Three Cushion World Cup 2007/4

114th Three Cushion World Cup 2007/4
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World cup
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / FPB
Tournament details
Venue:	Centro de Congressos, Matosinhos , Portugal
Opening:	June 25, 2007
Endgame:	July 1, 2007
Attendees:	127
Defending champion:	Frédéric Caudron
Winner:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
2nd finalist:	Roland Forthomme
3rd place:	Frédéric Caudron Filipos Kasidokostas
Prize money:	€ 30,000
Records
Best GD:	2,153 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Best ED:	2,647 Torbjörn Blomdahl Kim Kyung-roul 00000
Maximum series (HS):	13 Torbjörn Blomdahl000
Venue on the map
Matosinhos
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The three- cushion world cup 2007/4 was the fourth UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 21st year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from June 25th to July 1st 2007 in this discipline of carom billiards in Matosinhos , near the Portuguese port city of Porto . It was the fifth three-cushion World Cup tournament in Porto.

history

The World Cup tournament in Porto had an absolutely deserved winner with Torbjörn Blomdahl . With a 3-0 set win against the Belgian Roland Forthomme , which was also the clearest final victory in a World Cup tournament, he secured his 36th World Cup victory. Blomdahl underlined his class in the semifinals. Against the Greek Filipos Kasidokostas , who played strong in this tournament , he was 0-2 sets behind. He won the next three sets with 45: 7 points in 15 shots. All of the tournament best performances, but the best individual average (BED) he had to share with the strong Korean Kim Kyung-roul , were on his credit side.

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

Wildcard players: 1 × UMB : Filipos Kasidokostas 1 × CEB : Adnan Yüksel 2 × ACBC : Takao Miyashita, Hwang Durk-hee 2 × CPB : Ramón Rodriguez, Merlin Romero 2 × organizing association: Rui Manuel Costa, Jorge Neto

Main qualification

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	SP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	BSD	HS
A.	3	Luis Aveiga	0	1: 4	46	51	0.901	---	1.666	7th
	1	Andreas Efler	4th	4: 1	66	49	1.346	1.636	1.666	7th
	2	Kang In-won	2	3: 3	76	47	1.617	1.461	3,750	9
B.	1	Ryūji Umeda	4th	4: 2	76	60	1.266	1.481	2,500	11
	2	George Sakkas	2	3: 3	71	63	1.126	1.290	2,500	5
	3	Martin Spoormans	0	2: 4	62	57	1.087	---	1.363	7th
C.	2	Adnan Yüksel	2	3: 2	69	54	1.277	1.153	1.363	6th
	3	Manuel Santos Oliveira	0	1: 4	56	67	0.835	---	1.071	7th
	1	Maximo Aguirre	4th	4: 2	83	71	1.169	1.428	2.142	7th
D.	2	Tayfun Taşdemir	2	3: 3	77	76	1.013	1.517	2,500	7th
	3	Antonio Figueiredo	0	1: 4	41	53	0.773	---	1.071	4th
	1	Paulo Andrade	4th	4: 1	68	74	0.918	1.153	1.363	5
E.	3	Gerhard Kostistansky	0	1: 4	42	48	0.875	---	1,500	6th
	1	Vagelis Moulos	4th	4-0	60	39	1.538	2,500	5,000	7th
	2	Miguel Santos	2	2: 3	53	63	0.841	0.918	1.363	4th
F.	1	Jérémy Bury	2	2: 2	42	36	1.166	1.363	1,875	6th
	2	Ricardo Garcia Alarcon	2	2: 2	45	47	0.957	2,000	2,500	7th
	3	Ben Beylemans	2	2: 2	48	54	0.888	0.909	1.071	7th
G	1	Murat Naci Çoklu	4th	4: 1	73	72	1.013	1.071	1.363	6th
	3	Mario G. Aranha	0	0: 4	48	62	0.774	---	---	5
	2	Francisco Rodrigues	2	3: 2	63	80	0.787	0.833	1.153	8th
H	2	John Tijssens	2	2: 2	42	46	0.913	1.304	1,500	7th
	3	Nick Tremoulis	2	2: 3	66	70	0.942	0.916	1,250	5
	1	Pereira Carvalho	2	3: 2	61	71	0.859	1,250	1,500	6th
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	Christian Rudolph	4th	4: 1	72	50	1,440	1.764	1,875	8th
	3	Ramon Hamm	0	1: 4	41	71	0.577	---	1,250	5
	2	Vasco Gomes	2	2: 2	46	55	0.836	0.769	0.833	5
K	1	Ruben Legazpi	4th	4-0	60	39	1.538	1.666	2,500	6th
	3	Apostolis Balogannis	0	0: 4	38	42	0.904	---	---	7th
	2	Rui Carapuço	2	2: 2	42	40	1.050	1.304	1,500	7th
L.	2	Javier Teran	2	3: 2	67	61	1.098	1.363	2.142	4th
	1	Javier Palazón	4th	4: 1	74	65	1.138	1.153	1.363	9
	3	Jean-Christophe Roux	0	0: 4	32	46	0.695	---	---	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 / 1.666

