Three Cushion World Cup 2017/7

170th Three Cushion World Cup 2017/7

Tournament dates

Tournament type:

World ranking tournament

Tournament format:

Round robin / knockout system

Organizer:

UMB / ACC

Tournament details

Venue:

Hotel Mövenpick el-Gouna,
el-Guna , Egypt

Opening:

3rd December 2017

Endgame:

December 9, 2017

Attendees:

149

Defending champion:

Torbjörn Blomdahl

Winner:

Eddy Merckx

2nd finalist:

Roland Forthomme

3rd place:

• Marco Zanetti • Frédéric Caudron

Prize money:

€ 52,000

Records

Best GD:

2,272 Eddy Merckx

Best ED:

4,000 Javier Palazón

Maximum series (HS):

18 Frédéric Caudron00

Venue on the map

← 2017/6

2018/1 →

Opening ceremony at the beginning of the final round on Thursday.

Luis Aveiga from Ecuador was the only Pan-American participant in the final round. All others had already been eliminated in the qualifying rounds.

Annual overall winner Kim Haeng-jik from Korea.

Winners trophies

The three- cushion world cup 2017/7 was the seventh UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 31st year of the three- cushion world cup. It took place from December 3rd to 9th at the Mövenpick el-Gouna hotel in el-Guna , north of Hurghada on the Red Sea. It was the 2nd three-cushion World Cup tournament in el-Guna. Last year's winner was the Korean Heo Jung-han, who won his first World Cup here.

Prize money and world ranking points

From 2017, the prize money was increased to € 52,000.

	Prize money ( € )	World ranking points
winner	8,000	80
finalist	5,000	54
Semi-finalists	3,000	38
5th - 8th	1,750	26th
9-16	1,250	16
17th - 32nd	1,000	8th
qualification	-	5
P-qual	-	4th
PP qual	-	3
PPP qual	-	2
All in all	52,000	-

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 (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 on 40 seconds.

Four qualifying rounds are played. From the last qualifying round, the 12 group winners and the three best runners-up ( lucky losers ) 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:

Seeded players and wild cards

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 at positions 1, 16, 8 and 9.

Wildcard player

1 × UMB : Luis Aveiga 2 × organizing association: Ihab El Messery, Ali Hares Ecuador
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Qualifying round

For the sake of clarity, qualification rounds 1, 2 and 3 are not shown.

The first in the group go to the final round of the best 32.

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 .)

Group stage qualification
group	space	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
A.	1	Korea South Cho Jae-ho	2	64	29	2.206	2,500	9
	3	Korea South Oh Sung-kyo	2	54	49	1.102	1,212	6th
	2	Denmark Thomas Andersen	2	79	46	1.717	3.076	9
B.	1	Korea South Choi Sung-won	4th	80	50	1,600	2,000	9
	3	Czech Republic Jan Hudak	0	35	48	0.729	---	4th
	2	Turkey Ömer Karakurt	2	72	58	1.241	1.428	7th
C.	2	Turkey Tayfun Taşdemir	2	68	37	1,837	2,500	9
	1	Korea South Lee Seung-jin	4th	80	51	1.568	1.904	12
	3	France Bernard Baudoin	0	38	76	0.826	---	4th
D.	2	Belgium Eddy Leppens	2	78	37	2.108	2,352	16
	3	Austria Arnim Kahofer	0	61	37	1.648	---	10
	1	Turkey Birol Uymaz	4th	80	40	2,000	2,000	10
E.	2	Turkey Semih Saygıner	2	66	52	1.269	1.481	5
	1	Turkey Adnan Yüksel	3	80	54	1.481	1,600	7th
	3	Germany Ronny Lindemann	1	72	56	1.285	1,379	8th
F.	1	Korea South Kang Dong-koong	4th	80	42	1.904	2.222	9
	3	Spain David Martinez	0	47	42	1.119	---	5
	2	Korea South Kwang-yeol Park	2	59	36	1.638	2.222	9
G	2	Korea South Cho Myung-woo	2	72	42	1.717	2.105	7th
	1	Vietnam Ngô Đình Nại	4th	80	64	1,250	1,739	8th
	3	Korea South Lee Young-hoon	0	58	60	0.966	---	7th
H	2	Turkey Lütfi Çenet	2	75	44	1.704	1.904	6th
	1	Belgium Roland Forthomme	4th	80	57	1.403	1,739	6th
	3	Turkey Murat Çelik	0	35	55	0.636	---	3
I.	1	Vietnam Mã Minh Cẩm	2	73	63	1.158	1,739	11
	2	Turkey Çan Çapak	0	67	49	1.367	---	7th
	3	Denmark Tonny Carlsen	4th	80	66	1,212	1.538	7th
J	2	Vietnam Dương Anh Vũ	2	77	62	1.241	1,250	5
	3	Korea South Kim Hyung-kon	0	60	59	1.016	---	5
	1	Spain Juan David Zapata Garcia	4th	80	57	1.403	1.481	9
K	3	Egypt Riad Nady	0	56	56	1,000	---	6th
	1	Vietnam Ma Xuan Cuong	4th	80	54	1.481	1,600	8th
	2	Turkey Gokhan Salman	2	68	60	1.133	1.290	8th
L.	3	Korea South Kim Jae-guen	0	58	39	1.487	---	11
	1	Spain Javier Palazón	4th	80	26th	3.076	4,000	16
	2	Netherlands Jean Paul de Bruijn	2	47	33	1.424	1,739	7th

