Three Cushion World Cup 2013/1

141st Three Cushion World Cup 2013/1
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round robin , knockout
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Hotel Limak Limra, Antalya , Turkey
Opening:	February 11, 2013
Endgame:	17th February 2013
Attendees:	193
Defending champion:	Frédéric Caudron
Winner:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
2nd finalist:	Jérémy Bury
3rd place:	Dick Jaspers Eddy Merckx
Prize money:	€ 35,000
Records
Best GD:	2,465 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	5,714 Eddy Merckx
Maximum series (HS):	17 Eddy Merckx000
Venue on the map
Antalya
← 2012/3	2013/2 →

The three- cushion world cup 2013/1 was the first UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 27th year of the three-cushion world cup. It took place from February 11th to 17th, 2013 in the "Hotel Limak Limra". For the fourth time after 2009/2 , 2010/1 2012/1 , Antalya , Turkey was the host location.

history

Since only three tournaments were played in 2012, but according to the statutes, four are required to choose an overall winner, there is no official defending champion in 2013.

qualification

As in the previous tournament in Hurghada , Therese Klompenhouwer from the Netherlands , second in the 2006 Women's World Cup, was one of the few women to take part in the tournament. She started in qualifying round 3 in Group E against Javier Teran from Ecuador and the Turks Hayri Akgun. All of them won a game. Despite being equal in points, she came in third because of the worst general average (GD). The Berlin Johann Schirmbrand (team world champion from 1997) was able to move into round 2, but had to give way to the Turkish Birol Uymaz. Ronny Lindemann from Witten fought his way through to the final qualifying round, but finished last in the group. Only Christian Rudolph and Martin Horn were represented as German players. The Austrian Arnim Kahofer had lost his first game against Hang Hyung-bum from Korea and only played a draw against Eddy Leppens . That was not enough for the main round. The game between the two Turks Murat Tüzül and Lütfi Çenet resulted in an exciting encounter . After 24  shots it was 33:39, Çenet had match point, which he missed. Tüzül as the game starter had to create 7 points. At the 6th point he scored an incredible “fox” . Ball 1 hit ball 2, after 2 boards there was a counterattack with ball 2, it touched ball 3 and pushed it into the previously deflected run of ball 1. Then he also made the required 7th point. Now it was Çenet's turn with the second push. Since it was the opening shot, it was almost impossible to miss, and after 26 shots it came to a draw. That was not enough for Çenet to advance. Tüzül had the better GD and was the first to qualify for the finals. Çenet made it to the finals as one of the four best runner-ups. Martin Horn also had to worry about making it into the final round in his last group game against Spaniard Javier Palazón , when he went into the follow-up with 6 points behind. A draw would not have been enough for the Essenes because Palazon had the better GD. However, the Spaniard only got 2 points and Horn was through. Thanks to his GD, however, Palazon was able to make it into the round of the last 32. Rudolph from Cologne fared worse. He also lost his second game against the Dutchman Dave Christiani and was eliminated from the bottom of the group. The best game of the qualifying round was made by Korean Hwang Durk-hee against Martin Olesen from Denmark in just 14 shots. This gave him an individual average (ED) of 2.857 with a maximum series (HS) of 12. The best HS, however, was played by Roland Forthomme from Belgium with 14  points against Javier Teran in 17 shots.

Final round

The Turkish wildcard player Ahmet Alp provided the first surprise of round 1. He beat world number one Frédéric Caudron with 40:32, standing at number 75 . Caudron finished penultimate in the finals with a GD of 0.941 - his worst result in a long time. Marco Zanetti from Italy defeated the Korean Hang Deuk-hee in just 12 shots with 40:16 and thus had the best ED of 3.333 and the second best HS of 13. World champion Eddy Merckx had no problems with his Japanese opponent O Takeshima . After only two shots he was leading 17: 3, at the break he had 24 points on his account. In the 23rd shot he turned his match point. Takeshima was able to play his best HS of 5 to the final score of 40:16. After a head-to-head race between the Turkish Savas Bulut and Sameh Sidhom from Egypt there was a penalty shootout, which Bulut won 2-1 to the delight of the local crowd. Unfortunately, the Internet TV broadcaster Kozoom had server failures in the final phase and during the penalty, so that many live viewers were unable to experience this exciting phase. The error was only corrected with Sidhom's last ball. In the round of 16 Eddy Merckx once again proved his world class and knocked off local hero Murat Naci Çoklu in just 7 shots with 40:12. He was able to beat the tournament record in the HS of 16 set by Frenchman Jérémy Bury by one point. His ED in that game was 5,741, which was the new official world record. After Bury had fallen behind in his game against Horn, he succeeded through a lucky counterattack ("Fuchs") the entry into a series of 16, in which another "Fuchs" enabled him to continue playing. Horn did not find his way back into the game and was eliminated. In the purely Spanish game between ex-world champion Daniel Sánchez and Palazón, the latter was the only second-place qualifier to make it to the quarter-finals. There Dick Jaspers prevailed against Adnan Yüksel in only 13 shots and with an ED of 3.076. Merckx knocked out Bulut Savas, the host nation's last remaining player, in 18 shots and with an ED of 2.222. In the final, the new world number one Torbjörn Blomdahl from Sweden defeated French Jérémy Bury with 40:29 and won his 41st World Cup title. Dick Jaspers improved the general average world record to 2.465 , beating Caudron's 2011 record by 0.065. Last was the Japanese O Takeshima , who, like Caudron, had played well below his level of performance.

