Three Cushion World Cup 2011/1

133rd Three Cushion World Cup 2011/1
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World cup
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Novotel Hotel, Trabzon , Turkey
Opening:	February 14, 2011
Endgame:	February 20, 2011
Attendees:	170
Defending champion:	Filipos Kasidokostas
Winner:	Eddy Merckx
2nd finalist:	Kim Kyung-roul
3rd place:	Torbjörn Blomdahl Filipos Kasidokostas
Prize money:	€ 35,000
Records
Best GD:	1,940 Jean van Erp
Best ED:	3,000 Eddy Merckx
Maximum series (HS):	14 Torbjörn Blomdahl Daniel Sánchez000 00000
Venue on the map
Trabzon
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The three- cushion world cup 2011/1 was the first UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 25th year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from February 14 to 20, 2011 in the Turkish port city of Trabzon on the Black Sea . It was the first World Cup tournament in Trabzon.

history

Belgian ex-world champion Eddy Merckx secured his fourth World Cup victory by winning a 3-0 set win against the strong Korean Kim Kyung-roul . In the final he achieved the best performance of the tournament with a general average (GD) of 3,000. Merckx almost failed in the first round against the young Colombian champion Julian Morales. He was 2-0 down after two sets and, after a great fight, won the third set just 15:13 in nine shots. Sets three and four then went to the Belgian at 15: 9 and 15: 1.

Prize money and world ranking points

	Prize money ( € )	World ranking points
winner	5,500	80
finalist	3,500	54
Semi-finalists	2,200	38
5th - 8th	1,300	26th
9-16	850	16
17th - 32nd	600	8th
qualification	-	5
P-qual	-	4th
PP qual	-	3
PPP qual	-	2
All in all	35,000	-

Tournament mode

Four qualifying rounds were played in Trabzon. It was played on ten billiards. Hence the large field of participants. 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 qualifying rounds, two sets of 15 points each were played in round robin mode. All games were played with a push . The shot clock was set to 50 seconds per shot.

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

Seeded players and wild cards

The first 12 players in the world rankings and the wildcard players automatically took part as players in the tournament in the knockout round. The first four of the world rankings were placed in positions 1, 16, 8 and 9.

1. Dick Jaspers
2. Frédéric Caudron
3. Kim Kyung-roul
4. Eddy Merckx
5. Martin Horn
6. Daniel Sánchez
7. Torbjörn Blomdahl
8. Filipos Kasidokostas
9. Tayfun Taşdemir
10. Jérémy Bury
11. Choi Sung-won
12. Marco Zanetti

Wildcard player:

• 2 × Organizing Association: Murat Naci Çoklu , Lütfi Çenet
• 1 × CEB : Jozef Philipoom
• 2 × CPB : Julian Morales, Ramón Rodriguez
• 2 × ACBC : Ryūji Umeda , Heo Jung-han
• 1 × UMB : Javier Palazón

Qualifying round

For the sake of clarity, qualification rounds 1, 2 and 3 are not shown. These can be looked up under the links at the UMB.

