119th Three Cushion World Cup 2008/2 
 
 
 
 
 
Tournament dates
 
 
Tournament type: 
 
World cup
 
 
Tournament format: 
 
Round robin  / knockout system 
 
 
Organizer: 
 
UMB  / FPB 
 
 
Tournament details
 
 
Venue: 
 
Centro de Congressos, Matosinhos  , Portugal Portugal  
 
Opening: 
 
June 30, 2008
 
 
Endgame: 
 
July 6, 2008
 
 
Attendees: 
 
140
 
 
Defending champion: 
 
Belgium Frédéric Caudron 
 
 
Winner: 
 
Netherlands Dick Jaspers 
 
 
2nd finalist: 
 
Spain Daniel Sánchez 
 
 
3rd place: 
 
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl  Kim Kyung-roul Korea South  
 
Prize money: 
 
€ 30,000
 
 
Records
 
 
Best GD: 
 
2,109   Frédéric Caudron Belgium  
 
Best ED: 
 
2,647   Daniel Sánchez Spain  
 
Maximum series (HS): 
 
14  Tayfun Taşdemir 000 Turkey  
 
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The three-  cushion world cup  2008/2 carom billiards  in Matosinhos  . It was the first three-cushion World Cup tournament in Matosinhos.
history After winning the European Championship four weeks ago, Dick Jaspers  secured his 15th World Cup victory in Portugal. The fight for the overall World Cup victory after his first round defeat in Sluiskil was open again for him. In the final there was a sure 3: 1 set win against Daniel Sánchez  . Third place went to Swede Torbjörn Blomdahl  and Korean Kim Kyung-roul  . After two tournaments, Frédéric Caudron  leads the overall standings with 106 points, ahead of Jaspers with 88 points.
Prize money and world ranking points 
Prize money ( €  ) 
World ranking  
 
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  
 
All in all 30,000 -
 
 
 
Tournament mode Four qualifying rounds were played in Matosinhos. From the last qualifying round, the 12 group winners qualified for the final round. 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:
MP = match points 
 
SV = rate ratio 
 
GD = general average 
 
HS = maximum series 
 
 
Set participants according to world ranking: 
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 
 
Belgium Frédéric Caudron 
 
Spain Daniel Sánchez 
 
Netherlands Dick Jaspers 
 
Belgium Roland Forthomme 
 
Japan Ryūji Umeda 
 
Germany Martin Horn 
 
Greece Nikos Polychronopoulos 
 
Korea South Kim Kyung-roul 
 
Peru Ramón Rodriguez 
 
Belgium Eddy Merckx 
 
Italy Marco Zanetti 
 
 
Wildcard player: 
1 × UMB  : George Sakkas 
1 × CEB  :  Jean Paul de Bruijn  
2 ×  ACBC  : Takao Miyashita,  Choi Sung-won  
2 ×  CPB  : Javier Teran, Miguel Almaraz 
2 × organizing association: Vasco Gomes, Manuel Santos Oliveira
Greece Netherlands Japan Korea South Ecuador Mexico Portugal Portugal  
Main qualification 
Final table qualification group stage
 
group 
space 
Surname 
MP 
SP 
Pts 
Recording 
GD 
BED 
BSD 
HS
 
 
A. 
 
2 
Greece Filipos Kasidokostas 
 
2 
3: 3 
75 
39 
1.923 
2.166 
5,000 
10
 
 
1 
Belgium Jozef Philipoom  
4th 4: 1 
68 
49 
1.387 
1.809 
1,875 
6th
 
 
3 
Venezuela Miguel Labrador 
 
0 
1: 4 
38 
44 
0.863 
- 
1,500 
4th
 
 
B. 
 
2 
Belgium Peter de Backer 
 
2 
2: 3 
47 
45 
1.044 
1.275 
3,000 
6th
 
 
1 
Venezuela Merlin Romero  
4th 4-0 
60 
40 
1,500 
1.764 
2.142 
6th
 
 
3 
Belgium Henk Blauwblomme 
 
0 
1: 4 
52 
50 
1.040 
- 
1.071 
7th
 
 
C. 
 
1 
Spain José-Maria Mas  
4th 4: 1 
62 
57 
1.087 
1.363 
1.666 
6th
 
 
2 
Austria Andreas Efler 
 
2 
2: 2 
38 
45 
0.844 
1,250 
1.666 
8th
 
 
3 
Greece Lavrentios Eleftheriadis 
 
0 
1: 4 
53 
57 
0.929 
- 
1.666 
7th
 
 
D. 
 
