Three Cushion World Cup 2007/7

117th three-cushion world cup 2007/7
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World cup
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / ACBC
Tournament details
Venue:	The Ajou University High School, Suwon , South Korea
Opening:	December 10, 2007
Endgame:	December 15, 2007
Attendees:	103
Defending champion:	Frédéric Caudron
Winner:	Daniel Sánchez
2nd finalist:	Tran Chi Thanh
3rd place:	Frédéric Caudron Ramón Rodriguez
Prize money:	€ 30,000
Records
Best GD:	2,074 Frédéric Caudron
Best ED:	3,266 Frédéric Caudron
Maximum series (HS):	13 Martin Horn000
Venue on the map
Suwon
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The three- cushion world cup 2007/7 was the seventh UMB / ACBC world cup tournament in the 21st year of the three- cushion world cup. The tournament took place from 10 to 15 December 2007 in this discipline of carom billiards in Suwon . It was the first three-cushion World Cup tournament in Suwon.

history

Since 1999 there has been another three-cushion World Cup tournament in South Korea. In a tournament marked by surprises, Daniel Sánchez won 3-0 sets against the Vietnamese Tran Chi Thanh, who is unknown in Europe. Sánchez's victory was in serious danger in the round of 16. He was only able to prevail against the Japanese surprise world champion Ryūji Umeda in the fifth set. He won this in the tightest of all results with 15:14 in six shots. The Vietnamese Tran needed three sets of five to win until the final. Third place went to the Peruvian Ramón Rodriguez, who was third at the World Championships in Cuenca / Ecuador, together with Frédéric Caudron . The overall World Cup winner of the year and world number one Torbjörn Blomdahl had to find out how strong the Koreans are on the way up . There was a 1: 3 defeat against Lee Choong-bok.

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

Three qualifying rounds were played in Suwon. From the last qualifying round, the 8 group winners qualified for the final round. Since Luis Aveiga did not use his wildcard, the best runner-up Dang Dinh Tien came into the main field. There were also wildcard players from the host and the associations from America, Asia and Europe as well as 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. Frédéric Caudron
3. Daniel Sánchez
4. Dick Jaspers
5. Roland Forthomme
6. Kim Kyung-roul
7. Martin Horn
8. Nikos Polychronopoulos
9. Eddy Merckx
10. Marco Zanetti
11. Ryūji Umeda
12. Filipos Kasidokostas

Wildcard player:

1 × UMB : Duong Anh Vu 2 × CEB : Gerhard Kostistansky , Ricardo Garcia Alarcon 1 × ACBC : Takao Miyashita 2 × CPB : Ramón Rodriguez, Luis Aveiga 2 × organizing association: Hwang Durk-hee, Choi Jae-dong

