Three Cushion World Cup 2017/1

164th Three Cushion World Cup 2017/1
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round robin , knock out
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Ataturk Congress Culture Center, Bursa , Turkey
Opening:	February 6, 2017
Endgame:	February 12, 2017
Attendees:	149
Defending champion:	Heo Jung-han
Winner:	Frédéric Caudron
2nd finalist:	Dick Jaspers
3rd place:	• Jérémy Bury • Kang Dong-koong
Prize money:	€ 52,000
Records
Best GD:	2,636 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	5,714 Frédéric Caudron
Maximum series (HS):	0016 Heo Jung-han0
Venue on the map
Bursa
← 2016/7	2017/2 →

The first three- cushion World Cup 2017 took place from February 6th to 12th in Bursa , Turkey . It was the second three-cushion World Cup tournament, a form of carom billiards , in Bursa.

Prize money and world ranking points

From 2017 the prize money will be 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 three pre-qualification rounds (PPP-PP and pre-qualification) and at 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. Each player can take three extra time per match . This increases the peak time by 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:

1. MP = match points
2. GD = general average
3. HS = maximum series

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 in positions 1, 16, 8 and 9.

1. Frédéric Caudron
2. Dick Jaspers
3. Daniel Sánchez
4. Torbjörn Blomdahl
5. Eddy Merckx
6. Marco Zanetti
7. Nikos Polychronopoulos
8. Murat Naci Çoklu
9. Kim Haeng-jik
10. Jérémy Bury
11. Cho Jae-ho
12. Sameh Sidhom
13. Roland Forthomme
14. Tayfun Taşdemir

Wildcard player:

1 × UMB  : Huberney Cataño 2 × Organizing Association: Semih Saygıner , Can Çapak

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 three 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	Trần Quyết Chiến	2	57	53	1.075	1.481	6th
	1	Birol Uymaz	4th	80	50	1,600	1.666	7th
	3	Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến	0	77	51	1.509	---	10
B.	1	Heo Jung-han	4th	80	41	1.951	2,666	16
	2	Hakan Incekara	2	55	36	1.527	1.904	6th
	3	Shin Jung-ju	0	47	47	1,000	---	7th
C.	1	Eddy Leppens	4th	80	44	1,818	2.105	8th
	2	Turgay Oracle	2	61	41	1.487	1,818	9
	3	Hideaki Kobayashi	0	53	47	1.127	---	6th
D.	1	Lütfi Çenet	4th	80	41	1.951	2.222	9
	2	José-Maria Mas	2	66	42	1.571	2.105	6th
	3	Savas Gungor	0	42	37	1,135	---	9
E.	1	Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện	4th	80	38	2.105	2.105	15th
	3	Duong Anh Vu	0	40	42	0.952	---	5
	2	Lee Seung-jin	2	76	42	1.809	1,739	7th
F.	1	Choi Sung-won	4th	80	33	2,424	4,000	14th
	3	Ragay Henry	0	26th	35	0.742	---	4th
	2	Furkan Senel	2	60	48	1,250	1,600	7th
G	1	Kang Dong-koong	2	76	28	2.714	2.105	10
	3	Jean Paul de Bruijn	2	70	42	1.666	1.666	7th
	2	José Juan Garcia	2	63	34	1,852	4,000	10
H	2	Mã Minh Cẩm	3	80	55	1.454	1.666	9
	1	Cho Myung-woo	3	80	51	1.568	1.666	8th
	3	Kwang-yeol Park	0	60	58	1.034	---	6th
I.	3	Lee Choong-bok	0	33	38	0.868	---	5
	2	Kim Jae-guen	2	76	52	1.461	1,818	9
	1	Ahn Ji-hun	4th	80	46	1,739	2,500	7th
J	2	Riad Nady	2	68	45	1.511	1.904	6th
	3	Hwang Hyung-bum	0	57	49	1.163	---	6th
	1	Konstantinos Kokkoris	4th	80	52	1.538	1.666	14th
K	1	Cho Chi-yeon	2	72	54	1.333	1.428	8th
	3	Murat Tüzül	2	61	66	0.924	1.053	7th
	2	Kang Sang-ku	2	78	64	1.218	1.538	12
L.	2	Adnan Yüksel	2	71	54	1,314	1.333	5
	1	Kim Hyung-kon	4th	80	45	1,777	1.904	14th
	3	Jeong Sung-il	0	62	51	1.215	---	7th

Lucky Loser

The three best runners-up come into the main round

• Mã Minh Cẩm
• José Juan Garcia
• Lee Seung-jin

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)

