Three Cushion World Cup 2019/3

180th Three Cushion World Cup 2019/3
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / CEB / KNBB
Tournament details
Venue:	Casino Blankenberge, Blankenberge , Belgium
Opening:	17th June 2019
Endgame:	June 23, 2019
Attendees:	149
Defending champion:	Frédéric Caudron
Winner:	Javier Palazón
2nd finalist:	Martin Horn
3rd place:	• Heo Jung-han • Torbjörn Blomdahl
Prize money:	€ 106,500
Records
Best GD:	2,323 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	4,000 Dick Jaspers
Maximum series (HS):	0018 Trần Quyết Chiến0
Venue on the map
Blankenberge Venue
← 2019/2	2019/4 →

The third three-cushion world cup tournament 2019 , in the 33rd year of the tournament series, will take place from June 17 to 23 in Blankenberge in the Belgian province of West Flanders . This is the second three- cushion World Cup tournament, a form of carom billiards , in Blankenberge.

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 phase. The first four of the world rankings are placed at positions 1, 16, 9 and 8.

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

Wildcard players: 1 × UMB  : Kim Haeng-jik 2 × organizing association: Eddy Leppens , Roland Forthomme

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. 2 Arnim Kahofer 2 73 51 1.431 1,818 5 1 Choi Sung-won 4th 80 46 1,739 2,352 11 3 Jeong Sung-Il 0 37 39 0.948 - 4th B. 1 Daniel Sánchez 4th 80 38 2.105 2,500 10 2 Mã Xuân Cường 2 68 47 1.446 1,600 6th 3 Juzef Philipoom 0 71 41 1.731 - 10 C. 1 Torbjörn Blomdahl 3 80 38 2.105 2,352 13 2 Rui Manuel Costa 2 48 44 1.090 1.481 8th 3 Ahmet Alp 1 72 48 1,500 1.904 8th D. 3 Đỗ Nguyễn Trung Hậu 0 55 46 1.195 - 9 1 Martin Horn 4th 80 37 2.162 2,352 8th 2 Ronny Lindemann 2 76 49 1.551 1,379 7th E. 1 Nikos Polychronopoulos 4th 80 32 2,500 3.076 10 3 David Pennör 0 41 47 0.872 - 6th 2 Seo Chang-hoon 2 69 41 1,682 1.428 11 F. 1 Mã Minh Cẩm 3 80 45 1,777 1,818 7th 2 Dion Nelin 2 62 51 1.215 1.428 6th 3 Cho Chi-yeon 1 70 50 1,400 1,818 8th G 1 Robinson Morales 4th 80 37 2.162 2,352 12 2 Can Çapak 2 63 48 1,312 1.428 7th 3 Tolgahan Kiraz 0 49 45 1.088 - 4th H 1 Lütfi Çenet 4th 80 48 1.666 1.904 7th 2 José Juan Garcia 2 70 45 1.555 1.666 14th 3 Barry van Beers 0 59 51 1.156 - 8th I. 3 David Martinez 0 55 49 1.122 - 7th 2 Riad Nady 2 72 54 1.333 1,379 11 1 Gwendal Marechal 4th 80 45 1,777 2,000 10 J 1 Cho Myung-woo 3 80 50 1,600 1,600 6th 2 Adnan Yüksel 2 75 45 1.666 2,000 7th 3 Juan David Zapata Garcia 1 76 45 1.688 1,600 9 K 2 Dương Anh Vũ 2 37 30th 0.900 0.000 5 3 Tonny Carlsen * 0 23 29 0.793 - 5 1 Thomas Andersen 4th 80 59 1.355 1,379 9 L. 2 Javier Palazón 2 73 43 1.697 1,600 8th 3 Birol Uymaz 0 62 50 1,240 - 10 1 Peter de Backer 4th 80 43 1,860 2.222 11

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 .)

• ) Note: Tonny Carlsen did not run against Dương Anh Vũ for health reasons. The game was rated with 2: 0 match points for Vũ.