Main qualification

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	SP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	BSD	HS
A.	1	Christian Rudolph	4th	4-0	60	45	1.333	1.428	2.142	6th
	3	Nguyen An Toan	0	0: 4	38	45	0.844	---	---	4th
	2	Kim Hyung-kon	2	2: 2	56	49	1.142	1.153	1.153	6th
B.	3	Jérémy Bury	2	2: 3	54	55	0.981	1,212	2.142	6th
	2	Ma Xuan Cuong	2	2: 2	47	42	1.119	1.304	1.666	4th
	1	In the Tae-su	2	3: 2	59	52	1.134	1,500	1.666	7th
C.	2	Eddy Leppens	2	2: 2	57	55	1.036	1,000	1.071	5
	3	Toshihiko Morikuni	0	0: 4	38	57	0.666	---	---	5
	1	Ko Kung-nam	4th	4-0	60	55	1.090	1.153	1,500	5
D.	1	John Tijssens	4th	4: 1	72	49	1.469	1,500	1.666	6th
	3	O. Takeshima	0	1: 4	53	54	0.981	---	1.666	5
	2	Kim Hyun-suk	2	2: 2	52	45	1.155	1.153	1,250	6th
E.	2	Apostolos Balogiannis	2	3: 2	68	66	1.030	1.071	2.142	4th
	3	John Papadakis	0	0: 4	25th	47	0.531	---	---	5
	1	Choi Sung-won	4th	4: 1	67	59	1,135	1.428	1,500	6th
F.	2	Vagelis Moulos	2	2: 3	57	63	0.904	1.088	1.363	6th
	1	Hideaki Kobayashi	4th	4-0	60	49	1.224	1.578	1,875	6th
	3	Hiroshi Sasaki	0	1: 4	45	51	0.882	---	1.666	6th
G	2	Dang Dinh Tien	2	3: 2	63	48	1,312	2,000	2.142	9
	1	Kouji Funaki	4th	4: 1	64	55	1.163	1.363	2,500	11
	3	Park Chun-woo	0	0: 4	41	35	1.171	---	---	5
H	1	Ly The Vinh	4th	4: 1	67	49	1.367	1,370	2,500	5
	2	Lee Young-gull	2	2: 3	60	67	0.895	0.869	1.363	9
	3	Choi Ho-il	0	2: 4	76	71	1.070	---	1,500	6th
I.	3	Nabuyasu Sakai	0	2: 4	62	63	0.984	---	1,500	6th
	2	Michael Kang	2	3: 3	76	61	1.245	1,392	3,000	8th
	1	Tran Chi Thanh	4th	4: 2	79	70	1.120	1.222	2,500	11
J	3	Huub Wilkowski	0	2: 4	61	61	1,000	---	2.142	8th
	2	Lütfi Çenet	2	2: 3	51	45	1.133	1.333	3,750	6th
	1	Lee Chung-buk	4th	4: 1	67	49	1.367	1,875	2.142	6th
K	3	Martin Tunkr	0	1: 4	40	67	0.597	---	0.750	5
	2	Ismail Yasin	2	2: 3	53	58	0.913	1.025	1,500	5
	1	Kang Dong-koong	4th	4-0	60	50	1,200	1,500	1,875	7th
L.	2	Mitsuru Obara	2	2: 2	42	41	1.024	1.578	2,500	5
	3	Paolo Niceforo	0	0: 4	22nd	40	0.550	---	---	3
	1	Jin Ee-sub	4th	4-0	60	46	1.304	1.304	1.666	5

