Three Cushion World Cup 2017/2

165th Three Cushion World Cup 2017/2
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round robin , knock out
Organizer:	UMB / ACC
Tournament details
Venue:	Sonesta St. George Hotel, Luxor , Egypt
Opening:	March 26, 2017
Endgame:	April 1, 2017
Attendees:	124
Defending champion:	Frédéric Caudron
Winner:	Daniel Sánchez
2nd finalist:	Dick Jaspers
3rd place:	• Tayfun Taşdemir • Cho Myung-woo
Prize money:	€ 52,000
Records
Best GD:	2,777 Daniel Sánchez
Best ED:	4,000 Daniel Sánchez Tayfun Taşdemir 00000
Maximum series (HS):	17 Daniel Sánchez000
Venue on the map
Luxor Venue
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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.

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 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:

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. Dick Jaspers
2. Frédéric Caudron
3. Daniel Sánchez
4. Torbjörn Blomdahl
5. Marco Zanetti
6. Eddy Merckx
7. Nikos Polychronopoulos
8. Kim Haeng-jik
9. Sameh Sidhom
10. Heo Jung-han
11. Jérémy Bury
12. Murat Naci Çoklu
13. Cho Jae-ho
14. Trần Quyết Chiến

Wildcard player:

1 × UMB  : Erick Tellez 2 × organizing association: Riad Nady, Ihab El Messery

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	Tayfun Taşdemir	4th	80	40	2,000	3.076	10
	2	Kostas Papakonstantinou	2	68	57	1.192	1.333	5
	3	Hesham Zaghloul	0	32	43	0.744	---	7th
B.	1	Choi Sung-won	4th	80	31	2,580	2.857	15th
	3	Ahmet Alp	0	60	51	1.176	---	6th
	2	Konstantinos Kokkoris	2	51	48	1.062	1.176	5
C.	1	Eddy Leppens	2	75	45	1.666	1.481	10
	2	Duong Anh Vu	2	77	54	1.425	2.222	10
	3	Shin Jung-ju	2	71	63	1.126	1.111	6th
D.	1	Semih Saygıner	4th	80	41	1.951	2.105	11
	3	Ragay Henry	0	28	49	0.571	---	6th
	2	Mas José-Maria	2	59	46	1.282	1.481	5
E.	2	Kang Dong-koong	2	75	50	1,500	2.222	12
	1	Hwang Hyung-bum	4th	80	54	1.481	1,818	12
	3	Ngo Dinh Nai	0	38	40	0.950	---	4th
F.	2	Lütfi Çenet	2	75	68	1.102	1,379	6th
	1	Ma Xuan Cuong	4th	80	59	1.355	2,000	10
	3	Arnim Kahofer	0	49	49	1,000	---	6th
G	2	Roland Forthomme	2	79	56	1.410	1.538	11
	1	Can Çapak	4th	80	59	1.355	1,379	7th
	3	Mohsen Fouda	0	61	55	1.109	---	7th
H	3	Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện	0	65	57	1,140	---	6th
	2	Kim Jae-guen	3	80	60	1.333	1.481	12
	1	Birol Uymaz	3	80	51	1.568	1.666	10
I.	1	Mã Minh Cẩm	4th	80	58	1,379	1,600	9
	2	Murat Tüzül	2	78	54	1.444	1,379	6th
	3	Lee Seung-jin	0	55	62	0.887	---	6th
J	2	Lee Choong-bok	2	71	49	1,448	1.481	8th
	1	Cho Myung-woo	4th	80	42	1.904	2,000	7th
	3	Ahn Ji-hun	0	62	47	1,319	---	8th
K	3	Kim Hyung-kon	2	48	55	0.872	1,000	5
	1	Adnan Yüksel	2	74	53	1.396	2,666	8th
	2	Lee Young-hoon	2	77	78	0.987	1.052	4th
L.	2	Javier Palazón	2	78	65	1,200	1,379	7th
	3	Cho Chi-yeon	2	68	63	1.079	1.111	6th
	1	Jean Paul de Bruijn	2	76	56	1.357	1.481	10

Lucky Loser

The three best runners-up come into the main round

• Kang Dong-koong
• Kim Jae-guen
• Lee Choong-bok

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)

