Three Cushion World Cup 2008/4

121st Three Cushion World Cup 2008/4
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World cup
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / ACBC
Tournament details
Venue:	Suwon Youth Culture Center, Suwon , South Korea
Opening:	September 29, 2008
Endgame:	October 4, 2008
Attendees:	126
Defending champion:	Dick Jaspers
Winner:	Dick Jaspers
2nd finalist:	Kim Kyung-roul
3rd place:	Torbjörn Blomdahl Frédéric Caudron
Prize money:	€ 30,000
Records
Best GD:	1,782 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	2,500 Dick Jaspers
Maximum series (HS):	14 Dong Dinh Tien (Q) 000
Venue on the map
Suwon
← 2008/3	2008/5 →

The three- cushion world cup 2008/4 was the fourth UMB / ACBC world cup tournament in the 22nd year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from September 29th to October 4th, 2008 in this discipline of carom billiards in Suwon . It was the second three-cushion World Cup tournament in Suwon.

history

For the first time in the history of the three-cushion World Cup, a Korean, Kim Kyung-roul , reached the final. After losing the first two sets to Dick Jaspers , he fought his way back into the match with two set wins. However, he could not use the advantage of being allowed to start the fifth sentence. Jaspers won 15: 6 in six shots and celebrated his third World Cup victory in a row. So far only the Swede Torbjörn Blomdahl has succeeded . In the knockout phase, eight Koreans were represented for the first time.

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 Suwon. 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. Dick Jaspers
4. Daniel Sánchez
5. Roland Forthomme
6. Kim Kyung-roul
7. Ryūji Umeda
8. Martin Horn
9. Nikos Polychronopoulos
10. Ramón Rodriguez
11. Marco Zanetti
12. Filipos Kasidokostas

Wildcard players: 1 × UMB : Takao Miyashita 2 × CEB : Christian Rudolph , Thomas Andersen 1 × ACBC : Dương Anh Vũ 2 × CPB : Miguel Torres, Luis Aveiga 2 × organizing association: Hwang Durk-hee, Kim Seong-gwan

Main qualification

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	SP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	BSD	HS
A.	1	Jérémy Bury	4th	4-0	60	37	1.621	1.764	3,000	8th
	2	Lavrentios Eleftheriadis	2	2: 2	47	58	0.810	0.769	1,000	6th
	3	Takamasa Hagiwara	0	0: 4	35	54	0.648	---	---	4th
B.	1	Eddy Leppens	4th	4-0	60	41	1.463	1,875	2,500	9
	3	Hideaki Kobayashi	0	0: 4	38	48	0.791	---	---	7th
	2	Jung Yun-chul	2	2: 2	50	58	0.862	0.882	0.937	4th
C.	1	Choi Sung-won	4th	4: 1	73	59	1,237	1.482	7,500	10
	2	Ly The Vinh	2	3: 2	52	43	1.209	2.142	2,500	8th
	3	Lim Tae-soo	0	0: 4	47	42	1.119	---	---	6th
D.	1	Tran Chi Thanh	4th	4-0	60	43	1.395	1.578	2.142	10
	2	Dang Dinh Tien	2	2: 3	60	62	0.967	1.051	3,750	14th
	3	Park Seung-hee	0	1: 4	53	56	0.946	---	0.833	5
E.	2	Kouji Funaki	2	2: 2	48	44	1.090	1.153	1,500	5
	3	O. Takeshima	2	2: 3	66	65	1.015	1,100	1.363	5
	1	Lim Youn-soo	2	3: 2	71	58	1.224	1.578	3,000	8th
F.	1	Tatsuo Arai	4th	4: 1	63	58	1.086	1.111	1.363	8th
	2	Mitsuru Obara	2	3: 2	59	50	1.180	1.578	3,750	5
	3	Kim Haeng-jik	0	0: 4	32	44	0.727	---	---	5
G	1	Tayfun Taşdemir	4th	4: 1	72	32	2.250	2.625	7,500	9
	2	Nobuyasu Sakai	2	2: 3	54	54	1,000	1.102	1.666	9
	3	Yoo Jin-hee	0	2: 4	57	53	1.075	---	1,875	6th
H	2	Apostolos Balogiannis	2	2: 2	40	36	1.111	1.363	1.363	7th
	3	Hiroshi Sasaki	0	0: 4	42	51	0.823	---	---	4th
	1	Kim Hyun-suk	4th	4-0	60	46	1.304	2,000	2,500	11
I.	2	Tsuyoshi Suzuki	2	3: 2	59	63	0.936	1,000	1.153	4th
	3	Nguyen Hong Huy	0	0: 4	39	46	0.847	---	---	5
	1	Huh Jung-han	4th	4: 1	72	52	1.384	1.666	1,875	7th
J	1	Rubén Legazpi	4th	4-0	60	40	1,500	1.764	2,500	10
	3	Yuko Nishimoto	0	0: 4	25th	53	0.471	---	---	3
	2	Jin Ee-sub	2	2: 2	53	48	1.104	0.937	1,500	5
K	1	Murat Naci Çoklu	4th	4-0	60	30th	2,000	3.333	3,750	9
	3	Cho Jae-ho	0	1: 4	53	45	1.177	---	1,500	6th
	2	Lim Jeong-wan	2	2: 3	42	34	1.235	1.346	1,875	5
L.	2	Yuan Yung Kuo	2	3: 3	67	70	0.957	1.333	2.142	6th
	3	Satoru Yoneyama	2	2: 3	45	56	0.803	0.878	0.937	4th
	1	Kim Jae-guen	2	3: 2	55	46	1.195	1,875	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 / 1.275

