Three Cushion World Cup 2018/6

176th Three Cushion World Cup 2018/6
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / ACBC
Tournament details
Venue:	Korea National Training Center (Taereung), Seoul , South Korea
Opening:	November 12, 2018
Endgame:	18th November 2018
Attendees:	149
Defending champion:	Martin Horn
Winner:	Eddy Merckx
2nd finalist:	Filipos Kasidokostas
3rd place:	• Dick Jaspers • Kim Bong-chul
Prize money:	€ 106,500
Records
Best GD:	2,382 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện
Best ED:	3,636 Cho Myung-woo Kang Dong-koong 00000
Maximum series (HS):	0024 Cho Myung-woo0
Venue on the map
Seoul
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The sixth three-cushion world cup tournament in 2018 was held from November 12th to 18th in the South Korean capital Seoul . It was the third World Cup tournament in Seoul. The last one took place in March 1999 at the Park Hotel in Seoul.

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. 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  : Pedro Piedrabuena 2 × Organizing Association: Kang Dong-koong , Oh Sung-uk

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 qualification group space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS A. 1 Robinson Morales 4th 60 45 1.333 1.363 8th 2 Kwang-yeol Park 2 46 44 1.045 1.428 7th 3 Kevin Vasseur 0 24 43 0.588 - 4th B. 3 Mohamed Abdin 0 56 60 0.933 - 4th 1 Barry van Beers 4th 60 46 1.304 1,500 5 2 Mauricio Aguilar 2 52 54 0.962 0.882 4th C. 1 Jose Juan Garcia 3 60 50 1,200 1.666 10 2 Atsushi Kiyota 2 60 63 0.955 0.967 8th 3 Mehmet Goren 1 47 49 0.959 0.967 4th D. 1 Dion Nelin 2 58 40 1,450 1.428 7th 2 Choi Wan-young 2 51 40 1.275 1.578 5 3 Lee Hong-ki 2 45 38 1.184 1.578 7th E. 3 Dustin Jaeschke 0 47 55 0.854 - 4th 1 Seo Hyun-min 4th 60 41 1.463 1.666 7th 2 Jang Daehyeon 2 54 50 1.080 0.937 9 F. 1 Hong Jin-pyo 4th 60 39 1.538 1.578 5 3 Ahmed Emam 0 24 39 0.615 0 4th 2 O Takeshima 2 54 40 1,350 1,500 8th G 3 Yusuke Mori 0 46 40 1.150 - 4th 2 Cho Chi-yeon 2 49 34 1.441 1.666 6th 1 Lee Choong-bok 4th 60 38 1.578 1,875 6th H 3 Trương Quang Hào 1 55 54 1.018 0.967 8th 1 Hwang Hyung-bum 3 60 47 1.276 1,875 8th 2 Lim Jung-wan 2 43 39 1.102 1.304 5 I. 1 Jean Paul de Bruijn 4th 60 31 1.935 2,000 12 3 Nobuyasu Sakai 0 24 36 0.666 - 4th 2 Cho Keon-hwi 2 40 35 1.142 1,500 6th J 3 Ragay Henry 0 29 59 0.491 - 3 1 Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến 4th 60 40 1,500 2.142 9 2 Jung Young-kyun 2 54 47 1.148 0.909 5 K 2 Tolgahan Kiraz 2 55 38 1.447 1.578 8th 3 Lee Seung-jin 2 37 31 1.193 1.578 6th 1 Kim Bong-chul 2 48 31 1,548 2,500 6th L. 2 Nguyen Cong Thanh 2 53 42 1.261 1.666 7th 3 Konstantinos Kokkoris 2 43 44 0.977 1,250 7th 1 Filipos Kasidokostas 2 58 38 1.526 1,500 6th M. 1 Kim Jae-guen 4th 60 49 1.224 1.304 6th 2 Therese Klompenhouwer 2 52 53 0.981 1.111 8th 3 Le Thanh Tien 0 54 50 1.080 - 4th N 1 Đỗ Nguyễn Trung Hậu 4th 60 47 1.276 1.428 7th 3 Murat Celik 0 38 38 1,000 - 4th 2 Oh Tae-jun 2 54 33 1.636 2,500 8th O 3 Dionisis Tsokantas 0 36 38 0.947 - 6th 2 Glenn Hofman 2 49 29 1.689 2,000 11 1 Ko Sang-woon 4th 60 37 1.621 2.142 12 P 3 Kostas Papakonstantinou 0 51 49 1.040 - 6th 1 Hideaki Kobayashi 4th 60 39 1.538 2.307 9 2 Seo Chang-hoon 2 42 36 1.166 1.304 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 .)

