Three Cushion World Cup 2018/1

171st Three Cushion World Cup 2018/1
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Bosphorus Sorgun Hotel, Antalya , Turkey
Opening:	April 23, 2018
Endgame:	April 29, 2018
Attendees:	149
Defending champion:	Eddy Merckx
Winner:	Frédéric Caudron
2nd finalist:	Murat Naci Çoklu
3rd place:	Cho Jae-ho , Daniel Sánchez
Prize money:	€ 106,500
Records
Best GD:	2,739 Frédéric Caudron
Best ED:	3,333 Frédéric Caudron , Hwang Hyung-bum (Q) 00000
Maximum series (HS):	21 Cho Jae-ho000
Venue on the map
Antalya Venue
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Exterior view of the venue

The game arena with eight tables

The three- cushion world cup 2018/1 is the first UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 32nd year of the three- cushion world cup. It will take place from April 23 to 29 at the Hotel Bosporus in Antalya on the Turkish Riviera. This means that Antalya is once again the venue for a World Cup tournament after five years.

Prize money and world ranking points

From 2018, the prize money was increased to € 106,500.

	Prize money ( € )	World ranking points
winner	16,000	80
finalist	10,000	54
Semi-finalists	6,000	38
5th - 8th	3,500	26th
9-16	2,500	16
17th - 32nd	1,500	8th
qualification	500	5
P-qual	-	4th
PP qual	-	3
PPP qual	-	2
All in all	106,500	-

history

The Turkish World Cup has been the prelude to the international tournament for years, with the venues alternating in a carousel cycle. After Antalya, Istanbul and Bursa it is now Antalya’s turn again. It is the 22nd World Cup in Turkey and the seventh in Antalya. Last year's winner was Frédéric Caudron . The Belgian beat Dick Jaspers from the Netherlands with 40:14 in just 7 shots.

For the first time, according to the new prize money system from 2018, the losers in the qualifying round will also be rewarded with € 500. In this way, the UMB wants to ensure that there is also a higher incentive for these players to take part in the tournament series. But overall the prize money has increased. This has been a long-awaited requirement by the players as the travel expenses are not insignificant.

Some women are also taking part in the European tournament that is close to them. In addition to the world champion Therese Klompenhouwer from the Netherlands, this includes Silvia Eckel and the German-Turkish woman Gülşen Degener . Germany is represented by 14 players, including many German-Turks, such as Çengiz Karaça . Martin Horn plays along as well as Christian Rudolph and Ronny Lindemann . Turkey has 35 players and 29 billiard artists have come from Korea.

The local World Cup is important for the players in one more point than that, together with the following in Vietnam, it defines the 20 best players who will then be allowed to travel to the first Masters in July.

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

Wildcard player

1 × UMB  : Hugo Patino

2 × organizing association: Tayfun Taşdemir , Semih Saygıner

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 order of the players within the group is indicated on the seeding list before the start of qualification.

The first in the group make it to the finals of the best 32, as do the best runner-ups ( lucky losers ).