Lucky Loser

The three best runners-up come into the main round.

Eddy Leppens

Tayfun Taşdemir

Thomas Andersen

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)

Daniel Sánchez

40 /22

Ali Hares

12/22

Daniel Sánchez

39/26

Tonny Carlsen

40 /26

Heo Jung-han

30/22

Tonny Carlsen

40 /22

Tonny Carlsen

24/19

Eddy Merckx

40 /19

Eddy Merckx

40 /14

Tayfun Taşdemir

23/14

Eddy Merckx

40 /17

Jérémy Bury

25/17

Jérémy Bury

40 /33

Ngo Dinh Nai

34/33

Eddy Merckx

40 /19

Marco Zanetti

37/19

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

33/32

Eddy Leppens

40 /32

Eddy Leppens

35/26

Murat Naci Çoklu

40 /26

Murat Naci Çoklu

40 /27

Cho Jae-ho

31/27

Murat Naci Çoklu

36/19

Marco Zanetti

40 /19

Sameh Sidhom

40 /40

Ihab El Messery

35/40

Sameh Sidhom

31/30

Marco Zanetti

40 /30

Marco Zanetti

40 /21

Lee Seung-jin

18/21

Eddy Merckx

40 /19

Roland Forthomme

25/19

Kim Haeng-jik

40 /19

Adnan Yüksel

22/19

Kim Haeng-jik

40 /15

Nikos Polychronopoulos

30/15

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40 /24

Choi Sung-won

30/24

Kim Haeng-jik

22/26

Frédéric Caudron

40 /26

Frédéric Caudron

40/28/ 2

Ma Xuan Cuong

40/28/1

Frédéric Caudron

40 /16

Birol Uymaz

20/16

Birol Uymaz

40 /30

Luis Aveiga

33/30

Frédéric Caudron

15/11

Roland Forthomme

40 /11

Torbjörn Blomdahl

32/22

Roland Forthomme

40 /22

Roland Forthomme

40 /28

Kang Dong-koong

27/28

Tran Quyet Chien

36/24

Kang Dong-koong

40 724

Roland Forthomme

40 /18

Dick Jaspers

32/18

Javier Palazón

37/31

Juan David Zapata

40 /31

Juan David Zapata

16/18

Dick Jaspers

40 /18

Dick Jaspers

40 /24

Thomas Andersen

36/24

Closing table

The specified match points (MP) only refer to the final round. The match points achieved in the qualifying rounds are not counted.

