Three Cushion World Cup 2015/2

152nd Three Cushion World Cup 2015/2
Estádio do Dragão
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round Robin , knock-out system
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Pavilhão Dragão Caixa, Porto , Portugal
Opening:	July 6, 2015
Endgame:	July 12, 2015
Attendees:	146
Defending champion:	Dick Jaspers
Winner:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
2nd finalist:	Hwang Hyung-bum
3rd place:	Daniel Sánchez Dick Jaspers
Prize money:	€ 35,000
Records
Best GD:	2,390 Daniel Sánchez
Best ED:	4,444 Heo Jung-han
Maximum series (HS):	20 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện000
Venue on the map
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The three- cushion world cup 2015/2 was the second UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 29th year of the three-cushion world cup. It took place from July 6th to 12th, 2015 in Porto , Portugal . It was the sixth World Cup tournament in Porto.

history

The best match of this World Cup took place in the qualification. In Group K, the Turk Birol Uymaz and the Vietnamese Nguyen Quoc Nguyen played for group victory. Birol started the game with a series of 16 and led after twelve shots with 38:14. Then the Vietnamese hit the tournament high of 20 points and was back in business. In the 15th shot, Birol finished the game and Nguyen only got 39 points. Due to the strong average of 1,880, Nguyen also came into the main field of the best 32. Uymaz made it to the quarter-finals where he failed because of the eventual winner. Nguyen already had to pack his bags in the first round in extra time against Dick Jaspers . The Korean Hwang Hyung-bum also played a very strong tournament. As a qualifier, he made it to the final with a great performance. Only here did he have to admit defeat to the record World Cup winner Torbjörn Blomdahl . For Blomdahl it was the 43rd victory in his 132nd World Cup tournament.

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 rate system was abolished because the match time could not be calculated. Matches could last between three and five sets. Good timing was therefore not possible. The game distances were set at 30 points in the pre-qualifying 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 set to 40 seconds wildcards, there are only two for the host 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. Torbjörn Blomdahl
2. Choi Sung-won
3. Eddy Merckx
4. Dick Jaspers
5. Frédéric Caudron
6. Cho Jae-ho
7. Marco Zanetti
8. Daniel Sánchez
9. Kang Dong-koong
10. Roland Forthomme
11. Tayfun Taşdemir
12. Jean Paul de Bruijn

Wildcard players:
1 × CPB : Pedro Piedrabuena 1 × ACBC : Cho Chi-yeon 2 × Organizing hosts: Rui Manuel Costa, 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. 2 Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 70 47 1.489 1.666 9 1 Savas Bulut 4th 80 51 1.568 1,739 11 3 Raymon Groot 0 44 52 0.846 --- 7th B. 1 Lee Choong-bok 4th 80 50 1,600 2,352 10 2 Ngo Dinh Nai 2 69 62 1,112 1,379 5 3 Ly The Vinh 0 52 46 1.130 --- 4th C. 2 Sameh Sidhom 1 66 50 1,320 1.666 7th 3 Ahmet Alp 1 75 57 1,315 1.666 7th 1 Kim Jae-guen 4th 80 59 1.355 1.538 7th D. 2 Tran Quyet Chien 2 74 44 1.681 2.105 8th 1 Carlos Crespo 4th 80 59 1.355 1,600 7th 3 Hwang Durk-hee 0 48 53 0.905 --- 5 E. 1 Hwang Hyung-bum 4th 80 69 1.159 1,212 7th 2 Ragay Henry 2 63 89 0.707 0.714 7th 3 Arnim Kahofer 0 72 92 0.782 --- 5 F. 3 Murat Naci Çoklu 1 71 65 1,092 0.930 7th 1 Duong Anh Vu 3 80 51 1.568 1,818 10 2 Jozef Philipoom 2 80 72 1.111 1,379 6th G 1 Jérémy Bury 4th 80 59 1.355 1.481 7th 3 Javier Palazón 0 52 58 0.896 --- 6th 2 Alfonso Legazpi 2 72 53 1.358 1.538 6th H 2 Adnan Yüksel 2 79 51 1,549 1,739 7th 3 Murat Tüzül 0 66 46 1.434 --- 11 1 Do Nguyen Trung Hau 4th 80 51 1.568 1,739 8th I. 1 Heo Jung-han 3 80 42 1.904 2,500 8th 2 Rubén Legazpi 3 80 57 1.403 1.538 8th 3 Can Capak 0 43 47 0.914 --- 4th J 3 Filipos Kasidokostas 0 64 53 1.207 --- 8th 2 Lütfi Çenet 2 71 46 1.543 1.290 12 1 Gokhan Salman 4th 80 37 2.162 2,666 9 K 2 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 2 79 42 1,880 1.481 20th 3 Seo Hyun-min 0 63 57 1.105 --- 8th 1 Birol Uymaz 4th 80 45 1,777 2,666 16 L. 3 Riad Nady 0 55 51 1.078 --- 6th 1 Eddy Leppens 4th 80 57 1.403 1,600 8th 2 Peter Ceulemans 2 73 58 1.258 1.538 5

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)

