Three Cushion World Cup 2012/1

138th Three Cushion World Cup 2012/1
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round robin , knockout
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Rixos Tekirova - Hotel Hall, Antalya , Turkey
Opening:	February 13, 2012
Endgame:	19th February 2012
Attendees:	194
Defending champion:	Adnan Yüksel
Winner:	Choi Sung-won
2nd finalist:	Tayfun Taşdemir
3rd place:	Frédéric Caudron Daniel Sánchez prize money = € 35,000
Records
Best GD:	2.195 Frédéric Caudron
Best ED:	3,333 Kouji Funaki Savas Bulut 00000
Maximum series (HS):	15 Daniel Sánchez000
Venue on the map
Antalya
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The three- cushion world cup 2012/1 was the first UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 26th year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from February 13th to 19th, 2012 in Antalya on the Turkish Riviera. It was the sixth World Cup tournament in Antalya.

history

With the first tournament in this series, the hunt for last year's Swedish overall winner Torbjörn Blomdahl began . With 194 (!) Participants it was the largest field of participants so far. The mode: four qualifying rounds and a final round with 32 players.

16 German players, led by Martin Horn and Christian Rudolph , took part. Only Horn made it into the final round as a seeded player thanks to his world ranking position. There he was defeated by the leading Turkish player and finalist Tayfun Taşdemir with 1: 3. He was able to shoot defending champion Blomdahl 3-2 out of the tournament in the quarter-finals.

Six of the seven German first round players (PPP qualification), namely Karl-Heinz Gertzen, Klaus Felgträger, Bernd Leue, Hakan Celik, Bajram Ibraimov and Josef Hostert, dropped out early. Only Christian Zöllner from “1. BC Magdeburg “made it to the next round (PP-Quali), in which Orhan Erogul (Group E), Thomas Kerl (Group G), Cengiz Karaca (Group T) and Michael Schlieper (Group U) entered the tournament.

On the third day all German players were eliminated, which is why the qualifying round took place without German participation. The departure of Christian Rudolph was surprising. In his first group game he lost 2-0 to Koray Karman from Turkey. The subsequent 2-1 win against Ekrim Beyaz could no longer prevent his early departure. The same fate befell Ronny Lindemann from BCC Witten. In the first group game, the young international overran Savas Gungor from Turkey with 2-0 in 7 and 6 shots and a world-class GD of 2.307. In his second game, against Sweden's David Pennör, the score at 15: 3 looked like a clear march through from his point of view. Then the thread broke and all the balls became an insoluble problem. He eventually lost the game 2-1. The highlight of the round was the Dutchman Berry van Beers in his game against the Egyptian Mummar Rahmet with a smooth GD of 3,000 in 4 and 6 shots. With two 2-0 wins and a total score of 2,142, he moved into the next round as the best player.

The most outstanding player from the Turkish and audience perspective was Tayfun Taşdemir. The "Turkish Lion" (quote: Frits Bakker) sent the last remaining German player and winner of 2009/2 , Martin Horn, 3-1 home in his first round match in the first game of the main round . Then three other world champions shared this fate: Eddy Merckx in the round of 16 , Torbjörn Blomdahl in the quarter-finals and Frédéric Caudron in the semifinals. In the final he then faced the Korean and AGIPI Masters 2011 winner Choi Sung won . After an equal game he lost his concentration in the 5th set and Tasdemir lost in the end with 2: 3 against the Asian.

Frédéric Caudron achieved the best tournament GD with 2,195. The best series (HS) of 15 was played by Spaniard Daniel Sánchez in his quarter-final against French Jérémy Bury . In the fifth and decisive set, Sánchez swept Bury off the table in just 1 (!) Shot and finished the match 3: 2.

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 Antalya. Participants' interest in this tournament was so strong that the first three qualifying rounds were played on twelve tables. 72 players took part in each of these rounds. 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 stood at 50 seconds.

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 seeded in positions 1, 16, 8 and 9.