Qualifying round

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. 1 Semih Saygıner 4th 80 31 2,580 3.333 10 3 Jose Juan Garcia 0 46 38 1,210 - 7th 2 Hwang Hyung-bum 2 69 45 1.533 1.538 9 B. 3 Tayfun Taşdemir 2 78 46 1.695 1,818 6th 2 Kim Bong-chul 2 65 37 1.756 2,666 13 1 Kim Jae-guen 2 73 39 1,871 1.666 8th C. 1 Filipos Kasidokostas 4th 80 40 2,000 3.076 11 3 Ngô Đình Nại 0 47 45 1.044 - 6th 2 Đỗ Nguyễn Trung Hậu 2 51 31 1.645 2.222 8th D. 1 Eddy Leppens 4th 80 54 1.481 1.904 19th 2 Dion Nelin 2 68 51 1.333 1.333 5 3 Barry van Beers 0 70 63 1.111 - 6th E. 3 Nikos Polychronopoulos 0 59 53 1.113 - 6th 2 Kim Hyung-kon 2 76 53 1.433 1.666 7th 1 Robinson Morales 4th 80 58 1,379 1,379 9 F. 3 Jérémy Bury 0 63 48 1,312 - 9 2 Adnan Yüksel 2 62 43 1.441 1.904 9 1 Seo Hyun-min 4th 80 49 1.632 1,818 13 G 2 Lütfi Çenet 2 60 30th 2,000 3.333 8th 3 Riad Nady 0 29 34 0.852 - 3 1 Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến 4th 80 40 2,000 2.222 11 H 3 David Martinez 0 47 35 1,342 - 13 1 Can Çapak 4th 80 44 1,818 2.105 11 2 Hong Jin-pyo 2 71 41 1.731 2,500 7th I. 1 Mã Minh Cẩm 4th 80 38 2.105 2,352 9 2 Birol Uymaz 2 71 55 1.290 1.176 8th 3 Hideaki Kobayashi 0 50 51 0.980 - 7th J 2 Cho Myung-woo 2 72 35 2.057 3,636 24 3 Tonny Carlsen 0 47 39 1.205 - 7th 1 Lee Choong-bok 4th 80 52 1.538 1.666 8th K 2 Ko Sang-woon 2 71 57 1.245 1.248 7th 1 Dương Anh Vũ 4th 80 50 1,600 1.904 10 3 Mã Xuân Cường 0 74 49 1.510 - 8th L. 3 Roland Forthomme 2 60 46 1.304 1.538 7th 2 Javier Palazón 2 66 45 1.466 2,000 6th 1 Jean Paul de Bruijn 2 77 51 1.509 1,600 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

