Three Cushion World Cup 2015/3

153rd Three Cushion World Cup 2015/3
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round Robin , knock-out system
Organizer:	UMB / ACBC
Tournament details
Venue:	Nguyen Du Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam
Opening:	August 10, 2015
Endgame:	August 16, 2015
Attendees:	145
Defending champion:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
Winner:	Tayfun Taşdemir
2nd finalist:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
3rd place:	Cho Jae-ho Eddy Merckx
Prize money:	€ 35,000
Records
Best GD:	2,311 Daniel Sánchez
Best ED:	4,000 Tayfun Taşdemir
Maximum series (HS):	17 Marco Zanetti Roland Forthomme000 00000
Venue on the map
Ho Chi Minh City
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The three- cushion world cup 2015/3 was the third UMB / ACBC world cup tournament in the 29th year of the three-cushion world cup. It took place from August 10 to 16, 2015 in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam . It was the first World Cup tournament in Vietnam.

history

For the first time in the 87-year history in which three-band tournaments are held worldwide, a tournament was held in Vietnam. All the actors and functionaries involved were enthusiastic about the great atmosphere in Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon. The players thanked it with extremely good performances at this tournament. In the knockout round, a new record was set in the 31 games played with an average of 1.776 . In Vietnam, 17 Asian players were among the last 32 participants for the first time. With Dick Jaspers , for the first time in the history of the World Cup, a player with an average of over three was eliminated from the competition. A total of eight players played an average of over two. Record World Cup winner Torbjörn Blomdahl and Turk Tayfun Taşdemir contested the final . Taşdemir, who defeated Daniel Sánchez in just ten shots in a class match in the quarterfinals , had only an hour break before his final game. Nevertheless, he won the final relatively safely with 40:34 in 17 shots. It was his first World Cup victory.

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 × ACC : Sameh Sidhom 1 × CPB : Ramón Rodriguez 1 × CEB : Jérémy Bury 2 × Organizing host: Tran Quyet Chien, Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

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 Lee Choong-bok 4th 80 54 1.481 1,600 6th 2 Dinh Quang Hai 2 78 49 1,591 2,000 7th 3 O Takeshima 0 44 45 0.977 --- 6th B. 3 Hwang Hyung-bum 1 59 55 1.072 1.142 7th 2 Lim Tae-soo 1 79 58 1.362 1.142 8th 1 Ly The Vinh 4th 80 43 1,860 2,000 7th C. 3 Murat Naci Çoklu 0 50 44 1.136 --- 6th 1 Nguyen Duy Trung 3 80 55 1.454 1.904 7th 2 Ahn Ji-hun 3 80 57 1.403 1,739 10 D. 2 Adnan Yüksel 2 79 56 1.410 1.538 14th 3 Hwang Durk-hee 1 72 67 1.074 0.975 8th 1 Oh Tae-jun 3 80 71 1.126 1.333 9 E. 1 Heo Jung-han 2 72 41 1.756 2,000 8th 2 Kim Jae-guen 2 77 49 1.571 1.904 10 3 Vo Hao Tri 2 60 48 1,250 1.428 7th F. 1 Eddy Leppens 2 72 43 1.674 2.222 13 3 Kim Hyung-kon 2 76 51 1,490 1,600 7th 2 Shin Dae-kwon 2 71 44 1.613 1.538 7th G 1 Cho Chi-yeon 4th 80 54 1.481 1,600 11 2 Ngo Dinh Nai 2 72 50 1,440 1,600 6th 3 Tran Duc Minh 0 54 54 1,000 --- 5 H 2 Pedro Piedrabuena 2 57 55 1.036 1.081 7th 1 Tolgahan Kiraz 4th 80 44 1,818 2.222 7th 3 Vuong Minh Thien 0 57 63 0.904 --- 5 I. 3 Seo Hyun-min 0 67 56 1,196 --- 5 1 Tatsuo Arai 4th 80 51 1.568 1.904 8th 2 Kwang-yeol Park 2 68 47 1.446 1.538 15th J 1 Lütfi Çenet 4th 80 50 1,600 1.666 9 2 Arnim Kahofer 2 72 68 1.058 0.952 7th 3 Nguyen Ngoc Long 0 52 66 0.787 --- 9 K 1 Ma Xuan Cuong 4th 80 64 1,250 1,600 9 3 Ragay Henry 0 45 60 0.750 --- 3 2 Lee Sang-dae 2 64 46 1.391 1.904 6th L. 3 Murat Tüzül 1 75 61 1.229 1,250 6th 2 Duong Anh Vu 1 77 57 1,350 1,250 6th 1 Cho Keon-hwi 4th 80 54 1.481 1,600 7th

