The seventh three-cushion world cup tournament 2018 was held from December 2nd to 8th in the Egyptian holiday metropolis of Hurghada . For the first time the tournament was held at the Sheraton Somabay Hotel.
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. It was the last tournament in which the first final round was played according to the KO system. From 2019 this round will also be organized as a group round with 4 participants each.
In the event of a tie, the following order will be applied:
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.
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.
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)
BelgiumFrédéric Caudron
40 /20
Spain Juan David Zapata
30/20
BelgiumFrédéric Caudron
40 /18
Vietnam Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện
25/18
VietnamNguyễn Quốc Nguyện
40 /19
Turkey Birol Uymaz
18/19
BelgiumFrédéric Caudron
40 /17
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl
32/17
SwedenTorbjörn Blomdahl
40 /22
Egypt Ahmed Abdallah
24/22
SwedenTorbjörn Blomdahl
40 /21
Italy Marco Zanetti
29/21
ItalyMarco Zanetti
40 /19
Turkey Tayfun Taşdemir
37/19
BelgiumFrédéric Caudron
40 /17
Turkey Semih Saygıner
39/17
TurkeyMurat Naci Çoklu
40 /14
Greece N. Polychronopoulos
26/14
Turkey Murat Naci Çoklu
39/26
TurkeySemih Saygıner
40 /26
TurkeySemih Saygıner
40 /18
Greece Filipos Kasidokostas
31/18
TurkeySemih Saygıner
40 /17
Belgium Roland Forthomme
17/17
Korea South Choi Sung-won
20/16
BelgiumRoland Forthomme
40 /16
BelgiumRoland Forthomme
40 /31
Egypt Mohsen Fouda
26/31
Belgium Eddy Merckx
29/19
EgyptMohsen Fouda
40 /19
Belgium Frédéric Caudron
34/21
NetherlandsDick Jaspers
40 /21
Korea SouthKim Haeng-jik
40 /16
Korea South Lee Seung-jin
18/16
Korea SouthKim Haeng-jik
40 /13
Turkey Adnan Yüksel
24/13
Korea South Cho Myung-woo
36/23
TurkeyAdnan Yüksel
40 /23
Korea SouthKim Haeng-jik
40 20
France Jérémy Bury
38/20
Vietnam Trần Quyết Chiến
34/18
FranceJérémy Bury
40 /18
FranceJérémy Bury
40 /27
Colombia Huberney Cataño
30/27
Spain Daniel Sánchez
34/30
ColombiaHuberney Cataño
40 /30
Korea South Kim Haeng-jik
39/22
Netherlands Dick Jaspers
40 /22
Korea South Heo Jung-han
36/22
DenmarkDion Nelin
40 /22
DenmarkDion Nelin
40 /26
Korea South Cho Jae-ho
30/26
Korea SouthCho Jae-ho
40 /24
Korea South Oh Sung-uk
39/24
Denmark Dion Nelin
29/15
NetherlandsDick Jaspers
40 /15
EgyptSameh Sidhom
40 /27
Denmark Jacop Soerensen
30/27
Egypt Sameh Sidhom
40/21/3
NetherlandsDick Jaspers
40/21/ 4
NetherlandsDick Jaspers
40 /19
Turkey Lütfi Çenet
29/19
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 kozoom.com.
The three-cushion World Cup was organized by the founding association, the " Billiards Worldcup Association " (BWA) until 1998 . Disputes between the BWA and the world association Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) led to parallel tournaments between 1994 and 1997. The UMB / BWA organized the tournament together until the beginning of 1999. Since the dissolution of the BWA in 1999, the UMB has been the sole organizer. From 1988-1991 the UMB did not host any world championships. During this time, the annual overall winner of the World Cup was crowned world champion.