1 
Austria Gerhard Kostistansky  
4th 4: 1 
73 
54 
1.351 
1.428 
3,000 
8th
 
 
2 
Belgium Wesley de Jaeger 
 
2 
2: 2 
45 
51 
0.882 
0.967 
1,500 
5
 
 
3 
Netherlands Erik Vijverberg 
 
0 
1: 4 
55 
63 
0.873 
- 
0.882 
5
 
 
E. 
 
1 
Germany Christian Rudolph  
4th 4: 1 
63 
43 
1.465 
1.578 
2,500 
5
 
 
2 
Spain Ruben Legazpi 
 
2 
3: 2 
62 
41 
1.512 
1.666 
3,000 
5
 
 
3 
Belgium Kurt Ceulemans 
 
0 
0: 4 
22nd 
35 
0.628 
- 
- 
3
 
 
F. 
 
1 
Belgium Eddy Leppens  
4th 4: 1 
69 
32 
2.156 
3.333 
5,000 
13
 
 
3 
Turkey Lütfi Çenet 
 
0 
1: 4 
37 
38 
0.973 
- 
0.833 
4th
 
 
2 
Turkey Ekrem Beyaz 
 
2 
3: 3 
67 
53 
1.264 
1.322 
2,500 
6th
 
 
G 
 
2 
France Jérémy Bury 
 
2 
2: 2 
46 
31 
1.483 
1,500 
1,500 
8th
 
 
1 
Turkey Tayfun Taşdemir  
4th 4: 1 
74 
41 
1.804 
2,500 
5,000 
14th
 
 
3 
Japan Koiji Funaki 
 
0 
1: 4 
52 
48 
1.083 
- 
1.071 
6th
 
 
H 
 
1 
Spain Javier Palazón 
 
4th 4: 2 
79 
65 
1.215 
1,392 
1,875 
6th
 
 
2 
Greece Apostolos Balogiannis 
 
2 
3: 3 
83 
75 
1.106 
1.128 
1.363 
7th
 
 
3 
Spain Antonio Ortiz Torrent 
 
0 
2: 4 
66 
66 
1,000 
- 
1.363 
5
 
 
I. 
 
1 
Netherlands John Tijssens  
4th 4: 1 
73 
45 
1.622 
1.720 
2.142 
7th
 
 
2 
France Jean Reverchon 
 
2 
3: 3 
79 
66 
1,196 
1.048 
1,500 
6th
 
 
3 
Korea South Kang In-won 
 
0 
1: 4 
49 
60 
0.816 
- 
0.833 
5
 
 
J 
 
1 
Spain Ricardo Garcia Alarcon 
 
4th 4: 1 
73 
59 
1,237 
1.264 
1.666 
7th
 
 
2 
Turkey Ismail Yasin 
 
2 
3: 2 
55 
64 
0.859 
0.967 
1.363 
4th
 
 
3 
Turkey Mehmet Goren 
 
0 
0: 4 
48 
54 
0.888 
- 
- 
5
 
 
K 
 
1 
Portugal Rui Manuel Costa  
4th 4: 1 
66 
58 
1.137 
1.241 
1,875 
8th
 
 
3 
Portugal Joao Pedro Ferreira 
 
0 
0: 4 
39 
56 
0.696 
- 
- 
4th
 
 
2 
Egypt Reyad Nadi 
 
2 
3: 2 
63 
57 
1.105 
1.034 
1.363 
5
 
 
L. 
 
1 
Turkey Murat Naci Çoklu  
4th 4: 1 
74 
36 
2.055 
2.142 
2,500 
6th
 
 
3 
Korea South Kim Haeng-jik 
 
0 
1: 4 
47 
43 
1.093 
- 
2.142 
4th
 
 
2 
Turkey Semsettin Azimili 
 
2 
2: 2 
44 
36 
1.222 
1.304 
1,875 
5
 
 
 
Final round The tournament tree for the final round is listed below.
 
 
1/16 final  
 
Round of 16  
 
Quarter-finals  
 
Semi-finals  
 
Final  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 
 
3  / 1.527
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Portugal  
1 / 1.371
 
 
 
 
 
 Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 
 
3  / 1.781
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Korea South  
1 / 1.258
 
 
 
 
 
 Ecuador  
1 / 1,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Korea South Choi Sung-won 
 
3  / 1.180
 
 
 
 
 
 Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 
 
3  / 2.045
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Peru  
0 / 1.428
 
 
 
 
 
 Germany Martin Horn 
 
3  / 1.666
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands  
0 / 0.600
 
 
 
 
 
 Germany  
0 / 1.388
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Peru Ramón Rodriguez 
 
3  / 2.368
 
 
 
 
 
