Three Cushion World Cup 2014/3

148th Three Cushion World Cup 2014/3
Estádio do Dragão
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round Robin , knock-out system
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Dragão Caixa Pavilion, Porto , Portugal
Opening:	September 8, 2014
Endgame:	September 14, 2014
Attendees:	148
Defending champion:	Frédéric Caudron
Winner:	Dick Jaspers
2nd finalist:	Roland Forthomme
3rd place:	Choi Sung-won Peter Ceulemans
Prize money:	€ 35,000
Records
Best GD:	2,234 Daniel Sánchez
Best ED:	3,333 Dick Jaspers Daniel Sánchez 00000
Maximum series (HS):	16 Pierre Soumagne000
Venue on the map
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The three- cushion world cup 2014/3 was the third UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 28th year of the three-cushion world cup. It took place from September 8-14, 2014 in Porto , Portugal . It was another tournament in Porto after 2008.

history

Once again, the large European football club FC Porto and its associated billiards department hosted a world cup tournament. Without these financial possibilities, such a tournament in Portugal would not be possible. The Dragão Caixa tournament hall is part of the home football stadium Estádio do Dragão .

For Daniel Sánchez went from time eternal once again in qualifying. Due to health problems, he could not play all the world cup tournaments and so he fell out of the seeded top twelve. He managed to win the group despite a narrow defeat against a very strong Ly The Vinh from Vietnam. The Vietnamese came up trumps in this qualification. Of seven starters in the main qualification, four made it into the main field of the best 32. There was a big sigh of relief for the many three-cushion fans worldwide. After a new association president was elected in Turkey, Semih Saygıner , popular with fans, was able to start again internationally. His problems with the previous president did not allow that in recent years. He then survived the first round against David Martinez from Spain. Against the record World Cup winner Torbjörn Blomdahl , however, came the end in the second round. Roland Forthomme caused a big surprise in the first round . He eliminated the world ranking compatriot Frédéric Caudron and played an outstanding tournament. Only in the final did he have to admit defeat to Dick Jaspers . Forthomme played at the same high level as Jaspers in the whole game and in the end lost very narrowly with 39:40 in 26 shots.

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 three best runners-up qualify 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. Filipos Kasidokostas
4. Eddy Merckx
5. Dick Jaspers
6. Marco Zanetti
7. Choi Sung-won
8. Kim Kyung-roul
9. Jérémy Bury
10. Cho Jae-ho
11. Kang Dong-koong
12. Tayfun Taşdemir

Wildcard players:
1 × CPB : Ramón Rodriguez 1 × ACBC : Ryūji Umeda 2 × Organizing host: Semih Saygıner , João Pedro Ferreira

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. 1 Daniel Sánchez 2 79 44 1,795 1.793 12 2 Ly The Vinh 2 78 53 1.471 1.904 8th 3 Kang In-won 2 68 55 1,236 1,250 6th B. 2 Lütfi Çenet 2 60 51 1.176 1,250 10 3 Rui Manuel Costa 0 62 60 1.033 --- 7th 1 Ma Xuan Cuong 4th 80 47 1.702 2.105 10 C. 1 Nikos Polychronopoulos 4th 80 55 1.454 1.666 6th 3 Francis Forton 0 47 55 0.854 --- 4th 2 Peter Ceulemans 2 79 48 1.645 1.666 11 D. 3 Lee Choong-bok 0 54 43 1.255 --- 6th 1 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 4th 80 61 1,311 1,379 9 2 Pierre Soumagne 2 76 46 1.652 2.857 14th E. 2 Murat Naci Çoklu 2 78 44 1,772 2,000 12 3 Javier Palazón 0 55 43 1.279 --- 6th 1 David Martinez 4th 80 47 1.702 1,739 8th F. 1 Tran Quyet Chien 4th 80 46 1,739 1.904 7th 2 Duong Anh Vu 2 66 51 1.294 1.538 8th 3 Gokhan Salman 0 45 47 0.957 --- 7th G 3 Jean Paul de Bruijn 2 73 54 1.351 1.666 8th 2 Kim Jae-guen 2 78 52 1,500 1.333 8th 1 Nguyen Duc Anh Chien 2 72 46 1.565 1,818 9 H 2 Ngo Dinh Nai 2 73 53 1.377 1.538 8th 1 Glenn Hofman 4th 80 56 1.428 1.481 5 3 Kostas Papakonstantinou 0 55 55 1,000 --- 5 I. 2 Eddy Leppens 2 64 38 1.684 2.222 12 3 Savas Bulut 2 59 37 1,594 2,000 6th 1 Murat Tüzül 2 75 35 2.142 2,352 10 J 1 Roland Forthomme 2 66 48 1.375 1,600 6th 2 Rubén Legazpi 2 74 64 1.156 1,739 12 3 Yavuz Güngördü 2 58 66 0.878 0.975 6th K 2 Hwang Hyung-bum 2 65 55 1.181 1.142 6th 1 Sameh Sidhom 4th 80 46 1,739 2,000 7th 3 Apostolos Balogiannis 0 60 61 0.983 --- 6th L. 2 Heo Jung-han 2 74 53 1.396 1,739 6th 3 Adnan Yüksel 0 67 62 1.080 --- 7th 1 Kim Young-chull 4th 80 69 1.159 1.333 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 .)