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

Wildcard players: 2 × organizing association of the host country: Lütfi Çenet , Adnan Yüksel 1 × CEB : Jozef Philipoom 2 × CPB : Robinson Morales, Julian Morales 2 × ACBC : Lee Choong-bok , Ryūji Umeda 1 × UMB : Sameh Sidhom

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	Tayfun Taşdemir	4th	4: 1	74	35	2.114	2.142	5,000	10
	3	Umit Demirkan	0	1: 4	43	37	1.162	---	1.363	5
	2	Michael Nilsson	2	2: 2	48	31	1,548	1.666	1,875	5
B.	3	Eddy Leppens	0	0: 4	43	40	1.075	---	---	5
	2	Gokhan Salman	2	3: 2	63	56	1.125	1,200	1.666	6th
	1	José-Maria Mas	4th	4: 1	71	49	1,448	1.764	1,875	5
C.	1	Javier Palazón	4th	4: 1	74	48	1.541	1.629	2,500	8th
	2	Jean Reverchon	2	3: 3	79	52	1.519	1.680	2.142	7th
	3	Jean van Erp	0	1: 4	59	44	1,340	---	1,250	6th
D.	1	Murat Naci Çoklu	2	3: 2	67	36	1,861	1,875	3,750	10
	2	Erkan Akti	2	3: 3	70	48	1.458	1,650	2,500	5
	3	Carlos Crespo	2	2: 3	54	43	1.255	1.464	2.142	9
E.	1	Kang Dong-koong	4th	4: 1	72	46	1.565	2.333	7,500	9
	3	Rui Manuel Costa	0	0: 4	30th	41	0.731	---	---	3
	2	Dave Christiani	2	3: 2	61	33	1,848	2,000	2.142	7th
F.	1	Kouji Funaki	4th	4-0	60	25th	2,400	3.333	3,750	8th
	3	Peter Ceulemans	0	1: 4	36	38	0.947	---	1.153	4th
	3	Volkan Cimentepe	2	2: 3	56	46	1,217	1.290	1,875	6th
G	3	Heo Jung-han	0	0: 4	46	48	0.958	---	---	4th
	1	Radek Novak	4th	4-0	60	46	1.304	2.142	2.142	5
	2	Gerhard Kostistansky	2	2: 2	45	31	1.451	1.666	1.666	6th
H	1	Roland Forthomme	4th	4: 1	73	48	1.520	1.666	2.142	7th
	3	Can Capak	0	0: 4	27	25th	1.080	---	---	6th
	2	Savas Bulut	2	3: 2	65	38	1.710	3.333	3,750	14th
I.	2	Nikos Polychronopoulos	2	3: 2	61	35	1,742	1,875	3,750	12
	1	Glenn Hofman	4th	4: 1	71	32	2.218	2,500	3,750	7th
	3	Hakan Incekara	0	0: 4	24	26th	0.923	---	---	5
J	3	Rubén Legazpi	0	2: 4	66	64	1.031	---	5,000	6th
	1	Kostas Papakonstantinou	4th	4: 1	64	50	1.280	1,700	2.142	7th
	2	David Pennör	2	2: 3	70	73	0.958	0.977	1.071	5
K	2	Antonio Ortiz Torrent	2	2: 2	43	47	0.914	1.071	1,500	6th
	3	Vagelis Moulos	0	1: 4	56	56	1,000	---	2,500	7th
	1	Jean Paul de Bruijn	4th	4: 1	73	49	1.489	1,500	2.142	10
L.	1	Raimond Burgman	4th	4: 1	66	57	1.157	1.285	1,500	5
	2	Barry van Beers	2	3: 2	59	46	1.282	1.578	2,500	6th
	3	Koray Kirman	0	0: 4	39	46	0.847	---	---	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 / 2.375

