Three Cushion World Cup 2017/3

166th Three Cushion World Cup 2017/3
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round robin , knock out
Organizer:	UMB / ACBC
Tournament details
Venue:	Nguyen Du Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam
Opening:	May 22, 2017
Endgame:	May 28, 2017
Attendees:	149
Defending champion:	Daniel Sánchez
Winner:	Eddy Merckx
2nd finalist:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
3rd place:	• Murat Naci Çoklu • Marco Zanetti
Prize money:	€ 52,000
Records
Best GD:	1,966 Cho Myung-woo
Best ED:	3,636 • Eddy Merckx • Eddy Leppens (Quali) 00000
Maximum series (HS):	20 Eddy Leppens00000
Venue on the map
Ho Chi Minh City Venue
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The third three-cushion World Cup 2017 took place from May 22nd to 28th in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam . It was the third three- cushion World Cup tournament, a form of carom billiards , in Vietnam.

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 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 at positions 1, 16, 8 and 9.

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

Wildcard player

1 × UMB  : Hugo Patino 2 × organizing association: Trần Quyết Chiến , Ma Minh Cam

Qualifying round

In the last (4th) qualifying round, up to 40 points are played in groups A – L with 3 players each. The top 12 in the group and the three 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	Choi Sung-won	4th	80	37	2.162	2,352	13
	2	Ronny Lindemann	2	61	42	1.452	1,600	7th
	3	Birol Uymaz	0	68	45	1.511	-	8th
B.	2	Kang Dong-koong	2	68	39	1.743	1,739	6th
	1	To Sang-pil	4th	80	36	2.222	2,500	10
	3	Kim Hyung-suk	0	46	43	1.069	-	7th
C.	1	Tayfun Taşdemir	4th	80	47	1.702	2,500	12
	3	Lim Hyung-mook	0	34	46	0.739	-	6th
	2	Yoon Sung-ha	2	77	61	1.262	1.333	6th
D.	1	Eddy Leppens	4th	80	33	2,424	3,636	20th
	2	Do Nguyen Trung Hau	2	57	30th	1,900	2.105	9
	3	Nguyen Duy Trung	0	61	41	1.487	-	8th
E.	2	Roland Forthomme	1	69	65	1.061	1.142	8th
	1	Ma Xuan Cuong	4th	80	63	1.269	1.333	8th
	3	Gokhan Salman	1	64	68	0.941	1.142	5
F.	1	Semih Saygıner	4th	80	42	1.904	2.857	10
	3	Nguyen Dinh Quoc	0	61	51	1,196	-	5
	2	Jeong Sung-il	2	74	65	1.138	1.081	5
G	3	Lütfi Çenet	0	58	42	1,380	-	6th
	2	Murat Tüzül	2	74	62	1.193	1.538	8th
	1	Ho Hoang Hung	4th	80	52	1.538	2,500	10
H	3	Riad Nady	0	56	59	0.949	-	4th
	2	Lee Choong-bok	2	75	60	1,250	0.952	6th
	1	Seo Hyun-min	4th	80	35	2.285	2,352	9
I.	3	Duong Anh Vu	0	68	38	1,789	-	8th
	1	Çan Çapak	4th	80	48	1.666	2,352	13
	2	Kim Tae-kwan	2	71	52	1,365	1.904	13
J	2	Kim Hyung-kon	2	68	36	1,888	2,352	6th
	1	Kim Jae-guen	4th	80	48	1.666	2.105	7th
	3	Jean Paul de Bruijn	0	53	46	1.152	-	6th
K	2	Adnan Yüksel	2	79	53	1,490	1.481	7th
	1	Cho Myung-woo	4th	80	49	1.632	1,739	8th
	3	Hideaki Kobayashi	0	59	50	1.180	-	11
L.	2	Ngo Dinh Nai	2	74	52	1.423	1,739	9
	3	Javier Palazón	0	73	52	1.403	-	6th
	1	Cho Chi-yeon	4th	80	58	1,379	1,379	7th

Lucky Loser

The three best runners-up come into the main round

• Do Nguyen Trung Hau
• Kim Hyung-kon
• Kang Dong-koong

Final round

The tournament tree for the final round is listed below (results: points / recordings • penalty).

