Three Cushion World Cup 2016/2

158th Three Cushion World Cup 2016/2
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round Robin , knock-out system
Organizer:	UMB / ACC
Tournament details
Venue:	Sonesta St. George Hotel, Luxor , Egypt
Opening:	March 27, 2016
Endgame:	2nd April 2016
Attendees:	114
Defending champion:	Dick Jaspers
Winner:	Eddy Merckx
2nd finalist:	Jérémy Bury
3rd place:	• Nikos Polychronopoulos • Cho Jae-ho
Prize money:	€ 40,000
Records
Best GD:	1,801 Eddy Merckx
Best ED:	2,857 Nikos Polychronopoulos
Maximum series (HS):	17 Ahmet Alp 000
Venue on the map
Luxor
Venue
Sonesta St. George Hotel
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The three- cushion world cup 2016/2 was the second UMB / ACC world cup tournament in the 30th year of the three- cushion world cup. It took place from March 27th to April 2nd, 2016 in Luxor , Egypt . It was the third three-cushion world cup tournament, a form of carom billiards , in Luxor.

history

The world cup tournament in Luxor was marked by many favorite falls. Already in the first round, Torbjörn Blomdahl , Daniel Sánchez and Dick Jaspers were eliminated from the top three in the world rankings. From the quarter-finals onwards, none of the winners who dominated the World Cup in recent years were represented. So the way was clear for Eddy Merckx from Belgium . In the final, he won against Jérémy Bury, who was coming from the qualification, with 40:30 in 23 shots and celebrated his seventh World Cup victory.

Prize money and world ranking points

From this tournament onwards, the prize money was increased to € 40,000.

	Prize money ( € )	World ranking points
winner	5,500	80
finalist	3,500	54
Semi-finalists	2,200	38
5th - 8th	1,450	26th
9-16	1,000	16
17th - 32nd	800	8th
qualification	-	5
P-qual	-	4th
PP qual	-	3
PPP qual	-	2
All in all	40,000	-

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 shortened to 40 seconds. Each player can take two extra time per match . This increases the peak time by 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. Torbjörn Blomdahl
2. Daniel Sánchez
3. Dick Jaspers
4. Eddy Merckx
5. Tayfun Taşdemir
6. Frédéric Caudron
7. Marco Zanetti
8. Roland Forthomme
9. Sameh Sidhom
10. Cho Jae-ho
11. Tran Quyet Chien
12. Kim Haeng-jik

Wildcard players:
1 × CPB : José Juan Garcia 1 × ACBC : Cho Chi-yeon 1 × CEB : Eddy Leppens 2 × Organizing host: Riad Nady , Khaled Erfan

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 Murat Naci Çoklu 4th 80 57 1.403 1.666 9 2 Birol Uymaz 2 79 64 1,234 1.290 8th 3 Ngo Dinh Nai 0 62 55 1.127 --- 11 B. 1 Hwang Hyung-bum 4th 80 49 1.632 1.904 11 3 Mohsen Fouda 0 55 56 0.982 --- 4th 2 Mã Minh Cẩm 2 69 49 1.408 1.428 7th C. 1 Kang Dong-koong 2 65 45 1.444 1.333 8th 2 Murat Tüzül 2 75 52 1,442 2,666 8th 3 Kwang-yeol Park 2 77 67 1.149 1.081 6th D. 1 Heo Jung-han 4th 80 49 1.632 2,500 8th 3 Kostas Papakonstantinou 0 48 39 1.230 --- 10 2 Cho Myung-woo 2 73 56 1.303 1,739 5 E. 2 Choi Sung-won 2 77 58 1.327 1.666 5 3 Ihab El Messery 0 49 51 0.960 --- 7th 1 Ahmet Alp 4th 80 61 1,311 1.481 8th F. 1 Lütfi Çenet 4th 80 65 1.230 1.428 8th 3 Ragay Henry 0 28 64 0.437 --- 6th 2 Gokhan Salman 2 76 73 1.041 1.111 5 G 3 Adnan Yüksel 2 72 55 1.309 1.481 10 2 Semih Saygıner 2 66 49 1.346 1,818 7th 1 Javier Palazón 2 73 50 1,460 1.428 6th H 2 Lee Choong-bok 2 61 50 1.220 1.481 8th 1 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 4th 80 59 1.355 1,739 7th 3 Hong Jin-pyo 0 57 63 0.904 --- 5 I. 1 Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 70 44 1,590 2,352 8th 2 Ma Xuan Cuong 2 59 38 1.552 1.904 7th 3 Can Capak 2 73 48 1.520 1.481 8th J 1 Pedro Piedrabuena 3 80 50 1,600 2,000 9 3 Arnim Kahofer 1 75 72 1.041 1.333 8th 2 Dionisis Tsokantas 2 66 62 1.064 0.952 7th K 1 Jean Paul de Bruijn 4th 80 66 1,212 2,000 6th 2 Kim Jae-guen 2 64 47 1.361 1.481 10 3 Emrullah Basegmez 0 64 73 0.876 --- 9 L. 1 Jérémy Bury 4th 80 49 1.632 2.222 6th 3 Duong Anh Vu 0 61 58 1.051 --- 8th 2 Do Nguyen Trung Hau 2 67 45 1.488 1.481 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

