Three Cushion World Cup 2017/6

169th Three Cushion World Cup 2017/6
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Complexe Sportif des Salines, La Baule , France
Opening:	23 October 2017
Endgame:	October 29, 2017
Attendees:	149
Defending champion:	Kim Haeng-jik
Winner:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
2nd finalist:	Frédéric Caudron
3rd place:	• Cho Myung-woo • Ma Xuan Cuong
Prize money:	€ 52,000
Records
Best GD:	2.020 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Best ED:	5,000 kang dong-koong
Maximum series (HS):	15 Kang Sang-ku (Q) Tonny Carlsen (Q) Semih Saygıner (Q) Kang Dong-koong Frédéric Caudron00 00000 00000 00000 00000
Venue on the map
La Baule-Escoublac
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The three- cushion world cup 2017/6 was the sixth UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 31st year of the three- cushion world cup. It was held from October 23 to 29 at the Complexe Sportif des Salines sports complex in La Baule on the French Atlantic coast. It was the second three-cushion world cup tournament, a form of carom billiards , in La Baule. In the penultimate World Cup of the season, the Korean Kim Haeng-jik leads with 45 points ahead of the Dutchman and last year's overall winner Dick Jaspers .

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 shortened to 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:

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

Wildcard player

1 × UMB  : Choi Sung-won 2 × organizing association: Jérôme Barbeillon, Jean Paul de Bruijn

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.

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

Group stage qualification group space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS A. 1 Cho Jae-ho 4th 80 42 1.904 2.105 7th 2 Dustin Jaeschke 2 50 47 1.063 1.666 10 3 Atsushi Kiyota 0 42 43 0.976 --- 8th B. 2 Tayfun Taşdemir 2 78 51 1.529 1.428 10 1 Lee Young-hoon 4th 80 46 1,739 1.729 9 3 Lim Jung-wan 0 45 51 0.882 --- 6th C. 1 Eddy Leppens 2 74 45 1.644 1.538 6th 2 Glenn Hofman 2 71 49 1.478 2.105 6th 3 Jacob Haack-Sörensen 2 66 56 1.178 1.333 10 D. 1 Kang Dong-koong 4th 80 29 2.758 5,000 9 2 Tonny Carlsen 2 60 52 1.153 1.290 7th 3 Rui Manuel Costa 0 47 39 1.205 --- 8th E. 2 Semih Saygıner 2 71 39 1,820 2.222 15th 1 Cho Chi-yeon 4th 80 49 1.632 1.904 5 3 Kwang-Yeol Park 0 50 46 1.086 --- 5 F. 1 Cho Myung-woo 3 80 51 1.568 1,818 9 2 Ma Xuan Cuong 3 80 56 1.428 1.481 6th 3 Lars Dunch 0 67 49 1.367 --- 13 G 2 Mã Minh Cẩm 2 64 53 1.207 1.290 5 1 Adnan Yüksel 4th 80 55 1.454 1,739 6th 3 Juan David Zapata Garcia 0 51 54 0.944 --- 7th H 3 Duong Anh Vu 0 51 39 1.307 --- 6th 1 David Martinez 4th 80 43 1,860 2,352 9 2 Seo Chang-hoon 2 69 48 1.437 1,818 8th I. 2 Javier Palazón 2 75 46 1.630 1,600 10 1 Ngo Dinh Nai 4th 80 51 1.568 1.904 8th 3 Hideaki Kobayashi 0 63 55 1,145 --- 7th J 2 Lütfi Çenet 2 79 47 1.680 2.222 8th 3 Roland Forthomme 0 48 42 1.142 --- 6th 1 Birol Uymaz 4th 80 53 1.508 1.666 10 K 3 Riad Nady 0 59 51 1.156 --- 5 1 Can Çapak 4th 80 43 1,860 2,500 8th 2 Kang Sang-ku 2 54 40 1,350 1.666 4th L. 1 Kim Jae-guen 3 80 55 1.454 1.904 10 2 Kim Hyung-kon 3 80 59 1.355 1,600 9 3 Christakis Christoforou 0 53 46 1.152 --- 5

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 .)

