Three Cushion World Cup 2018/4

174th Three Cushion World Cup 2018/4
Estádio do Dragão
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Pavilhão Dragão Caixa, Porto , Portugal
Opening:	2nd July 2018
Endgame:	July 8, 2018
Attendees:	149
Defending champion:	Dick Jaspers
Winner:	Frédéric Caudron
2nd finalist:	Tayfun Taşdemir
3rd place:	Heo Jung-han , Choi Sung-won
Prize money:	€ 106,500
Records
Best GD:	2,380 Frédéric Caudron
Best ED:	3,636 Frédéric Caudron
Maximum series (HS):	15 Eddy Leppens000
Venue on the map
postage
Venue
Opening ceremony for the main round
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Video of the opening ceremony

The fourth three-cushion World Cup 2018 will take place from July 2nd to 8th in Porto . The tournament will be played in the Pavilhão Dragão Caixa sports complex at the FC Porto stadium. It is the 15th three-cushion world cup tournament in the 32nd year of the tournament series, a form of carom billiards , in Portugal .

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

Wildcard players: 1 × UMB  : Riad Nady 2 × organizing association: Cho Myung-woo , Rui Manuel Costa

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.

!!! Since all Vietnamese players did not get a visa, a total of 20 players progressed from the PP qualification.

Group stage qualification group space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS A. 2 Thomas Andersen 2 54 40 1,350 1,600 7th 1 Murat Tüzül 3 80 22nd 1,818 2,666 10 3 Gokhan Salman 1 73 54 1.351 1,379 6th B. 1 Kang Dong-koong 4th 80 46 1,739 2,352 8th 2 Jean Paul de Bruijn 2 74 55 1,345 1.538 6th 3 Filipos Kasidokostas 0 54 43 1.225 - 5 C. 2 Lee Young-hoon 2 70 46 1.521 1.904 7th 1 Juan David Zapata Garcia 4th 80 54 1.481 1,600 8th 3 José-Maria Mas 0 54 50 1.080 - 5 D. 3 Dion Nelin 0 59 47 1.255 - 14th 2 Mehmet Goren 2 64 39 1.641 1.904 8th 1 Kostas Papakonstantinou 4th 80 44 1,818 2.222 13 E. 1 Eddy Leppens 3 80 37 2.162 2,352 12 2 Birol Uymaz 3 80 41 1.951 2,352 9 3 Therese Klompenhouwer 0 58 44 1.318 - 6th F. 1 Tayfun Taşdemir 4th 80 49 1.632 2,000 9 2 Kim Jae-guen 2 78 64 1.218 1.142 10 3 Dustin Jaeschke 0 58 55 1.054 - 7th G 1 Lütfi Çenet 2 66 34 1.941 2.857 9 2 Tonny Carlsen 2 77 41 1,878 2,000 13 3 Shin Jung-ju 2 63 35 1,800 1.904 6th H 1 Semih Saygıner 4th 80 45 1,777 2,000 10 2 Lee Seung-jin 2 59 49 1.204 1,379 7th 3 Yusuke Mori 0 58 54 1.074 - 7th I. 3 David Martinez 0 59 42 1.404 - 8th 2 Adnan Yüksel 2 59 42 1.404 1,739 14th 1 Martin Horn 4th 80 38 2.105 2.105 7th J 3 Roland Forthomme 0 52 45 1.155 - 7th 1 Javier Palazón 4th 80 49 1.632 1,818 7th 2 Murat Celik 2 62 50 1,240 1,739 7th K 3 Jozef Philipoom 2 62 37 1.657 2,000 7th 1 Cho Chi-yeon 2 71 35 2.028 2,352 10 2 Choi Wan-young 2 74 38 1,947 2.222 10 L. 1 Oh Sung-uk 4th 80 52 1.538 1.538 8th 3 Can Çapak 0 43 47 0.914 - 8th 2 Ahmet Alp 2 67 47 1.425 1.904 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 .)

Lucky Loser

The three best runners-up go to the final round

• Birol Uymaz
• Choi Wan-young
• Tonny Carlsen

Swell:

Final round

The tournament tree for the final round is listed below (Pkt / Aufn / 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)

