Three Cushion World Cup 2007/2

112th Three Cushion World Cup 2007/2
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World cup
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Manisa Anemon Hotel, Manisa , Turkey
Opening:	April 2, 2007
Endgame:	April 8, 2007
Attendees:	117
Defending champion:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
Winner:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
2nd finalist:	Daniel Sánchez
3rd place:	Dick Jaspers Semih Saygıner
Prize money:	€ 30,000
Records
Best GD:	1,966 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	2,812 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Maximum series (HS):	15 Dick Jaspers000
Venue on the map
Manisa
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The three- cushion world cup 2007/2 was the second UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 21st year of the three- cushion world cup. The tournament took place from April 2nd to 8th 2007 in this discipline of carom billiards in Manisa , Anatolia . It was the first three-cushion World Cup tournament in Manisa.

history

For the first time since 1992 Torbjörn Blomdahl was able to win three World Cup tower players in a row. In the final, he defeated the Spaniard Daniel Sánchez just 3-2 sets. Dick Jaspers and local hero Semih Saygıner finished third together . For world number one Frédéric Caudron , the tournament ended in the round of 16. He had to hand over the top position to Blomdahl.

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 Manisa. From the last qualifying round, the 12 group winners and the best European group runner-up Ekrem Beyaz qualified as wildcard player 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. Torbjörn Blomdahl
3. Dick Jaspers
4. Daniel Sánchez
5. Eddy Merckx
6. Roland Forthomme
7. Nikos Polychronopoulos
8. Peter de Backer
9. Semih Saygıner
10. Marco Zanetti
11. Martin Horn
12. Jean Paul de Bruijn

Wildcard player:

1 × UMB : Brian Knudsen 1 × CEB : Ekrem Beyaz 2 × ACBC : Kim Kyung-roul , Ryūji Umeda 2 × CPB : Luis Aveiga, Javier Teran 2 × organizing association: Adnan Yüksel , Yilmaz Özcan

Main qualification

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	SP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	BSD	HS
A.	1	Filipos Kasidokostas	4th	4: 2	81	73	1.109	1.193	3,000	6th
	2	Ilhan Ürküt	2	3: 2	61	52	1.173	1.363	1.363	5
	3	Yavuz Güngördü	0	1: 4	59	62	0.951	---	1,250	6th
B.	1	Tayfun Taşdemir	4th	4: 1	74	49	1.510	2,500	3,000	6th
	2	Muharrem Peker	2	3: 3	80	67	1.194	1.466	3,000	7th
	3	Sezgin Eroglu	0	1: 4	49	40	1.225	---	1.071	5
C.	1	Tonny Carlsen	4th	4: 1	69	63	1.095	1.218	1,875	9
	2	George Sakkas	2	3: 2	59	57	1.035	1.153	1,250	5
	3	Oguz Corekci	0	0: 4	41	55	0.745	---	---	4th
D.	1	Jérémy Bury	2	3: 2	68	54	1.259	1,500	1,500	6th
	3	Burhan Genc	2	2: 3	57	46	1,239	1.518	3,000	8th
	2	Ismail Yasin	2	3: 3	70	62	1.129	1.057	1,500	6th
E.	1	Murat Naci Çoklu	4th	4: 1	66	54	1.222	1.363	1.363	5
	3	Selim Ozden	0	2: 4	45	56	0.803	---	---	4th
	2	Ahmet Bayatli	2	2: 3	53	46	1.152	1.520	2,500	10
F.	1	Gerhard Kostistansky	4th	4: 1	74	69	1.072	1.073	1.363	5
	2	Savas Bulut	2	2: 2	49	57	0.859	1,000	1.153	5
	3	Hayri Akgun	0	1: 4	40	70	0.571	---	1.071	4th
G	1	Kostas Papakonstantinou	4th	4: 1	73	60	1.216	1.228	2.142	6th
	2	Ricardo Garcia Alarcon	2	2: 3	67	63	1.063	1.025	1.363	6th
	3	Sami Öztavli	0	2: 4	61	73	0.835	---	1.153	7th
H	1	Christian Rudolph	4th	4: 1	70	47	1.489	1.666	2,500	9
	3	Vagelis Moulos	0	0: 4	32	44	0.727	---	---	4th
	2	Ekrem Beyaz	2	3: 2	70	56	1,250	1.071	2,500	7th
I.	2	Rubén Legazpi	2	3: 2	64	66	0.969	0.967	1,500	7th
	1	Jean Reverchon	4th	4: 1	65	52	1,250	1.764	1,875	4th
	3	Adnan Özcifci	0	0: 4	27	46	0.586	---	---	4th
J	1	Javier Palazón	2	3: 2	59	59	1,000	1.363	1,500	4th
	3	Emilio Sciacca	2	2: 3	48	57	0.842	0.916	1,250	4th
	2	Ahmat Alp	2	3: 3	80	73	1.095	0.973	1,875	9
K	2	Jozef Philipoom	2	3: 3	72	65	1.107	1.081	1,250	6th
	1	Soner Tas	4th	4: 2	80	74	1.081	1.275	2.142	7th
	3	Lavrentios Eleftheriadis	0	2: 4	61	82	0.743	---	1.153	5
L.	2	Murat Tüzül	2	2: 3	65	69	0.942	1.073	1.666	6th
	1	Apostolis Balogannis	4th	4-0	60	72	0.833	1.034	1.363	6th
	3	Ahmet Durmaz	0	1: 4	60	83	0.722	---	0.833	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)

