Three Cushion World Cup 2012/2

139th Three Cushion World Cup 2012/2
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round robin , knock out
Organizer:	UMB / ACBC
Tournament details
Venue:	Suwon Youth Culture Center, Suwon , South Korea
Opening:	September 18, 2012
Endgame:	23rd September 2012
Attendees:	127
Defending champion:	Choi Sung-won
Winner:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
2nd finalist:	Marco Zanetti
3rd place:	Dick Jaspers Eddy Merckx
Prize money:	€ 35,000
Records
Best GD:	2,370 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Best ED:	3,461 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Maximum series (HS):	15 Kim Hyun-suk (Q), Um Sang-pil (Q) 000 00000
Venue on the map
Suwon
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The three- cushion world cup 2012/2 was the second UMB / ACBC world cup tournament in the 26th year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from September 18-23, 2012 in the “Suwon Youth Culture Center”. The South Korean city of Suwon , 48 km south of the capital Seoul , hosted the tournament for the fifth time.

history

The defending champion as the overall winner was the Swede Torbjörn Blomdahl . The winner of the previous tournament was Choi Sung-won from Korea. In front of a home crowd he tried to defend this victory, but failed in the round of 16 against the later second Marco Zanetti from Italy .

Torbjörn Blomdahl achieved a miraculous increase in his playing performance. A week earlier at the World Cup in Porto , he was the last to be eliminated in the group stage, but defeated the Italian World Cup third-placed Marco Zanetti in the final. With 15: 2 sets in five matches, he won his 40th World Cup victory. With that he was once again number one in the world rankings. Blomdahl also played the tournament's best GD and ED . The current world champion Eddy Merckx and the former world number two Dick Jaspers were joint thirds .

The only German participant in the final round, Martin Horn from Essen , could not improve his game after the World Cup. Although he made it to the round of 16 with a hard-fought 3-2 win over Adnan Yüksel from Turkey, he lost there clearly against Dick Jaspers from the Netherlands . For the first time in years, he fell from the top 12 of the world rankings to 14th place.

The Japanese shooting star of the three-cushion O Takeshima had to admit defeat to the Korean qualifier Hwang Hyung-bum, despite good performances in the previous tournaments. The same then, in the round of 16, only just lost 3-2 to long-time World Cup player Jérémy Bury from France. In addition to Hwang, the qualifiers Um Sang-pil and Kim Hyun-suk from Korea, as well as the Vietnamese Ma Xuang-Cuong and Nguyen Quoc-Nguyen could cause surprises. The former played for the first time in a World Cup round of 16.

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 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 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 in the tournament in the knockout round. The first four of the world rankings were placed in positions 1, 16, 8 and 9.

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

Wildcard player:

2 × organizing association of the host country: Heo Jung-han , Kang Dong-koong 1 × CEB : Tayfun Taşdemir , Raimond Burgman 2 × CPB : Carlos Campino, Heriberto Aristizabal 2 × ACBC : O Takeshima 1 × UMB : Kouji Funaki