Jean Reverchon

0 / 0.880

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2.045

Martin Horn

0 / 1.650

Martin Horn

3 / 1.375

Ramón Rodriguez

1 / 0.871

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.875

Kim Kyung-roul

0 / 0.777

Maximo Aguirre

0 / 0.739

Peter de Backer

3 / 1.875

Peter de Backer

2 / 1.454

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.454

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 2.647

Andreas Efler

0 / 1.400

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2.360

Filipos Kasidokostas

2 / 1.541

Christian Rudolph

1 / 1,000

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 / 1.314

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 / 1.567

Semih Saygıner

1 / 0.888

Semih Saygıner

3 / 1.211

Jérémy Bury

2 / 1.058

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 / 2.269

Dick Jaspers

1 / 1.444

Marco Zanetti

3 / 2.142

Adnan Yüksel

0 / 1.105

Marco Zanetti

0 / 1.250

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1,800

Paulo Andrade

0 / 1.095

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.956

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2.647

Roland Forthomme

0 / 0.562

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.666

Takao Miyashita

0 / 0.884

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 2,500

Ruben Legazpi

0 / 0.687

Ruben Legazpi

3 / 1.459

Vagelis Moulos

1 / 1.305

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.730

Nikos Polychronopoulos

0 / 1.250

Nikos Polychronopoulos

3 / 1.647

Jorge Neto

1 / 0.878

Nikos Polychronopoulos

3 / 1.061

Javier Palazon

1 / 1,000

Rui Manuel Costa

0 / 0.882

Javier Palazon

3 / 1.285

Frédéric Caudron

1 / 1.551

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.866

Pereira Carvalho

0 / 0.793

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1,500

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.406

Merlin Romero

0 / 0.666

Merlin Romero

3 / 0.948

Murat Naci Çoklu

2 / 1.140

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.470

Daniel Sánchez

2 / 1.575

Jean Paul de Bruijn

0 / 1,000

Ryūji Umeda

3 / 2,500

Ryūji Umeda

2 / 1.814

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.964

Hwang Durk-hee

0 / 0.806

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.363

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: 2 239 111 2.153 2,647 13 3,750 80 2 Roland Forthomme 8th 12: 6 205 142 1.443 1,866 9 2,500 54 Semi- finals 3 Frédéric Caudron 6th 10: 3 180 100 1,800 2,500 9 3,000 38 Filipos Kasidokostas 6th 11: 7 225 141 1,595 2.269 11 3,750 38 quarter- final 5 Dick Jaspers 4th 7: 3 126 73 1.726 1.956 8th 3,750 26th 6th Daniel Sánchez 4th 8: 5 152 94 1.617 1.964 12 5,000 26th 7th Kim Kyung-roul 4th 6: 5 123 79 1.556 2,647 12 5,000 26th 8th Nikos Polychronopoulos 4th 6: 5 138 107 1.289 1.647 8th 3,750 26th eighth final 9 Ryūji Umeda 2 5: 3 94 47 2,000 2.250 11 5,000 16 10 Peter de Backer 2 5: 3 109 68 1.602 1,875 9 2,500 16 11 Javier Palazon 2 4: 3 93 83 1.120 1.285 9 1.666 16 12 Marco Zanetti 2 3: 3 75 45 1.666 2.142 10 2,500 16 13 Martin Horn 2 4: 4 88 60 1.466 1.375 8th 3,000 16 14th Ruben Legazpi 2 3: 4 65 53 1,226 1.459 6th 2,500 16 15th Semih Saygıner 2 4: 5 95 88 1.079 1,211 8th 2.142 16 16 Merlin Romero 2 3: 5 75 88 0.852 0.948 9 1.666 16 1/16 finals 17th Murat Naci Çoklu 0 2: 3 65 57 1,140 --- 6th 3,000 8th 18th Jérémy Bury 0 2: 3 54 51 1.058 --- 8th 3,750 8th 19th Christian Rudolph 0 2: 3 54 54 1,000 --- 8th 1,875 8th 20th Vagelis Moulos 0 1: 3 47 36 1.305 --- 7th 5,000 8th 21st Jorge Neto 0 1: 3 29 33 0.878 --- 5 1,250 8th 22nd Ramón Rodriguez 0 1: 3 34 39 0.871 --- 5 1,500 8th 23 Andreas Efler 0 0: 3 21st 15th 1,400 --- 8th --- 8th 24 Adnan Yüksel 0 0: 3 21st 19th 1.105 --- 6th --- 8th 25th Paulo Andrade 0 0: 3 23 21st 1.095 --- 5 --- 8th 26th Jean Paul de Bruijn 0 0: 3 19th 19th 1,000 --- 4th --- 8th 27 Takao Miyashita 0 0: 3 23 26th 0.884 --- 4th --- 8th 28 Rui Manuel Costa 0 0: 3 30th 34 0.882 --- 5 --- 8th 29 Jean Reverchon 0 0: 3 22nd 25th 0.880 --- 9 --- 8th 30th Hwang Durk-hee 0 0: 3 25th 31 0.806 --- 3 --- 8th 31 Pereira Carvalho 0 0: 3 23 29 0.793 --- 6th --- 8th 32 Maximo Aguirre 0 0: 3 17th 23 0.739 --- 7th --- 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. 26-32 .