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /14

Jérémy Bury

29/14

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /29

Rui Manuel Costa

31/29

Kang Dong-koong

35/23

Rui Manuel Costa

40 /23

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /23

Birol Uymaz

24/23

Birol Uymaz

40 /21

Tran Quyet Chien

32/21

Birol Uymaz

40 /19

Marco Zanetti

35/19

Marco Zanetti

40 /35

Do Nguyen Trung Hau

29/35

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /16

Dick Jaspers

25/16

Lee Choong-bok

40 /20

João Pedro Ferreira

21/20

Lee Choong-bok

16/9

Heo Jung-han

40 /9

Frédéric Caudron

31/17

Heo Jung-han

40 /17

Heo Jung-han

12/20

Dick Jaspers

40 /20

Savas Bulut

27/27

Pedro Piedrabuena

40 /27

Pedro Piedrabuena

21/13

Dick Jaspers

40 /13

Dick Jaspers

40/32/ 2

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

40/32/0

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /18

Hwang Hyung-bum

13/18

Eddy Merckx

31/20

Kim Jae-guen

40 /20

Kim Jae-guen

37/39

Rubén Legazpi

40 /39

Roland Forthomme

28/17

Rubén Legazpi

40 /17

Rubén Legazpi

25/18

Daniel Sánchez

40 /18

Daniel Sánchez

40 /12

Adnan Yüksel

15/12

Daniel Sánchez

40 /15

Jean Paul de Bruijn

23/15

Jean Paul de Bruijn

40 /21

Carlos Crespo

38/21

Daniel Sánchez

33/19

Hwang Hyung-bum

40 /19

Cho Jae-ho

40 /19

Cho Chie-yeon

25/19

Cho Jae-ho

36/29

Hwang Hyung-bum

40 /29

Tayfun Taşdemir

40/20/2

Hwang Hyung-bum

40/20/ 4

Hwang Hyung-bum

40 /33

Duong Anh Vu

37/33

Gokhan Salman

28/27

Eddy Leppens

40 /27

Eddy Leppens

34/25

Duong Anh Vu

40 /25

Choi Sung-won

22/39

Duong Anh Vu

40 /39

Closing table

For the sake of clarity, not all 146 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 10 200 100 2,000 2.875 9 80 2 Hwang Hyung-bum 8th 173 119 1.453 2.105 13 54 Semi- finals 3 Daniel Sánchez 6th 153 64 2,390 3.333 12 38 Dick Jaspers 6th 145 81 1.790 3.076 12 38 quarter- final 5 Heo Jung-han 4th 92 46 2,000 4,444 14th 26th 6th Birol Uymaz 4th 104 63 1,650 2.105 16 26th 7th Ruben Legazpi 4th 105 74 1.418 2,352 9 26th 8th Duong Anh Vu 4th 117 97 1.206 1,600 10 26th eighth final 9 Lee Choong-bok 2 56 29 1.931 2,000 10 16 10 Jean Paul de Bruijn 2 63 36 1,750 1.904 9 16 11 Cho Jae-ho 2 76 48 1,583 2.105 7th 16 12 Pedro Piedrabuena 2 61 40 1.525 1.481 6th 16 13 Eddy Leppens 2 74 52 1.423 1.481 8th 16 14th Marco Zanetti 2 75 54 1.388 1.142 8th 16 15th Rui Manuel Costa 2 71 52 1,365 1,739 10 16 16 Kim Jae-guen 2 77 59 1.305 2,000 9 16 1/16 finals 17th Jérémy Bury 0 29 14th 2.071 --- 8th 8th 18th Tayfun Taşdemir 0 40 20th 2,000 2,000 6th 8th 19th Frédéric Caudron 0 31 17th 1,823 --- 10 8th 20th Carlos Crespo 0 38 21st 1.809 --- 11 8th 21st Roland Forthomme 0 28 17th 1.647 --- 6th 8th 22nd Eddy Merckx 0 31 20th 1,550 --- 9 8th 23 Tran Quyet Chien 0 32 21st 1.523 --- 8th 8th 24 Kang Dong-koong 0 35 23 1.521 --- 7th 8th 25th Cho Chie-yeon 0 25th 19th 1,315 --- 6th 8th 26th Nguyen Quoc Nguyen 0 40 32 1,250 1,250 20th 8th 27 Adnan Yüksel 0 15th 12 1,250 --- 7th 8th 28 Joao Pedro Ferreira 0 21st 20th 1.050 --- 4th 8th 29 Gokhan Salman 0 28 27 1.037 --- 11 8th 30th Savas Bulut 0 27 27 1,000 --- 11 8th 31 Do Nguyen Trung Hau 0 29 35 0.828 --- 8th 8th 32 Choi Sung-won 0 22nd 39 0.564 --- 4th 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 20, 2017.

See also

• Three Cushion World Cup 2015/1 from March 29th to April 4th in Luxor
• Three-cushion World Cup 2015/3 from August 10 to 16 in Ho Chi Minh City
• Three Cushion World Cup 2015/4 from September 6th to 13th in Guri
• Three Cushion World Cup 2015/5 from October 12th to 18th in Istanbul
• Three Cushion World Cup 2015/6 from December 13th to 19th in Hurghada