The second three- cushion World Cup 2017 took place from March 26th to April 1st in Luxor on the Nile. It is the fourth three-cushion World Cup tournament, a form of carom billiards , in Luxor.
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 (shootout) 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.
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:
From 2017 the number of players seeded will increase to 14. There are only three wild cards . One UMB wild card and two for the host.
The first 14 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 × UMB : Erick Tellez
2 × organizing association: Riad Nady, Ihab El Messery
Costa Rica EgyptEgypt
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 .
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)
NetherlandsDick Jaspers
40 /17
Turkey Birol Uymaz
19/17
NetherlandsDick Jaspers
40 /16
Korea South Choi Sung-won
32/16
Korea SouthChoi Sung-won
40 /18
Vietnam Ma Xuan Cuong
24/18
NetherlandsDick Jaspers
40 /19
Korea South Kim Haeng-jik
11/19
Egypt Sameh Sidhom
23/18
Korea SouthKim Jae-guen
40 /18
Korea South Kim Jae-guen
25/23
Korea SouthKim Haeng-jik
40 /23
Korea SouthKim Haeng-jik
40 /18
Vietnam Ma Minh Cam
36/18
NetherlandsDick Jaspers
40 /12
Korea South Cho Myung-woo
21/12
VietnamTran Quyet Chien
40 /16
Netherlands Jean Paul de Bruijn
30/16
Vietnam Tran Quyet Chien
38/24
Korea SouthCho Myung-woo
40 /24
Belgium Eddy Merckx
31/16
Korea SouthCho Myung-woo
40 /16
Korea SouthCho Myung-woo
40 /16
Turkey Semih Saygıner
34/16
Korea South Cho Jae-ho
40/27/1
TurkeyCan Çapak
40/27 2
Turkey Can Çapak
22/22
TurkeySemih Saygıner
40 /22
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl
24/30
TurkeySemih Saygıner
40 /30
Netherlands Dick Jaspers
28/10
SpainDaniel Sánchez
40 /10
SpainDaniel Sánchez
40 /11
Egypt Riad Nady
6/11
SpainDaniel Sánchez
40 /15
Turkey Murat Naci Çoklu
29/15
TurkeyMurat Naci Çoklu
40 /23
Turkey Adnan Yüksel
27/23
SpainDaniel Sánchez
40 /19
Greece Nikos Polychronopoulos
35/19
GreeceNikos Polychronopoulos
40 /23
Korea South Kang Dong-koong
24/23
GreeceNikos Polychronopoulos
40 /20
Korea South Heo Jung-han
14/20
Korea SouthHeo Jung-han
40 /32
Egypt Ihab El Messery
35/32
SpainDaniel Sánchez
40 /16
Turkey Tayfun Taşdemir
30/16
ItalyMarco Zanetti
40 /32
Costa Rica Erick Tellez
37/32
ItalyMarco Zanetti
40 /16
France Jérémy Bury
26/16
FranceJérémy Bury
40 /34
Korea South Hwang Hyung-bum
27/34
Italy Marco Zanetti
19/16
TurkeyTayfun Taşdemir
40 /16
TurkeyTayfun Taşdemir
40/22/ 2
Korea South Lee Choong-bok
40/22/1
TurkeyTayfun Taşdemir
40 /10
Belgium Eddy Leppens
3/10
Belgium Frédéric Caudron
38/27
BelgiumEddy Leppens
40 /27
Closing table
For the sake of clarity, not all 124 players are listed, but only the best 32 (participants in the final round). The complete list can be viewed at the UMB :
The three-cushion World Cup was organized by the founding association, the " Billiards Worldcup Association " (BWA) until 1998 . Disputes between the BWA and the world association Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) led to parallel tournaments between 1994 and 1997. The UMB / BWA organized the tournament together until the beginning of 1999. Since the dissolution of the BWA in 1999, the UMB has been the sole organizer. From 1988-1991 the UMB did not host any world championships. During this time, the annual overall winner of the World Cup was crowned world champion.