28/25

Lütfi Çenet

40 /25

Lütfi Çenet

40 /18

Cho Chi-yeon

18/18

Hwang Hyung-bum

24/20

Cho Chi-yeon

40 /20

Lütfi Çenet

24/23

Cho Jae-ho

40 /23

Cho Jae-ho

40 /21

Riad Nady

19/21

Cho Jae-ho

40 /36

Tayfun Taşdemir

36/36

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /23

Ma Xuan Cuong

26/23

Cho Jae-ho

27/20

Eddy Merckx

40 /20

Tran Quyet Chien

31/23

Murat Tüzül

40 /23

Murat Tüzül

36/25

Ahmet Alp

40 /25

Marco Zanetti

31/29

Ahmet Alp

40 /29

Ahmet Alp

23/24

Eddy Merckx

40 /24

Kim Haeng-jik

40 /26

Jean Paul de Bruijn

28/26

Kim Haeng-jik

36/25

Eddy Merckx

40 /25

Eddy Merckx

40 /19

Do Nguyen Trung Hau

15/19

Eddy Merckx

40 /23

Jérémy Bury

30/23

Dick Jaspers

29/22

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40 /22

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40 /14

Heo Jung-han

18/14

Heo Jung-han

40 /34

Khaled Erfan

24/34

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40/26/ 3

Kang Dong-koong

40/26/0

Frédéric Caudron

40 /29

Eddy Leppens

38/29

Frédéric Caudron

37/18

Kang Dong-koong

40 /18

Sameh Sidhom

30/28

Kang Dong-koong

40 /28

Nikos Polychronopoulos

30/23

40 /23

Roland Forthomme

30/30

Javier Palazón

40 /30

Javier Palazón

35/28

Jérémy Bury

40 /28

Jérémy Bury

40 /28

José Juan Garcia

38/28

Jérémy Bury

40 /23

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

34/23

Murat Naci Çoklu

30/36

Pedro Piedrabuena

40 /36

Pedro Piedrabuena

22/22

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

40 /22

Daniel Sánchez

36/26

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

40 /26

Closing table

For the sake of clarity, not all players are listed, only the best 32 (participants in the final round). The complete list can be viewed at the UMB.

Final ranking phase space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS WRP * 1 final 1 Eddy Merckx 10-0 200 111 1.801 2.105 12 80 2 Jérémy Bury 8: 2 190 125 1.520 1,739 12 54 Semi- finals 3 Nikos Polychronopoulos 6: 2 150 85 1.764 2.857 14th 38 Cho Jae-ho 6: 2 147 100 1,470 1.904 10 38 quarter- final 5 Kang Dong-koong 4: 2 120 72 1.666 2.222 8th 26th 6th Nguyen Quoc Nguyen 4: 2 114 71 1.605 1,818 8th 26th 7th Lütfi Çenet 4: 2 104 66 1.575 2.222 10 26th 8th Ahmet Alp 4: 2 103 78 1,320 1,600 17th 26th eighth final 9 Frédéric Caudron 2: 2 77 47 1.638 1,379 11 16 10 Murat Tüzül 2: 2 76 48 1,583 1,739 9 16 11 Cho Chi-yeon 2: 2 58 38 1.526 2,000 7th 16 12 Kim Haeng-jik 2: 2 76 51 1,490 1.538 12 16 13 Javier Palazón 2: 2 75 58 1.293 1.333 8th 16 14th Tayfun Taşdemir 2: 2 76 59 1.288 1,739 5 16 15th Heo Jung-han 2: 2 58 48 1.208 1.176 8th 16 16 Pedro Piedrabuena 2: 2 62 58 1.068 1.111 9 16 1/16 finals 17th Daniel Sánchez 0 36 26th 1.384 --- 6th 8th 18th José Juan Garcia 0 38 28 1.357 --- 7th 8th 19th Tran Quyet Chien 0 31 23 1.347 --- 5 8th 20th Dick Jaspers 0 29 22nd 1.318 --- 6th 8th 21st Eddy Leppens 0 38 29 1,310 --- 11 8th 22nd Hwang Hyung-bum 0 24 20th 1,200 --- 8th 8th 23 Ma Xuan Cuong 0 26th 23 1.130 --- 4th 8th 24 Torbjörn Blomdahl 0 28 25th 1.120 --- 8th 8th 25th Jean Paul de Bruijn 0 28 26th 1.076 --- 3 8th 26th Sameh Sidhom 0 30th 28 1.071 --- 6th 8th 27 Marco Zanetti 0 31 29 1.068 --- 4th 8th 28 Roland Forthomme 0 30th 30th 1,000 --- 5 8th 29 Riad Nady 0 19th 21st 0.904 --- 5 8th 30th Murat Naci Çoklu 0 30th 36 0.833 --- 4th 8th 31 Do Nguyen Trung Hau 0 15th 19th 0.789 --- 5 8th 32 Khaled Erfan 0 24 34 0.705 --- 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 February 15, 2017.

See also

• Three Cushion World Cup 2016/1 from February 1st to 7th in Bursa , Turkey
• Three Cushion World Cup 2016/3 from 16 to 22 May in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam
• Three Cushion World Cup 2016/4 from July 18 to 24 in Porto , Portugal
• Three Cushion World Cup 2016/5 from August 29th to September 4th in Guri , South Korea
• Three Cushion World Cup 2016/6 from October 24th to 30th in La Baule , France
• Three Cushion World Cup 2016/7 from December 11th to 17th in Hurghada , Egypt