Three Cushion World Cup 2007/1

111th Three Cushion World Cup 2007/1
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 22, 2007
Endgame:	January 28, 2007
Attendees:	146
Defending champion:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
Winner:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
2nd finalist:	Dick Jaspers
3rd place:	Roland Forthomme Martin Horn
Prize money:	€ 30,000
Records
Best GD:	2,032 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	3,000 Kim Kyung-roul
Maximum series (HS):	15 Eddy Leppens Marco Zanetti000 00000
Venue on the map
Sluiskil
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The three- cushion world cup 2007/1 was the first UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 21st year of the three- cushion world cup. The tournament took place from 22nd to 28th January 2006 in this discipline of carom billiards in Sluiskil . It was the 22nd three-cushion World Cup tournament in the Netherlands.

history

In the first rounds of the World Cup tournament in Sluiskil there were consistently favorites wins. The world number one Frédéric Caudron only had to give up his compatriot Roland Forthomme in the quarterfinals . World number two Daniel Sánchez lost to Martin Horn as he did in Istanbul . The final contested number three and four in the world. Here Torbjörn Blomdahl showed in his win against Dick Jaspers that he is on the way up again. It was his second World Cup victory in a row.

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 best European group runner-up Rubén Legazpi qualified as wildcard players of the CEB for the final round. There were also wildcard players from the host and the associations from America and Asia and the UMB . 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. Frédéric Caudron
2. Daniel Sánchez
3. Dick Jaspers
4. Torbjörn Blomdahl
5. Eddy Merckx
6. Roland Forthomme
7. Semih Saygıner
8. Peter de Backer
9. Marco Zanetti
10. Nikos Polychronopoulos
11. Jean Paul de Bruijn
12. Martin Horn

Wildcard player:

1 × UMB : Tonny Carlsen 1 × CEB : Rubén Legazpi 2 × ACBC : Kim Kyung-roul , Ryūji Umeda 2 × CPB : Ramón Rodriguez, Alexander Salazar 2 × organizing association: Barry van Beers, Jean van Erp

Main qualification

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	SP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	BSD	HS
A.	2	Adnan Yüksel	2	2: 2	49	43	1.139	1,200	1,250	4th
	1	Ricardo Garcia Alarcon	2	3: 2	68	53	1.283	1.578	2,500	6th
	3	Erik Vijverberg	2	2: 3	45	59	0.762	---	1,250	4th
B.	1	Filipos Kasidokostas	2	3: 2	65	43	1.511	1.764	3,000	7th
	2	Francis Forton	2	3: 3	71	56	1.267	1,500	2,500	5
	3	Herbert Szivacz	2	2: 3	48	46	1.043	1.333	1.666	7th
C.	2	Tayfun Taşdemir	2	2: 2	42	33	1.272	1.764	1,875	6th
	1	Jozef Philipoom	4th	4: 1	65	32	2.031	2.333	3,750	6th
	3	Soner Tas	0	1: 4	33	30th	1,100	---	2.142	4th
D.	1	Brian Knudsen	4th	4: 1	69	36	1.916	2.052	3,000	6th
	2	Wesley de Jaeger	2	3: 2	50	34	1,470	1,875	2.142	7th
	3	Sameh Sidhom	0	0: 4	29	31	0.935	---	---	5
E.	2	Murat Naci Çoklu	2	3: 2	62	55	1.187	1.764	2.142	7th
	1	Javier Palazón	4th	4: 2	76	64	1.187	1,320	2.142	8th
	3	Jean Reverchon	0	1: 4	46	40	1.150	---	1.666	5
F.	2	Jérémy Bury	2	3: 3	72	71	1.014	0.897	1.363	5
	1	Emilio Sciacca	2	3: 3	67	65	1.030	1,212	1.363	6th
	3	Glenn Hofman	2	3: 3	61	71	0.859	1.156	2,500	8th
G	2	Eddy Leppens	2	3: 2	58	33	1.757	1.578	15,000	15th
	1	Murat Tüzül	4th	4: 2	74	42	1.761	2,000	2,500	8th
	3	Konstantinos Kokkoris	0	1: 4	45	45	1,000	---	1,250	5
H	1	Kostas Papakonstantinou	4th	4-0	60	44	1.363	1,500	3,750	7th
	3	Andreas Kronlachner	0	0: 4	43	38	1.131	---	---	5
	2	Rui Manuel Costa	2	2: 2	50	43	1.162	1,500	1,500	5
I.	1	Michael Nilsson	4th	4: 1	70	50	1,400	1.428	3,000	7th
	2	Apostolis Balogannis	2	3: 3	76	66	1.151	1.128	1,500	8th
	3	Alfred Nebuda	0	1: 4	45	60	0.750	---	1.153	5
J	1	Christian Rudolph	4th	4: 1	71	46	1.543	1,875	3,000	7th
	2	Jens Eggers	2	2: 3	55	54	1.018	0.923	1.071	6th
	3	Mehmet Goren	0	2: 4	70	68	1.029	---	1.363	6th
K	1	Gerhard Kostistansky	4th	4: 1	61	38	1.605	1,875	1,875	7th
	2	Rubén Legazpi	2	3: 2	67	34	1,970	2,500	3,000	9
	3	Andreas Efler	0	0: 4	29	26th	1.115	---	---	6th
L.	1	Yilmaz Ozcan	4th	4: 1	71	41	1.731	2.142	3,000	8th
	2	Raimond Burgman	2	2: 3	49	42	1.166	1.172	1.666	5
	3	Martin Spoormans	0	2: 4	55	55	1,000	---	1,500	8th