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

31/23

Kang Dong-koong

40 /21

Kang Dong-koong

25/14

Cho Myung-woo

40 /14

Kim Haeng-jik

28/22

Cho Myung-woo

40 /22

Cho Myung-woo

36/23

Marco Zanetti

40 /23

Sameh Sidhom

14/13

Choi Sung-won

40 /13

Choi Sung-won

28/24

Marco Zanetti

40 /24

Marco Zanetti

40 /14

Kim Hyung-kon

20/14

Marco Zanetti

39/31

Eddy Merckx

40 /31

Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện

40 /23

Semih Saygıner

33/23

Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện

39/30

Eddy Merckx

40 /30

Eddy Merckx

40 /11

Do Nguyen Trung Hau

11/11

Eddy Merckx

40 /15

Cho Chi-yeon

33/15

Seo Hyun-min

28/24

Cho Chi-yeon

40 /24

Cho Chi-yeon

40 /20

Tran Quyet Chien

32/20

Daniel Sánchez

30/17

Tran Quyet Chien

40 /17

Eddy Merckx

40 /17

Torbjörn Blomdahl

32/17

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /20

Ho Hoang Hung

26/20

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /27

Kim Jae-guen

35/27

Heo Jung-han

39/25

Kim Jae-guen

40 /25

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /15

Nikos Polychronopoulos

28/15

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40 /23

To Sang-pil

36/23

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40/21 • 5

Tayfun Taşdemir

40/21 • 2

Eddy Leppens

27/18

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /18

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /19

Murat Naci Çoklu

29/19

Jérémy Bury

38/18

Çan Çapak

40 /18

Çan Çapak

40/21 • 1

Murat Naci Çoklu

40/21 • 2

Murat Naci Çoklu

40/28 • 2

Ma Minh Cam

40/28 • 0

Murat Naci Çoklu

40 /16

Cho Jae-ho

31/16

Cho Jae-ho

40 /36

Hugo Patiño

36/36

Cho Jae-ho

40 /23

Frédéric Caudron

39/23

Frédéric Caudron

40 /23

Ma Xuan Cuong

22/23

Closing table

For the sake of clarity, not all 149 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 Eddy Merckx 10 200 104 1.923 3,636 18th 80 2 Torbjörn Blomdahl 8th 192 98 1.959 2,666 16 54 Semi- finals 3 Murat Naci Çoklu 6th 149 84 1,773 2,500 10 38 Marco Zanetti 6th 159 92 1.728 2.857 11 38 quarter- final 5 Cho Myung-woo 4th 116 59 1,966 2.857 15th 26th 6th Cho Chi-yeon 4th 113 59 1.915 2,200 15th 26th 7th Nikos Polychronopoulos 4th 108 59 1,830 1.904 12 26th 8th Cho Jae-ho 4th 111 75 1,480 1.937 11 26th eighth final 9 Çan Çapak 2 80 39 2.051 2.222 13 16 10 Tayfun Taşdemir 2 80 39 2.051 2.222 12 16 11 Tran Quyet Chien 2 72 37 1.945 2,352 16 16 12 Choi Sung-won 2 68 37 1,837 3.076 19th 16 13 Kang Dong-koong 2 65 37 1.756 1,785 7th 16 14th Frédéric Caudron 2 79 46 1.717 1,739 8th 16 15th Nguyen Quoc Nguyen 2 79 53 1,490 1,739 10 16 16 Kim Jae-guen 2 75 52 1,442 1,600 7th 16 1/16 finals 17th Jérémy Bury 0 38 18th 2.111 --- 9 8th 18th Daniel Sánchez 0 30th 17th 1.764 --- 7th 8th 19th To Sang-pil 0 36 23 1.565 --- 10 8th 20th Heo Jung-han 0 39 25th 1,560 --- 8th 8th 21st Eddy Leppens 0 27 18th 1,500 --- 20th 8th 22nd Semih Saygıner 0 33 23 1.434 --- 10 8th 23 Ma Minh Cam 0 40 28 1.428 --- 7th 8th 24 Kim Hyung-kon 0 20th 14th 1.428 --- 6th 8th 25th Dick Jaspers 0 31 23 1.347 --- 5 8th 26th Ho Hoang Hung 0 26th 20th 1,300 --- 10 8th 27 Kim Haeng-jik 0 28 22nd 1.272 --- 4th 8th 28 Seo Hyun-min 0 28 24 1.166 --- 9 8th 29 Sameh Sidhom 0 14th 13 1.076 --- 6th 8th 30th Do Nguyen Trung Hau 0 11 11 1,000 --- 10 8th 31 Hugo Patiño 0 36 36 1,000 --- 5 8th 32 Ma Xuan Cuong 0 22nd 23 0.956 --- 7th 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

• Photo gallery on Kozoom .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} General information. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), archived from the original on May 28, 2017 ; accessed on April 2, 2017 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b} player list. (PDF) UMB, May 2017, archived from the original on May 28, 2017 ; accessed on May 28, 2017 (English).  
3. ↑ grouping. (PDF) UMB, May 2017, archived from the original on May 28, 2017 ; accessed on May 28, 2017 (English).  
4. ^ Omar Samy: Qualifying round results. (PDF) UMB, May 25, 2017, archived from the original on May 28, 2017 ; accessed on May 28, 2017 (English).  
5. ↑ Omar Samy: Ranking qualifying round. (PDF) UMB, May 25, 2017, archived from the original on May 28, 2017 ; accessed on May 28, 2017 (English).  
6. ^ Omar Samy: Results 16th finals. (PDF) UMB, May 26, 2017, archived from the original on May 29, 2017 ; accessed on May 29, 2017 (English).  
7. ↑ Omar Samy: Results of the last sixteen. (PDF) UMB, May 27, 2017, archived from the original ; accessed on May 29, 2017 (English).  
8. ↑ Omar Samy: Results quarterfinals. (PDF) UMB, May 27, 2017, archived from the original on May 29, 2017 ; accessed on May 29, 2017 (English).  
9. ^ Omar Samy: Results semi-finals and finals. (PDF) UMB, May 28, 2017, archived from the original on May 29, 2017 ; accessed on May 29, 2017 (English).  
10. ↑ Omar Samy: Final table. (PDF) UMB, May 28, 2017, archived from the original on May 30, 2017 ; accessed on May 30, 2017 (English).  

See also

• Three Cushion World Cup 2017/1 from February 6th to 12th in Bursa , Turkey 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2017/2 from March 26th to April 1st in Luxor , Egypt 
• 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 Guri , 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