Three Cushion World Cup 2018/3

173rd Three Cushion World Cup 2018/3
Photo of the tournament poster
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Casino Blankenberge, Blankenberge , Belgium
Opening:	June 11, 2018
Endgame:	17th June 2018
Attendees:	149
Defending champion:	Trần Quyết Chiến
Winner:	Dick Jaspers
2nd finalist:	Semih Saygıner
3rd place:	Eddy Merckx , Nikos Polychronopoulos
Prize money:	€ 106,500
Records
Best GD:	2,465 Eddy Merckx
Best ED:	4,444 Nikos Polychronopoulos
Maximum series (HS):	18 Mã Minh Cẩm000
Venue on the map
Blankenberge Venue
The Casino Blankenberge
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The third three-cushion world cup tournament in 2018 , in the 32nd year of the tournament series, took place from June 11th to 17th in Blankenberge in the Belgian province of West Flanders . After 14 years, Belgium hosted a three- cushion World Cup tournament, a form of carom billiards . The last World Cup tournament was held in Antwerp in August / September 2004 .

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	-

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

Wildcard players: 1 × UMB  : Ihab El Messery 2 × organizing association: Eddy Leppens , Roland Forthomme

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 Kang Dong-koong 4th 80 38 2.105 2.105 13 2 Murat Celik 2 55 39 1.410 2,000 8th 3 Kwang-yeol Park 0 56 39 1.435 - 9 B. 1 Juan David Zapata Garcia 3 80 52 1.538 1.904 8th 2 Trần Quyết Chiến 2 72 39 1,846 2.222 7th 3 Kostantinos Kokkoris 1 70 49 1.428 1.290 7th C. 1 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 3 80 55 1.454 1,739 10 2 Dustin Jaeschke 3 80 60 1.333 1.428 11 3 Hideaki Kobayashi 0 57 51 1.117 - 6th D. 1 Mã Minh Cẩm 4th 80 53 1.509 2,000 18th 2 Ronny Brants 2 68 55 1,236 1,818 7th 3 Dionisis Tsokantas 0 63 42 1,500 - 8th E. 1 Cho Myung-woo 3 80 53 1.509 1,600 9 2 Birol Uymaz 3 80 64 1,250 1.428 6th 3 Tolgahan Kiraz 0 75 61 1.229 - 9 F. 1 Tayfun Taşdemir 4th 80 38 2.105 2,666 10 2 Nguyen Duc Anh Chien 2 54 39 1.384 1.666 8th 3 Martin Horn 0 53 47 1.127 - 7th G 1 Do Nguyen Trung Hau 4th 80 48 1.666 1.666 6th 2 David Martinez 2 69 52 1.326 1.428 7th 3 Adnan Yüksel 0 55 52 1.057 - 5 H 1 Kim Hyung-kon 4th 80 46 1,739 1.904 10 2 Lütfi Çenet 2 79 42 1,880 2,352 10 3 Lee Seung-jin 0 31 38 0.815 - 5 I. 1 Semih Saygıner 3 80 45 1,777 1,818 8th 2 Tonny Carlsen 3 80 47 1.702 1,739 11 3 Barry van Beers 0 46 46 1,000 - 7th J 1 Dương Anh Vũ 4th 80 44 1,818 2,666 6th 2 Javier Palazón 2 74 59 1.254 1.333 7th 3 Kim Jae-guen 0 55 45 1.222 - 5 K 1 Ngô Đinh Nai 4th 80 52 1.538 1,818 6th 2 Christian Rudolph 2 71 56 1.267 1.538 8th 3 Riad Nady 0 61 48 1,270 - 10 L. 1 Can Çapak 4th 80 62 1.269 1.481 10 2 Hwang Hyung-bum 2 79 56 1.410 2,000 6th 3 Mã Xuân Cường 0 37 47 0.787 - 3

Lucky Loser

The three best runners-up come into the main round

• Tonny Carlsen
• Dustin Jaeschke
• 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)

