Three Cushion World Cup 2014/4

149th Three Cushion World Cup 2014/4
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round Robin , knock-out system
Organizer:	UMB / ACBC
Tournament details
Venue:	Guri High School, Guri , South Korea
Opening:	October 6, 2014
Endgame:	October 12, 2014
Attendees:	122
Defending champion:	Dick Jaspers
Winner:	Eddy Merckx
2nd finalist:	Frédéric Caudron
3rd place:	Torbjörn Blomdahl Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện
Prize money:	€ 35,000
Records
Best GD:	2,926 Cho Jae-ho
Best ED:	4,000 Cho Jae-ho
Maximum series (HS):	15 Dick Jaspers000
Venue on the map
Guri city
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The three- cushion world cup 2014/4 was the fourth UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 28th year of the three- cushion world cup. It took place from October 6th to 12th, 2014 in Guri , South Korea . After 2013, it was the second World Cup tournament in the South Korean province of Gyeonggi-do.

history

The 149th three-cushion world cup tournament was a tournament of records. There were absolute world-class performances in the first three qualifying rounds. Of course, this was not least due to the fact that many players from the strongest three-band nation in the world, Korea, were represented. With Therese Klompenhouwer, a woman made it to the knockout round for the first time. But there was a defeat against the record World Cup winner Torbjörn Blomdahl the end of the line for the likeable Dutch woman. The most spectacular match was between Torbjörn Blomdahl and the Korean Cho Jae-ho in the quarter-finals. Blomdahl finished the game on the 15th shot. Cho managed to equalize 6 points in the second push. Blomdahl presented 6 points in the penalty. Cho only managed 2 points, with the third point just barely missing the crash. Still, Cho had a sense of achievement. He scored 120 points in 41 shots in the tournament. That gives a general average of 2,926, which is a new world record. In the purely Belgian final, Eddy Merckx secured his sixth World Cup victory with a 40:22 win in 16 shots against Frédéric Caudron .

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 : Javier Teran 1 × CEB : Daniel Sánchez 2 × Organizing host: Heo Jung-han , Yoon Myoung-sin

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 Lütfi Çenet 4th 80 49 1.632 2,000 7th 2 Mã Xuân Cường 2 78 58 1,344 1,379 12 3 Semih Saygıner 0 62 49 1.265 --- 6th B. 3 Nikos Polychronopoulos 1 56 37 1.513 1.904 15th 2 Ahmet Alp 2 70 38 1,842 2,500 12 1 Kim Haeng-jik 3 80 43 1,860 1.904 9 C. 3 Lee Choong-bok 0 67 35 1.914 --- 9 1 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 4th 80 38 2.105 2,352 11 2 Luis Aveiga 2 66 39 1.692 2.222 8th D. 1 Murat Naci Çoklu 4th 80 34 2,352 3.076 10 3 Tatsuo Arai 0 42 39 1.076 --- 4th 2 Cho Chie-yeon 2 66 31 2.129 2.222 7th E. 2 Trần Quyết Chiến 2 73 45 1.622 1,739 10 3 Murat Tüzül 0 55 44 1,250 --- 6th 1 Jose Juan Garcia 4th 80 43 1,860 1.904 8th F. 1 Jean Paul de Bruijn 4th 80 37 2.162 2,352 12 3 Ryūji Umeda 0 56 42 1.333 --- 5 2 Jozef Philipoom 2 72 45 1,600 1,600 14th G 3 Ngô Đình Nại 0 49 48 1.020 --- 5 2 Ramón Rodriguez 3 80 57 1.403 1.428 8th 1 Hong Jin-pyo 3 80 49 1.632 2,000 8th H 1 Kostas Papakonstantinou 4th 80 54 1.481 1.538 8th 3 Javier Palazón 0 60 46 1.304 --- 9 2 Robinson Morales 2 75 48 1.562 2,000 10 I. 1 Roland Forthomme 2 75 41 1,829 2.105 11 3 Dương Anh Vũ 2 70 44 1,590 1,600 8th 2 Kim Hyun-suk 2 77 47 1.638 1,818 7th J 1 Hwang Hyung-bum 4th 80 41 1.951 2.857 13 2 Kim Jae-guen 2 57 42 1.357 1.428 7th 3 Mehmet Goren 0 57 55 1.036 --- 7th K 3 O Takeshima 0 52 50 1.040 --- 8th 2 Savas Bulut 2 71 56 1.267 1,739 6th 1 Therese Klompenhouwer 4th 80 60 1.333 1.481 6th L. 3 Sameh Sidhom 0 63 45 1,400 --- 12 2 Rubén Legazpi 2 76 45 1.688 1,600 13 1 Seo Hyun-min 4th 80 40 2,000 2,000 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