Raimond Burgman

2 / 2,000

Dick Jaspers

1 / 1.290

Choi Sung-won

3 / 1.625

Choi Sung-won

3 / 1.488

Jean Paul de Bruijn

2 / 1.209

Choi Sung-won

3 / 1.384

Kang Dong-koong

2 / 1.315

Jozef Philipoom

2 / 1.340

Kang Dong-koong

3 / 1.254

Kang Dong-koong

3 / 1.864

Filipos Kasidokostas

2 / 1.361

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 / 2.541

José-Maria Mas

1 / 1.545

Choi Sung-won

3 / 1.730

Daniel Sánchez

0 / 1.375

Cho Jae-ho

3 / 1.512

Adnan Yüksel

1 / 1.052

Cho Jae-ho

0 / 1,000

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.666

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.451

Javier Palazón

0 / 1.034

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 2.103

Jérémy Bury

2 / 1.586

Julian Morales

2 / 1.119

Ryūji Umeda

3 / 1.558

Ryūji Umeda

1 / 2,000

Jérémy Bury

3 / 1.846

Jérémy Bury

3 / 2.368

Radek Novak

0 / 0.611

Choi Sung-won

3 / 1.756

Tayfun Taşdemir

2 / 1.611

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.656

Lee Choong-bok

2 / 1.687

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.634

Glenn Hofman

2 / 1.243

Marco Zanetti

2 / 1.317

Glenn Hofman

3 / 1.571

Torbjörn Blomdahl

2 / 1.534

Tayfun Taşdemir

3 / 1.418

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1,800

Murat Naci Çoklu

0 / 1.416

Eddy Merckx

1 / 1,000

Tayfun Taşdemir

3 / 1.696

Martin Horn

1 / 1.382

Tayfun Taşdemir

3 / 1.457

Tayfun Taşdemir

3 / 2.185

Frédéric Caudron

1 / 1.807

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.724

Kouji Funaki

1 / 1.392

Kim Kyung-roul

3 / 1.384

Kostas Papakonstantinou

2 / 1.236

Sameh Sidom

2 / 1.117

Kostas Papakonstantinou

3 / 1.307

Kim Kyung-roul

1 / 1.714

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 2.545

Lütfi Çenet

3 / 1.487

Roland Forthomme

2 / 1.358

Lütfi Çenet

1 / 1.950

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 2.571

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.956

Robinson Morales

0 / 1.181

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 Choi Sung-won 10 15: 7 280 177 1.581 1.756 3,750 9 80 2 Tayfun Taşdemir 8th 14: 8 285 174 1.637 2.185 3,000 12 54 Semi- finals 3 Frédéric Caudron 6th 10: 5 202 92 2.195 2.571 5,000 8th 38 Daniel Sánchez 6th 9: 5 184 111 1.657 2.103 15,000 15th 38 quarter- final 5 Jérémy Bury 4th 8: 4 139 74 1,878 2,368 3,750 9 26th 6th Torbjörn Blomdahl 4th 8: 7 186 116 1.603 1.656 5,000 10 26th 7th Kim Kyung-roul 4th 7: 6 140 89 1.573 1.724 3,000 6th 26th 8th Kang Dong-koong 4th 8: 7 183 126 1.452 1.254 3,750 9 26th eighth final 9 Filipos Kasidokostas 2 5: 4 107 59 1,813 2.521 5,000 14th 16 10 Eddy Merckx 2 4: 3 77 57 1,350 1,800 1,875 5 16 11 Glenn Hofman 2 5: 5 117 83 1.409 1.571 2,500 9 16 12 Kostas Papakonstantinou 2 5: 5 115 90 1.277 1.307 3,000 11 16 13 Dick Jaspers 2 4: 5 97 55 1.763 2,375 3,750 16 14th Ryūji Umeda 2 4: 5 117 68 1.720 1.558 3,000 12 16 15th Lütfi Çenet 2 4: 5 97 59 1.644 1.487 3,750 7th 16 16 Cho Jae-ho 2 3: 4 85 65 1.307 1.512 2.142 9 16 1/16 finals 17th Raimond Burgman 0 2: 3 46 23 2,000 --- 3,750 9 8th 18th Lee Choong-bok 0 2: 3 54 32 1.687 --- 3,000 6th 8th 19th Roland Forthomme 0 2: 3 53 39 1.358 --- 2,500 9 8th 20th Jozef Philipoom 0 2: 3 67 50 1,340 --- 2.142 8th 8th 21st Marco Zanetti 0 2: 3 54 41 1.317 --- 2,500 10 8th 22nd Jean Paul de Bruijn 0 2: 3 52 43 1.209 --- 3,750 10 8th 23 Julian Morales 0 2: 3 47 42 1.119 --- 1,250 7th 8th 24 Sameh Sidhom 0 2: 3 57 51 1.117 --- 1,500 6th 8th 25th José-Maria Mas 0 1: 3 32 22nd 1.454 --- 2.142 6th 8th 26th Kouji Funaki 0 1: 3 39 28 1,392 --- 2.142 8th 8th 27 Martin Horn 0 1: 3 47 34 1,382 --- 1,875 5 8th 28 Adnan Yüksel 0 1: 3 40 38 1.052 --- 1,500 6th 8th 29 Murat Naci Çoklu 0 0: 3 34 24 1.416 --- --- 8th 30th Robinson Morales 0 0: 3 26th 22nd 1.181 --- --- 6th 8th 31 Javier Palzón 0 0: 3 30th 29 1.034 --- --- 8th 8th 32 Radek Novak 0 0: 3 11 18th 0.611 --- --- 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. ↑ General Info , accessed on December 26, 2016 at umb-carom.com

See also

• Three Cushion World Cup 2012/2
• Three Cushion World Cup 2012/3