 Peru Ramón Rodriguez 
 
3  / 1.148
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Japan  
1 / 0.891
 
 
 
 
 
 Sweden  
1 / 1.608
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands Dick Jaspers 
 
3  / 2.458
 
 
 
 
 
 Greece Nikos Polychronopoulos 
 
3  / 1.391
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Turkey  
2 / 1.288
 
 
 
 
 
 Greece  
1 / 1.142
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Italy Marco Zanetti 
 
0 3  / 2,000
 
 
 
 
 
 Spain  
1 / 0.885
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Italy Marco Zanetti 
 
3  / 1.638
 
 
 
 
 
 Italy  
0 / 1.590
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands Dick Jaspers 
 
3  / 1.956
 
 
 
 
 
 Portugal  
0 / 0.511
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Austria Gerhard Kostistansky 
 
3  / 1.022
 
 
 
 
 
 Austria  
0 / 0.789
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands Dick Jaspers 
 
3  / 2.142
 
 
 
 
 
 Turkey  
1 / 1.257
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands Dick Jaspers 
 
3  / 1.361
 
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands Dick Jaspers 
 
3  / 2.391
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Spain  
1 / 1.590
 
 
 
 Spain Daniel Sánchez 
 
3  / 1.551
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Germany  
0 / 0.928
 
 
 
 
 
 Spain Daniel Sánchez 
 
3  / 2.647
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Greece  
0 / 0.733
 
 
 
 
 
 Greece George Sakkas 
 
3  / 0.978
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mexico  
0 / 0.636
 
 
 
 
 
 Spain Daniel Sánchez 
 
3  / 2.250
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Belgium  
0 / 1.777
 
 
 
 
 
 Belgium Eddy Merckx 
 
3  / 1.526
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Spain  
1 / 1.108
 
 
 
 
 
 Belgium  
1 / 1.629
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Belgium Roland Forthomme 
 
3  / 1.857
 
 
 
 
 
 Belgium  
1 / 0.757
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Belgium Roland Forthomme 
 
3  / 1.558
 
 
 
 
 
 Spain Daniel Sánchez 
 
3  / 1.358
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Korea South  
2 / 1.289
 
 
 
 
 
 Venezuela Merlin Romero 
 
3  / 1.220
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Japan  
2 / 1.428
 
 
 
 
 
 Venezuela  
1 / 1.428
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Korea South Kim Kyung-roul 
 
3  / 1.827
 
 
 
 
 
 Portugal  
0 / 0.777
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Korea South Kim Kyung-roul 
 
3  / 1.607
 
 
 
 
 
 Korea South Kim Kyung-roul 
 
3  / 1.965
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Belgium  
2 / 2.206
 
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands Jean Paul de Bruijn 
 
3  / 1.451
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Spain  
0 / 0.724
 
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands  
0 / 1,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Belgium Frédéric Caudron 
 
3  / 1.875
 
 
 
 
 
 Belgium  
0 / 1,500
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Belgium Frédéric Caudron 
 
3  / 2.250
 
 
 
 
 
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 
Netherlands  
10 
15: 3 
253 
127 
1.992 
2,458 
8th 
5,000 
80
 
