association: Raimond Burgman, John Tijssens

Main qualification

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	SP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	HS
A.	1	Murat Naci Çoklu	2	3: 2	64	55	1.163	1.172	6th
	2	Jozef Philipoom	2	3: 3	69	59	1.169	1,310	6th
	3	Ivo Gazdos	2	2: 3	58	56	1.035	1.129	7th
B.	2	Nikos Polychronopoulos	2	2: 2	42	33	1.272	1,500	5
	3	Jorge Fernandes Alipio	0	0: 4	22nd	32	0.687	---	3
	1	Peter Ceulemans	4th	4-0	60	28	2.142	2.142	7th
C.	2	Adnan Yüksel	2	3: 2	66	62	1.064	1,250	7th
	1	Ruben Legazpi	4th	4: 2	77	74	1.040	1.051	6th
	3	George Sakkas	0	1: 4	63	57	1.105	---	4th
D.	1	Brian Knudsen	4th	4-0	60	37	1.621	2.142	7th
	3	Jean van Erp	0	0: 4	40	28	1.428	---	5
	2	Murat Tüzül	2	2: 2	51	38	1,342	1,875	8th
E.	1	Ramón Rodriguez	4th	4: 1	68	54	1.259	1,310	5
	3	Barry van Beers	0	2: 4	65	64	1.015	---	6th
	2	Christophe Duval	2	2: 3	66	61	1.081	1.162	6th
F.	1	Eddy Leppens	2	2: 2	53	38	1.394	2,500	12
	3	Francis Forton	2	2: 2	46	49	0.938	1.111	5
	2	Carlos Crespo	2	2: 2	43	34	1.264	1.304	6th
G	1	Roland Forthomme	4th	4: 1	71	68	1.044	1.071	5
	2	Apostolis Balogannis	2	2: 2	47	51	0.921	1,250	11
	3	Jean-Christophe Roux	0	1: 4	53	63	0.841	---	7th
H	3	Kostas Papakonstantinou	0	0: 4	34	46	0.739	---	7th
	2	Glenn Hofman	2	3: 2	68	67	1.014	1.153	5
	1	Roberto Rojas Gonzales	4th	4: 1	65	63	1.031	1.363	9
I.	1	Tayfun Taşdemir	4th	4-0	60	31	1.935	2.307	8th
	3	Ad Koorevaar	0	0: 4	42	40	1.050	---	6th
	2	Kostantinos Kokkoris	2	2: 2	45	45	1,000	1.071	4th
J	2	Christian Rudolph	2	3: 2	66	51	1.294	1.304	9
	3	Brian Zola-Hansen	0	0: 4	25th	22nd	1.136	---	6th
	1	Hasan Pamuk	4th	4: 1	42	28	1,500	1,500	8th
K	2	Gerhard Kostistansky	2	2: 2	58	54	1.074	1.111	4th
	3	Yilmaz Ozcan	2	2: 3	57	75	0.760	0.897	4th
	1	Emilio Sciacca	2	3: 2	66	77	0.857	1.034	6th
L.	2	Jorge Theriaga	2	3: 3	79	62	1.274	1,312	9
	1	Jérémy Bury	2	3: 2	60	55	1.090	1.304	5
	3	Vagelis Moulos	2	2: 3	52	53	0.981	1.129	6th