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	SV	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	BSD	HS
A.	1	Eddy Leppens	2	3: 2	63	35	1,800	1.764	2.142	8th
	3	Kim Jae-guen	2	2: 3	53	49	1.081	1.121	1.666	7th
	2	Murat Tüzül	2	3: 3	75	52	1,442	1,842	2,500	7th
B.	1	Nikos Polychronopoulos	4th	4-0	60	28	2.142	3,000	5,000	8th
	2	Jean Paul de Bruijn	0	2: 2	43	33	1.303	1,250	1,500	10
	3	Therese Klompenhouwer	2	0: 4	25th	40	0.625	---	---	5
C.	2	Roland Forthomme	2	2: 2	47	40	1.175	1.764	3,000	9
	1	Jérôme Barbeillon	4th	4: 1	74	58	1.275	1.294	1,875	9
	3	Mehmet Aksoy	0	1: 4	48	50	0.980	---	0.937	6th
D.	2	Raimond Burgman	2	2: 2	51	32	1.593	1,875	1,875	6th
	1	Andreas Elfer	2	3: 2	63	52	1,211	1.764	1,875	7th
	3	Hakan Incekara	2	2: 3	50	51	0.980	1,000	1.153	5
E.	2	Kang Dong-koong	2	2: 2	50	35	1.428	1.428	1.666	7th
	1	Savas Bulut	2	2: 2	48	31	1,548	2,000	2.142	8th
	3	Emilio Sciacca	2	2: 2	46	37	1.243	1.764	2.142	6th
F.	1	Barry van Beers	4th	4: 2	76	45	1.688	2.263	3,000	8th
	2	José-Maria Mas	2	3: 2	55	50	1,100	0.937	1,875	6th
	3	Vagelis Moulos	0	1: 4	58	56	1.035	---	2,500	8th
G	1	Rubén Legazpi	4th	4: 2	83	51	1.627	2.277	2,500	9
	2	Peter Ceulemans	2	3: 2	62	35	1,771	1.764	3,000	8th
	3	Antonio Ortiz-Torrent	0	1: 4	55	48	1,145	---	1.153	6th
H	1	Kouji Funaki	2	3: 2	60	35	1.714	2,500	3,750	7th
	2	Lee Choong-bok	2	3: 3	75	45	1.666	1.695	2,500	8th
	3	Ahmet Alp	2	2: 3	49	33	1.484	1.727	1,875	4th
I.	1	Gerhard Kostistansky	4th	4-0	60	48	1,250	1.363	2.142	5
	2	Kim Haeng-jik	2	2: 2	52	34	1.529	2.307	2,500	8th
	3	Serdar Bas	0	0: 4	46	37	1.243	---	---	7th
J	1	Adnan Yüksel	4th	4: 2	80	46	1,739	1,894	1,875	9
	3	Glenn Hofman	0	1: 4	61	38	1.605	---	7,500	10
	2	Youichirou Mori	2	3: 2	67	48	1.395	1.428	1.666	6th
K	1	Cho Jae-ho	2	3: 2	68	60	1.133	1.034	1,500	7th
	2	Carlos Crespo	2	2: 2	54	51	1.058	1.304	1.666	8th
	3	Oguz Corekci	2	2: 3	63	53	1.188	1.387	1.363	6th
L.	2	Sameh Sidhom	2	2: 3	59	38	1.552	1.375	2.142	9
	1	Jean van Erp	4th	4-0	60	27	2.222	2,500	3,750	8th
	3	Jean Reverchon	0	1: 4	42	34	1.235	---	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)

