Three Cushion World Cup 2007/3

113th Three Cushion World Cup 2007/3
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World cup
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Marbella Hotel & Bungalows, Corfu , Greece
Opening:	June 11, 2007
Endgame:	June 17, 2007
Attendees:	124
Defending champion:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
Winner:	Frédéric Caudron
2nd finalist:	Semih Saygıner
3rd place:	Torbjörn Blomdahl Daniel Sánchez
Prize money:	€ 30,000
Records
Best GD:	1,767 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	2,368 Roland Forthomme
Maximum series (HS):	15 Torbjörn Blomdahl000
Venue on the map
Corfu
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The three- cushion world cup 2007/3 was the third UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 21st year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from June 11th to 17th, 2007 in this discipline of carom billiards on the Greek holiday island of Corfu . It was the second three-cushion World Cup tournament in Corfu.

history

A World Cup tournament in Corfu with few surprises ended with the victory of Frédéric Caudron . The first six places occupied the first six of the current world rankings. With third place, Torbjörn Blomdahl consolidated his lead in the overall 2007 World Cup.

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 Corfu. From the last qualifying round, the 12 group winners and the best European group runner-up Gerhard Kostistansky qualified as a 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. Torbjörn Blomdahl
2. Daniel Sánchez
3. Dick Jaspers
4. Frédéric Caudron
5. Semih Saygıner
6. Roland Forthomme
7. Nikos Polychronopoulos
8. Peter de Backer
9. Marco Zanetti
10. Jean Paul de Bruijn
11. Martin Horn
12. Kim Kyung-roul

Wildcard player:

1 × UMB : Eddy Leppens 1 × CEB : Gerhard Kostistansky 2 × ACBC : Takao Miyashita, Hwang Durk-hee 2 × CPB : Luis Aveiga, Javier Teran 2 × organizing association: Filipos Kasidokostas , Kostas Papakonstantinou

Main qualification

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	SP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	BSD	HS
A.	1	Adnan Yüksel	4th	4-0	60	40	1,500	1.578	2.142	7th
	3	Lavrentios Eleftheriadis	0	0: 4	39	48	0.812	---	---	6th
	2	Andreas Efler	2	2: 2	47	52	0.903	0.937	0.937	5
B.	1	Tayfun Taşdemir	4th	4-0	60	26th	2.307	2,500	3,000	14th
	3	Nick Evagelou	0	1: 4	44	53	0.830	---	0.833	5
	2	Ekrem Beyaz	2	2: 3	52	55	0.945	1,000	1.363	3
C.	1	Jérémy Bury	4th	4-0	60	50	1,200	1.363	2.142	7th
	2	George Sakkas	2	2: 2	38	48	0.791	1.111	1.363	9
	3	Michael Papaoikonomou	0	0: 4	37	53	0.698	---	---	4th
D.	1	Murat Naci Çoklu	4th	4-0	60	62	0.967	1.428	1,500	5
	3	Giorgio Mancini	0	0: 4	37	61	0.606	---	---	3
	2	Kostentinos Bartsokas	2	2: 2	51	82	0.621	0.714	0.882	4th
E.	2	Gerhard Kostistansky	2	3: 2	65	55	1.181	1.111	3,000	7th
	1	Konstantinos Kokkoris	4th	4: 1	66	55	1,200	1.285	1.666	9
	3	Claus Foge	0	0: 4	37	52	0.711	---	---	8th
F.	1	Ryūji Umeda	4th	4: 1	74	55	1,345	2,000	2.142	8th
	3	Vagelis Moulos	0	0: 4	33	39	0.830	---	---	4th
	2	Dionyssi Tsokadas	2	3: 2	54	65	0.830	1.153	1,250	4th
G	3	Christian Rudolph	0	2: 4	60	49	1.224	---	1,875	6th
	1	Ilhan Ürküt	4th	4: 2	85	65	1.307	1.708	3,000	10
	2	Ahmet Alp	2	3: 3	62	66	0.939	1.384	1,875	8th
H	3	Rubén Legazpi	0	1: 4	52	52	1,000	---	1,000	3
	2	Ricardo Garcia Alarcon	2	2: 2	44	42	1.047	1.578	2.142	6th
	1	Wesley de Jaeger	4th	4: 1	74	58	1.275	1.294	1.666	11
I.	3	Giannis Anagnostopoulos	2	2: 3	56	78	0.717	0.769	1,500	5
	2	Nick Tremoulis	2	3: 3	70	82	0.853	1,096	2,500	5
	1	Erik Vijverberg	2	3: 2	62	57	1.087	1.111	1.363	7th
J	1	Javier Palazón	4th	4-0	60	66	0.909	1.304	1,500	4th
	2	Jean Reverchon	2	2: 2	53	42	1.261	1,500	1,500	6th
	3	Charis Kamoudis	0	0: 4	32	61	0.524	---	---	4th
K	1	Apostolis Balogannis	4th	4: 2	77	75	1.026	1.027	1,875	9
	3	Emilio Sciacca	0	2: 4	63	78	0.807	---	1.153	6th
	2	Nikos Chatzipavlis	2	3: 3	72	80	0.900	0.880	1.153	6th
L.	1	Jean van Erp	4th	4: 1	74	76	0.973	1.111	2.142	8th
	2	Soner Tas	2	2: 3	58	66	0.878	0.900	2.142	9
	3	Martin Tunkr	0	2: 4	59	89	0.662	---	1.153	4th