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	Murat Naci Çoklu	4th	4-0	60	39	1.538	1.578	1,875	5
	2	Jean Paul de Bruijn	2	2: 2	52	39	1.333	1.428	1,875	4th
	3	Lee Seung-jin	0	0: 4	46	39	1.179	---	---	7th
B.	1	Çenet Lütfi	4th	4: 2	85	53	1.603	1.680	3,750	8th
	2	Duong Anh Vu	2	3: 2	66	56	1.178	1.034	1,500	7th
	3	Nalle Olsson	0	1: 4	48	52	0.923	---	1,000	4th
C.	2	Lee Choong-bok	2	2: 2	50	36	1.388	1.578	1.666	8th
	1	Robinson Morales	4th	4: 1	73	43	1.697	1.720	3,000	11
	3	Ngo Dinh Nai	0	1: 4	57	42	1.357	---	1,250	5
D.	1	Javier Palazón	4th	4-0	60	59	1.016	1,200	1,875	7th
	2	Andreas Efler	2	2: 2	49	45	1.088	1.428	2.142	6th
	3	Kim Seong-gwan	0	0: 4	42	53	0.792	---	---	5
E.	1	Eddy Leppens	4th	4: 1	74	26th	2.846	3.384	7,500	11
	2	Michael Nilsson	2	3: 3	63	37	1.702	1.720	2.142	6th
	3	Hong Jin-pyo	0	1: 4	43	36	1.194	---	1,500	8th
F.	3	Ryūji Umeda	0	1: 4	43	50	0.860	---	1,250	5
	2	Can Capak	2	2: 3	47	48	0.979	1.078	2.142	6th
	1	Kim Hyun-suk	4th	4-0	60	24	2,500	2.727	5,000	11
G	1	Adnan Yüksel	2	3: 2	70	42	1.666	1,500	1,875	8th
	2	Ly The Vinh	2	2: 2	57	37	1,540	1.666	3,000	11
	3	Kim Hyung-kon	2	2: 3	50	40	1,240	1.478	1.666	7th
H	2	Roland Forthomme	2	2: 2	49	34	1.441	1.764	1,875	5
	3	Youichirou Mori	0	0: 4	23	40	0.575	---	---	5
	1	To Sang-pil	4th	4-0	60	43	1.395	1.666	1.666	6th
I.	1	Sameh Sidhom	4th	4: 1	72	53	1.358	1.363	1,875	8th
	2	Luis Aveiga	2	2: 3	52	49	1.061	1.285	1,500	4th
	3	Hideaki Kobayashi	0	2: 4	77	58	1.327	---	1,875	7th
J	1	Ma Xuan Cuong	4th	4: 1	67	65	1.030	1.363	1.666	6th
	3	Khaled Salem	0	1: 4	35	67	0.522	---	1.071	3
	2	Takamasa Hagiwara	2	2: 2	57	46	1,239	1,200	2.142	8th
K	2	Rubén Legazpi	2	3: 2	64	33	1,939	3.333	5,000	6th
	3	Kim Haeng-jik	0	1: 4	55	37	1.486	---	1,875	8th
	1	Hwang Hyung-bum	4th	4: 2	77	53	1.452	1,583	1,875	10
L.	2	Bulut Savas	2	3: 3	64	52	1.230	1.171	3,750	8th
	3	Hwang Durk-hee	2	2: 3	55	42	1.309	1,823	2.142	7th
	1	Nguyen Quoc-Nguyen	2	3: 2	71	60	1.183	1.153	1.666	7th

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)