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

A lot has changed in the tournament mode since 2013.

• The sentence system was abolished because the dullness was not calculable. Matches could last between three and five sets. Good timing was therefore not possible.
• The game distances were set at 30 points in the per-qualification rounds and 40 points in the main qualification and in the knockout games. A tie is possible in the qualifying rounds. In the knockout round, overtime is played in the event of a tie. Each of the two players starts with the initial push. Whoever scores more points wins the match. If there is also a tie in extra time, the kick starts again until a winner is determined.
• The shot clock was shortened to 40 seconds.
• There are only two wildcards for the organizer and one each for three of the four associations CPB , ACBC , CEB and ACC in which the World Cup does not take place.

Four qualifying rounds are played. From the last qualifying round, the 12 group winners and the four best runners-up qualified for the final round. The main tournament is played with 32 participants.

In the event of a tie, the following order will be applied:

1. MP = match points
2. GD = general average
3. 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 are placed in positions 1, 16, 8 and 9.

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

Wildcard player:

1 × CPB : Merlín Romero 1 × ACBC : O Takeshima 2 × organizing association of the host country: Tayfun Taşdemir , Ahmet Alp

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 . In the last (4th) qualifying round, up to 40 points are played in groups A – L with 3 players each. The top four and the four best runners-up go to the final round of the best 32. In the event of a tie, the better GD applies .

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
A.	2	Lütfi Çenet	3	80	55	1.454	1.538	08th
	3	Mehmet Goren	0	51	52	0.980	---	07th
	1	Murat Tüzül	3	80	49	1.632	1,739	11
B.	1	Martin Horn	4th	80	54	1.481	1.538	08th
	2	Javier Palazón	2	76	49	1.551	1,739	08th
	3	Michael Nilsson	0	68	51	1.333	---	06th
C.	1	Adnan Yüksel	4th	80	54	1.481	1.538	08th
	3	Mahmut Ozdemir	0	58	55	1.054	---	05
	2	Rui-Manuel Costa	2	62	57	1.087	1,379	08th
D.	3	Lee Choong-bok	2	71	60	1.183	1.142	05
	1	Luis Aveiga	2	64	45	1.422	1,600	07th
	2	Birol Uymaz	2	78	55	1.418	2,000	08th
E.	2	Raimond Burgman	2	68	60	1.133	1.666	06th
	1	Dave Christiani	4th	80	59	1.355	1,739	09
	3	Christian Rudolph	0	60	47	1.276	---	05
F.	1	Sidhom Sameh	4th	80	49	1.632	1.666	10
	3	Ronny Lindemann	0	70	58	1.206	---	09
	2	Kim Hyun-suk	2	77	57	1,350	1,212	06th
G	1	Nikos Polychronopoulos	4th	80	56	1.428	1,600	09
	2	Juan-David Zapata-Garcia	2	59	53	1.113	1.428	06th
	3	Remzi Yurt	0	53	59	0.898	---	06th
H	1	Kang Dong-koong	4th	80	64	1,250	1.481	09
	2	José-Maria Mas	2	64	59	1.084	1,250	09
	3	Jérôme Barbeillon	0	75	69	1.086	---	07th
I.	3	Eddy Leppens	1	77	71	1.084	1.333	06th
	1	Hwang Hyung-bum	4th	80	75	1.066	1.176	07th
	2	Arnim Kahofer	1	78	64	1.218	1.333	07th
J	2	Jozef Philipoom	2	57	63	0.904	1,000	06th
	1	Jean Paul de Bruijn	4th	80	53	1.509	1,739	07th
	3	Volkan Cimentepe	0	57	70	0.814	---	05
K	1	Savas Bulut	4th	80	68	1.176	1.538	09
	2	Hwang Durk-hee	2	67	40	1.675	2.857	12
	3	Martin Olesen	0	46	56	0.821	---	06th
L.	1	Roland Forthomme	4th	80	36	2.222	2,352	14th
	3	Kostas Papakonstantinou	0	51	40	1.275	---	08th
	2	Javier Teran	2	76	38	2,000	1.904	12

(The numbers in bold show the decisive valuation for the entry into the final round.)

Final round

The tournament tree for the final round is listed below.