Lucky Loser

The three best runners-up come into the main round

• Ma Xuan Cuong
• Kim Hyung-kon
• Semih Saygıner

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 /29

Adnan Yüksel

37/29

Daniel Sánchez

40 /26

Murat Naci Çoklu

38/26

Murat Naci Çoklu

40 /23

Kim Hyung-kon

32/23

Daniel Sánchez

17/13

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /13

Cho Jae-ho

40 /20

Kim Jae-guen

26/20

Cho Jae-ho

26/19

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /19

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /20

Semih Saygıner

29/20

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /30

Ma Xuan Cuong

32/30

Kang Dong-koong

40 /15

Ngo Dinh Nai

17/15

Kang Dong-koong

40 /21

Kim Haeng-jik

39/21

Kim Haeng-jik

40 /19

Jérôme Barbeillon

19/19

Kang Dong-koong

15/13

Ma Xuan Cuong

40 /13

Sameh Sidhom

30/21

Choi Sung-won

40 /21

Choi Sung-won

26/25

Ma Xuan Cuong

40 /25

Marco Zanetti

37/21

Ma Xuan Cuong

40 /21

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /17

Frédéric Caudron

25/17

Frédéric Caudron

40 /20

Eddy Leppens

16/20

Frédéric Caudron

40 /12

Jean Paul de Bruijn

29/12

Eddy Merckx

26/22

Jean Paul de Bruijn

40 /22

Frédéric Caudron

40 /25

Can Çapak

29/25

Nikos Polychronopoulos

38/28

Can Çapak

40 /28

Can Çapak

40 /18

Cho Chi-yeon

34/18

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

22/22

Cho Chi-yeon

40 /22

Frédéric Caudron

40 /21

Cho Myung-woo

34/21

Jérémy Bury

34/32

Birol Uymaz

40 732

Birol Uymaz

14/16

Cho Myung-woo

40 /16

Heo Jung-han

38/25

Cho Myung-woo

40 /25

Cho Myung-woo

40 /21

Tran Quyet Chien

32/21

Tran Quyet Chien

40 /20

Lee Young-hoon

25/20

Tran Quyet Chien

40 /23

Dick Jaspers

35/23

Dick Jaspers

40 /21

David Martínez

19/21

Closing table

Final ranking phase space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS WRP * 1 final 1 Torbjörn Blomdahl 10 200 99 2.020 3.076 12 80 2 Frédéric Caudron 8th 185 95 1,947 3.333 15th 54 Semi- finals 3 Cho Myung-woo 6th 154 83 1,855 2,500 12 38 Ma Xuan Cuong 6th 152 89 1.707 3.076 8th 38 quarter- final 5 Kang Dong-koong 4th 95 49 1.938 2,666 15th 26th 6th Tran Quyet Chien 4th 112 64 1,750 2,000 12 26th 7th Can Çapak 4th 109 70 1.557 2,352 11 26th 8th Daniel Sánchez 4th 97 69 1.405 1.481 7th 26th eighth final 9 Jean Paul de Bruijn 2 69 34 2.029 1,818 9 16 10 Kim Haeng-jik 2 79 40 1.975 2.105 11 16 11 Cho Chi-yeon 2 74 39 1.897 1,818 9 16 12 Dick Jaspers 2 75 44 1.704 1.904 11 16 13 Cho Jae-ho 2 66 39 1.692 2,000 6th 16 14th Murat Naci Çoklu 2 78 50 1,560 1,739 7th 16 15th Choi Sung-won 2 66 46 1.434 1.904 9 16 16 Birol Uymaz 2 54 48 1.125 1,250 10 16 1/16 finals 17th Marco Zanetti 0 37 21st 1.761 --- 5 8th 18th Heo Jung-han 0 38 25th 1.520 --- 7th 8th 19th Semih Saygıner 0 29 20th 1,450 --- 15th 8th 20th Sameh Sidhom 0 30th 21st 1.428 --- 5 8th 21st Kim Hyung-kon 0 32 23 1.391 --- 9 8th 22nd Nikos Polychronopoulos 0 38 28 1.357 --- 6th 8th 23 Kim Jae-guen 0 26th 20th 1,300 --- 10 8th 24 Adnan Yüksel 0 37 29 1.275 --- 6th 8th 25th Lee Young-hoon 0 25th 20th 1,250 --- 9 8th 26th Eddy Merckx 0 26th 22nd 1.181 --- 5 8th 27 Ngo Dinh Nai 0 17th 15th 1.133 --- 8th 8th 28 Jérémy Bury 0 34 32 1.062 --- 4th 8th 29 Nguyen Quoc Nguyen 0 22nd 22nd 1,000 --- 8th 8th 30th Jérôme Barbeillon 0 19th 19th 1,000 --- 6th 8th 31 David Martínez 0 19th 21st 0.904 --- 9 8th 32 Eddy Leppens 0 13 20th 0.650 --- 6th 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

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 2017/3 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 2017/7 from December 3rd to 9th in el-Guna , Egypt 

Web links

• La Baule wants to repeat the excellence of 2016
• La Baule (FR) - penultimate station in the 2017 World Cup
• Tournament details of the UMB

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} General information. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), accessed on October 5, 2017 (English).  
2. ↑ Player List. (PDF) UMB, October 2017, accessed on October 5, 2017 (English).