 
2 
Spain  
8th 
13: 5 
223 
127 
1,755 
2,647 
8th 
5,000 
54
 
 
Semi-  
 
3 
Sweden  
6th 
10: 5 
194 
113 
1.716 
2.045 
10 
3,000 
38
 
 
Korea South  
6th 
11: 6 
204 
124 
1.645 
1.965 
10 
3,000 
38
 
 
quarter-  
 
5 
Belgium  
4th 
8: 3 
154 
73 
2.109 
2.250 
11 
3,750 
26th
 
 
6th 
Peru  
4th 
6: 4 
129 
87 
1.482 
2,368 
7th 
3,750 
26th
 
 
7th 
Italy  
4th 
6: 5 
152 
87 
1,747 
2,000 
11 
3,750 
26th
 
 
8th 
Belgium  
4th 
6: 5 
137 
80 
1.712 
1.857 
11 
3,750 
26th
 
 
eighth  
 
9 
Belgium  
2 
4: 4 
102 
65 
1.569 
1.526 
8th 
1,875 
16
 
 
10 
Germany  
2 
3: 3 
70 
45 
1.555 
1.606 
5 
2,500 
16
 
 
11 
Netherlands  
2 
3: 3 
67 
53 
1.264 
1.451 
7th 
2.142 
16
 
 
12 
Korea South  
2 
4: 4 
98 
81 
1.209 
1.180 
8th 
3,000 
16
 
 
13 
Austria  
2 
3: 3 
60 
63 
0.952 
1.022 
8th 
3,000 
16
 
 
14th 
Greece  
2 
3: 3 
56 
61 
0.918 
0.978 
8th 
1,250 
16
 
 
15th 
Greece  
2 
4: 5 
96 
74 
1.297 
1.391 
6th 
3,000 
16
 
 
16 
Venezuela  
2 
4: 5 
101 
78 
1.294 
1.220 
11 
2.142 
16
 
 
1/16  
 
17th 
Japan  
0 
2: 3 
70 
49 
1.428 
- 
10 
3,000 
8th
 
 
18th 
Turkey  
0 
2: 3 
58 
45 
1.288 
- 
8th 
2,500 
8th
 
 
19th 
Portugal  
0 
1: 3 
48 
35 
1.371 
- 
8th 
2.142 
8th
 
 
20th 
Turkey  
0 
1: 3 
44 
35 
1.257 
- 
14th 
5,000 
8th
 
 
21st 
Spain  
0 
1: 3 
41 
37 
1.108 
- 
7th 
1.666 
8th
 
 
22nd 
Ecuador  
0 
1: 3 
49 
49 
1,000 
- 
6th 
0.882 
8th
 
 
23 
Japan  
0 
1: 3 
41 
46 
0.891 
- 
4th 
0.882 
8th
 
 
24 
Spain  
0 
1: 3 
31 
35 
0.885 
- 
6th 
1,875 
8th
 
 
25th 
Belgium  
0 
1: 3 
25th 
33 
0.757 
- 
6th 
1,875 
8th
 
 
26th 
Belgium  
0 
0: 3 
27 
18th 
1,500 
- 
13 
- 
8th
 
 
27 
Germany  
0 
0: 3 
26th 
28 
0.928 
- 
5 
- 
8th
 
 
28 
Portugal  
0 
0: 3 
21st 
27 
0.777 
- 
4th 
- 
8th
 
 
29 
Spain  
0 
0: 3 
21st 
29 
0.724 
- 
6th 
- 
8th
 
 
30th 
Mexico  
0 
0: 3 
28 
44 
0.636 
- 
5 
- 
8th
 
 
31 
Netherlands  
0 
0: 3 
15th 
25th 
0.600 
- 
7th 
- 
8th
 
 
32 
Portugal  
0 
0: 3 
22nd 
43 
0.511 
- 
3 
- 
8th
 
 
 
 
 
 
annotation 
 
* 1  = world ranking points Individual evidence 
↑  General tournament information & results.  UMB, July 2008, archived from the  original  on  November 2, 2016  ;  accessed on November 1, 2016  . 
   
 
 
The three-cushion World Cup was organized by the founding association, the " 
Billiards Worldcup Association  " (BWA) until 1998 . Disputes between the BWA and the world association 
Union Mondiale de Billard  (UMB) led to parallel tournaments between 1994 and 1997. The UMB / BWA organized the tournament together until the beginning of 1999. Since the dissolution of the BWA in 1999, the UMB has been the sole organizer. 
From 1988-1991 the UMB did not  host any  world championships. During this time, the annual overall winner of the World Cup was crowned world champion.   
 
 
 
World Cup (BWA) 
 
1986:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4   • 1987:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4 
 
 
World Cup (BWA) as World Cup 
 
1988:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • 6   • 1989:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5   • 1990:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • 6   • 1991:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5 
 
 
World Cup (BWA) 
 
1992:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • 6   • 1993:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5   • 1994:   2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • 7   • 1995:   6  • 7  • 8  • 9   • 1996:   5  • 6  • 7  • 8   • 1997:   6  • 8   • 1998:   1 
 
 
World Cup (UMB / CEB) 
 
1994:   1  • 6   • 1995:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5   • 1996:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4   • 1997:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5 
 
 
World Cup (UMB / BWA) 
 
1997:   7   1998:   2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • 6  • 7  • 8  • 9  • 10   • 1999:   1  • 2  • 3 
 
 
since 1999 (UMB) 
 
1999:  • 4  • 5   • 2000:   1  • 2   • 2001:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5   • 2002:  no tournament • 2003:   1   • 2004:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4   • 2005:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4   • 2006:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5   • 2007:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • 6  • 7   • 2008:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • 6   • 2009:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5   • 2010:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4   • 2011:  1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5   • 2012:   1  • 2  • 3   • 2013:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5   • 2014:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5   • 2015:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • 6   • 2016:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • 6  • 7   • 2017:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • 6  • 7   • 2018:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • 6  • 7   • 2019:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • 6  • 7   • 2020:   1  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • 6  • 7 
 
 
 
 
 
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