Lucky Loser

The three best runners-up come into the main round

• Javier Palazón
• Seo Chang-hoon
• Adnan Yüksel

Group stage main tournament

Groups A / B

Group A game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Dick Jaspers 2 40 16 2,500 11 Adnan Yüksel 0 15th 16 0.937 5 2 Robinson Morales 0 25th 22nd 1.136 5 Kim Haeng-jik 2 40 22nd 1,818 11 3 Adnan Yüksel 2 40 19th 2.105 11 Robinson Morales 0 33 19th 1.736 7th 4th Dick Jaspers 0 38 15th 2.533 13 Kim Haeng-jik 2 40 15th 2,666 12 5 Dick Jaspers 2 40 10 4,000 14th Robinson Morales 0 32 10 3,200 14th 6th Adnan Yüksel 0 25th 12 2.083 6th Kim Haeng-jik 2 40 12 3.333 10 Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Kim Haeng-jik 4th 120 49 2,448 12 2 Dick Jaspers 4th 118 41 2,878 14th 3 Adnan Yüksel 2 80 47 1.702 11 4th Robinson Morales 0 90 51 1.764 14th total 408 188 2.170 14th

Group B game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Frédéric Caudron 2 40 24 1.666 12 Eddy Leppens 0 31 24 1.291 4th 2 Nikos Polychronopoulos 0 35 17th 2.058 7th Seo Chang-hoon 2 40 17th 2,352 7th 3 Eddy Leppens 0 39 16 2,437 7th Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 40 16 2,500 6th 4th Frédéric Caudron 2 40 19th 2.105 8th Seo Chang-hoon 39 19th 2.052 9 5 Frédéric Caudron 2 40 14th 2.857 7th Nikos Polychronopoulos 0 18th 14th 1.285 8th 6th Eddy Leppens 2 40 18th 2.222 6th Seo Chang-hoon 38 18th 2.1119 Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Frédéric Caudron 6th 120 57 2.105 12 2 Seo Chang-hoon 2 117 54 2.166 9 3 Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 93 47 1,978 8th 4th Eddy Leppens 2 110 58 1,896 7th total 440 216 2.037 12

Groups C / D

Group C game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Cho Jae-ho 0 32 15th 2.133 8th Javier Palazón 2 40 15th 2,666 11 2 Ngô Đình Nại 0 39 28 1,392 8th Roland Forthomme 2 40 28 1.428 5 3 Cho Jae-ho 0 39 26th 1,500 7th Ngô Đình Nại 2 40 26th 1.538 9 4th Javier Palazón 2 40 27 1.481 11 Roland Forthomme 0 38 27 1.407 6th 5 Javier Palazón 2 40 19th 2.105 12 Ngô Đình Nại 0 30th 19th 1.578 8th 6th Cho Jae-ho 0 32 19th 1.684 7th Roland Forthomme 2 40 19th 2.105 10 Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Javier Palazón 6th 120 61 1,967 12 2 Roland Forthomme 4th 118 74 1,594 10 3 Ngô Đình Nại 2 109 73 1.493 9 4th Cho Jae-ho 0 103 60 1.716 8th total 450 268 1.679 12

Group D game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Semih Saygıner 2 40 23 1,739 16 Cho Myung-woo 0 35 23 1.521 7th 2 Sameh Sidhom 0 17th 15th 1.133 5 Martin Horn 2 40 15th 2,666 9 3 Cho Myung-woo 2 40 19th 2.105 11 Sameh Sidhom 0 34 19th 1.189 7th 4th Semih Saygıner 2 40 22nd 1,818 8th Martin Horn 0 30th 22nd 1.363 3 5 Semih Saygıner 0 17th 18th 0.944 3 Sameh Sidhom 2 40 18th 2.222 8th 6th Cho Myung-woo 0 30th 15th 2,000 7th Martin Horn 2 40 15th 2,666 15th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Martin Horn 4th 110 52 2.115 15th 2 Semih Saygıner 4th 97 63 1,539 16 3 Cho Myung-woo 2 105 57 1,842 11 4th Sameh Sidhom 2 91 52 1,750 8th total 403 224 1,799 16

Groups E / F

Group E game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Tayfun Taşdemir 2 40 17th 2,352 10 Mã Minh Cẩm 0 33 17th 1.941 8th 2 Heo Jung-han 0 33 22nd 1,500 7th Daniel Sánchez 2 40 17th 2,352 6th 3 Mã Minh Cẩm 0 24 19th 1.263 5 Heo Jung-han 2 40 19th 2.105 9 4th Tayfun Taşdemir 0 38 23 1.652 8th Daniel Sánchez 2 40 23 7.739 6th 5 Tayfun Taşdemir 0 26th 19th 1.368 7th Heo Jung-han 2 40 19th 2.105 7th 6th Mã Minh Cẩm 1 40 15th 2,666 8th Daniel Sánchez 1 40 15th 2,666 9 Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Daniel Sánchez 5 120 60 2,000 9 2 Heo Jung-han 4th 113 60 1,883 9 3 Tayfun Taşdemir 2 104 59 1,762 10 4th Mã Minh Cẩm 1 97 51 1.901 8th total 434 230 1,886 10