Frédéric Caudron

40 /23

Birol Uymaz

38/23

Frédéric Caudron

40 /16

Roland Forthomme

22/16

Roland Forthomme

40 /22

José Juan Garcia

30/22

Frédéric Caudron

40 /29

Nikos Polychronopoulos

35/29

Choi Sung-won

40 /24

Cho Myung-woo

25/24

Choi Sung-won

40/24/0

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40/24/ 1

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40 /28

Cho Chi-yeon

35/28

Frédéric Caudron

40 /20

Kang Dong-koong

26/20

Sameh Sidhom

39/22

Kang Dong-koong

40 /22

Kang Dong-koong

40 /31

Kim Hyung-kon

29/31

Marco Zanetti

37/25

Kim Hyung-kon

40 /25

Kang Dong-koong

40 /22

Torbjörn Blomdahl

37/22

Tayfun Taşdemir

32/31

Ahn Ji-hun

40 /31

Ahn Ji-hun

25/14

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /14

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /31

Eddy Leppens

30/31

Frédéric Caudron

40 /7

Dick Jaspers

14/7

Daniel Sánchez

40/24/2/3/ 1

Heo Jung-han

40/24/2/3/0

Daniel Sánchez

19/16

Cho Jae-ho

40 /16

Cho Jae-ho

40 /14

Huberney Cataño

18/14

Cho Jae-ho

7/9

Jérémy Bury

40 /9

Eddy Merckx

40 /21

Semih Saygıner

17/21

Eddy Merckx

32/18

Jérémy Bury

40 /18

Jérémy Bury

40 /22

Ma Minh Cam

18/22

Jérémy Bury

21/13

Dick Jaspers

40 /13

Murat Naci Çoklu

30/20

Lee Seung-jin

40 /20

Lee Seung-jin

40 /17

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

13/17

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

40 /13

Can Çapak

22/13

Lee Seung-jin

25/24

Dick Jaspers

40 /24

Kim Haeng-jik

39/31

Lütfi Çenet

40 /31

Lütfi Çenet

14/8

Dick Jaspers

40 /8

Dick Jaspers

40 /14

Konstantinos Kokkoris

14/14

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 Frédéric Caudron 10 200 95 2.105 5.714 12 80 2 Dick Jaspers 8th 174 66 2.636 5,000 15th 54 Semi- finals 3 Jérémy Bury 6th 141 62 2.274 4,444 13 38 Kang Dong-koong 6th 146 95 1.536 1,818 11 38 quarter- final 5 Cho Jae-ho 4th 87 39 2.230 2.857 11 26th 6th Torbjörn Blomdahl 4th 117 67 1,746 2.857 12 26th 7th Lee Seung-jin 4th 105 61 1.721 2,352 11 26th 8th Nikos Polychronopoulos 4th 115 81 1.419 1.666 9 26th eighth final 9 Eddy Merckx 2 72 39 1,846 1.904 8th 16 10 Nguyen Quoc Nguyen 2 53 30th 1,766 3.076 15th 16 11 Choi Sung-won 2 80 48 1.666 1,250 14th 16 12 Roland Forthomme 2 62 38 1.631 1,818 8th 16 13 Daniel Sánchez 2 59 40 1.475 1.666 8th 16 14th Ahn Ji-hun 2 65 45 1.444 1.290 11 16 15th Lütfi Çenet 2 54 39 1.384 1.290 13 16 16 Kim Hyung-kon 2 69 56 1.232 1.666 14th 16 1/16 finals 17th Sameh Sidhom 0 39 22nd 1,772 --- 9 8th 18th Can Çapak 0 22nd 13 1.692 --- 6th 8th 19th Heo Jung-han 0 40 26th 1.666 --- 16 8th 20th Birol Uymaz 0 38 23 1.652 --- 8th 8th 21st Murat Naci Çoklu 0 30th 20th 1,500 --- 7th 8th 22nd Marco Zanetti 0 37 25th 1,480 --- 7th 8th 23 José Juan Garcia 0 30th 22nd 1.363 --- 10 8th 24 Huberney Cataño 0 18th 14th 1.285 --- 6th 8th 25th Kim Haeng-jik 0 39 31 1.258 --- 6th 8th 26th Cho Chi-yeon 0 35 28 1,250 --- 8th 8th 27 Cho Myung-woo 0 25th 24 1.041 --- 8th 8th 28 Tayfun Taşdemir 0 32 31 1.032 --- 4th 8th 29 Konstantinos Kokkoris 0 14th 14th 1,000 --- 14th 8th 30th Eddy Leppens 0 30th 31 0.967 --- 8th 8th 31 Ma Minh Cam 0 18th 22nd 0.857 --- 9 8th 32 Semih Saygıner 0 17th 21st 0.809 --- 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 Information , accessed on February 13, 2017 at umb-carom.com

See also

• Three Cushion World Cup 2017/2 from March 26th to April 1st in Luxor , Egypt 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2017/3 from May 22nd to 28th in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2017/4 from July 3rd to 9th in Porto , Portugal 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2017/5 from September 4th to 10th in Cheongju , South Korea 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2017/6 from October 23 to 29 in La Baule , France 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2017/7 from December 3rd to 9th in el-Guna , Egypt