Three Cushion World Cup 2008/1

118th Three Cushion World Cup 2008/1
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World cup
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / KNBB
Tournament details
Venue:	Congrescentrum 't Meulengat, Sluiskil , Netherlands
Opening:	January 21, 2008
Endgame:	January 27, 2008
Attendees:	147
Defending champion:	Daniel Sánchez
Winner:	Frédéric Caudron
2nd finalist:	Nikos Polychronopoulos
3rd place:	Torbjörn Blomdahl Kim Kyung-roul
Prize money:	€ 30,000
Records
Best GD:	1,963 Frédéric Caudron
Best ED:	3,105 Frédéric Caudron
Maximum series (HS):	15 Barry van Beers 000
Venue on the map
Sluiskil
← 2007/7	2008/2 →

The three- cushion world cup 2008/1 was the first UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 22nd year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from 21st to 27th January 2008 in this discipline of carom billiards in Sluiskil . It was the fourth three-cushion World Cup tournament in Sluiskil.

history

The new World Cup season started traditionally in Sluiskil, South Holland. The tournament was a debacle for the seven Dutch who reached the knockout round. Only one made it into the round of 16. And only against a compatriot. In the second round, however, Jean Paul de Bruijn was also out . Against the world champion Ryūji Umeda from Japan there was a 1: 3 set defeat. The world number one Torbjörn Blomdahl also had to contest a difficult opening match . After a 0-2 set deficit against the Spaniard Ruben Legazpi, he was able to turn the match 3-2 sets in his favor. The final contested the Belgian all-rounder Frédéric Caudron and the Greek Nikos Polychronopoulos , who was in a World Cup final for the first time. But here he had no chance in his 3-0 defeat.

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 Sluiskil. From the last qualifying round, the 12 group winners and the best runner-up in the group 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:

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. Ryūji Umeda
6. Roland Forthomme
7. Kim Kyung-roul
8. Martin Horn
9. Nikos Polychronopoulos
10. Semih Saygıner
11. Peter de Backer
12. Jean Paul de Bruijn

Wildcard player:

1 × UMB : Gerhard Kostistansky 1 × CEB : Rui Manuel Costa 2 × ACBC : Takao Miyashita, Choi Sung-won 2 × CPB : Miguel Almaraz, Luis Aveiga 2 × organizing association: Jean van Erp, CLemie van Wanrooij

Main qualification

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	SP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	BSD	HS
A.	3	Adrie Demming	2	2: 3	69	67	1.029	1.166	1.666	6th
	1	Giorgio Mancini	2	3: 2	66	57	1.157	1.428	2.142	6th
	2	Henk Blauwblomme	2	2: 2	48	52	0.923	0.937	1,500	8th
B.	1	Eddy Merckx	2	3: 2	68	50	1,360	1.578	2,500	6th
	3	Ronny Brants	2	2: 3	45	43	1.046	1.093	1.153	5
	2	Andreas Kronlachner	2	2: 2	42	30th	1,400	2,500	3,750	7th
C.	2	Filipos Kasidokostas	2	3: 3	74	69	1.072	1.619	3,000	6th
	1	Peter Ceulemans	2	3: 3	70	48	1.458	1.444	1,875	6th
	3	Wim van den Berg	2	3: 3	77	76	1.013	0.836	2.142	5
D.	1	Ramón Rodriguez	4th	4: 2	88	53	1.660	1.760	3,000	10
	2	Ronald Daniëls	2	3: 2	63	42	1,500	1.666	1,875	7th
	3	Bart Ceulemans	0	1: 4	39	44	0.886	---	0.882	6th
E.	1	Jérémy Bury	4th	4: 1	70	54	1.296	1,500	2,500	6th
	2	Sameh Sidhom	2	3: 2	69	66	1.045	0.909	1.071	6th
	3	Raymundo Vargas	0	0: 4	37	51	0.725	---	---	6th
F.	3	Christian Rudolph	2	2: 2	48	35	1.371	1.304	1.363	6th
	1	Raimond Burgman	2	2: 2	49	32	1.531	2.307	2,500	9
	2	Francis Forton	2	2: 2	58	42	1,380	1,500	1.666	5
G	1	Eddy Leppens	4th	4-0	60	31	1.935	2.727	3,000	10
	3	Jean Reverchon	0	1: 4	42	53	0.792	---	1,000	5
	2	Richard de Bruijn	2	2: 3	44	44	1,000	1.147	3,000	6th
H	2	Ricardo Garcia Alarcon	2	2: 3	64	59	1.084	1.242	1.666	5
	3	Apostolos Balogiannis	0	2: 4	65	66	0.984	---	1.153	5
	1	Vagelis Moulos	4th	4: 1	71	61	1.163	1.205	1.666	6th
I.	1	Javier Palazón	4th	4: 2	77	51	1.509	1,950	3,000	7th
	2	Martin Bohać	2	3: 3	59	61	0.967	0.952	2,500	8th
	3	Alan Keith	0	2: 4	68	72	0.944	---	0.937	7th
J	1	John Tijssens	4th	4-0	60	35	1.714	2,000	2,500	6th
	2	Wesley de Jaeger	2	2: 3	61	69	0.884	0.763	1.153	6th
	3	Konstentinos Bartsokas	0	1: 4	57	74	0.770	---	0.652	5
K	3	Benny Staalbo	0	0: 4	26th	34	0.764	---	---	3
	1	Jozef Philipoom	4th	4: 1	67	54	1,240	1.304	1,875	9
	2	George Sakkas	2	3: 2	61	44	1.386	2.307	2,500	7th
L.	3	Andreas Efler	2	3: 3	71	51	1,392	1.407	2.142	8th
	2	Ruben Legazpi	2	3: 3	65	39	1.666	1.625	1,875	9
	1	Barry van Beers	2	3: 3	75	42	1,785	2,312	15,000	15th