Group stage qualification group space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS A. 1 Cho Jae-ho 4th 80 30th 2,666 2,666 11 2 Hamit Akkaya 2 56 57 0.982 0.952 7th 3 Hakan Incekara 0 51 57 0.894 0.933 5 B. 1 Trần Quyết Chiến 4th 80 46 1,739 2,000 9 2 Jean Paul de Bruijn 2 76 57 1.333 1.384 7th 3 Kwang-yeol Park 0 68 51 1.333 1,550 8th C. 1 Kang Dong-koong 4th 80 45 1,777 2,000 10 2 Hyun-suk 2 63 74 0.851 0.920 5 3 Lim Jung-wan 0 53 69 0.768 1,250 5 D. 2 Ma Minh Cam 2 60 63 0.952 1.081 8th 1 Savaş Bulut 4th 80 57 1.403 1.538 7th 3 Çengiz Karaça 0 58 68 0.852 0.945 5 E. 2 Dương Anh Vũ 2 66 43 1.534 1.625 8th 1 Martin Horn 2 74 44 1.681 2,500 8th 3 Savas Gungor 2 77 55 1,400 1.428 13 F. 1 Eddy Leppens 4th 80 45 1,777 2,666 7th 2 Adnan Yüksel 2 77 62 1.241 1,250 6th 3 David Penner 0 59 47 1.255 1,600 6th G 3 David Martinez 0 45 48 0.937 1.066 7th 2 Tonny Carlsen 2 78 71 1.098 1.333 9 1 Muammer Rahmet 4th 80 59 1.355 2.222 7th H 1 Lütfi Çenet 4th 80 48 1.666 2.105 9 3 Lee Seung-jin 1 57 49 1.163 1.333 9 2 Kang In-won 1 78 59 1.322 1.333 10 I. 2 Roland Forthomme 1 69 47 1.468 1.666 13 1 Javier Palazón 4th 80 55 1.454 1,739 9 3 Glenn Hofman 1 78 56 1,392 1.666 9 J 2 Mã Xuân Cường 1 70 62 1.129 1,212 5 1 Kim Jae-guen 4th 80 56 1.428 1.481 6th 3 Birol Uymaz 1 66 60 1,100 1,212 8th K 3 Riad Nady 1 77 72 1.069 1,212 7th 1 Kim Hyung-kon 4th 80 66 1,212 1.481 8th 2 Ahn Ji-hun 1 78 60 1,300 1.407 7th L. 1 Ngô Đình Nại 4th 80 42 1.904 2,352 7th 2 Can Çapak 2 67 31 2.161 2.857 8th 3 Hwang Hyung-bum 0 49 39 1.256 1.714 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