Frédéric Caudron

0 / 1.350

Kang Dong-koong

3 / 2.045

Kang Dong-koong

2 / 1.968

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1.848

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1.317

Sameh Sidhom

1 / 1,300

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1.833

Filipos Kasidokostas

1 / 0.827

Kouji Funaki

3 / 1.470

Javier Palazón

1 / 1.636

Kouji Funaki

0 / 0.650

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 / 2.045

Filipos Kasidokostas

3 / 1.965

Murat Naci Çoklu

1 / 1.214

Eddy Merckx

2 / 1.625

Marco Zanetti

3 / 1.909

Marco Zanetti

3 / 1.575

Tayfun Taşdemir

2 / 1.687

Marco Zanetti

3 / 1.583

Choi Sung-won

1 / 1.257

Choi Sung-won

3 / 1.421

Lütfi Çenet

1 / 1.297

Marco Zanetti

3 / 1.935

Daniel Sánchez

2 / 1.645

Heo Jung-han

0 / 1.050

Kim Hyun-suk

3 / 2.045

Kim Hyun-suk

2 / 1.325

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1,600

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.647

Heriberto Aristizabal

1 / 1.151

Marco Zanetti

1 / 1.764

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 3.055

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2.368

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

0 / 1,000

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.363

Ma Xuan Cuong

0 / 0.967

Cho Jae-ho

1 / 1.125

Ma Xuan Cuong

3 / 1.341

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 3.461

Raimond Burgman

0 / 1.166

Kim Kyung-roul

0 / 1.160

To Sang-pil

3 / 1.666

To Sang-pil

2 / 0.974

Raimond Burgman

3 / 1.384

Raimond Burgman

3 / 1.928

Robinson Morales

1 / 1.592

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 2.764

Dick Jaspers

1 / 1.750

Jérémy Bury

3 / 1,400

Carlos Campino

2 / 1.204

Jérémy Bury

3 / 1.428

Hwang Hyung-bum

2 / 1.122

O Takeshima

2 / 0.970

Hwang Hyung-bum

3 / 0.913

Jérémy Bury

2 / 1.750

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.214

Martin Horn

3 / 1,300

Adnan Yüksel

2 / 1.140

Martin Horn

1 / 1.166

Dick Jaspers

3 / 2.310

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1,800

Eddy Leppens

0 / 0.869

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 Torbjörn Blomdahl 10 15: 2 237 100 2,370 3.461 5,000 13 80 2 Marco Zanetti 8th 13:10 262 150 1,746 1.935 3,750 10 54 Semi- finals 3 Dick Jaspers 6th 10: 6 193 94 2.083 2,310 7,500 11 38 Eddy Merckx 6th 11: 7 223 136 1.639 1,866 3,750 10 38 quarter- final 5 Filipos Kasidokostas 4th 7: 4 126 80 1.575 2.045 3,750 14th 26th 6th Daniel Sánchez 4th 8: 6 171 105 1.628 1.647 3,750 10 26th 7th Jérémy Bury 4th 8: 7 182 122 1.491 1.428 2,500 8th 26th 8th Raimond Burgman 4th 6: 6 122 79 1.544 1.928 3,000 10 26th eighth final 9 Kang Dong-koong 2 5: 3 108 54 2,000 2.045 3,750 8th 16 10 Kim Hyun-suk 2 5: 3 98 62 1,580 2.045 3,000 7th 16 11 To Sang-pil 2 5: 3 83 66 1.257 1.666 1.666 9 16 12 Choi Sung-won 2 4: 4 98 73 1,342 1.421 2.142 9 16 13 Hwang Hyung-bum 2 5: 5 118 118 1,000 0.913 1.666 16 14th Martin Horn 2 4: 5 93 74 1.256 1,300 2.142 6th 16 15th Ma Xuan Cuong 2 3: 4 85 72 1.180 1.341 1,875 6th 16 16 Kouji Funaki 2 3: 4 63 54 1.166 1,470 2.142 6th 16 1/16 finals 17th Tayfun Taşdemir 0 2: 3 54 32 1.687 --- 2,500 9 8th 18th Carlos Campino 0 2: 3 53 44 1.204 --- 5,000 8th 8th 19th Adnan Yüksel 0 2: 3 57 50 1,140 --- 1.363 6th 8th 20th O Takeshima 0 2: 3 66 68 0.970 --- 2.142 8th 8th 21st Javier Palzón 0 1: 3 54 33 1.636 --- 1.363 8th 8th 22nd Robinson Morales 0 1: 3 43 27 1,592 --- 2.142 5 8th 23 Sameh Sidhom 0 1: 3 52 40 1,300 --- 0.937 6th 8th 24 Lütfi Çenet 0 1: 3 48 37 1.297 --- 1.666 6th 8th 25th Murat Naci Çoklu 0 1: 3 34 28 1,214 --- 1.666 4th 8th 26th Heriberto Aristizabal 0 1: 3 38 33 1.151 --- 1.363 5 8th 27 Cho Jae-ho 0 1: 3 45 40 1.125 --- 0.937 6th 8th 28 Frédéric Caudron 0 0: 3 27 20th 1,350 --- --- 5 8th 29 Kim Kyung-roul 0 0: 3 29 25th 1.160 --- --- 8th 30th Heo Jung-han 0 0: 3 21st 20th 1.050 --- --- 5 8th 31 Nguyen Quoc Nguyen 0 0: 3 17th 17th 1,000 --- --- 4th 8th 32 Eddy Leppens 0 0: 3 20th 23 0.869 --- --- 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 Info , accessed on December 29, 2016 at: umb-carom.com.

See also

• Three Cushion World Cup 2012/1
• Three Cushion World Cup 2012/3