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 / 1.323

Marco Sobarso

0 / 1,000

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 3.214

Peter de Backer

0 / 1.538

Peter de Backer

3 / 1.473

Kim Kyung-roul

1 / 1.189

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.657

Jean Paul de Bruijn

2 / 1,400

Eddy Leppens

1 / 1.026

Tonny Carlsen

3 / 1.307

Tonny Carlsen

1 / 1.177

Jean Paul de Bruijn

3 / 1.173

Jean Paul de Bruijn

3 / 1.372

Ruben Legazpi

2 / 1.214

Daniel Sánchez

1 / 1.406

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.606

Marco Zanetti

1 / 1.173

Murat Naci Çoklu

3 / 1.234

Murat Naci Çoklu

1 / 0.971

John Tijssens

3 / 1.611

Hasan Pamuk

2 / 1.363

John Tijssens

3 / 1.386

John Tijssens

0 / 1.454

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.956

Luis Aveiga

1 / 1.156

Tayfun Taşdemir

3 / 1.666

Tayfun Taşdemir

0 / 1.444

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.368

Hideaki Kobayashi

0 / 0.857

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.812

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.627

Adnan Yüksel

2 / 1.404

Torbjörn Blomdahl

0 / 1,000

Ramón Rodriguez

3 / 1.216

Ramón Rodriguez

1 / 1.181

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 / 1.177

Roberto Rojas Gonzales

1 / 1.285

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 / 1.611

Filipos Kasidokostas

1 / 1.482

Adnan Yüksel

3 / 1.633

Christian Rudolph

1 / 1.375

Adnan Yüksel

3 / 1.696

Adnan Yüksel

3 / 2.142

Brian Knudsen

0 / 0.894

Martin Horn

1 / 0.950

Brian Knudsen

3 / 1.414

Adnan Yüksel

3 / 1.647

Roland Forthomme

2 / 1.676

Peter Ceulemans

2 / 1.391

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.282

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.451

Semih Saygıner

0 / 1.344

Semih Saygıner

3 / 2.250

Raimond Burgman

0 / 1.111

Roland Forthomme

3 / 2.076

Frédéric Caudron

1 / 1.560

Glenn Hofmann

0 / 0.710

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1.153

Eddy Merckx

0 / 1.823

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 2.368

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.435

Emilio Sciacca

1 / 1.184

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 Dick Jaspers 10 15: 3 258 134 1.925 2.812 14th 5,000 80 2 Adnan Yüksel 8th 14: 7 265 160 1.656 2.142 8th 3,000 54 Semi- finals 3 Daniel Sánchez 6th 10: 5 193 115 1.678 3.214 9 5,000 38 Roland Forthomme 6th 11: 6 215 137 1.569 2.076 12 5,000 38 quarter- final 5 Frédéric Caudron 4th 7: 4 140 83 1.686 2,368 11 3,750 26th 6th Filipos Kasidokostas 4th 7: 5 154 110 1,400 1.611 13 5,000 26th 7th Jean Paul de Bruijn 4th 8: 6 162 124 1.306 1.372 9 2,500 26th 8th John Tijssens 4th 6: 6 151 102 1,480 1.611 11 1,875 26th eighth final 9 Ramón Rodriguez 2 4: 3 97 81 1.197 1.216 9 1.666 16 10 Semih Saygıner 2 3: 3 84 49 1.714 2.250 8th 7,500 16 11 Eddy Merckx 2 3: 3 76 56 1.357 1.153 8th 2.142 16 12 Tonny Carlsen 2 4: 4 104 84 1,238 1.307 8th 2.142 16 13 Murat Naci Çoklu 2 4: 4 92 82 1.121 1,234 6th 1,875 16 14th Tayfun Taşdemir 2 3: 4 81 51 1,588 1.666 12 2,500 16 15th Peter de Backer 2 3: 4 76 51 1,490 1.473 6th 2,500 16 16 Brian Knudsen 2 3: 4 75 60 1,250 1.414 7th 1,875 16 1/16 finals 17th Peter Ceulemans 0 2: 3 64 46 1.391 --- 8th 2,500 8th 18th Hasan Pamuk 0 2: 3 60 44 1.363 --- 10 2,500 8th 19th Ruben Legazpi 0 2: 3 51 42 1,214 --- 7th 1,875 8th 20th Christian Rudolph 0 1: 3 44 32 1.375 --- 6th 2,500 8th 21st Roberto Rojas Gonzales 0 1: 3 45 35 1.285 --- 7th 1.363 8th 22nd Emilio Sciacca 0 1: 3 45 38 1.184 --- 5 1.071 8th 23 Marco Zanetti 0 1: 3 54 46 1.173 --- 6th 1.363 8th 24 Kim Kyung-roul 0 1: 3 44 38 1.157 --- 7th 0.937 8th 25th Luis Aveiga 0 1: 3 37 32 1.156 --- 8th 1.363 8th 26th Eddy Leppens 0 1: 3 39 38 1.026 --- 4th 1.363 8th 27 Martin Horn 0 1: 3 38 40 0.950 --- 7th 1,500 8th 28 Raimond Burgman 0 0: 3 20th 18th 1.111 --- 5 --- 8th 29 Torbjörn Blomdahl 0 0: 3 36 36 1,000 --- 6th --- 8th 30th Mario Sobarzo 0 0: 3 33 33 1,000 --- 4th --- 8th 31 Hideaki Kobayashi 0 0: 3 12 14th 0.857 --- 5 --- 8th 32 Glenn Hofman 0 0: 3 27 38 0.710 --- 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. 181 . Vienna February 2006, p. 32-35 .