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 / 1.450

Javier Palazon

2 / 1.512

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2.950

Miguel Almaraz

1 / 2.368

Takao Miyashita

0 / 0.914

Miguel Almaraz

3 / 1.250

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.763

Ryūji Umeda

2 / 1.756

Ryūji Umeda

3 / 2.250

Jérémy Bury

0 / 1.055

Ryūji Umeda

3 / 1.410

Jean Paul de Bruijn

1 / 1.210

John Tijssens

1 / 1.192

Jean Paul de Bruijn

3 / 1.814

Torbjörn Blomdahl

2 / 1.757

Nikos Polychronopoulos

3 / 1.970

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.282

Ramón Rodriguez

2 / 1.222

Roland Forthomme

1 / 1.155

Peter de Backer

3 / 1.152

Peter de Backer

3 / 1,800

Luis Aveiga

0 / 0.739

Peter de Backer

2 / 1.125

Nikos Polychronopoulos

3 / 1.575

Vagelis Moulos

0 / 0.645

Nikos Polychronopoulos

3 / 1.406

Nikos Polychronopoulos

3 / 2.240

Daniel Sánchez

2 / 2.240

Peter Ceulemans

1 / 1.290

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.593

Nikos Polychronopoulos

0 / 0.850

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 2.142

Dick Jaspers

2 / 1.675

Jozef Philipoom

3 / 1.729

Jozef Philipoom

2 / 1.527

Eddy Leppens

3 / 1.378

Jean van Erp

0 / 1.041

Eddy Leppens

3 / 1,800

Eddy Leppens

2 / 1.862

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 2.172

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.346

Giorgio Mancini

2 / 0.875

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.486

Choi Sung-won

1 / 1.388

Choi Sung-won

3 / 1.352

Barry van Beers

1 / 1.023

Kim Kyung-roul

2 / 1.647

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.914

Rui Manuel Costa

1 / 0.853

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1.404

Eddy Merckx

1 / 1.846

Martin Horn

3 / 1.851

Ronald Daniëls

2 / 1.106

Martin Horn

3 / 1.404

Martin Horn

1 / 1.388

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 3.105

Clemie van Wanrooij

1 / 0.883

Gerhard Kostistansky

3 / 1.272

Gerhard Kostistansky

0 / 0.740

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.607

Raimond Burgman

1 / 1.281

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.545

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: 4 267 136 1.963 3.105 12 5,000 80 2 Nikos Polychronopoulos 8th 12: 9 248 151 1.642 2.240 10 3,000 54 Semi- finals 3 Torbjörn Blomdahl 6th 11: 8 242 131 1,847 2,950 9 5,000 38 Kim Kyung-roul 6th 11: 8 240 149 1.610 2.172 15th 5,000 38 quarter- final 5 Ryūji Umeda 4th 8: 3 165 86 1.718 2.250 7th 3,000 26th 6th Peter de Backer 4th 8: 4 143 111 1.288 1,800 12 3,000 26th 7th Eddy Leppens 4th 8: 5 150 91 1.648 1,800 9 3,750 26th 8th Martin Horn 4th 7: 6 141 92 1.532 1,851 10 3,000 26th eighth final 9 Daniel Sánchez 2 5: 4 107 57 1,877 1.593 10 3,750 16 10 Miguel Almaraz 2 4: 3 90 55 1.636 1,250 10 3,000 16 11 Jozef Philipoom 2 5: 5 119 73 1.630 1.729 11 3,750 16 12 Eddy Merckx 2 4: 4 107 68 1.573 1.404 8th 3,000 16 13 Jean Paul de Bruijn 2 4: 4 95 65 1.461 1,814 9 3,000 16 14th Choi Sung-won 2 4: 4 107 79 1.354 1.325 6th 2.142 16 15th Roland Forthomme 2 4: 5 111 91 1.219 1.282 9 1.666 16 16 Gerhard Kostistansky 2 3: 4 76 71 1.070 1.272 7th 1,500 16 1/16 finals 17th Dick Jaspers 0 2: 3 62 37 1.675 --- 8th 2.142 8th 18th Javier Palazon 0 2: 3 59 39 1.512 --- 7th 3,000 8th 19th Ramón Rodriguez 0 2: 3 56 45 1.222 --- 10 3,000 8th 20th Ronald Daniëls 0 2: 3 52 47 1.106 --- 7th 1,875 8th 21st Giorgio Mancini 0 2: 3 42 48 0.875 --- 6th 2.142 8th 22nd Peter Ceulemans 0 1: 3 40 31 1.290 --- 6th 1,875 8th 23 Raimond Burgman 0 1: 3 41 32 1.281 --- 11 2,500 8th 24 John Tijssens 0 1: 3 31 26th 1.192 --- 6th 2,500 8th 25th Barry van Beers 0 1: 3 43 42 1.023 --- 15th 15,000 8th 26th Clemie van Wanrooij 0 1: 3 38 43 0.883 --- 6th 1,500 8th 27 Rui Manuel Costa 0 1: 3 35 41 0.853 --- 5 1.153 8th 28 Jérémy Bury 0 0: 3 19th 18th 1.055 --- 7th --- 8th 29 Jean van Erp 0 0: 3 25th 24 1.041 --- 4th --- 8th 30th Takao Miyashita 0 0: 3 32 35 0.914 --- 4th --- 8th 31 Luis Aveiga 0 0: 3 17th 23 0.739 --- 4th --- 8th 32 Vagelis Moulos 0 0: 3 20th 31 0.645 --- 6th --- 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. ↑ Tournament information and results. UMB, archived from the original on November 1, 2016 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 (English).