Three Cushion World Cup 2019/1

178th Three Cushion World Cup 2019/1
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Starlight Resort Hotel, Antalya , Turkey
Opening:	11th February 2019
Endgame:	17th February 2019
Attendees:	149
Defending champion:	Dick Jaspers
Winner:	Tayfun Taşdemir
2nd finalist:	Cho Jae-ho
3rd place:	• Trần Quyết Chiến • Murat Naci Çoklu
Prize money:	€ 106,500
Records
Best GD:	1,963 Trần Quyết Chiến
Best ED:	3,333 Eddy Leppens
Maximum series (HS):	018 Martin Horn00
Venue on the map
Antalya Venue
← 2018/7	2019/2 →

The first three-cushion World Cup 2019 was held from February 11th to 17th in the Turkish holiday region of Antalya . The tournament started for the first time in the Starlight Resort Hotel. It was the 23rd World Cup in Turkey.

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	36
5th - 8th	3,500	26th
9-16	2,500	18th
17th - 24th	1,500	10
25th - 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. From the main qualification and in the knockout games, the game distance is 40 points. 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.

From the 2019 season there will no longer be a 1/16 final. For this, after the main qualification, the last 32 players are placed in eight groups of four. The two best in the group contest the round of 16. This change makes sense because the seeded players now have three games safe. Thus, the players do not have to fly for hours for possibly just one game. 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 main tournament group stage. The first four of the world rankings are placed at positions 1, 16, 9 and 8.

1. Dick Jaspers
2. Frédéric Caudron
3. Eddy Merckx
4. Semih Saygıner
5. Marco Zanetti
6. Cho Jae-ho
7. Trần Quyết Chiến
8. Jérémy Bury
9. Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện
10. Heo Jung-han
11. Sameh Sidhom
12. Tayfun Taşdemir
13. Murat Naci Çoklu
14. Choi Sung-won

Wildcard players: 1 × UMB  : Pedro Piedrabuena 2 × organizing association: Lütfi Çenet , Birol Uymaz

Main qualification

The group first and the three best second come into the group stage of the main tournament.

Group stage qualification group space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS A. 1 Kim Haeng-jik 2 73 47 1.553 1,818 9 2 Antonio Montes 2 69 45 1.533 1,600 7th 3 Kim Bong-chul 2 60 42 1.428 2,000 6th B. 1 Ngô Đình Nại 4th 80 42 1.904 1.904 10 2 Can Çapak 2 76 42 1.809 1.904 11 3 Hideaki Kobayashi 0 53 42 1.261 - 5 C. 2 Eddy Leppens 2 76 38 2,000 3.333 9 3 José Juan Garcia 0 51 55 0.927 - 5 1 Choi Wan-young 4th 80 69 1.159 1.538 7th D. 1 Daniel Sánchez 4th 80 43 1,860 1.904 11 3 David Pennör 0 41 40 1.025 - 5 2 Serdar Bas 2 70 41 1.707 2.105 16 E. 1 Nikos Polychronopoulos 4th 80 27 2,962 3.078 15th 3 Riad Nady 0 54 48 1.125 - 7th 2 Murat Celik 2 47 47 1,000 1.176 8th F. 1 Torbjörn Blomdahl 4th 80 34 2,352 2,352 11 3 Dương Anh Vũ 0 42 41 1.024 - 6th 2 Savas Bulut 2 62 41 1.512 1.666 7th G 1 Mã Minh Cẩm 2 70 35 2,000 2,352 8th 3 Adnan Yüksel 2 67 50 1,340 1,212 6th 2 Murat Tüzül 2 75 51 1,470 2.222 8th H 1 Roland Forthomme 4th 80 53 1.509 2.105 7th 3 Mohamed Abdin 0 57 58 0.982 - 4th 2 Glenn Hofman 2 74 73 1.013 1.025 4th I. 3 Tonny Carlsen 1 74 58 1.275 1,379 6th 1 Javier Palazón 3 80 57 1.403 1.428 7th 2 Dion Nelin 2 78 57 1.368 1,379 7th J 2 Kang Dong-koong 2 71 55 1.290 1.481 8th 1 David Martinez 4th 80 49 1.632 1.904 9 3 Kang In-won 0 58 48 1.208 - 7th K 2 Robinson Morales 2 65 51 1.274 1.081 6th 1 Cho Myung-woo 4th 80 27 2,962 3.076 11 3 Lee Sun-woong 0 43 50 0.860 - 4th L. 3 Filipos Kasidokostas 0 74 56 1,345 - 7th 1 Martin Horn 4th 80 45 1,777 1.904 18th 2 Nguyen Duc Anh Chien 2 71 58 1.224 1.176 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 .)