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.812

Jérôme Barbeillon

0 / 1,000

Dick Jaspers

2 / 1.461

Lütfi Çenet

3 / 1.525

Lütfi Çenet

3 / 1,500

Cho Jae-ho

0 / 1.107

Lütfi Çenet

0 / 1.400

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2.142

Tayfun Taşdemir

3 / 2.040

Gerhard Kostistansky

1 / 1.333

Tayfun Taşdemir

1 / 1.357

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.896

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2.545

Heo Jung-han

1 / 1.333

Torbjörn Blomdahl

1 / 1,300

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1.731

Murat Naci Çoklu

3 / 1.551

Ramón Rodriguez

0 / 0.925

Murat Naci Çoklu

3 / 1.818

Andreas Efler

2 / 1.424

Martin Horn

0 / 0.944

Andreas Efler

3 / 1.184

Murat Naci Çoklu

0 / 0.862

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1.451

Jozef Philipoom

3 / 1.730

Savas Bulut

0 / 1.250

Jozef Philipoom

1 / 1.166

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1.378

Julian Morales

2 / 1.405

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1.486

Eddy Merckx

3 / 3,000

Kim Kyung-roul

0 / 1.571

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 2.344

Eddy Leppens

2 / 1.655

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.875

Jean van Erp

0 / 1.454

Javier Palazón

2 / 1.703

Jean van Erp

3 / 2.321

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 2,000

Daniel Sánchez

1 / 1.625

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.192

Adnan Yüksel

2 / 0.946

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.363

Jérémy Bury

0 / 1,000

Jérémy Bury

3 / 1.903

Kouji Funaki

1 / 1.266

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.348

Filipos Kasidokostas

1 / 1.047

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 / 2.250

Barry van Beers

1 / 1.565

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 / 2.071

Nikos Polychronopoulos

1 / 1.370

Marco Zanetti

2 / 1.848

Nikos Polychronopoulos

3 / 1.575

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 / 1.631

Frédéric Caudron

2 / 1.605

Choi Sung-won

3 / 1.956

Ryūji Umeda

0 / 1.045

Choi Sung-won

2 / 1.594

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.594

Rubén Legazpi

0 / 1.263

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 BSD HS WRP * 1 final 1 Eddy Merckx 10 15: 4 250 151 1.655 3,000 7,500 9 80 2 Kim Kyung-roul 8th 12: 7 243 135 1,800 2,344 3,750 12 54 Semi- finals 3 Torbjörn Blomdahl 6th 10: 5 195 102 1.911 2.545 5,000 14th 38 Filipos Kasidokostas 6th 10: 7 218 132 1.651 2.250 5,000 11 38 quarter- final 5 Frédéric Caudron 4th 8: 5 165 95 1.736 2.250 3,000 9 26th 6th Daniel Sánchez 4th 7: 5 152 114 1.333 1.363 3,750 14th 26th 7th Lütfi Çenet 4th 6: 5 134 90 1.488 1.525 3,000 8th 26th 8th Murat Naci Çoklu 4th 6: 5 130 91 1.428 1,818 3,000 9 26th eighth final 9 Dick Jaspers 2 5: 3 102 55 1,781 2.812 7,500 10 16 10 Choi Sung-won 2 5: 3 104 60 1.733 1.956 3,000 9 16 11 Andreas Efler 2 5: 3 92 71 1.295 1.184 1,875 6th 16 12 Jozef Philipoom 2 4: 3 87 62 1.403 1.730 3,750 9 16 13 Tayfun Taşdemir 2 4: 4 89 51 1.745 2.040 3,000 9 16 14th Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 4: 5 89 60 1.483 1.575 3,750 7th 16 15th Jérémy Bury 2 3: 4 90 62 1.451 1.903 7,500 9 16 16 Jean van Erp 2 3: 5 97 50 1,940 2,321 3,000 10 16 1/16 finals 17th Marco Zanetti 0 2: 3 61 33 1,848 --- 2,500 6th 8th 18th Javier Palazón 0 2: 3 46 27 1.703 --- 3,000 7th 8th 19th Eddy Leppens 0 2: 3 48 29 1.655 --- 3,000 6th 8th 20th Julian Morales 0 2: 3 52 37 1.405 --- 3,000 6th 8th 21st Adnan Yüksel 0 2: 3 53 56 0.946 --- 1.666 7th 8th 22nd Barry van Beers 0 1: 3 36 23 1.565 --- 1,500 11 8th 23 Heo Jung-han 0 1: 3 30th 21st 1.428 --- 1,500 6th 8th 24 Gerhard Kostistansky 0 1: 3 32 24 1.333 --- 1,875 6th 8th 25th Kouji Funaki 0 1: 3 38 30th 1.266 --- 1,500 6th 8th 26th Rubén Legazpi 0 0: 3 24 19th 1.263 --- --- 5 8th 27 Savas Bulut 0 0: 3 30th 24 1,250 --- --- 5 8th 28 Cho Jae-ho 0 0: 3 31 28 1.107 --- --- 6th 8th 29 Ryūji Umeda 0 0: 3 23 22nd 1.045 --- --- 7th 824 30th Jérôme Barbeillon 0 0: 3 14th 14th 1,000 --- --- 3 8th 31 Martin Horn 0 0: 3 34 36 0.944 --- --- 6th 8th 32 Ramón Roidriguez 0 0: 3 25th 27 0.925 --- --- 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 December 1, 2016 at umb-carom.com

See also

• Three Cushion World Cup 2011/2
• Three Cushion World Cup 2011/3
• Three Cushion World Cup 2011/4
• Three Cushion World Cup 2011/5