Group F. game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Trần Quyết Chiến 2 40 14th 2.857 18th Torbjörn Blomdahl 0 17th 14th 1,214 4th 2 Jérémy Bury 0 31 27 1.148 9 Peter de Backer 2 40 27 1.481 5 3 Torbjörn Blomdahl 2 40 31 1.290 7th Jérémy Bury 0 30th 31 0.967 5 4th Trần Quyết Chiến 0 31 31 1,000 6th Peter de Backer 2 40 31 1.290 5 5 Trần Quyết Chiến 1 40 19th 2.105 7th Jérémy Bury 1 40 19th 2.105 6th 6th Torbjörn Blomdahl 2 40 18th 2.222 8th Peter de Backer 0 25th 18th 1.388 8th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Torbjörn Blomdahl 4th 97 63 1,539 8th 2 Peter de Backer 4th 105 76 1.381 8th 3 Trần Quyết Chiến 3 111 64 1.734 18th 4th Jérémy Bury 1 101 77 1,311 9 total 414 280 1.478 18th

Groups G / H

Group G game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Marco Zanetti 2 40 17th 2,352 6th Thomas Andersen 0 23 17th 1.352 6th 2 Murat Naci Çoklu 2 40 16 2,500 6th Gwendal Marechal 0 25th 16 1.562 10 3 Thomas Andersen 0 20th 18th 1.111 5 Gwendal Marechal 2 40 18th 2.222 9 4th Marco Zanetti 2 40 12 3.333 10 Murat Naci Çoklu 0 33 12 2.750 7th 5 Marco Zanetti 2 40 22nd 1,818 8th Gwendal Marechal 0 32 22nd 1.454 8th 6th Thomas Andersen 0 39 22nd 1,772 6th Murat Naci Çoklu 2 40 22nd 1,818 7th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Marco Zanetti 6th 120 51 2,352 10 2 Murat Naci Çoklu 4th 113 50 2.260 7th 3 Gwendal Marechal 2 97 56 1.732 10 4th Thomas Andersen 0 82 57 1.438 6th total 412 214 1.925 10

Group H. game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Eddy Merckx 0 31 21st 1.476 8th Lütfi Çenet 2 40 21st 1.904 10 2 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 0 29 19th 1.526 5 Choi Sung-won 2 40 19th 2.105 7th 3 Eddy Merckx 2 40 17th 2,352 12 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 0 26th 17th 1.529 5 4th Lütfi Çenet 0 35 25th 1,400 6th Choi Sung-won 2 40 25th 1,600 6th 5 Lütfi Çenet 2 40 27 1.481 4th Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 0 32 27 1.185 6th 6th Eddy Merckx 0 26th 27 0.962 4th Choi Sung-won 2 40 27 1.481 7th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Choi Sung-won 6th 120 71 1.690 7th 2 Lütfi Çenet 4th 115 73 1.575 10 3 Eddy Merckx 2 97 65 1.492 12 4th Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 0 87 63 1,380 6th total 419 272 1,540 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

22.6.2019 12.00 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Kim Haeng-jik

0

30th

19th

1.578

8th

22.6.2019 5 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Seo Chang-hoon

2

40

19th

2.105

9

Seo Chang-hoon

0

34

21st

1.619

7th

22.6.2019 12.00 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Torbjörn Blomdahl

2

40

21st

1.904

8th

Torbjörn Blomdahl

2

40 (3)

27

1.481

5

23.6.2019 12.00 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Dick Jaspers

0

40 (1)

27

1.481

7th

Torbjörn Blomdahl

0

38

25th

1.520

9

22.6.2019 12.00 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Javier Palazón

2

40

25th

1,600

7th

Choi Sung-won

2

40

20th

2,000

7th

22.6.2019 5:00 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Roland Forthomme

0

37

20th

1,850

9

Choi Sung-won

0

36

25th

1,440

10

22.6.2019 12.00 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Javier Palazón

