Three Cushion World Cup 2008/2

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
Opening:	June 30, 2008
Endgame:	July 6, 2008
Attendees:	140
Defending champion:	Frédéric Caudron
Winner:	Dick Jaspers
2nd finalist:	Daniel Sánchez
3rd place:	Torbjörn Blomdahl Kim Kyung-roul
Prize money:	€ 30,000
Records
Best GD:	2,109 Frédéric Caudron
Best ED:	2,647 Daniel Sánchez
Maximum series (HS):	14 Tayfun Taşdemir000
Venue on the map
Matosinhos
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The three- cushion world cup 2008/2 was the second UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 22nd year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from June 30th to July 6th, 2008 in this discipline of 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 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 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:

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. Ryūji Umeda
7. Martin Horn
8. Nikos Polychronopoulos
9. Kim Kyung-roul
10. Ramón Rodriguez
11. Eddy Merckx
12. 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

Main qualification

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	SP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	BSD	HS
A.	2	Filipos Kasidokostas	2	3: 3	75	39	1.923	2.166	5,000	10
	1	Jozef Philipoom	4th	4: 1	68	49	1.387	1.809	1,875	6th
	3	Miguel Labrador	0	1: 4	38	44	0.863	-	1,500	4th
B.	2	Peter de Backer	2	2: 3	47	45	1.044	1.275	3,000	6th
	1	Merlin Romero	4th	4-0	60	40	1,500	1.764	2.142	6th
	3	Henk Blauwblomme	0	1: 4	52	50	1.040	-	1.071	7th
C.	1	José-Maria Mas	4th	4: 1	62	57	1.087	1.363	1.666	6th
	2	Andreas Efler	2	2: 2	38	45	0.844	1,250	1.666	8th
	3	Lavrentios Eleftheriadis	0	1: 4	53	57	0.929	-	1.666	7th
D.	1	Gerhard Kostistansky	4th	4: 1	73	54	1.351	1.428	3,000	8th
	2	Wesley de Jaeger	2	2: 2	45	51	0.882	0.967	1,500	5
	3	Erik Vijverberg	0	1: 4	55	63	0.873	-	0.882	5
E.	1	Christian Rudolph	4th	4: 1	63	43	1.465	1.578	2,500	5
	2	Ruben Legazpi	2	3: 2	62	41	1.512	1.666	3,000	5
	3	Kurt Ceulemans	0	0: 4	22nd	35	0.628	-	-	3
F.	1	Eddy Leppens	4th	4: 1	69	32	2.156	3.333	5,000	13
	3	Lütfi Çenet	0	1: 4	37	38	0.973	-	0.833	4th
	2	Ekrem Beyaz	2	3: 3	67	53	1.264	1.322	2,500	6th
G	2	Jérémy Bury	2	2: 2	46	31	1.483	1,500	1,500	8th
	1	Tayfun Taşdemir	4th	4: 1	74	41	1.804	2,500	5,000	14th
	3	Koiji Funaki	0	1: 4	52	48	1.083	-	1.071	6th
H	1	Javier Palazón	4th	4: 2	79	65	1.215	1,392	1,875	6th
	2	Apostolos Balogiannis	2	3: 3	83	75	1.106	1.128	1.363	7th
	3	Antonio Ortiz Torrent	0	2: 4	66	66	1,000	-	1.363	5
I.	1	John Tijssens	4th	4: 1	73	45	1.622	1.720	2.142	7th
	2	Jean Reverchon	2	3: 3	79	66	1,196	1.048	1,500	6th
	3	Kang In-won	0	1: 4	49	60	0.816	-	0.833	5
J	1	Ricardo Garcia Alarcon	4th	4: 1	73	59	1,237	1.264	1.666	7th
	2	Ismail Yasin	2	3: 2	55	64	0.859	0.967	1.363	4th
	3	Mehmet Goren	0	0: 4	48	54	0.888	-	-	5
K	1	Rui Manuel Costa	4th	4: 1	66	58	1.137	1.241	1,875	8th
	3	Joao Pedro Ferreira	0	0: 4	39	56	0.696	-	-	4th
	2	Reyad Nadi	2	3: 2	63	57	1.105	1.034	1.363	5
L.	1	Murat Naci Çoklu	4th	4: 1	74	36	2.055	2.142	2,500	6th
	3	Kim Haeng-jik	0	1: 4	47	43	1.093	-	2.142	4th
	2	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 (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 / 1.527

