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:
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.
The three best runners-up come into the main round
Denmark Tonny Carlsen
Germany Dustin Jaeschke
Turkey Birol Uymaz
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)
BelgiumFrédéric Caudron
40 /15
Belgium Roland Forthomme
20/15
Belgium Frédéric Caudron
29/13
SpainDavid Zapata Garcia
40 /13
Korea South Kang Dong-koong
30/23
SpainDavid Zapata Garcia
40 /23
Spain David Zapata Garcia
15/18
TurkeySemih Saygıner
40 /18
France Jérémy Bury
37/28
BelgiumEddy Leppens
40 /23
Belgium Eddy Leppens
39/23
TurkeySemih Saygıner
40 /23
Italy Marco Zanetti
40/19/1
TurkeySemih Saygıner
40/19/ 2
TurkeySemih Saygıner
40 /19
Greece Nikos Polychronopoulos
39/19
Korea SouthChoi Sung-won
40 /13
Germany Dustin Jaeschke
16/13
Korea South Choi Sung-won
18/15
VietnamMã Minh Cẩm
40 /15
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl
21/20
VietnamMã Minh Cẩm
40 /20
Vietnam Mã Minh Cẩm
24/22
GreeceNikos Polychronopoulos
40 /22
GreeceNikos Polychronopoulos
40 /9
Turkey Birol Uymaz
29/9
GreeceNikos Polychronopoulos
40/22/ 4
Korea South Kim Hyung-kon
40/22/0
Korea South Kim Haeng-jik
30/29
Korea SouthKim Hyung-kon
40 /29
Turkey Semih Saygıner
33/17
NetherlandsDick Jaspers
40 /17
NetherlandsDick Jaspers
40 /20
Denmark Tonny Carlsen
30/20
NetherlandsDick Jaspers
40 /24
Turkey Can Çapak
32/24
Egypt Sameh Sidhom
40/25/0
TurkeyCan Çapak
40/25/ 1
NetherlandsDick Jaspers
40 /17
Korea South Cho Myung-woo
35/17
Korea SouthHeo Jung-han
40 /20
Vietnam Duong Anh Vu
17/20
Korea South Heo Jung-han
39/18
Korea SouthCho Myung-woo
40 /18
Korea South Cho Jae-ho
37/23
Korea SouthCho Myung-woo
40 /23
NetherlandsDick Jaspers
40 /19
Belgium Eddy Merckx
23/19
SpainDaniel Sánchez
40 /22
Vietnam Do Nguyen Trung Hau
28/22
Spain Daniel Sánchez
32/21
TurkeyTayfun Taşdemir
40 /21
TurkeyTayfun Taşdemir
40 /25
Egypt Ihab El Messery
33/25
Turkey Tayfun Taşdemir
25/12
BelgiumEddy Merckx
40 /12
Turkey Murat Naci Çoklu
34/24
VietnamNgo Dinh Nai
40 /24
Vietnam Ngo Dinh Nai
17/15
BelgiumEddy Merckx
40 /15
BelgiumEddy Merckx
40 /12
Vietnam Nguyen Quoc Nguyen
21/12
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 on the UMB website.
The three-cushion World Cup was organized by the founding association, the " Billiards Worldcup Association " (BWA) until 1998 . Disputes between the BWA and the world association Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) led to parallel tournaments between 1994 and 1997. The UMB / BWA organized the tournament together until the beginning of 1999. Since the dissolution of the BWA in 1999, the UMB has been the sole organizer. From 1988-1991 the UMB did not host any world championships. During this time, the annual overall winner of the World Cup was crowned world champion.