2

40

25th

1,600

9

Javier Palazón

2

40

34

1.176

6th

23.6.2019 5 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Lütfi Çenet

0

33

34

0.970

4th

Javier Palazón

2

40

23

1,739

11

22.6.2019 2.00 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Martin Horn

0

26th

23

1.130

10

Frédéric Caudron

2

40 (2)

17th

2,352

12

22.6.2019 7.00 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Semih Saygıner

0

40 (1)

17th

2,352

7th

Frédéric Caudron

0

36

17th

2.117

10

22.6.2019 2.00 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Heo Jung-han

2

40

17th

2,352

12

Daniel Sánchez

0

20th

14th

1.428

4th

23.6.2019 2.00 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Heo Jung-han

2

40

14th

2.857

9

Heo Jung-han

0

40

20th

1,950

10

22.6.2019 2.00 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Martin Horn

2

40

20th

2,000

8th

Martin Horn

2

40

14th

2.857

11

22.6.2019 7.00 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Murat Naci Çoklu

0

18th

14th

1.285

4th

Martin Horn

2

40

22nd

1,818

10

22.6.2019 2.00 p.m.

MP

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

Marco Zanetti

0

23

22nd

1.045

4th

Marco Zanetti

2

40

19th

2.105

8th

Peter de Backer

0

21st

19th

1.105

4th

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 Javier Palazón 14th 280 168 1.666 2,666 12 80 2 Martin Horn 10 256 131 1.954 2.857 15th 54 Semi- finals 3 Heo Jung-han 8th 232 111 2.090 2.857 12 36 Torbjörn Blomdahl 8th 215 136 1,580 2,352 13 36 quarter- final 5 Frédéric Caudron 8th 196 91 2.153 2.857 12 26th 6th Marco Zanetti 8th 183 92 1.989 3.333 10 26th 7th Choi Sung-won 8th 196 116 1.689 2.105 10 26th 8th Seo Chang-hoon 4th 191 94 2.031 2,352 9 26th eighth final 9 Kim Haeng-jik 6th 150 68 2.205 2,666 12 18th 10 Daniel Sánchez 5 140 74 1,891 2,666 9 18th 11 Dick Jaspers 4th 158 68 2,323 4,000 14th 18th 12 Murat Naci Çoklu 4th 131 64 2.046 2,500 7th 18th 13 Semih Saygıner 4th 137 80 1.712 1,818 16 18th 14th Roland Forthomme 4th 155 94 1.648 2.105 10 18th 15th Lütfi Çenet 4th 148 107 1.383 1.904 10 18th 16 Peter de Backer 4th 126 95 1.326 1.481 8th 18th Group phase 17th Trần Quyết Chiến 3 111 64 1.734 2.105 18th 10 18th Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 93 47 1,978 2,500 8th 10 19th Cho Myung-woo 2 105 57 1,842 2.105 11 10 20th Tayfun Taşdemir 2 104 59 1,762 2,352 10 10 21st Gwendal Marechal 2 97 56 1.732 2.222 10 10 22nd Adnan Yüksel 2 80 47 1.702 2.105 11 10 23 Ngô Đình Nại 2 109 73 1.493 1.538 8th 10 24 Eddy Merckx 2 97 65 1.492 2,352 12 10 25th Eddy Leppens 2 110 58 1,896 2.222 7th 8th 26th Sameh Sidhom 2 91 52 1,750 2.222 8th 8th 27 Mã Minh Cẩm 1 97 51 1.901 2,666 8th 8th 28 Jérémy Bury 1 101 77 1,311 2.105 9 8th 29 Robinson Morales 0 90 51 1.764 - 14th 8th 30th Cho Jae-ho 0 103 60 1.716 - 8th 8th 31 Thomas Andersen 0 82 57 1.438 - 6th 8th 32 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 0 87 63 1,380 - 6th 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 2019/1 from February 11th to 17th in Antalya , Turkey 
• Three Cushion World Cup 2018/2 from May 20th to 26th in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam 
• 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 May 26, 2019 (English).  
2. ↑ Player List. UMB, accessed on May 26, 2019 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} player results. UMB, accessed on June 17, 2019 .  
4. ↑ World Cup 3-Cushion 2019 ( English ) Union Mondiale de Billard. Retrieved May 10, 2019.