Rui Manuel Costa

1 / 1.371

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.781

Choi Sung-won

1 / 1.258

Javier Teran

1 / 1,000

Choi Sung-won

3 / 1.180

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2.045

Ramón Rodriguez

0 / 1.428

Martin Horn

3 / 1.666

John Tijssens

0 / 0.600

Martin Horn

0 / 1.388

Ramón Rodriguez

3 / 2.368

Ramón Rodriguez

3 / 1.148

Takao Miyashita

1 / 0.891

Torbjörn Blomdahl

1 / 1.608

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.458

Nikos Polychronopoulos

3 / 1.391

Murat Naci Çoklu

2 / 1.288

Nikos Polychronopoulos

1 / 1.142

Marco Zanetti

0 3 / 2,000

Javier Palazon

1 / 0.885

Marco Zanetti

3 / 1.638

Marco Zanetti

0 / 1.590

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.956

Vasco Gomes

0 / 0.511

Gerhard Kostistansky

3 / 1.022

Gerhard Kostistansky

0 / 0.789

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.142

Tayfun Taşdemir

1 / 1.257

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.361

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.391

Daniel Sánchez

1 / 1.590

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.551

Christian Rudolph

0 / 0.928

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 2.647

George Sakkas

0 / 0.733

George Sakkas

3 / 0.978

Miguel Almaraz

0 / 0.636

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 2.250

Roland Forthomme

0 / 1.777

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1.526

Ricardo Garcia Alarcon

1 / 1.108

Eddy Merckx

1 / 1.629

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.857

Jozef Philipoom

1 / 0.757

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.558

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.358

Kim Kyung-roul

2 / 1.289

Merlin Romero

3 / 1.220

Ryūji Umeda

2 / 1.428

Merlin Romero

1 / 1.428

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.827

Manuel Santos Oliveira

0 / 0.777

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.607

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.965

Frédéric Caudron

2 / 2.206

Jean Paul de Bruijn

3 / 1.451

José-Maria Mas

0 / 0.724

Jean Paul de Bruijn

0 / 1,000

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.875

Eddy Leppens

0 / 1,500

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 Dick Jaspers 10 15: 3 253 127 1.992 2,458 8th 5,000 80 2 Daniel Sánchez 8th 13: 5 223 127 1,755 2,647 8th 5,000 54 Semi- finals 3 Torbjörn Blomdahl 6th 10: 5 194 113 1.716 2.045 10 3,000 38 Kim Kyung-roul 6th 11: 6 204 124 1.645 1.965 10 3,000 38 quarter- final 5 Frédéric Caudron 4th 8: 3 154 73 2.109 2.250 11 3,750 26th 6th Ramón Rodriguez 4th 6: 4 129 87 1.482 2,368 7th 3,750 26th 7th Marco Zanetti 4th 6: 5 152 87 1,747 2,000 11 3,750 26th 8th Roland Forthomme 4th 6: 5 137 80 1.712 1.857 11 3,750 26th eighth final 9 Eddy Merckx 2 4: 4 102 65 1.569 1.526 8th 1,875 16 10 Martin Horn 2 3: 3 70 45 1.555 1.606 5 2,500 16 11 Jean Paul de Bruijn 2 3: 3 67 53 1.264 1.451 7th 2.142 16 12 Choi Sung-won 2 4: 4 98 81 1.209 1.180 8th 3,000 16 13 Gerhard Kostistansky 2 3: 3 60 63 0.952 1.022 8th 3,000 16 14th George Sakkas 2 3: 3 56 61 0.918 0.978 8th 1,250 16 15th Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 4: 5 96 74 1.297 1.391 6th 3,000 16 16 Merlin Romero 2 4: 5 101 78 1.294 1.220 11 2.142 16 1/16 finals 17th Ryūji Umeda 0 2: 3 70 49 1.428 - 10 3,000 8th 18th Murat Naci Çoklu 0 2: 3 58 45 1.288 - 8th 2,500 8th 19th Rui Manuel Costa 0 1: 3 48 35 1.371 - 8th 2.142 8th 20th Tayfun Taşdemir 0 1: 3 44 35 1.257 - 14th 5,000 8th 21st Ricardo Garcia Alarcon 0 1: 3 41 37 1.108 - 7th 1.666 8th 22nd Javier Teran 0 1: 3 49 49 1,000 - 6th 0.882 8th 23 Takao Miyashita 0 1: 3 41 46 0.891 - 4th 0.882 8th 24 Javier Palazon 0 1: 3 31 35 0.885 - 6th 1,875 8th 25th Jozef Philipoom 0 1: 3 25th 33 0.757 - 6th 1,875 8th 26th Eddy Leppens 0 0: 3 27 18th 1,500 - 13 - 8th 27 Christian Rudolph 0 0: 3 26th 28 0.928 - 5 - 8th 28 Manuel Santos Oliveira 0 0: 3 21st 27 0.777 - 4th - 8th 29 José-Maria Mas 0 0: 3 21st 29 0.724 - 6th - 8th 30th Miguel Almaraz 0 0: 3 28 44 0.636 - 5 - 8th 31 John Tijssens 0 0: 3 15th 25th 0.600 - 7th - 8th 32 Vasco Gomes 0 0: 3 22nd 43 0.511 - 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. ↑ General tournament information & results. UMB, July 2008, archived from the original on November 2, 2016 ; accessed on November 1, 2016 .