(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

30/20

Roland Forthomme

40 /20

Roland Forthomme

40 /22

Nikos Polychronopoulos

35/20

Cho Jae-ho

24/23

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40 /23

Roland Forthomme

40 /23

Murat Naci Çoklu

33/23

Sameh Sidhom

39/40

Murat Tüzül

40 /40

Murat Tüzül

32/22

Murat Naci Çoklu

40 /22

Marco Zanetti

29/19

Murat Naci Çoklu

40 /19

Roland Forthomme

40 /20

Peter Ceulemans

31/20

Tayfun Taşdemir

23/18

Peter Ceulemans

40 /18

Peter Ceulemans

40 /36

Kim Kyung-roul

38/36

Kim Kyung-roul

3 40 /27

Ramón Rodriguez

36/27

Peter Ceulemans

40 /21

Daniel Sánchez

25/21

Jérémy Bury

28/12

Daniel Sánchez

40 /12

Daniel Sánchez

40 /14

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

21/14

Eddy Merckx

35/23

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

40 /23

Roland Forthomme

39/26

Dick Jaspers

40 /26

Filipos Kasidokostas

32/16

Eddy Leppens

40 /16

Eddy Leppens

28/22

Tran Quyet Chien

3 40 /22

Tran Quyet Chien

40 /20

João Pedro Ferreira

26/20

Tran Quyet Chien

40/24/4

Dick Jaspers

40/24/ 9

Dick Jaspers

40 /12

Pierre Soumagne

27/12

Dick Jaspers

40 /27

Ryūji Umeda

28/27

Ma Xuan Cuong

24/25

Ryūji Umeda

40 /25

Dick Jaspers

40 /15

Choi Sung-won

26/15

Choi Sung-won

40 /29

Glenn Hofman

34/29

Choi Sung-won

40 /25

Kang Dong-koong

23/25

Kang Dong-koong

40 /22

Kim Young-chull

21/22

Choi Sung-won

40 /18

Torbjörn Blomdahl

27/18

David Martinez

28/32

Semih Saygıner

40 /32

Semih Saygıner

34/25

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /25

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /29

Nguyen Duc Anh Chien

33/29

Closing table

For the sake of clarity, not all 148 players are listed, only the best 32 (participants in the final round).

Final ranking phase space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS WRP * 1 final 1 Dick Jaspers 10 200 104 1.923 3.333 9 80 2 Roland Forthomme 8th 199 109 1,825 2,000 12 54 Semi- finals 3 Choi Sung-won 6th 146 87 1.678 2.222 7th 38 Peter Ceulemans 6th 151 95 1,589 2.222 9 38 quarter- final 5 Daniel Sánchez 4th 105 47 2.234 3.333 9 26th 6th Tran Quyet Chien 4th 120 66 1,818 2,000 8th 26th 7th Murat Naci Çoklu 4th 113 64 1.765 2.105 8th 26th 8th Torbjörn Blomdahl 4th 107 72 1.486 1,600 13 26th eighth final 9 Eddy Leppens 2 68 38 1,789 2,500 12 16 10 Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 75 43 1,744 1,739 10 16 11 Nguyen Quoc Nguyen 2 61 37 1.648 1,739 8th 16 12 Kang Dong-koong 2 63 47 1,340 1,818 7th 16 13 Ryūji Umeda 2 68 52 1.307 1,600 6th 16 14th Semih Saygıner 2 74 57 1.298 1,250 7th 16 15th Kim Kyung-roul 2 78 63 1,238 1.481 7th 16 16 Murat Tüzül 2 72 62 1.161 1,000 8th 16 1/16 finals 17th Jérémy Bury 0 28 12 2.333 --- 7th 8th 18th Pierre Soumagne 0 27 12 2.250 --- 16 8th 19th Filipos Kasidokostas 0 32 16 2,000 --- 6th 8th 20th Marco Zanetti 0 29 19th 1.526 --- 5 8th 21st Eddy Merckx 0 35 23 1.521 --- 6th 8th 22nd Frédéric Caudron 0 30th 20th 1,500 --- 7th 8th 23 Ramón Rodriguez 0 36 27 1.333 --- 6th 8th 24 João Pedro Ferreira 0 26th 20th 1,300 --- 5 8th 25th Tayfun Taşdemir 0 23 18th 1.277 --- 6th 8th 26th Glenn Hofman 0 34 29 1.172 --- 9 8th 27 Nguyen Duc Anh Chien 0 33 29 1.137 --- 8th 8th 28 Cho Jae-ho 0 24 23 1.043 --- 5 8th 29 Sameh Sidhom 0 39 40 0.975 --- 6th 8th 30th Ma Xuan Cuong 0 24 25th 0.960 --- 5 8th 31 Kim Young-chull 0 21st 22nd 0.954 --- 4th 8th 32 David Martinez 0 28 32 0.875 --- 7th 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. On: umb-carom.com. Retrieved January 9, 2017.

See also

• Three Cushion World Cup 2014/1
• Three Cushion World Cup 2014/2
• Three Cushion World Cup 2014/4
• Three Cushion World Cup 2014/5