• Can Çapak
• Duong Anh Vu
• Jean Paul de Bruijn

Final round

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

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

40/12

Hugo Patino

5/12

Frédéric Caudron

40/18

Heo Jung-han

17/18

Heo Jung-han

40/18

Martin Horn

35/18

Frédéric Caudron

40/18

Ngo Dinh Nai

18/18

Ngo Dinh Nai

40/21

Tayfun Taşdemir

28/21

Ngo Dinh Nai

40/17

Eddy Leppens

28/17

Sidhom Sameh

39/26

Eddy Leppens

40/26

Frédéric Caudron

40/16

Daniel Sánchez

16/16

Jérémy Bury

26/27

Tran Quyet Chien

40/27

Tran Quyet Chien

21/25

Daniel Sánchez

40/25

Daniel Sánchez

40/30

Muammer Rahmet

25/30

Daniel Sánchez

40/20

Marco Zanetti

32/20

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40/13

Duong Anh Vu

12/13

Nikos Polychronopoulos

26/21

Marco Zanetti

40/21

Marco Zanetti

40/21

Savaş Bulut

29/21

Frédéric Caudron

40/13

Murat Naci Çoklu

23/13

Dick Jaspers

29/15

Lütfi Çenet

40/15

Lütfi Çenet

40/23

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

20/23

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen

40/18

Kim Hyung-kon

21/18

Lütfi Çenet

12/13

Cho Jae-ho

40/13

Kim Haeng-jik

40/32

Adnan Yüksel

35/32

Kim Haeng-jik

30/17

Cho Jae-ho

40/17

Cho Jae-ho

40/16

Jean Paul de Bruijn

28/16

Cho Jae-ho

38/20

Murat Naci Çoklu

40/20

Murat Naci Çoklu

40/17

Can Çapak

24/17

Murat Naci Çoklu

40/17

Kang Dong-koong

26/17

Kang Dong-koong

40/25

Kim Jae-guen

33/25

Murat Naci Çoklu

40/29

Semih Saygıner

39/29

Choi Sung-won

28/25

Semih Saygıner

40/25

Semih Saygıner

40/17

Javier Palazon

20/17

Eddy Merckx

31/24

Javier Palazon

40/24

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 Frédéric Caudron 10 200 73 2.739 3.333 18th 80 2 Murat Naci Çoklu 8th 183 96 1.906 2,352 13 54 Semi- finals 3 Cho Jae-ho 6th 158 66 2,393 3.076 21st 38 Daniel Sánchez 6th 136 87 1.563 2,000 7th 38 quarter- final 5 Marco Zanetti 4th 112 62 1.806 1.904 12 26th 6th Lütfi Çenet 4th 92 51 1.803 2,666 10 26th 7th Ngo Dinh Nai 4th 98 56 1,750 2,352 7th 26th 8th Semih Saygıner 4th 119 71 1.676 2,352 9 26th eighth final 9 Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 66 34 1.941 3.076 11 16 10 Heo Jung-han 2 59 36 1.638 2.222 8th 16 11 Eddy Leppens 2 68 43 1.581 2,666 8th 16 12 Kang Dong-koong 2 66 42 1.571 2,000 10 16 13 Javier Palazon 2 60 41 1.463 1,739 10 16 14th Nguyen Quoc Nguyen 2 60 41 1.463 2.222 8th 16 15th Kim Haeng-jik 2 70 49 1.428 1.764 8th 16 16 Tran Quyet Chien 2 61 52 1.173 2,000 12 16 1/16 finals 17th Martin Horn 0 35 18th 1,944 2,500 10 8th 18th Dick Jaspers 0 29 15th 1.933 --- 5 8th 19th Jean Paul de Bruijn 0 28 16 1,750 1,750 8th 8th 20th Sidhom Sameh 0 39 26th 1,500 --- 9 8th 21st Can Çapak 0 24 17th 1.411 2.857 8th 8th 22nd Savaş Bulut 0 29 21st 1,380 2.307 12 8th 23 Tayfun Taşdemir 0 28 21st 1.333 --- 5 8th 24 Kim Jae-guen 0 33 25th 1,320 1.481 7th 8th 25th Eddy Merckx 0 31 24 1.291 --- 7th 8th 26th Kim Hyung-kon 0 21st 18th 1.166 1.481 8th 8th 27 Choi Sung-won 0 28 25th 1.120 --- 4th 8th 28 Adnan Yüksel 0 35 32 1.093 1,250 6th 8th 29 Jérémy Bury 0 26th 27 0.962 --- 5 8th 30th Duong Anh Vu 0 12 13 0.923 1.625 8th 8th 31 Muammer Rahmet 0 25th 30th 0.833 2.222 7th 8th 32 Hugo Patino 0 5 12 0.416 --- 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

See also

• Three Cushion World Cup 2018/2 from May 21 to 27 in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2018/3 from June 11th to 17th in Blankenberge , Belgium 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2018/4 from July 2nd to 8th in Porto , Portugal 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2018/5 from October 22nd to 28th in La Baule , France 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2018/6 from November 12th to 18th in Seoul , South Korea 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2018/7 from December 2nd to 8th in Hurghada , Egypt 

Web links

Commons : Three Cushion World Cup 2018/1  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tournament website of the UMB

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} General information. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), archived from the original on March 13, 2018 ; accessed on March 5, 2018 .  
2. ↑ Player List. (PDF) UMB, archived from the original on March 13, 2018 ; accessed on March 5, 2018 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b c} schedule. (PDF) UMB, April 2018, accessed on April 22, 2018 (English).  
4. ↑ grouping. (PDF) UMB, April 21, 2018, archived from the original on April 29, 2018 ; accessed on April 22, 2018 (English).  
5. ↑ Results qualification. (PDF) UMB, April 26, 2018, archived from the original on April 27, 2018 ; accessed on April 26, 2018 (English).  
6. ↑ Ranking qualification. (PDF) UMB, April 26, 2018, archived from the original on April 27, 2018 ; accessed on April 27, 2018 (English).  
7. ↑ Results of the 16th final. (PDF) UMB, April 27, 2012, archived from the original on April 29, 2018 ; accessed on April 29, 2018 (English).  
8. ↑ Results of the round of 16. (PDF) UMB, April 28, 2018, archived from the original on April 29, 2018 ; accessed on April 29, 2018 (English).  
9. ↑ Results of the quarter-finals. (PDF) UMB, April 28, 2018, archived from the original on April 29, 2018 ; accessed on April 28, 2018 (English).  
10. ↑ Results semi-finals and finals. (PDF) UMB, April 29, 2018, archived from the original on April 29, 2018 ; accessed on April 29, 2018 (English).  
11. ↑ World Cup 3-Cushion. Retrieved May 15, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Final table . (PDF) UMB, April 29, 2018, archived from the original on April 29, 2018 ; accessed on April 29, 2018 (English).