40 /13

Yoon Myoung-sin

19/13

Frédéric Caudron

40 /16

Heo Jung-han

23/16

Jean Paul de Bruijn

26/22

Heo Jung-han

40 /22

Frédéric Caudron

40 /19

Jérémy Bury

22/19

Jérémy Bury

40 /22

Daniel Sánchez

30/22

Jérémy Bury

40 /27

Choi Sung-won

34/27

Choi Sung-won

40 /24

Kim Haeng-jik

38/24

Frédéric Caudron

40 /23

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

30/23

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

40 /15

Cho Chi-yeon

12/15

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

40 /22

Kim Kyung-roul

37/22

Kim Kyung-roul

3 40 /31

Javier Teran

31/31

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

40 /18

Kang Dong-koong

32/18

Kang Dong-koong

40 /33

Kostas Papakonstantinou

27/33

Kang Dong-koong

40 /22

Filipos Kasidokostas

35/22

Filipos Kasidokostas

40 /21

Hwang Hyung-bum

37/21

Frédéric Caudron

22/16

Eddy Merckx

40 /16

Eddy Merckx

40 /21

Luis Aveiga

19/21

Eddy Merckx

40 /18

Ahmet Alp

30/18

Tayfun Taşdemir

35/28

Ahmet Alp

40 /28

Eddy Merckx

40 /22

Dick Jaspers

27/22

Dick Jaspers

40 /27

Jose Juan Garcia

32/27

Dick Jaspers

40/19/ 3

Lütfi Çenet

40/19/2

Seo Hyun-min

37/20

Lütfi Çenet

40 /20

Eddy Merckx

40 /24

Torbjörn Blomdahl

34/24

Marco Zanetti

28/19

Roland Forthomme

40 /19

Roland Forthomme

33/16

Cho Jae-ho

40 /16

Cho Jae-ho

40 /10

Ramón Rodriguez

19/10

Cho Jae-ho

40/15/2

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40/15/ 6

Murat Naci Çoklu

40 /12

Hong Jin-pyo

25/12

Murat Naci Çoklu

18/17

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /17

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /12

Therese Klompenhouwer

20/12

Closing table

For the sake of clarity, not all 122 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 Eddy Merckx 10 200 101 1,980 2,500 10 80 2 Frédéric Caudron 8th 182 87 2.091 3.076 11 54 Semi- finals 3 Torbjörn Blomdahl 6th 154 68 2.264 3.333 12 38 Nguyen Quoc Nguyen 6th 150 78 1.923 2,666 13 38 quarter- final 5 Cho Jae-ho 4th 120 41 2.926 4,000 14th 26th 6th Dick Jaspers 4th 107 68 1.573 2.105 15th 26th 7th Kang Dong-koong 4th 112 73 1.534 1,818 9 26th 8th Jérémy Bury 4th 102 68 1,500 1,818 10 26th eighth final 9 Roland Forthomme 2 73 35 2.085 2.105 12 16 10 Lütfi Çenet 2 80 39 2.051 2,000 12 16 11 Murat Naci Çoklu 2 58 29 2,000 3.333 11 16 12 Ahmet Alp 2 70 40 1,750 1.428 7th 16 13 Filipos Kasidokostas 2 75 43 1,744 1.904 11 16 14th Heo Jung-han 2 63 38 1.657 1,818 8th 16 15th Kim Kyung-roul 2 77 53 1.452 1.290 8th 16 16 Choi Sung-won 2 74 51 1,450 1.666 6th 16 1/16 finals 17th Hong Jin-pyo 0 25th 12 2.083 --- 7th 8th 18th Ramón Rodriguez 0 19th 10 1,900 --- 6th 8th 19th Seo Hyun-min 0 37 20th 1,850 --- 7th 8th 20th Hwang Hyung-bum 0 37 21st 1.764 --- 5 8th 21st Therese Klompenhouwer 0 20th 12 1.666 --- 8th 8th 22nd Kim Heang-jik 0 38 24 1,583 --- 7th 8th 23 Marco Zanetti 0 28 19th 1.473 --- 7th 8th 24 Yoon Myoung-sin 0 19th 13 1.461 --- 4th 8th 25th Daniel Sánchez 0 30th 22nd 1.363 --- 4th 8th 26th Tayfun Taşdemir 0 35 28 1,250 --- 8th 8th 27 Jose Juan Garcia 0 32 27 1.185 --- 11 8th 28 Jean Paul de Bruijn 0 26th 22nd 1.181 --- 6th 8th 29 Javier Teran 0 31 31 1,000 --- 4th 8th 30th Luis Avega 0 19th 21st 0.904 --- 6th 8th 31 Kostas Papakonstantinou 0 27 33 0.818 --- 3 8th 32 Cho Chi-yeon 0 12 15th 0.800 --- 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. On: umb-carom.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.

See also

• Three Cushion World Cup 2014/1
• Three Cushion World Cup 2014/2
• Three Cushion World Cup 2014/3
• Three Cushion World Cup 2014/5