• Cho Myung-woo
• Lütfi Çenet
• Kim Bong-chul

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

36/18

Seo Hyun-min

40 /18

Seo Hyun-min

36/23

Filipos Kasidokostas

40 /23

Mã Minh Cẩm

27/14

Filipos Kasidokostas

40 /14

Filipos Kasidokostas

40 /14

Robinson Morales

13/14

Sameh Sidhom

40/25/0

Oh Sung-uk

40/25/ 1

Oh Sung-uk

25/27

Robinson Morales

40 /27

Heo Jung-han

30/22

Robinson Morales

40 /22

Filipos Kasidokostas

40 /17

Kim Bong-chul

16/17

Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện

40 /14

Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến

11/14

Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện

40 /15

Can Çapak

16/15

Choi Sung-won

37/27

Can Çapak

40 /27

Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện

32/19

Kim Bong-chul

40 /18

Torbjörn Blomdahl

30/16

Kim Bong-chul

40 /16

Kim Bong-chul

40 /21

Jean Paul de Bruijn

25/21

Kim Haeng-jik

23/13

Jean Paul de Bruijn

40 /13

Filipos Kasidokostas

19/19

Eddy Merckx

40 /19

Marco Zanetti

40 /20

Lütfi Çenet

35/20

Marco Zanetti

40 /21

Cho Myung-woo

29/21

Semih Saygıner

38/22

Cho Myung-woo

40 /22

Marco Zanetti

37/19

Dick Jaspers

40 /19

Dick Jaspers

40 /15

Lee Choong-bok

16/15

Dick Jaspers

40/26/ 3

Kang Dong-koong

40/26/1

Murat Naci Çoklu

24/11

Kang Dong-koong

40 /11

Dick Jaspers

34/19

Eddy Merckx

40 /19

Cho Jae-ho

35/23

Eddy Leppens

40 /23

Eddy Leppens

40 /29

Dương Anh Vũ

28/29

Daniel Sánchez

35/24

Dương Anh Vũ

40 /24

Eddy Leppens

36/27

Eddy Merckx

40 /27

Trần Quyết Chiến

33/23

Kim Jae-guen

40 723

Kim Jae-guen

16/15

Eddy Merckx

40 /15

Eddy Merckx

40 /20

Pedro Piedrabuena

27/20

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 Eddy Merckx 10 200 100 2,000 2,666 10 80 2 Filipos Kasidokostas 8th 179 87 2.057 2.857 18th 54 Semi- finals 3 Dick Jaspers 6th 154 79 1,949 2,666 12 38 Kim Bong-chul 6th 136 72 1,888 2,666 13 38 quarter- final 5 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 4th 112 47 2.382 2.857 11 26th 6th Marco Zanetti 4th 117 60 1,950 2,000 8th 26th 7th Robinson Morales 4th 93 63 1.476 1,818 8th 26th 8th Eddy Leppens 4th 116 79 1.468 1.904 19th 26th eighth final 9 Kang Dong-koong 2 80 37 2.162 3,636 13 16 10 Jean Paul de Bruijn 2 65 34 1.911 3.076 12 16 11 Seo Hyun-min 2 76 41 1.853 2.222 13 16 12 Cho Myung-woo 2 69 43 1.604 3,636 24 16 13 Kim Jae-guen 2 56 38 1.173 1,739 9 16 14th Can Çapak 2 56 42 1.333 2.105 11 16 15th Dương Anh Vũ 2 68 53 1.283 1.904 10 16 16 Oh Sung-uk 2 65 52 1,250 1,600 13 16 1/16 finals 17th Murat Naci Çoklu 0 24 11 2.181 - 6th 8th 18th Frédéric Caudron 0 36 18th 2,000 - 9 8th 19th Mã Minh Cẩm 0 27 14th 1.928 - 9 8th 20th Torbjörn Blomdahl 0 30th 16 1,875 - 8th 8th 21st Kim Haeng-jik 0 23 13 1,769 - 6th 8th 22nd Lütfi Çenet 0 35 20th 1,750 - 9 8th 23 Semih Saygıner 0 38 22nd 1.727 - 10 8th 24 Sameh Sidhom 0 40 25th 1,600 - 5 8th 25th Cho Jae-ho 0 35 23 1.521 - 6th 8th 26th Daniel Sánchez 0 35 24 1.458 - 6th 8th 27 Trần Quyết Chiến 0 33 23 1.434 - 6th 8th 28 Choi Sung-won 0 37 27 1,370 - 7th 8th 29 Heo Jung-han 0 30th 22nd 1.363 - 10 8th 30th Pedro Piedrabuena 0 27 20th 1,350 - 10 8th 31 Lee Choong-bok 0 16 15th 1.066 - 8th 8th 32 Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến 0 11 14th 0.785 - 11 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 2018/5 from October 22nd to 28th in La Baule , France 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2018/7 from December 2nd to 8th in Hurghada , Egypt 

Web links

• Tournament details UMB
• UMB schedule

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} General information. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), accessed on October 18, 2018 (English).  
2. ↑ Player List. UMB, accessed October 18, 2018 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b} grouping. (PDF) UMB, October 2018, accessed on October 24, 2018 (English).  
4. ↑ Final Ranking ( English , PDF) UMB. Retrieved March 15, 2019.