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 /20

Cho Keon-hwi

16/20

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /24

Lütfi Çenet

35/24

Lütfi Çenet

40 /27

Ramón Rodriguez

32/27

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /19

Marco Zanetti

25/19

Roland Forthomme

40 /21

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

30/21

Roland Forthomme

33/23

Marco Zanetti

40 /23

Marco Zanetti

40 /21

Jérémy Bury

33/21

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /12

Eddy Merckx

21/12

Ly The Vinh

33/15

Tran Quyet Chien

40 /15

Tran Quyet Chien

40 /15

Frédéric Caudron

25/15

Frédéric Caudron

40 /16

Heo Jung-han

24/16

Tran Quyet Chien

23/16

Eddy Merckx

40 /16

Jean Paul de Bruijn

35/21

Sameh Sidhom

40 /21

Sameh Sidhom

31/26

Eddy Merckx

40 /26

Eddy Merckx

40 /24

Lee Choong-bok

32/24

Torbjörn Blomdahl

34/17

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /17

Dick Jaspers

40/13/0

Shin Dae-kwon

40/13/ 1

Shin Dae-kwon

37/27

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /27

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /16

Dinh Quang Hai

20/16

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /10

Daniel Sánchez

24/10

Daniel Sánchez

40 /13

Oh Tae-jun

24/13

Daniel Sánchez

40 /22

Eddy Leppens

35/22

Kang Dong-koong

37/21

Eddy Leppens

40 /21

Tayfun Taşdemir

40/17/ 5

Cho Jae-ho

40/17/4

Cho Jae-ho

40 /20

Ahn Ji-hun

29/20

Cho Jae-ho

40 /19

Ma Xuan Cuong

31/19

Tatsuo Arai

38/36

Ma Xuan Cuong

40 /36

Cho Jae-ho

40 /17

Choi Sung-won

26/17

Tolgahan Kiraz

37/20

Nguyen Duy Trung

40 /20

Nguyen Duy Trung

29/23

Choi Sung-won

40 /25

Choi Sung-won

40 /23

Cho Chi-yeon

33/23

Closing table

For the sake of clarity, not all 145 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 Tayfun Taşdemir 10 200 87 2,298 4,000 15th 80 2 Torbjörn Blomdahl 8th 194 92 2.108 3.333 13 54 Semi- finals 3 Cho Jae-ho 6th 160 73 2.191 2,352 13 38 Eddy Merckx 6th 141 78 1.807 2,500 11 38 quarter- final 5 Daniel Sánchez 4th 104 45 2,311 3.076 10 26th 6th Tran Quyet Chien 4th 103 46 2.239 2,666 11 26th 7th Choi Sung-won 4th 106 63 1,682 1,739 8th 26th 8th Marco Zanetti 4th 105 63 1.666 1.904 17th 26th eighth final 9 Frédéric Caudron 2 75 31 2,419 2,500 13 16 10 Shin Dae-kwon 2 77 40 1.925 3.076 11 16 11 Eddy Leppens 2 75 43 1,744 1.904 7th 16 12 Roland Forthomme 2 73 44 1.659 1.904 17th 16 13 Nguyen Duy Trung 2 69 43 1.604 2,000 11 16 14th Sameh Sidhom 2 71 47 1.510 1.904 7th 16 15th Lütfi Çenet 2 75 51 1,470 1.481 10 16 16 Ma Xuan Cuong 2 71 55 1.290 1.111 8th 16 1/16 finals 17th Dick Jaspers 0 40 13 3.076 3.076 7th 8th 18th Ly The Vinh 0 33 15th 2,200 --- 9 8th 19th Tolgahan Kiraz 0 37 20th 1,850 --- 6th 8th 20th Oh Tae-jun 0 24 13 1,846 --- 6th 8th 21st Kang Dong-koong 0 37 21st 1.761 --- 6th 8th 22nd Jean Paul de Bruijn 0 35 21st 1.666 --- 10 8th 23 Jérémy Bury 0 33 21st 1.571 --- 4th 8th 24 Heo Jung-han 0 24 16 1,500 --- 3 8th 25th Ahn Ji-hun 0 29 20th 1,450 --- 7th 8th 26th Cho Chi-yeon 0 33 23 1.434 --- 4th 8th 27 Nguyen Quoc Nguyen 0 30th 21st 1.428 --- 6th 8th 28 Lee Choong-bok 0 32 24 1.333 --- 6th 8th 29 Dinh Quang Hai 0 20th 16 1,250 --- 6th 8th 30th Ramon Rodriguez 0 32 27 1.185 --- 4th 8th 31 Tatsuo Arai 0 38 36 1.055 --- 5 8th 32 Cho Keon-Hwi 0 16 20th 0.800 --- 6th 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 23, 2017.

See also

• Three Cushion World Cup 2015/1 from March 29th to April 4th in Luxor
• Three Cushion World Cup 2015/2 from July 6th to 12th in Porto
• 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