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.846

Javier Teran

2 / 1,000

Frédéric Caudron

1 / 1.482

Semih Saygıner

3 / 1,500

Jérémy Bury

2 / 0.980

Semih Saygıner

3 / 1.313

Semih Saygıner

3 / 2.136

Marco Zanetti

1 / 1.809

Marco Zanetti

3 / 1.666

Filipos Kasidokostas

1 / 1.344

Marco Zanetti

3 / 2.045

Luis Aveiga

0 / 1,000

Luis Aveiga

3 / 1.176

Peter de Backer

2 / 1.320

Semih Saygıner

1 / 1.695

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 2.458

Murat Naci Çoklu

1 / 1.333

Yilmaz Ozcan

0 / 2.040

Yilmaz Ozcan

3 / 1.317

Kim Kyung-roul

2 / 1.425

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.750

Nikos Polychronopoulos

1 / 1.419

Yilmaz Ozcan

1 / 1.212

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.735

Kostas Papakonstantinou

1 / 1.695

Martin Horn

3 / 2.333

Martin Horn

2 / 1.476

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.534

Jean Reverchon

0 / 1.608

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1,800

Daniel Sánchez

2 / 1.666

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.513

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1,800

Tayfun Taşdemir

2 / 1.342

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.178

Christian Rudolph

2 / 1.666

Christian Rudolph

3 / 1.118

Ryūji Umeda

2 / 1.051

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1,900

Roland Forthomme

1 / 1.344

Apostolis Balogannis

1 / 0.666

Javier Palazon

3 / 0.950

Javier Palazon

0 / 0.724

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1,500

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.323

Ekrem Beyaz

0 / 0.875

Dick Jaspers

2 / 2.040

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2,400

Gerhard Kostistansky

0 / 1.214

Jean Paul de Bruijn

3 / 1.551

Jean Paul de Bruijn

3 / 1.406

Ilhan Ürküt

0 / 0.866

Eddy Merckx

2 / 1.131

Ilhan Ürküt

3 / 1.736

Jean Paul de Bruijn

0 / 0.933

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2.812

Tonny Carlsen

2 / 1.062

Brian Knudsen

3 / 1.312

Brian Knudsen

2 / 1.564

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.475

Adnan Yüksel

1 / 1,500

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.851

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: 7 270 145 1,862 2.812 13 5,000 80 2 Daniel Sánchez 8th 14: 6 289 162 1,783 2,458 12 5,000 54 Semi- finals 3 Dick Jaspers 6th 11: 8 232 118 1,966 2.178 15th 7,500 38 Semih Saygıner 6th 10: 7 198 126 1.571 2.136 12 5,000 38 quarter- final 5 Roland Forthomme 4th 7: 3 129 93 1.387 1,500 9 2,500 26th 6th Marco Zanetti 4th 7: 4 133 73 1,821 2.045 9 3,750 26th 7th Jean Paul de Bruijn 4th 6: 3 104 76 1.368 1.551 8th 2,500 26th 8th Yilmaz Ozcan 4th 7: 6 145 99 1.464 2.040 9 3,000 26th eighth final 9 Martin Horn 2 5: 4 118 66 1,787 2.333 9 3,000 16 10 Kim Kyung-roul 2 5: 4 113 72 1.569 1,750 6th 3,000 16 11 Brian Knudsen 2 5: 5 124 87 1.425 1,312 10 3,000 16 12 Christian Rudolph 2 5: 5 111 86 1.290 1.118 8th 2.142 16 13 Frédéric Caudron 2 4: 5 115 68 1.691 1,846 12 5,000 16 14th Javier Palazon 2 3: 4 79 90 0.877 0.980 7th 2.142 16 15th Ilhan Ürküt 2 3: 5 92 68 1.352 1.736 7th 3,750 16 16 Luis Aveiga 2 3: 5 80 71 1.126 1.176 6th 1.666 16 1/16 finals 17th Tayfun Taşdemir 0 2: 3 47 35 1,342 --- 7th 1.666 8th 18th Peter de Backer 0 2: 3 66 50 1,320 --- 8th 2.142 8th 19th Eddy Merckx 0 2: 3 43 38 1.131 --- 6th 2,500 8th 20th Tonny Carlsen 0 2: 3 51 48 1.062 --- 4th 1,500 8th 21st Ryūji Umeda 0 2: 3 61 58 1.051 --- 4th 1.666 8th 22nd Javier Teran 0 2: 3 38 38 1,000 --- 7th 2.142 8th 23 Jérémy Bury 0 2: 3 50 51 0.980 --- 5 1.153 8th 24 Kostas Papakonstantinou 0 1: 3 39 23 1.695 --- 9 3,000 8th 25th Adnan Yüksel 0 1: 3 39 26th 1,500 --- 7th 2.142 8th 26th Nikos Polychronopoulos 0 1: 3 44 31 1.419 --- 6th 1.153 8th 27 Filipos Kasidokostas 0 1: 3 39 29 1,344 --- 5 2,500 8th 28 Murat Naci Çoklu 0 1: 3 32 24 1.333 --- 8th 2,500 8th 29 Apostolis Balogannis 0 1: 3 40 60 0.666 --- 6th 0.789 8th 30th Jean Reverchon 0 0: 3 37 23 1.608 --- 5 --- 8th 31 Gerhard Kostistansky 0 0: 3 34 28 1,214 --- 4th --- 8th 32 Ekrem Beyaz 0 0: 3 28 32 0.875 --- 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. 193 . Vienna March 2007, p. 18-23 .