Lucky Loser

The three best runners-up come into the main round

• Eddy Leppens
• Can Çapak
• Serdar Bas

Group stage main tournament

Groups A / B

Group A game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Cho Myung-woo 0 24 22nd 1.090 6th Pedro Piedrabuena 2 40 22nd 1,818 7th 2 Dick Jaspers 2 40 13 2.076 7th Serdar Bas 0 32 13 2,461 13 3 Cho Myung-woo 0 32 24 1.333 7th Serdar Bas 2 40 24 1.666 12 4th Pedro Piedrabuena 2 40 17th 2,352 9 Dick Jaspers 0 32 17th 1,882 5 5 Pedro Piedrabuena 1 40 27 1.481 6th Serdar Bas 1 40 27 1.481 5 6th Cho Myung-woo 0 19th 17th 1.117 7th Dick Jaspers 2 40 17th 2,352 7th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Pedro Piedrabuena 5 120 66 1,818 9 2 Dick Jaspers 4th 112 47 2.382 7th 3 Serdar Bas 3 112 64 1,750 13 4th Cho Myung-woo 0 75 63 1.190 7th total 419 240 1.745 13

Group B game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Can Çapak 0 21st 18th 1.166 5 Lütfi Çenet 2 40 18th 2.222 8th 2 Frédéric Caudron 2 40 17th 2,352 7th Nikos Polychronopoulos 0 22nd 17th 1.294 5 3 Can Çapak 2 40 25th 1,600 7th Nikos Polychronopoulos 0 31 25th 1,240 7th 4th Lütfi Çenet 0 14th 14th 1,000 5 Frédéric Caudron 2 40 14th 2.857 13 5 Lütfi Çenet 0 33 16 2.062 7th Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 40 16 2,500 11 6th Can Çapak 0 37 18th 2.055 8th Frédéric Caudron 2 40 18th 2.222 15th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Frédéric Caudron 6th 120 49 2,448 15th 2 Lütfi Çenet 2 87 48 1,812 8th 3 Can Çapak 2 98 61 1.606 8th 4th Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 93 58 1.603 11 total 398 216 1,842 15th

Groups C / D

Group C game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Choi Sung-won 2 40 32 1,250 5 Birol Uymaz 0 23 32 0.718 3 2 Eddy Merckx 2 40 17th 2,352 13 Eddy Leppens 0 29 17th 1.705 7th 3 Birol Uymaz 2 40 23 1,739 7th Eddy Leppens 0 20th 23 0.869 5 4th Choi Sung-won 0 28 24 1.166 5 Eddy Merckx 2 40 24 1.666 9 5 Choi Sung-won 2 40 23 1,739 11 Eddy Leppens 0 33 23 1.434 8th 6th Birol Uymaz 1 40 21st 1.904 8th Eddy Merckx 1 40 21st 1.904 8th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Eddy Merckx 5 120 62 1.935 13 2 Choi Sung-won 4th 108 79 1.367 11 3 Birol Uymaz 3 103 76 1.355 8th 4th Eddy Leppens 0 82 63 1.301 8th total 413 280 1.475 13

Group D game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Kim Haeng-jik 0 31 17th 1,823 9 Torbjörn Blomdahl 2 40 17th 2,352 8th 2 Semih Saygıner 0 34 18th 1,888 6th Murat Naci Çoklu 2 40 18th 2.222 5 3 Kim Haeng-jik 0 33 21st 1.571 4th Semih Saygıner 2 40 21st 1.904 7th 4th Torbjörn Blomdahl 2 40 24 1.666 7th Murat Naci Çoklu 0 25th 24 1.041 3 5 Torbjörn Blomdahl 2 40 22nd 1,818 10 Semih Saygıner 0 33 22nd 1,500 8th 6th Kim Haeng-jik 0 38 16 2,375 9 Murat Naci Çoklu 2 40 16 2,500 7th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Torbjörn Blomdahl 6th 120 63 1.904 10 2 Murat Naci Çoklu 4th 105 58 1,810 7th 3 Semih Saygıner 2 107 61 1.754 8th 4th Kim Haeng-jik 0 102 54 1,888 9 total 434 236 1,838 10