Dick Jaspers

40 /17

Birol Uymaz

19/17

Dick Jaspers

40 /16

Choi Sung-won

32/16

Choi Sung-won

40 /18

Ma Xuan Cuong

24/18

Dick Jaspers

40 /19

Kim Haeng-jik

11/19

Sameh Sidhom

23/18

Kim Jae-guen

40 /18

Kim Jae-guen

25/23

Kim Haeng-jik

40 /23

Kim Haeng-jik

40 /18

Ma Minh Cam

36/18

Dick Jaspers

40 /12

Cho Myung-woo

21/12

Tran Quyet Chien

40 /16

Jean Paul de Bruijn

30/16

Tran Quyet Chien

38/24

Cho Myung-woo

40 /24

Eddy Merckx

31/16

Cho Myung-woo

40 /16

Cho Myung-woo

40 /16

Semih Saygıner

34/16

Cho Jae-ho

40/27/1

Can Çapak

40/27 2

Can Çapak

22/22

Semih Saygıner

40 /22

Torbjörn Blomdahl

24/30

Semih Saygıner

40 /30

Dick Jaspers

28/10

Daniel Sánchez

40 /10

Daniel Sánchez

40 /11

Riad Nady

6/11

Daniel Sánchez

40 /15

Murat Naci Çoklu

29/15

Murat Naci Çoklu

40 /23

Adnan Yüksel

27/23

Daniel Sánchez

40 /19

Nikos Polychronopoulos

35/19

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40 /23

Kang Dong-koong

24/23

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40 /20

Heo Jung-han

14/20

Heo Jung-han

40 /32

Ihab El Messery

35/32

Daniel Sánchez

40 /16

Tayfun Taşdemir

30/16

Marco Zanetti

40 /32

Erick Tellez

37/32

Marco Zanetti

40 /16

Jérémy Bury

26/16

Jérémy Bury

40 /34

Hwang Hyung-bum

27/34

Marco Zanetti

19/16

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /16

Tayfun Taşdemir

40/22/ 2

Lee Choong-bok

40/22/1

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /10

Eddy Leppens

3/10

Frédéric Caudron

38/27

Eddy 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 :

Final ranking phase space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS WRP * 1 final 1 Daniel Sánchez 10 200 72 2,777 4,000 17th 80 2 Dick Jaspers 8th 188 74 2.540 2,500 10 54 Semi- finals 3 Tayfun Taşdemir 6th 150 64 2,343 4,000 10 38 Cho Myung-woo 6th 141 68 2.073 2,500 10 38 quarter- final 5 Nikos Polychronopoulos 4th 115 62 1,854 2,000 12 26th 6th Semih Saygıner 4th 114 68 1.676 1,818 12 26th 7th Marco Zanetti 4th 99 64 1.546 2,500 9 26th 8th Kim Haeng-jik 4th 91 60 1.516 2.222 10 26th eighth final 9 Choi Sung-won 2 72 34 2.117 2.222 11 16 10 Tran Quyet Chien 2 78 40 1,950 2,500 7th 16 11 Murat Naci Çoklu 2 69 38 1,815 1,739 12 16 12 Kim Jae-guen 2 65 42 1.547 2.105 6th 16 13 Jérémy Bury 2 66 56 1,320 1.176 8th 16 14th Can Çapak 2 62 49 1.265 1.481 8th 16 15th Eddy Leppens 2 43 37 1.162 1.481 7th 16 16 Heo Jung-han 2 54 52 1.038 1,250 9 16 1/16 finals 17th Ma Minh Cam 0 36 18th 2,000 --- 9 8th 18th Eddy Merckx 0 31 16 1.937 --- 7th 8th 19th Jean Paul de Bruijn 0 30th 16 1,875 --- 9 8th 20th Lee Choong-bok 0 40 22nd 1,818 1,818 7th 8th 21st Cho Jae-ho 0 40 27 1.481 1.481 9 8th 22nd Frédéric Caudron 0 38 27 1.407 --- 6th 8th 23 Ma Xuan Cuong 0 24 18th 1.333 --- 5 8th 24 Sameh Sidhom 0 23 18th 1,210 --- 4th 8th 25th Adnan Yüksel 0 27 23 1.173 --- 4th 8th 26th Erick Tellez 0 37 32 1.156 --- 9 8th 27 Birol Uymaz 0 19th 17th 1.117 --- 4th 8th 28 Ihab El Messery 0 35 32 1.093 --- 5 8th 29 Kang Dong-koong 0 24 23 1.043 --- 4th 8th 30th Torbjörn Blomdahl 0 24 30th 0.800 --- 5 8th 31 Hwang Hyung-bum 0 27 34 0.794 --- 4th 8th 32 Riad Nady 0 6th 12 0.500 --- 2 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. ↑ ^{a b} General Information , accessed on April 2, 2017 at umb-carom.com
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} tournament details. UMB , April 1, 2017, accessed April 1, 2017 .  

See also

• Three Cushion World Cup 2017/1 from February 6th to 12th in Bursa , Turkey 
• 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