Frédéric Caudron

40 /11

Kang Dong-koong

21/11

Frédéric Caudron

40 /15

Murat Naci Çoklu

19/15

Murat Naci Çoklu

40 /28

Riad Nady

20/28

Frédéric Caudron

40 /26

Cho Chi-yeon

28/26

Martin Horn

40/28/1

Javier Palazón

40/28/ 2

Javier Palazon

23/18

Cho Chi-yeon

40 /18

Daniel Sánchez

28/19

Cho Chi-yeon

40 /19

Frédéric Caudron

40 /18

Heo Jung-han

27/18

Heo Jung-han

40 /24

Birol Uymaz

33/24

Heo Jung-han

40 /25

Eddy Leppens

38/25

Cho Jae-ho

39/23

Eddy Leppens

40 /23

Heo Jung-han

40 /17

Semih Saygıner

37/17

Nikos Polychronopoulos

38/24

Semih Saygıner

40 /24

Semih Saygıner

40 /20

Marco Zanetti

14/20

Marco Zanetti

40 /23

Oh Sung-uk

22/23

Frédéric Caudron

40 /14

Tayfun Taşdemir

21/14

Kim Haeng-jik

37/24

Choi Wan-young

40 /24

Choi Wan-young

40 /21

Juan David Zapata

25/21

Sameh Sidhom

38/20

Juan David Zapata

40 /20

Choi Wan-young

23/25

Choi Sung-won

40 /25

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /25

Rui Manuel Costa

21/25

Torbjörn Blomdahl

35/25

Choi Sung-won

40 /25

Choi Sung-won

40 /25

Murat Tüzül

36/25

Choi Sung-won

21/14

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /14

Dick Jaspers

27/14

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /14

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /15

Lütfi Çenet

27/15

Jérémy Bury

40/30/1

Lütfi Çenet

40/30/ 2

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /21

Eddy Merckx

36/21

Kostas Papakonstantinou

40 /28

Tonny Carlsen

25/28

Kostas Papakonstantinou

40/20/5

Eddy Merckx

40/20/ 7

Eddy Merckx

40 /21

Cho Myung-woo

23/21

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 84 2,380 3,636 11 80 2 Tayfun Taşdemir 8th 181 78 2,320 2.857 14th 54 Semi- finals 3 Heo Jung-han 6th 147 84 1,750 2,352 8th 38 Choi Sung-won 6th 141 89 1.584 1,600 13 38 quarter- final 5 Semih Saygıner 4th 117 61 1.918 2,000 10 26th 6th Eddy Merckx 4th 116 62 1,870 2,000 11 26th 7th Cho Chi-yeon 4th 108 63 1.714 2.222 10 26th 8th Choi Wan-young 4th 103 70 1.471 1.904 10 26th eighth final 9 Kostas Papakonstantinou 2 80 48 1.666 2,000 13 16 10 Eddy Leppens 2 78 48 1.625 1,739 15th 16 11 Juan David Zapata Garcia 2 65 41 1.585 2,000 11 16 12 Torbjörn Blomdahl 2 75 50 1,500 1,600 13 16 13 Lütfi Çenet 2 67 45 1.488 1.333 9 16 14th Murat Naci Çoklu 2 59 43 1.372 1.428 7th 16 15th Javier Palazon 2 63 46 1.369 1.428 7th 16 16 Marco Zanetti 2 54 43 1.255 1,739 8th 16 1/16 finals 17th Dick Jaspers 0 27 14th 1.928 - 6th 8th 18th Kang Dong-koong 0 21st 11 1.909 - 4th 8th 19th Sameh Sidhom 0 38 20th 1,900 - 7th 8th 20th Cho Jae-ho 0 39 23 1.695 - 7th 8th 21st Nikos Polychronopoulos 0 38 24 1,583 - 7th 8th 22nd Kim Haeng-jik 0 37 24 1.541 - 7th 8th 23 Daniel Sánchez 0 28 19th 1.473 - 8th 8th 24 Murat Tüzül 0 36 25th 1,440 - 10 8th 25th Martin Horn 0 40 28 1.428 1.428 7th 8th 26th Birol Uymaz 0 33 24 1.375 - 9 8th 27 Jérémy Bury 0 40 30th 1.333 1.333 5 8th 28 Cho Myung-woo 0 23 21st 1.095 - 8th 8th 29 Oh Sung-uk 0 22nd 23 0.956 - 8th 8th 30th Tonny Carlsen 0 25th 28 0.892 - 13 8th 31 Rui Manuel Costa 0 21st 25th 0.840 - 4th 8th 32 Riad Nady 0 20th 28 0.714 - 3 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 2018/3 from June 11th to 17th in Blankenberge , Belgium 
• 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 2018/4  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tournament comments on Kozoom

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} General information. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), June 2018, archived from the original on July 8, 2018 ; accessed on June 4, 2018 .  
2. ↑ Player List. (PDF) UMB, July 2018, archived from the original on July 8, 2018 ; accessed on June 4, 2018 .  
3. ↑ Results qualification. (PDF) UMB, July 6, 2018, archived from the original on July 8, 2018 ; accessed on July 7, 2018 .  
4. ↑ Ranking qualification. (PDF) UMB, July 6, 2018, archived from the original on July 8, 2018 ; accessed on July 7, 2018 .  
5. ↑ Results of the 16th finale. (PDF) UMB, July 6, 2018, archived from the original on July 7, 2018 ; accessed on July 7, 2018 .  
6. ↑ Results 8th note final. (PDF) UMB, July 7, 2018, archived from the original on July 7, 2018 ; accessed on July 7, 2018 .  
7. ↑ Results of the fourth final. (PDF) UMB, July 8, 2018, archived from the original on July 8, 2018 ; accessed on July 8, 2018 .  
8. ↑ Results semi-finals and finals. (PDF) UMB, July 8, 2018, archived from the original on July 9, 2018 ; accessed on July 8, 2018 .  
9. ↑ Final table . (PDF) UMB, July 8, 2018, archived from the original on July 9, 2018 ; accessed on July 9, 2018 (English).