Three Cushion World Cup 2018/5

175th Three Cushion World Cup 2018/5
Poster on advertising pillar
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:	October 22, 2018
Endgame:	October 28, 2018
Attendees:	149
Defending champion:	Frédéric Caudron
Winner:	Martin Horn
2nd finalist:	Cho Jae-ho
3rd place:	• Frédéric Caudron • Semih Saygıner
Prize money:	€ 106,500
Records
Best GD:	2,282 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	6,666 Semih Saygıner
Maximum series (HS):	18 Frédéric Caudron
Venue on the map
La Baule-Escoublac
Venue
Tournament hall
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Opening ceremony (final round)

Award ceremony (from left to right): Cho Jae-ho (silver), Martin Horn (gold), Frédéric Caudron & Semih Saygıner (bronze)

The fifth three-cushion World Cup 2018 was held from October 22nd to 28th in La Baule on the French Atlantic coast. It was the third World Cup tournament in La Baule and the eighth in France.

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. Kim Haeng-jik
4. Marco Zanetti
5. Dick Jaspers
6. Heo Jung-han
7. Choi Sung-won
8. Cho Jae-ho
9. Murat Naci Çoklu
10. Torbjörn Blomdahl
11. Sameh Sidhom
12. Trần Quyết Chiến
13. Daniel Sánchez
14. Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện

Wildcard players: 1 × UMB  : Semih Saygıner 2 × organizing association: Jérémy Bury , Pierre Soumagne

Tournament commentary

In the quarter-final match between the newly crowned world champion Dick Jaspers from the Netherlands and the Turkish Semih Saygıner , the latter set a new World Cup record in the individual average (ED) with a score of 6.666 (40 points in 6 recordings). For Martin Horn it was the first semi-final participation since 2010 in Matosinhos, Portugal. Just a week before the meeting with the world number one, he beat Frédéric Caudron in Elversberg with 40:31. In the semifinals, Horn was able to keep his performance and beat the Belgian again. In the final he met the South Korean Cho Jae-ho , whom he was able to beat with 40:39 in 23 shots. It was his first World Cup victory since the 2nd World Cup in 2009 in Antalya, Turkey.

3rd qualifying round

For the sake of clarity, qualification rounds 1 and 2 are not shown. These can be looked up under the links at the UMB.

The first in the group go into the main qualification.

Group stage P qualification group space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS A. 1 Dion Nelin 3 60 40 1,500 3,000 8th 3 David Pennör 1 46 42 1.095 1,000 4th 2 Barry van Beers 2 37 22nd 1.681 2,500 8th B. 3 Ahmed Emam 0 33 50 0.660 - 4th 1 Juan David Zapata Garcia 4th 60 37 1.621 2,500 7th 2 Adrien Tachoire 2 49 63 0.777 0.789 5 C. 1 Yusuke Mori 4th 60 41 1.463 1.666 7th 3 Mohamed Abdin 0 35 41 0.853 - 6th 2 Raimond Burgman 2 56 46 1,217 1.304 9 D. 1 Choi Wan-young 4th 60 40 1,500 1.666 9 2 Hwang Hyung-bum 2 52 39 1.333 1.428 7th 3 Rui Manuel Costa 0 45 43 1.046 - 4th E. 2 Thomas Andersen 2 47 28 1.678 2,500 7th 1 Dustin Jaeschke 4th 60 41 1.463 1,875 6th 3 Ronny Brants 0 48 37 1.297 - 8th F. 3 Khaled Salem 0 27 38 0.710 - 4th 1 Martin Horn 4th 60 36 1.666 1.666 12 2 Jean Reverchon 2 46 38 1,210 1,500 11 G 3 Nguyen Duc Anh Chien 0 36 47 0.765 - 4th 1 Hong Jin-pyo 4th 60 39 1.538 2.142 8th 2 Lee Young-hoon 2 45 36 1,250 1.363 5 H 3 Tolgahan Kiraz 0 46 38 1,210 - 8th 2 Cho Chi-yeon 3 60 41 1.463 1.304 8th 1 Kang In-won 4th 60 33 1,818 2,000 7th I. 3 Filipos Kasidokostas 0 44 42 1.047 - 12 2 Jean Paul de Bruijn 2 52 40 1,300 1.304 9 2 Murat Tüzül 4th 60 36 1.666 1.764 8th J 3 Therese Klompenhouwer 1 47 62 0.758 0.769 3 2 Ragay Henry 1 45 55 0.818 0.769 4th 1 Gwendal Marechal 4th 60 39 1.538 1,875 7th K 1 Murat Celik 4th 60 48 1,250 1.304 7th 2 Lee Seung-jin 2 55 53 1.037 1.071 9 3 Jacop Soerensen 0 52 51 1.019 - 5 L. 3 Glenn Hofman 0 31 37 0.837 - 4th 2 Konstantinos Kokkoris 2 54 40 1,350 1.363 7th 1 Antonio Montes 4th 60 33 1,818 2,000 9 M. 1 Hideaki Kobayashi 4th 60 46 1.304 1.578 9 2 Kim Jae-guen 2 48 43 1.116 1,250 5 3 Jeong Sung-Il 0 40 51 0.784 - 8th N 3 Jérôme Barbeillon 1 55 55 1,000 1.153 4th 2 Do Nguyen Trung Hau 2 54 49 1.102 1.034 7th 1 Oh Sung-uk 4th 60 46 1.304 1,500 7th O 3 Dionisis Tsokantas 0 26th 35 0.742 - 4th 1 Kostas Papakonstantinou 4th 60 38 1.578 1,875 7th 2 Peter Ceulemans 2 42 41 1.024 1.578 5 P 1 Arnim Kahofer 2 57 46 1,239 1,250 5 2 Hugo Patino 2 54 45 1,200 1.428 6th 3 José-Maria Mas 2 51 43 1.186 1.363 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 .)