1/16 final (game up to 40 points)

Round of 16 (game up to 40 points)

Quarter-finals (game up to 40 points)

Semi-finals (game up to 40 points)

Final (game up to 40 points)

Frédéric Caudron

32/34

Ahmet Alp

40 /34

Ahmet Alp

18/13

Adnan Yüksel

40 /13

Cho Jae-ho

34/22

Adnan Yüksel

40 /22

Adnan Yüksel

20/13

Dick Jaspers

40 /13

Marco Zanetti

40 /12

Hwang Durk-hee

16/12

Marco Zanetti

24/19

Dick Jaspers

40 /19

Dick Jaspers

40 /14

Javier Teran

18/14

Dick Jaspers

23/12

Jérémy Bury

40 /12

Martin Horn

40 /17

Lütfi Çenet

33/17

Martin Horn

24/15

Jérémy Bury

40 /15

Jérémy Bury

40 /19

Nikos Polychronopoulos

32/19

Jérémy Bury

40 /23

Javier Palazón

32/23

Jean Paul de Bruijn

37/25

Javier Palazón

40 /25

Javier Palazón

40 /26

Daniel Sánchez

35/26

Daniel Sánchez

40 /17

Dave Christiani

38/17

Jérémy Bury

29/22

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /22

Eddy Merckx

40 /23

O Takeshima

16/23

Eddy Merckx

40 /7

Murat Naci Çoklu

12/7

Murat Naci Çoklu

40 /25

Hwang Hyung-bum

28/25

Eddy Merckx

40 /18

Savas Bulut

23/18

Choi Sung-won

40 /18

Tayfun Taşdemir

35/18

Choi Sung-won

29/27

Savas Bulut

40 /27

Sameh Sidhom

40/33/1

Savas Bulut

40/33/ 2

Eddy Merckx

28/17

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /17

Kim Kyung-roul

40 /15

Kang Dong-koong

16/15

Kim Kyung-roul

40 /23

Filipos Kasidokostas

36/23

Filipos Kasidokostas

40 /29

Luis Aveiga

35/29

Kim Kyung-roul

34/30

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /30

Roland Forthomme

40 /26

Murat Tüzül

34/26

Roland Forthomme

34/28

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /28

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /12

Merlin Romero

13/12

Closing table

For the sake of clarity, not all 138 players are listed, but only the best 32 (participants in the final round).

Final ranking phase space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS WRP * 1 final 1 Torbjörn Blomdahl 10 200 109 1,834 3.333 08th 80 2 Jérémy Bury 08th 189 091 2.076 3.333 16 54 Semi- finals 3 Dick Jaspers 06th 143 058 2,465 3.076 10 38 Eddy Merckx 06th 148 065 2.276 5.714 17th 38 quarter- final 5 Adnan Yüksel 04th 100 048 2.038 3.076 12 26th 6th Kim Kyung-roul 04th 114 068 1.676 2,666 09 26th 7th Javier Palazón 04th 112 075 1.513 1,600 12 26th 8th Savas Bulut 04th 103 078 1,320 1.481 09 26th eighth final 9 Marco Zanetti 02 064 031 2.064 3.333 13 16 10 Martin Horn 02 064 032 2,000 2,352 09 16 11 Daniel Sánchez 02 075 043 1,744 2,352 06th 16 12 Murat Naci Çoklu 02 052 032 1.625 1,600 06th 16 13 Choi Sung-won 02 069 045 1.533 2.222 08th 16 14th Filipos Kasidokostas 02 076 052 1.461 1,379 05 16 15th Roland Forthomme 02 074 054 1,370 1.538 06th 16 16 Ahmet Alp 02 058 047 1,234 1.176 05 16 1/16 finals 17th Dave Christiani 00 038 017th 2.235 --- 08th 08th 18th Tayfun Taşdemir 00 035 018th 1,944 --- 09 08th 19th Lütfi Çenet 00 033 017th 1.941 --- 06th 08th 20th Nikos Polychronopoulos 00 032 019th 1.684 --- 04th 08th 21st Cho Jae-ho 00 034 022nd 1.545 --- 06th 08th 22nd Jean Paul de Bruijn 00 037 025th 1,480 --- 07th 08th 23 Hwang Durk-hee 00 016 012 1.333 --- 05 08th 24 Murat Tüzül 00 034 026th 1.307 --- 05 08th 25th Javier Teran 00 018th 014th 1.285 --- 06th 08th 26th Sameh Sidhom 00 040 033 1,212 1,212 06th 08th 27 Luis Aveiga 00 035 029 1.206 --- 06th 08th 28 Hwang Hyung-bum 00 028 025th 1.120 --- 04th 08th 29 Merlin Romero 00 013 012 1.083 --- 04th 08th 30th Kang Dong-koong 00 016 015th 1.066 --- 05 08th 31 Frédéric Caudron 00 032 034 0.941 --- 06th 08th 32 O Takeshima 00 016 023 0.695 --- 05 08th

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. On: umb-carom.com. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

See also

• Three Cushion World Cup 2013/2
• Three Cushion World Cup 2013/3
• Three Cushion World Cup 2013/4
• Three Cushion World Cup 2013/5