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)

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.542

Brian Knudsen

1 / 1.028

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.461

Ramón Rodriguez

1 / 1.184

Ryūji Umeda

2 / 1.285

Ramón Rodriguez

3 / 1.244

Frédéric Caudron

0 / 0.952

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.956

Barry van Beers

2 / 1.220

Javier Palazon

3 / 1.240

Javier Palazon

2 / 0.981

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.163

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.638

Filipos Kasidokostas

2 / 1,800

Roland Forthomme

2 / 1.666

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2.060

Semih Saygıner

3 / 1,500

Ruben Legazpi

0 / 0.857

Semih Saygıner

0 / 0.958

Nikos Polychronopoulos

3 / 1,800

Nikos Polychronopoulos

3 / 1.937

Yilmaz Ozcan

2 / 1.709

Nikos Polychronopoulos

1 / 1.370

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.928

Jean Paul de Bruijn

1 / 0.976

Jozef Philipoom

3 / 1.348

Jozef Philipoom

1 / 1.451

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.625

Alexander Salazar

0 / 0.941

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2.368

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.828

Dick Jaspers

2 / 1.764

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.730

Ricardo Garcia Alarcon

0 / 0.958

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2,500

Marco Zanetti

1 / 2.764

Marco Zanetti

3 / 1.736

Michael Nilsson

2 / 1.540

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1,900

Gerhard Kostistansky

1 / 1.068

Gerhard Kostistansky

3 / 1.666

Tonny Carlsen

0 / 0.800

Gerhard Kostistansky

3 / 1.666

Kim Kyung-roul

0 / 1.120

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 3,000

Eddy Merckx

0 / 0.923

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.812

Martin Horn

0 / 1.466

Peter de Backer

3 / 1.125

Emilio Sciacca

0 / 0.657

Peter de Backer

1 / 1.454

Martin Horn

3 / 2.347

Jean van Erp

2 / 1.848

Martin Horn

3 / 1.666

Martin Horn

3 / 1.473

Daniel Sánchez

2 / 1.578

Christian Rudolph

0 / 0.756

Kostas Papakonstantinou

3 / 1.071

Kostas Papakonstantinou

2 / 1.342

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.888

Murat Tüzül

0 / 0.971

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.250

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 Torbjörn Blomdahl 10 15: 6 283 147 1.925 2,368 14th 5,000 80 2 Dick Jaspers 8th 14: 5 252 124 2.032 2.812 10 5,000 54 Semi- finals 3 Roland Forthomme 6th 11: 7 223 147 1.517 1.956 10 2,500 38 Martin Horn 6th 9: 8 187 109 1.715 2,347 9 5,000 38 quarter- final 5 Gerhard Kostistansky 4th 7: 3 128 83 1.457 1.666 9 5,000 26th 6th Daniel Sánchez 4th 8: 5 173 110 1,572 1,888 7th 3,750 26th 7th Nikos Polychronopoulos 4th 7: 5 144 84 1.714 1.937 9 3,000 26th 8th Frédéric Caudron 4th 6: 5 131 96 1.364 1.542 7th 3,000 26th eighth final 9 Kostas Papakonstantinou 2 5: 3 92 77 1.194 1.071 7th 3,750 16 10 Peter de Backer 2 4: 3 77 62 1.241 1.125 11 3,750 16 11 Kim Kyung-roul 2 3: 3 73 43 1,825 3,000 10 3,750 16 12 Jozef Philipoom 2 4: 4 103 74 1.391 1,348 7th 3,750 16 13 Semih Saygıner 2 3: 3 68 54 1.259 1,500 6th 2.142 16 14th Javier Palazon 2 5: 5 116 105 1.104 1,240 10 3,000 16 15th Marco Zanetti 2 4: 5 113 55 2.054 1.736 15th 15,000 16 16 Ramón Rodriguez 2 4: 5 106 87 1.218 1.244 8th 3,000 16 1/16 finals 17th Jean van Erp 0 2: 3 61 33 1,848 --- 10 3,000 8th 18th Filipos Kasidokostas 0 2: 3 63 35 1,800 --- 7th 5,000 8th 19th Yilmaz Ozcan 0 2: 3 53 31 1.709 --- 8th 3,000 8th 20th Michael Nilsson 0 2: 3 57 37 1,540 --- 9 3,000 8th 21st Ryūji Umeda 0 1: 3 63 49 1.285 --- 8th 2.142 8th 22nd Barry van Beers 0 2: 3 61 50 1.220 --- 7th 1.666 8th 23 Brian Knudsen 0 1: 3 36 35 1.028 --- 6th 3,000 8th 24 Jean Paul de Bruijn 0 1: 3 41 42 0.976 --- 4th 0.937 8th 25th Murat Tüzül 0 0: 3 34 35 0.971 --- 8th 2,500 8th 26th Ricardo Garcia Alarcon 0 0: 3 23 24 0.958 --- 6th --- 8th 27 Alexander Salazar 0 0: 3 16 17th 0.941 --- 4th --- 8th 28 Eddy Merckx 0 0: 3 12 13 0.923 --- 7th --- 8th 29 Ruben Legazpi 0 0: 3 24 28 0.857 --- 4th --- 8th 30th Tonny Carlsen 0 0: 3 20th 25th 0.800 --- 3 --- 8th 31 Christian Rudolph 0 0: 3 31 41 0.756 --- 7th --- 8th 32 Emilio Sciacca 0 0: 3 25th 38 0.657 --- 6th --- 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. 191 . Vienna January 2007, p. 15-21 .