Main qualification

The group first and the three best second come into the knockout round of the last 32.

Group stage qualification group space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS A. 3 Kang In-won 0 62 45 1.377 - 7th 1 Tayfun Taşdemir 4th 80 43 1,860 2.222 9 2 Murat Celik 2 69 52 1.326 1.481 11 B. 2 Ngô Đình Nại 3 80 38 2.105 2,352 15th 1 Dion Nelin 3 80 37 2.162 2,352 11 3 Hideaki Kobayashi 0 43 41 1.048 - 4th C. 2 Eddy Leppens 2 75 62 1.209 1.176 6th 1 Oh Sung-uk 4th 80 55 1.454 1.481 15th 3 Dustin Jaeschke 0 50 61 0.819 - 6th D. 1 Nikos Polychronopoulos 4th 80 36 2.222 2,666 14th 2 Arnim Kahofer 2 61 59 1.033 1.052 8th 3 Yusuke Mori 0 50 53 0.943 - 7th E. 1 Lütfi Çenet 4th 80 46 1,739 1,818 8th 2 Robinson Morales 2 74 34 2.176 4,000 9 3 Choi Wan-young 0 35 32 1.093 - 5 F. 3 David Martinez 0 27 30th 0.900 - 7th 1 Kim Hyung-kon 4th 80 35 2.285 2,352 15th 2 Gwendal Marechal 2 69 31 2.225 3.076 15th G 3 Adnan Yüksel 2 79 49 1.612 1.538 8th 1 Kang Dong-koong 2 66 39 1.692 1,739 7th 2 Hong Jin-pyo 2 69 42 1.642 2,500 13 H 1 Mã Minh Cẩm 4th 80 58 1,379 1,379 9 3 Riad Nady 0 52 51 1.019 - 6th 2 Kostas Papakonstantinou 2 77 51 1.509 1,818 9 I. 2 Cho Myung-woo 2 77 56 1.375 1.428 7th 3 Can Çapak 0 64 50 1.280 - 6th 1 Juan David Zapata Garcia 4th 80 50 1,600 1,818 7th J 2 Dương Anh Vũ 2 73 51 1.431 1,250 8th 1 Birol Uymaz 4th 80 43 1,860 2.105 11 3 Murat Tüzül 0 66 56 1.178 - 5 K 3 Roland Forthomme 2 62 41 1.512 1.904 11 2 Tonny Carlsen 2 67 43 1.558 1,818 10 1 Martin Horn 2 67 42 1,595 2,000 11 L. 1 Mã Xuân Cường 4th 80 37 2.162 2,500 8th 2 Javier Palazón 2 78 43 1,813 1,818 7th 3 Antonio Montes 0 50 38 1,315 - 9

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

• Ngô Đình Nại
• Gwendal Marechal
• Robinson Morales

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 /9

Lütfi Çenet

12/9

Frédéric Caudron

40 /21

Murat Naci Çoklu

36/21

Murat Naci Çoklu

40 /21

Kang Dong-koong

23/21

Frédéric Caudron

40 /20

Mã Minh Cẩm

39/20

Kim Hyung-kon

32/20

Mã Minh Cẩm

40 /20

Mã Minh Cẩm

40/22/ 2

Ngô Đình Nại

40/22/1

Choi Sung-won

36/26

Ngô Đình Nại

40 /26

Frédéric Caudron

34/25

Martin Horn

40 /25

Torbjörn Blomdahl

18/14

Martin Horn

40 /14

Martin Horn

40 /19

Heo Jung-han

33/19

Heo Jung-han

40 /19

Oh Sung-uk

23/19

Martin Horn

40 /18

Marco Zanetti

30/18

Trần Quyết Chiến

40 /24

Juan David Zapata

26/24

Trần Quyết Chiến

31/22

Marco Zanetti

40 /22

Marco Zanetti

40 /19

Gwendal Marechal

30/19

Martin Horn

40 /23

Cho Jae-ho

39/23

Kim Haeng-jik

37/30

Birol Uymaz

40 /30

Birol Uymaz

30/19

Daniel Sánchez

40 /19

Daniel Sánchez

40 /16

Pierre Soumagne

18/16

Daniel Sánchez

19/18

Cho Jae-ho

40 /18

Cho Jae-ho

40 /21

Mã Xuân Cường

17/21

Cho Jae-ho

40 /17

Dion Nelin

22/17

Sameh Sidhom

28/24

Dion Nelin

40 /24

Cho Jae-ho

40 /22

Semih Saygıner

26/22

Dick Jaspers

40 /22

Robinson Morales

33/22

Dick Jaspers

40 /18

Jérémy Bury

23/18

Nikos Polychronopoulos

27/11

Jérémy Bury

40 /11

Dick Jaspers

25/6

Semih Saygıner

40 /6

Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện

23/15

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /15

Tayfun Taşdemir

30/18

Semih Saygıner

40 /18

Eddy Merckx

31/30

Semih Saygıner

40 /30

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. The results, with the exception of the HS, only refer to the final round.