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

3 / 1.297

Adnan Yüksel

2 / 1.191

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1,800

Ilhan Ürküt

0 / 1.043

Jean Paul de Bruijn

2 / 1,000

Ilhan Ürküt

3 / 1.210

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.875

Wesley de Jaeger

0 / 0.500

Erik Vijverberg

0 / 1.160

Nikos Polychronopoulos

3 / 1.730

Nikos Polychronopoulos

2 / 1.169

Wesley de Jaeger

3 / 1.132

Hwang Durk-hee

0 / 0.500

Wesley de Jaeger

3 / 1.956

Torbjörn Blomdahl

1 / 1,800

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 2.142

Javier Palazon

1 / 1.277

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.459

Kim Kyung-roul

1 / 1.653

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.851

Roland Forthomme

3 / 2.368

Javier Teran

0 / 0.764

Roland Forthomme

1 / 1.131

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.487

Tayfun Taşdemir

3 / 1.324

Gerhard Kostistansky

1 / 1.166

Tayfun Taşdemir

1 / 1.642

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.793

Takao Miyashita

0 / 0.920

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.666

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.888

Semih Saygıner

1 / 1.423

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.208

Apostolis Balogannis

1 / 1,000

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.451

Marco Zanetti

0 / 1.366

Jean van Erp

2 / 1.757

Marco Zanetti

3 / 2.090

Dick Jaspers

2 / 1.741

Semih Saygıner

3 / 1.968

Murat Naci Çoklu

2 / 1,400

Martin Horn

3 / 1,200

Martin Horn

2 / 1.441

Semih Saygıner

3 / 2,000

Semih Saygıner

3 / 2.045

Jérémy Bury

0 / 1.700

Semih Saygıner

3 / 1.342

Daniel Sánchez

1 / 1.027

Kostas Papakonstantinou

3 / 1.214

Filipos Kasidokostas

2 / 1.162

Kostas Papakonstantinou

1 / 1,000

Peter de Backer

3 / 1.473

Peter de Backer

3 / 1.793

Ryūji Umeda

1 / 1.250

Peter de Backer

0 / 1,000

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1,800

Eddy Leppens

1 / 1.424

Konstantinos Kokkoris

3 / 1,500

Konstantinos Kokkoris

2 / 0.979

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.340

Luis Aveiga

1 / 1.272

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.647

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 Frédéric Caudron 10 15: 4 251 143 1,755 2.142 11 3,750 80 2 Semih Saygıner 8th 13: 8 264 152 1.736 2.045 13 2,500 54 Semi- finals 3 Torbjörn Blomdahl 6th 10: 5 187 116 1.612 1,875 15th 7,500 38 Daniel Sánchez 6th 10: 6 206 146 1.410 1.647 9 3,750 38 quarter- final 5 Dick Jaspers 4th 8: 4 152 86 1.767 2.208 10 7,500 26th 6th Roland Forthomme 4th 7: 4 138 84 1.642 2,368 11 3,750 26th 7th Peter de Backer 4th 6: 5 131 90 1.455 1.793 7th 3,000 26th 8th Wesley de Jaeger 4th 6: 5 116 98 1.183 1.956 11 3,000 26th eighth final 9 Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 5: 3 107 79 1.354 1.730 8th 3,000 16 10 Konstantinos Kokkoris 2 5: 4 99 83 1.192 1,500 8th 1,875 16 11 Kim Kyung-roul 2 4: 4 97 63 1,539 1.459 6th 2,500 16 12 Tayfun Taşdemir 2 4: 4 95 65 1.461 1,324 14th 5,000 16 13 Martin Horn 2 5: 5 109 84 1.297 1,200 8th 3,750 16 14th Kostas Papakonstantinou 2 4: 5 102 81 1.259 1.477 9 3,000 16 15th Marco Zanetti 2 3: 5 110 63 1,746 2.090 11 3,000 16 16 Ilhan Ürküt 2 3: 5 93 80 1.162 1,210 10 3,000 16 1/16 finals 17th Jean van Erp 0 2: 3 58 33 1.757 --- 8th 5,000 8th 18th Murat Naci Çoklu 0 2: 3 70 50 1,400 --- 5 2,500 8th 19th Adnan Yüksel 0 2: 3 56 47 1.191 --- 7th 2.142 8th 20th Filipos Kasidokostas 0 2: 3 50 43 1.162 --- 5 1.666 8th 21st Jean Paul de Bruijn 0 2: 3 57 57 1,000 --- 9 2.142 8th 22nd Eddy Leppens 0 1: 3 47 33 1.424 --- 5 2,500 8th 23 Javier Palazon 0 1: 3 46 36 1.277 --- 7th 1,875 8th 24 Luis Aveiga 0 1: 3 42 33 1.272 --- 8th 1.363 8th 25th Ryūji Umeda 0 1: 3 35 28 1,250 --- 8th 2,500 8th 26th Gerhard Kostistansky 0 1: 3 42 36 1.166 --- 7th 3,000 8th 27 Apostolis Balogannis 0 1: 3 23 23 1,000 --- 9 1,875 8th 28 Jérémy Bury 0 0: 3 34 20th 1,700 --- 5 --- 8th 29 Erik Vijverberg 0 0: 3 29 25th 1.160 --- 7th --- 8th 30th Takao Miyashita 0 0: 3 23 25th 0.920 --- 5 --- 8th 31 Javier Teran 0 0: 3 13 17th 0.764 --- 3 --- 8th 32 Hwang Durk-hee 0 0: 3 11 22nd 0.500 --- 2 --- 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. 196 . Vienna July 2007, p. 18-23 .