Kim Jae-guen

1 / 1.307

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.709

Jérémy Bury

1 / 1.299

Jérémy Bury

3 / 1.885

Filipos Kasidokostas

2 / 1.764

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.838

Christian Rudolph

1 / 1.666

Eddy Leppens

1 / 0.890

Marco Zanetti

3 / 1.148

Marco Zanetti

1 / 1.515

Christian Rudolph

3 / 1.617

Christian Rudolph

3 / 1.280

Martin Horn

2 / 1.326

Torbjörn Blomdahl

1 / 1.517

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.766

Murat Naci Çoklu

1 / 0.880

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.139

Roland Forthomme

3 / 1.347

Thomas Andersen

2 / 1.288

Takao Miyashita

0 / 0.820

Thomas Andersen

3 / 1.125

Roland Forthomme

1 / 1.218

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.666

Ruben Legazpi

1 / 0.733

Duong Anh Vu

3 / 1.260

Duong Anh Vu

0 / 1.235

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2,500

Kim Seong-gwan

1 / 1.108

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.421

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.918

Kim Kyung-roul

2 / 1.297

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.560

Huh Jung-han

2 / 1.225

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.372

Kim Hyun-suk

2 / 1,500

Kim Hyun-suk

3 / 1.172

Miguel Torres

2 / 0.929

Daniel Sánchez

1 / 1.518

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.785

Luis Aveiga

0 / 0.805

Hwang Durk-hee

3 / 1.216

Hwang Durk-hee

1 / 0.975

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.261

Lim Youn-Soo

2 / 1.896

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.896

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.416

Frédéric Caudron

2 / 1.805

Choi Sung-won

3 / 1.386

Ryūji Umeda

2 / 1.511

Choi Sung-won

3 / 1.875

Tayfun Taşdemir

0 / 0.909

Tayfun Taşdemir

3 / 1.861

Ramón Rodriguez

2 / 1.485

Choi Sung-won

1 / 1,000

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.234

Nikos Polychronopoulos

3 / 1.694

Tran Chi Thanh

2 / 1.228

Nikos Polychronopoulos

1 / 1.290

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.531

Tatsuo Arai

2 / 1.024

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.404

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: 5 278 156 1,782 2,500 10 7,500 80 2 Kim Kyung-roul 8th 14: 9 257 172 1.494 1,896 11 5,000 54 Semi- finals 3 Torbjörn Blomdahl 6th 10: 5 205 131 1.564 1,838 9 2,500 38 Frédéric Caudron 6th 11: 7 231 157 1.471 1.531 9 3,750 38 quarter- final 5 Choi Sung-won 4th 7: 5 152 114 1.333 1,875 10 7,500 26th 6th Christian Rudolph 4th 7: 6 169 114 1.482 1.617 9 2,500 26th 7th Roland Forthomme 4th 7: 6 150 121 1,239 1.347 7th 3,000 26th 8th Daniel Sánchez 4th 7: 7 164 111 1.477 1,560 10 3,750 26th eighth final 9 Thomas Andersen 2 5: 3 103 85 1,211 1.125 7th 1,500 16 10 Hwang Durk-hee 2 4: 3 85 78 1,089 1.216 9 2.142 16 11 Kim Hyun-suk 2 5: 5 131 100 1,310 1.172 11 2,500 16 12 Marco Zanetti 2 4: 4 104 80 1,300 1.148 8th 2,500 16 13 Jérémy Bury 2 4: 5 104 65 1,600 1,885 8th 3,000 16 14th Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 4: 5 101 67 1.507 1.694 10 3,750 16 15th Duong Anh Vu 2 3: 4 79 63 1.253 1,260 6th 1,875 16 16 Tayfun Taşdemir 2 3: 5 87 58 1,500 1,861 9 7,500 16 1/16 finals 17th Lim Youn-soo 0 2: 3 55 29 1,896 --- 9 3,750 8th 18th Filipos Kasidokostas 0 2: 3 60 34 1.764 --- 7th 2,500 8th 19th Ryūji Umeda 0 2: 3 65 43 1.511 --- 7th 2.142 8th 20th Ramón Rodriguez 0 2: 3 52 35 1.485 --- 7th 1.666 8th 21st Martin Horn 0 2: 3 65 49 1.326 --- 7th 2,500 8th 22nd Tran Chi Thanh 0 2: 3 43 35 1.228 --- 10 2,500 8th 23 Huh Jung-han 0 2: 3 49 40 1.225 --- 7th 1,875 8th 24 Tatsuo Arai 0 2: 3 42 41 1.024 --- 8th 3,000 8th 25th Miguel Torres 0 2: 3 53 57 0.929 --- 5 1.666 8th 26th Kim Jae-guen 0 1: 3 51 39 1.307 --- 8th 1.666 8th 27 Kim Seong-gwan 0 1: 3 41 37 1.108 --- 8th 1,500 8th 28 Eddy Leppens 0 1: 3 41 46 0.891 --- 9 2,500 8th 29 Murat Naci Çoklu 0 1: 3 37 42 0.880 --- 9 3,750 8th 30th Ruben Legazpi 0 1: 3 33 45 0.733 --- 10 2,500 8th 31 Takao Miyashiat 0 0: 3 22nd 39 0.820 --- 4th --- 8th 32 Luis Aveiga 0 0: 3 29 36 0.805 --- 5 --- 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 Info , accessed on November 4, 2016 at umb-carom.com