Groups E / F

Group E game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Mã Minh Cẩm 0 25th 17th 1,470 8th Ngô Đình Nại 2 40 17th 2,352 6th 2 Marco Zanetti 0 19th 17th 1.117 5 Tayfun Taşdemir 2 40 17th 2,352 10 3 Mã Minh Cẩm 2 40 16 2,500 8th Marco Zanetti 0 31 16 1.937 9 4th Ngô Đình Nại 1 40 29 1,379 7th Tayfun Taşdemir 1 40 29 1,379 5 5 Ngô Đình Nại 2 40 33 1,212 7th Marco Zanetti 0 35 33 1.060 9 6th Mã Minh Cẩm 0 29 25th 1.160 8th Tayfun Taşdemir 2 40 25th 1,600 7th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Tayfun Taşdemir 5 120 71 1.690 10 2 Ngô Đình Nại 5 120 79 1.518 7th 3 Mã Minh Cẩm 2 94 58 1.620 8th 4th Marco Zanetti 0 85 66 1.287 9 total 419 274 1.529 10

Group F. game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Javier Palazón 0 32 22nd 1.454 6th Daniel Sánchez 2 40 22nd 1,818 10 2 Cho Jae-ho 2 40 19th 2.105 10 Sameh Sidhom 0 33 19th 1.736 8th 3 Javier Palazón 0 24 20th 1,200 6th Sameh Sidhom 2 40 20th 2,000 8th 4th Daniel Sánchez 2 40 16 2,500 8th Cho Jae-ho 0 28 16 1,750 9 5 Daniel Sánchez 2 40 21st 1.904 10 Sameh Sidhom 0 30th 21st 1.428 8th 6th Javier Palazón 1 40 26th 1.538 6th Cho Jae-ho 1 40 26th 1.538 8th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Daniel Sánchez 6th 120 59 2.033 10 2 Cho Jae-ho 3 108 61 1,770 10 3 Sameh Sidhom 2 103 60 1.716 8th 4th Javier Palazón 1 96 68 1.411 6th total 427 248 1.721 10

Groups G / H

Group G game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Heo Jung-han 2 40 25th 1,600 5 Choi Wan-young 0 30th 25th 1,200 4th 2 Trần Quyết Chiến 0 33 21st 1.571 6th Martin Horn 2 40 21st 1.904 6th 3 Choi Wan-young 0 38 19th 2,000 8th Trần Quyết Chiến 2 40 19th 2.105 8th 4th Heo Jung-han 0 25th 22nd 1.136 8th Martin Horn 2 40 22nd 1,818 6th 5 Heo Jung-han 0 28 14th 2,000 8th Trần Quyết Chiến 2 40 14th 2.857 15th 6th Choi Wan-young 0 37 28 1.321 9 Martin Horn 2 40 28 1.428 7th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Martin Horn 6th 120 71 1.690 7th 2 Trần Quyết Chiến 4th 113 54 2.092 15th 3 Heo Jung-han 2 93 61 1.524 8th 4th Choi Wan-young 0 105 72 1.458 9 total 431 258 1.670 15th

Group H. game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 0 22nd 23 0.956 5 David Martinez 2 40 23 1,739 6th 2 Jérémy Bury 0 32 16 2,000 11 Roland Forthomme 2 40 16 2,500 12 3 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 2 40 21st 1.904 6th Jérémy Bury 0 33 21st 1.571 6th 4th David Martinez 2 40 18th 2.222 6th Roland Forthomme 0 38 18th 2.111 10 5 David Martinez 2 40 24 1.666 8th Jérémy Bury 0 36 24 1,500 6th 6th Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 0 32 30th 1.066 7th Roland Forthomme 2 40 30th 1.333 6th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 David Martinez 6th 120 65 1,846 8th 2 Roland Forthomme 4th 118 64 1,843 12 3 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 2 94 74 1,270 7th 4th Jérémy Bury 0 101 61 1.655 11 total 433 264 1.640 12

KO round

The tournament tree for the final round is listed below. The game is played at 40 points with a kick . In the event of a draw , the decision will be made with a penalty .