Frédéric Caudron

40 /15

Roland Forthomme

20/15

Frédéric Caudron

29/13

David Zapata Garcia

40 /13

Kang Dong-koong

30/23

David Zapata Garcia

40 /23

David Zapata Garcia

15/18

Semih Saygıner

40 /18

Jérémy Bury

37/28

Eddy Leppens

40 /23

Eddy Leppens

39/23

Semih Saygıner

40 /23

Marco Zanetti

40/19/1

Semih Saygıner

40/19/ 2

Semih Saygıner

40 /19

Nikos Polychronopoulos

39/19

Choi Sung-won

40 /13

Dustin Jaeschke

16/13

Choi Sung-won

18/15

Mã Minh Cẩm

40 /15

Torbjörn Blomdahl

21/20

Mã Minh Cẩm

40 /20

Mã Minh Cẩm

24/22

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40 /22

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40 /9

Birol Uymaz

29/9

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40/22/ 4

Kim Hyung-kon

40/22/0

Kim Haeng-jik

30/29

Kim Hyung-kon

40 /29

Semih Saygıner

33/17

Dick Jaspers

40 /17

Dick Jaspers

40 /20

Tonny Carlsen

30/20

Dick Jaspers

40 /24

Can Çapak

32/24

Sameh Sidhom

40/25/0

Can Çapak

40/25/ 1

Dick Jaspers

40 /17

Cho Myung-woo

35/17

Heo Jung-han

40 /20

Duong Anh Vu

17/20

Heo Jung-han

39/18

Cho Myung-woo

40 /18

Cho Jae-ho

37/23

Cho Myung-woo

40 /23

Dick Jaspers

40 /19

Eddy Merckx

23/19

Daniel Sánchez

40 /22

Do Nguyen Trung Hau

28/22

Daniel Sánchez

32/21

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /21

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /25

Ihab El Messery

33/25

Tayfun Taşdemir

25/12

Eddy Merckx

40 /12

Murat Naci Çoklu

34/24

Ngo Dinh Nai

40 /24

Ngo Dinh Nai

17/15

Eddy Merckx

40 /15

Eddy Merckx

40 /12

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.

Final ranking phase space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS WRP * 1 final 1 Dick Jaspers 10 200 97 2.061 2,352 16 80 2 Semih Saygıner 8th 193 96 2.010 2.222 14th 54 Semi- finals 3 Eddy Merckx 6th 143 58 2,465 3.333 15th 38 Nikos Polychronopoulos 6th 159 72 2.208 4,444 11 38 quarter- final 5 Cho Myung-woo 4th 115 58 1,982 2.222 9 26th 6th Mã Minh Cẩm 4th 104 57 1,824 2,666 18th 26th 7th Tayfun Taşdemir 4th 105 58 1,810 2,666 10 26th 8th Juan David Zapata Garcia 4th 95 54 1.759 3.076 9 26th eighth final 9 Frédéric Caudron 2 69 28 2,464 2,666 15th 16 10 Heo Jung-han 2 79 38 2.078 2,000 13 16 11 Choi Sung-won 2 58 28 2.071 3.076 9 16 12 Daniel Sánchez 2 72 43 1.674 1,818 7th 16 13 Kim Hyung-kon 2 80 51 1.568 1.904 10 16 14th Eddy Leppens 2 79 51 1,549 1,739 7th 16 15th Can Çapak 2 72 49 1.469 1,600 10 16 16 Ngô Đinh Nai 2 57 39 1.461 1,818 10 16 1/16 finals 17th Birol Uymaz 0 29 9 3.222 1.428 8th 8th 18th Marco Zanetti 0 40 19th 2.105 2.105 7th 8th 19th Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 0 21st 12 1,750 1,739 10 8th 20th Cho Jae-ho 0 37 23 1.608 - 5 8th 21st Sameh Sidhom 0 40 25th 1,600 - 4th 8th 22nd Tonny Carlsen 0 30th 20th 1,500 1,739 11 8th 23 Murat Naci Çoklu 0 34 24 1.416 - 5 8th 24 Roland Forthomme 0 20th 15th 1.333 - 4th 8th 25th Jérémy Bury 0 37 28 1.321 - 5 8th 26th Ihab El Messery 0 33 25th 1,320 - 7th 8th 27 Kang Dong-koong 0 30th 23 1.304 2.105 13 8th 28 Do Nguyen Trung Hau 0 28 22nd 1,270 2,000 9 8th 29 Dustin Jaeschke 0 16 13 1.230 1.538 11 8th 30th Torbjörn Blomdahl 0 21st 20th 1.050 - 5 8th 31 Kim Haeng-jik 0 30th 29 1.034 - 10 8th 32 Dương Anh Vũ 0 17th 20th 0.850 2,666 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 2018/1 from April 23 to 29 in Antalya , Turkey 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2018/2 from May 21 to 27 in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam 
• 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 2018/3  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tournament website of the UMB
• Schedule (PDF)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} General information. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), accessed on May 24, 2018 (English).  
2. ↑ Player List. UMB, accessed on May 24, 2018 .