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 / 1.451

Kang Dong-koong

0 / 0.931

Torbjörn Blomdahl

1 / 1.272

Lee Chong-book

3 / 1.470

Eddy Merckx

2 / 0.976

Lee Chong-book

3 / 1.523

Lee Chong-book

2 / 1.340

Tran Chi Thanh

3 / 1.266

John Tijssens

1 / 1.275

Nikos Polychronopoulos

3 / 1.733

Nikos Polychronopoulos

1 / 1.060

Tran Chi Thanh

3 / 1.529

Tran Chi Thanh

3 / 1.270

Duong Anh Vu

2 / 1.191

Tran Chi Thanh

3 / 1.212

Ramón Rodriguez

2 / 1.326

Dang Dinh Tien

0 / 1.041

Ramón Rodriguez

3 / 1,800

Ramón Rodriguez

3 / 1.707

Kim Kyung-roul

2 / 1.350

In the Tae-su

2 / 1.035

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.232

Ramón Rodriguez

3 / 1.925

Dick Jaspers

1 / 1,500

Takao Miyashita

0 / 0.600

Gerhard Kostistansky

3 / 1.451

Gerhard Kostistansky

0 / 1.227

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.875

Hideaki Kobayashi

1 / 1.068

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1,800

Tran Chi Thanh

0 / 1,500

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 2.250

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 2.647

Ricardo Garcia Alarcon

0 / 1.250

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.676

Ryūji Umeda

2 / 1.787

Ryūji Umeda

3 / 1.636

Jin Ee-sub

1 / 1.093

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.758

Roland Forthomme

1 / 1.392

Ly The Vinh

2 / 1.127

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.319

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.838

Hwang Durk-hee

1 / 1.400

Hwang Durk-hee

3 / 1.358

Ko Kung-nam

1 / 1.026

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 2.038

Frédéric Caudron

2 / 2.360

Choi Sung-won

0 / 1.208

Martin Horn

3 / 1,800

Martin Horn

3 / 1.956

Filipos Kasidokostas

0 / 0.952

Kouji Funaki

1 / 0.880

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 / 1.137

Martin Horn

1 / 1.419

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.750

Marco Zanetti

3 / 1.575

Christian Rudolph

2 / 1.307

Marco Zanetti

1 / 1.382

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.657

Choi Jae-dong

1 / 2.357

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 3.266

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 Daniel Sánchez 10 15: 5 251 126 1.992 2,647 9 5,000 80 2 Tran Chi Thanh 8th 12:10 254 192 1.322 1.529 11 3,750 54 Semi- finals 3 Frédéric Caudron 6th 11: 6 222 107 2.074 3.266 9 7,500 38 Ramón Rodriguez 6th 11: 6 228 139 1.640 1.925 10 7,500 38 quarter- final 5 Martin Horn 4th 7: 3 134 79 1.691 1.956 13 7,500 26th 6th Dick Jaspers 4th 7: 4 138 80 1.725 1,875 10 3,000 26th 7th Lee Chong-book 4th 8: 6 173 120 1.441 1.523 10 5,000 26th 8th Roland Forthomme 4th 7: 6 158 106 1,490 1,838 9 3,000 26th eighth final 9 Ryūji Umeda 2 5: 3 113 66 1.712 1.636 11 5,000 16 10 Torbjörn Blomdahl 2 4: 3 87 64 1.359 1.451 7th 2.142 16 11 Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 4: 4 87 63 1,380 1.733 8th 3,000 16 12 Hwang Durk-hee 2 4: 4 95 69 1.376 1.358 8th 2.142 16 13 Gerhard Kostistansky 2 3: 3 72 53 1.358 1.451 7th 1,875 16 14th Kim Kyung-roul 2 5: 5 123 96 1.281 1.232 6th 1,875 16 15th Marco Zanetti 2 4: 5 110 74 1.486 1.575 7th 3,000 16 16 Filipos Kasidokostas 2 3: 4 78 72 1.083 1.137 6th 1.363 16 1/16 finals 17th Christian Rudolph 0 2: 3 51 39 1.307 --- 8th 2,500 8th 18th Duong Anh Vu 0 2: 3 56 47 1.191 --- 8th 3,000 8th 19th Ly The Vinh 0 2: 3 53 47 1.127 --- 8th 2,500 8th 20th In the Tae-su 0 2: 3 58 56 1.035 --- 5 1,875 8th 21st Eddy Merckx 0 2: 3 41 42 0.976 --- 7th 1.363 8th 22nd Choi Jae-dong 0 1: 3 33 14th 2.357 --- 10 5,000 8th 23 John Tijssens 0 1: 3 37 29 1.275 --- 6th 1,875 8th 24 Jin Ee-sub 0 1: 3 35 32 1.093 --- 6th 1.666 8th 25th Hideaki Kobayashi 0 1: 3 31 29 1.068 --- 8th 2,500 8th 26th Ko Kung-nam 0 1: 3 39 38 1.026 --- 5 1,500 8th 27 Kouji Funaki 0 1: 3 44 50 0.880 --- 11 2,500 8th 28 Ricardo Garcia Alarcon 0 0: 3 20th 16 1,250 --- 4th --- 8th 29 Choi Sung-won 0 0: 3 29 24 1.208 --- 6th --- 8th 30th Dang Dinh Tien 0 0: 3 25th 24 1.041 --- 9 --- 8th 31 Kang Dong-koong 0 0: 3 27 29 0.931 --- 8th --- 8th 32 Takao Miyashita 0 0: 3 18th 30th 0.600 --- 3 --- 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. 200 . Vienna December 2007, p. 14-19 .