	Round of 16 40 points								Quarterfinals 40 points								Semi-final 40 points								Final 40 points
	16.2.2019 11.00 a.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Frédéric Caudron	0	24	24	1,000	5
									February 16, 2019 5:00 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Lütfi Çenet	2	40	24	1.666	6th
									Lütfi Çenet	0	33	18th	1,833	5
	16.2.2019 11.00 a.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
									Tayfun Taşdemir	2	40	18th	2.222	8th
	Tayfun Taşdemir	2	40	25th	1,600	6th
																	17.2.2019 10.00 a.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Ngô Đình Nại	0	34	25th	1,360	5
																	Tayfun Taşdemir	2	40	27	1.481	6th
	16.2.2019 11.00 a.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
																	Murat Naci Çoklu	0	37	27	1,370	5
	Martin Horn	2	40	23	1,739	6th
									February 16, 2019 5:00 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Roland Forthomme	0	31	23	1.347	5
									Martin Horn	0	28	22nd	1.272	5
	16.2.2019 11.00 a.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
									Murat Naci Çoklu	2	40	22nd	1,818	6th
	David Martinez	0	34	18th	1,888	6th
																									17.2.2019 3 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Murat Naci Çoklu	2	40	18th	2.222	9
																									Tayfun Taşdemir	2	40	21st	1.904	7th
	16.2.2019 1 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
																									Cho Jae-ho	0	21st	21st	1,000	3
	Torbjörn Blomdahl	0	36	22nd	1.636	7th
									16.2.2019 7.00 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Choi Sung-won	2	40	22nd	1,818	8th
									Choi Sung-won	0	24	14th	1.714	6th
	16.2.2019 1 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
									Trần Quyết Chiến	2	40	14th	2.857	10
	Eddy Merckx	0	28	22nd	1.272	6th
																	17.2.2019 12.00 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Trần Quyết Chiến	2	40	22nd	1,818	10
																	Trần Quyết Chiến	0	28	19th	1.473	7th
	16.2.2019 1 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
																	Cho Jae-ho	2	40	19th	2.105	10
	Pedro Piedrabuena	2	40	33	1,212	6th
									16.2.2019 7.00 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Dick Jaspers	0	36	33	1.090	6th
									Pedro Piedrabuena	0	39	33	1.181	7th
	16.2.2019 1 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
									Cho Jae-ho	2	40	33	1,212	8th
	Daniel Sánchez	0	23	20th	1.150	4th
	Cho Jae-ho	2	40	20th	2,000	15th

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.

Final ranking phase space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS WRP * 1 final 1 Tayfun Taşdemir 8th 160 91 1.758 2,352 10 80 2 Cho Jae-ho 6th 141 93 1.516 2.105 15th 54 Semi- finals 3 Trần Quyết Chiến 4th 108 55 1.963 2.857 15th 36 Murat Naci Çoklu 4th 117 67 1,746 2,500 9 36 quarter- final 5 Choi Sung-won 2 64 36 1,777 1,818 11 26th 6th Lütfi Çenet 2 73 42 1.738 2.222 8th 26th 7th Martin Horn 2 68 45 1.511 1.904 18th 26th 8th Pedro Piedrabuena 2 79 66 1,196 2,352 9 26th eighth final 9 David Martinez 0 34 18th 1,888 2.222 9 18th 10 Torbjörn Blomdahl 0 36 22nd 1.636 2,352 11 18th 11 Ngô Đình Nại 0 34 25th 1,360 2,352 10 18th 12 Roland Forthomme 0 31 23 1.347 2,500 12 18th 13 Eddy Merckx 0 28 22nd 1.272 2,352 13 18th 14th Daniel Sánchez 0 23 20th 1.150 2,500 11 18th 15th Dick Jaspers 0 36 33 1.090 3.076 7th 18th 16 Frédéric Caudron 0 24 24 1,000 2.857 15th 18th Group phase 17th Serdar Bas 3 112 64 1,750 2,461 16 10 18th Birol Uymaz 3 103 76 1.355 1.904 8th 10 19th Semih Saygıner 2 107 61 1.754 1.904 8th 10 20th Sameh Sidhom 2 103 60 1.716 2,000 8th 10 21st Mã Minh Cẩm 2 94 58 1.620 2,500 8th 10 22nd Can Çapak 2 98 61 1.606 2.055 11 10 23 Heo Jung-han 2 93 61 1.524 2,000 8th 10 24 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 2 94 74 1,270 1.904 7th 10 25th Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 93 58 1.603 3.076 15th 8th 26th Javier Palazón 1 96 68 1.411 1.538 7th 8th 27 Kim Haeng-jik 0 102 54 1,888 2,375 9 8th 28 Jérémy Bury 0 101 61 1.655 2,000 11 8th 29 Choi Wan-young 0 105 72 1.458 2,000 9 8th 30th Eddy Leppens 0 82 63 1.301 3.333 9 8th 31 Marco Zanetti 0 85 66 1.287 1.937 9 8th 32 Cho Myung-woo 0 75 63 1.190 3.076 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 2019/2 from May 20th to 28th in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2019/3 from June 17th to 23rd in Blankenberge , Belgium 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2019/4 from July 1st to 7th in Porto , Portugal 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2019/5 from October 21 to 27 in Veghel , the Netherlands 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2019/6 from November 4th to 10th in Guri , South Korea 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2019/7 from December 8th to 14th in Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} General information. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), accessed on December 21, 2018 (English). 
2. ↑ Players List. (PDF) UMB, accessed on December 21, 2018 (English). 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} game results. Union Mondiale de Billard, accessed January 19, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Three Cushion World Cup - Antalya (TUR) . Kozoom multimedia. Retrieved March 15, 2019.