Final ranking
phase	space	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS	WRP ^{* 1}
final	1	Belgium Eddy Merckx	10	200	88	2.272	2.857	15th	80
final	2	Belgium Roland Forthomme	8th	185	98	1,887	3,636	13	54
Semi- finals	3	Italy Marco Zanetti	6th	157	89	1.764	2.105	11	38
Semi- finals	3	Belgium Frédéric Caudron	6th	135	81	1.666	2,500	18th	38
quarter- final	5	Netherlands Dick Jaspers	4th	112	60	1,866	2.222	9	26th
	6th	Korea South Kim Haeng-jik	4th	102	60	1,700	2,666	14th	26th
	7th	Turkey Murat Naci Çoklu	4th	116	72	1.611	1.538	12	26th
	8th	Denmark Tonny Carlsen	4th	104	67	1.552	1,818	8th	26th
eighth final	9	Greece Nikos Polychronopoulos	2	70	40	1,750	1,600	14th	16
	10	Spain Daniel Sánchez	2	79	48	1.645	1,818	10	16
	11	Turkey Birol Uymaz	2	60	46	1.304	1.333	10	16
	12	France Jérémy Bury	2	65	50	1,300	1,212	10	16
	13	Belgium Eddy Leppens	2	75	58	1.293	1,250	16	16
	14th	Korea South Kang Dong-koong	2	67	52	1.288	1.666	9	16
	15th	Spain Juan David Zapata Garcia	2	56	49	1.142	1.290	9	16
	16	Egypt Sameh Sidhom	2	71	70	1.014	1,000	6th	16
1/16 finals	17th	Turkey Tayfun Taşdemir	0	23	14th	1.642	---	9	8th
	18th	Denmark Thomas Andersen	0	36	24	1,500	---	9	8th
	19th	Vietnam Tran Quyet Chien	0	36	24	1,500	---	6th	8th
	20th	Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl	0	32	22nd	1.454	---	6th	8th
	21st	Vietnam Ma Xuan Cuong	0	40	28	1.428	---	8th	8th
	22nd	Korea South Heo Jung-han	0	30th	22nd	1.363	---	11	8th
	23	Korea South Choi Sung-won	0	30th	25th	1,200	---	4th	8th
	24	Spain Javier Palazón	0	37	31	1.193	---	16	8th
	25th	Turkey Adnan Yüksel	0	22nd	19th	1.157	---	11	8th
	26th	Korea South Cho Jae-ho	0	31	27	1.148	---	4th	8th
	27	Ecuador Luis Aveiga	0	33	30th	1,100	---	7th	8th
	28	Vietnam Nguyen Quoc Nguyen	0	33	32	1.031	---	5	8th
	29	Vietnam Ngo Dinh Nai	0	34	33	1.030	---	8th	8th
	30th	Egypt Ihab El Messery	0	35	40	0.875	---	6th	8th
	31	Korea South Lee Seung-jin	0	18th	21st	0.857	---	12	8th
	32	Egypt Ali Hares	0	12	22nd	0.545	---	5	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

Web links

Commons : Three Cushion World Cup 2017/7 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c General information. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), October 2017, archived from the original on November 25, 2017 ; accessed on November 21, 2017 (English).
↑ Player List. (PDF) UMB, November 2017, archived from the original on November 25, 2017 ; accessed on November 25, 2017 (English).
↑ grouping. (PDF) UMB, November 2017, archived from the original on November 25, 2017 ; accessed on November 25, 2017 (English).
↑ Results of the qualifying round. (PDF) UMB, December 6, 2017, archived from the original on December 7, 2017 ; accessed on December 7, 2017 .
↑ Ranking qualifying round. (PDF) UMB, December 6, 2017, archived from the original on December 7, 2017 ; accessed on December 7, 2017 .

[General_Information-1] General information. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), October 2017, archived from the original on November 25, 2017 ; accessed on November 21, 2017 (English).

[Spielerliste-2] Player List. (PDF) UMB, November 2017, archived from the original on November 25, 2017 ; accessed on November 25, 2017 (English).

[Gruppeneinteilung-3] grouping. (PDF) UMB, November 2017, archived from the original on November 25, 2017 ; accessed on November 25, 2017 (English).

[Ergebnisse_Quali-4] Results of the qualifying round. (PDF) UMB, December 6, 2017, archived from the original on December 7, 2017 ; accessed on December 7, 2017 .

[Ranking_Quali-5] Ranking qualifying round. (PDF) UMB, December 6, 2017, archived from the original on December 7, 2017 ; accessed on December 7, 2017 .


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Three Cushion World Cup 2017/7

contents

Prize money and world ranking points

Tournament mode

Seeded players and wild cards

Qualifying round

Lucky Loser

Final round

Closing table

See also

Web links

Individual evidence