Final ranking phase space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS WRP * 1 final 1 Martin Horn 10 200 99 2.020 2.857 13 80 2 Cho Jae-ho 8th 199 101 1,970 2,352 11 54 Semi- finals 3 Frédéric Caudron 6th 154 75 2.053 4,444 18th 38 Semih Saygıner 6th 146 76 1,921 6.666 12 38 quarter- final 5 Dick Jaspers 4th 105 46 2.282 2.222 12 26th 6th Mã Minh Cẩm 4th 119 62 1.919 2,000 9 26th 7th Daniel Sánchez 4th 99 53 1,867 2,500 11 26th 8th Marco Zanetti 4th 110 59 1,864 2.105 12 26th eighth final 9 Jérémy Bury 2 63 29 2.172 3,636 11 16 10 Tayfun Taşdemir 2 70 33 2.121 2,666 8th 16 11 Heo Jung-han 2 73 38 1,921 2.105 9 16 12 Murat Naci Çoklu 2 76 42 1.809 1.904 11 16 13 Ngô Đình Nại 2 80 48 1.666 1,818 15th 16 14th Trần Quyết Chiến 2 71 46 1.543 1.666 6th 16 15th Dion Nelin 2 62 41 1.512 1.666 11 16 16 Birol Uymaz 2 70 49 1.428 1.333 11 16 1/16 finals 17th Nikos Polychronopoulos 0 27 11 2,454 - 14th 8th 18th Kim Hyung-kon 0 32 20th 1,600 - 15th 8th 19th Gwendal Marechal 0 30th 19th 1.578 - 15th 8th 20th Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 0 23 15th 1.533 - 4th 8th 21st Robinson Morales 0 33 22nd 1,500 - 9 8th 22nd Choi Sung-won 0 36 26th 1.384 - 6th 8th 23 Lütfi Çenet 0 12 9 1.333 - 8th 8th 24 Torbjörn Blomdahl 0 18th 14th 1.285 - 5 8th 25th Kim Haeng-jik 0 37 30th 1,233 - 6th 8th 26th Oh Sung-uk 0 23 19th 1,210 - 15th 8th 27 Sameh Sidhom 0 28 24 1.166 - 4th 8th 28 Pierre Soumagne 0 18th 16 1.125 - 4th 8th 29 Kang Dong-koong 0 23 21st 1.095 - 7th 8th 30th Juan David Zapata Garcia 0 26th 24 1.083 - 7th 8th 31 Eddy Merckx 0 31 30th 1.033 - 5 8th 32 Mã Xuân Cường 0 17th 21st 0.809 - 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 2018/1 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 2018/4 from July 2nd to 8th in Porto , Portugal 
• 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 2018/5  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tournament details UMB
• UMB schedule
• Tournament comments Kozoom

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} General information. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), accessed on October 8, 2018 (English).  
2. ↑ Player List. UMB, accessed on October 8, 2018 .  
3. ↑ Markus Schönhoff: 40 in 6 - new world cup record by Sayginer; Horn in the semi. Kozoom , October 27, 2018, accessed October 28, 2018 .  
4. ↑ 5th matchday 1. Bundesliga 2018. Kozoom, October 20, 2018, accessed on October 28, 2018 .  
5. ↑ Results pre-qualification. (PDF) UMB, October 24, 2018, accessed on October 26, 2018 (English).  
6. ↑ Ranking pre-qualification. (PDF) UMB, October 24, 2018, accessed on October 26, 2018 (English).  
7. ↑ Results qualification. (PDF) UMB, October 25, 2018, accessed on October 26, 2018 (English).  
8. ↑ Ranking qualification. (PDF) UMB, October 25, 2018, accessed on October 26, 2018 (English).  
9. ↑ Results 16th finals. (PDF) UMB, October 25, 2018, accessed on October 26, 2018 (English).  
10. ↑ Results of the round of 16. (PDF) UMB, October 26, 2018, accessed on October 27, 2018 (English).  
11. ↑ Results of the quarter-finals. (PDF) UMB, October 27, 2018, accessed on October 28, 2018 (English).  
12. ↑ ^{a b} Results semi-finals & final. (PDF) UMB, October 27, 2018, accessed on October 28, 2018 (English).  
13. ↑ Final Ranking. (PDF) UMB, October 28, 2018, accessed on October 28, 2018 (English).