Three Cushion World Cup 2019/2

179th Three Cushion World Cup 2019/2
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / ACBC
Tournament details
Venue:	Nguyen Du Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam
Opening:	20th May 2019
Endgame:	May 26, 2019
Attendees:	149
Defending champion:	Tayfun Taşdemir
Winner:	Frédéric Caudron
2nd finalist:	Roland Forthomme
3rd place:	• Marco Zanetti • Eddy Merckx
Prize money:	€ 106,500
Records
Best GD:	2,443 Cho Myung-woo
Best ED:	3,333 Cho Jae-ho Cho Myung-woo Frédéric Caudron 00000 00000
Maximum series (HS):	18 Kim Haeng-jik000
Venue on the map
Ho Chi Minh City Venue
← 2019/1	2019/3 →

The second three-cushion World Cup 2019 will be held from May 20 to 26 in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam . It is the fifth three- cushion World Cup tournament in the 33rd year of the tournament series, a form of carom billiards , in Vietnam.

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 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.

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. 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  : Erick Tellez 2 × organizing association: Mã Minh Cẩm , Dương Anh Vũ

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 4th 80 59 1.355 1.904 7th 2 Atsushi Kiyota 2 62 53 1.169 1,250 5 3 Hironori Nakajima 0 57 70 0.814 - 5 B. 1 Ahmet Alp 2 71 48 1.479 1,739 9 2 Park Choonwoo 2 79 55 1,436 1,600 6th 3 Choi Sung-won 2 70 53 1,320 1.333 10 C. 1 Eddy Leppens 4th 80 54 1.481 1.481 7th 3 Murat Tüzül 0 65 44 1.477 - 8th 2 Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu 2 73 44 1.659 2,352 8th D. 1 Daniel Sánchez 2 76 43 1.767 2,000 9 3 Kim Jun-tae 2 76 55 1.381 1,739 7th 2 Le Thanh Tien 2 75 52 1,442 1,250 14th E. 2 Torbjörn Blomdahl 2 74 61 1,213 1,379 8th 1 Dion Nelin 2 73 57 1.280 1.428 10 3 Juan David Zapata Garcia 2 67 60 1.116 1,250 5 F. 2 Martin Horn 2 78 59 1.322 1.333 6th 1 Can Çapak 4th 80 43 1,860 2.857 8th 3 David Pennör 0 46 44 1.045 - 5 G 2 Nikos Polychronopoulos 2 67 46 1.456 1,818 8th 3 José Juan Garcia 0 57 46 1,239 - 10 1 Barry van Beers 4th 80 48 1.666 1.666 8th H 2 Robinson Morales 2 58 38 1.526 2,000 7th 3 Riad Nady 0 38 34 1.117 - 5 1 Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến 4th 80 32 2,500 2.857 9 I. 1 Minh Duc Tran 4th 80 48 1.666 1.904 14th 2 Lütfi Çenet 2 67 50 1,340 1,739 9 3 Jeong Sung-il 0 54 44 1.227 - 8th J 2 Cho Myung-woo 2 71 39 1,820 2.105 7th 1 Birol Uymaz 4th 80 45 1,777 2,000 8th 3 Dinh Quang Hai 0 56 44 1.272 - 5 K 2 Kang Dong-koong 2 79 51 1,549 1.428 7th 1 Roland Forthomme 4th 80 44 1,818 1.904 7th 3 Yoon Sung-ha 0 53 49 1.081 - 8th L. 1 Tonny Carlsen 4th 80 42 1.904 2.105 9 3 Javier Palazón 0 74 49 1.510 - 7th 2 Tran Tanh Luc 2 62 45 1.377 1.538 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 .)

Lucky Loser

The three best runners-up come into the main round

• Cho Myung-woo
• Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu
• Kang Dong-koong

Group stage main tournament

Groups A / B

Group A game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Dick Jaspers 2 40 19th 2.105 11 Kang Dong-koong 0 38 19th 2,000 8th 2 Tonny Carlsen 0 39 31 1.258 6th Erick Tellez 2 40 31 1.290 8th 3 Kang Dong-koong 2 40 18th 2.222 10 Tonny Carlsen 0 21st 18th 1.166 4th 4th Dick Jaspers 2 40 16 2,500 9 Erick Tellez 0 7th 16 0.437 3 5 Dick Jaspers 2 40 17th 2,352 7th Tonny Carlsen 0 10 17th 0.588 3 6th Kang Dong-koong 0 27 14th 1.928 7th Erick Tellez 2 40 14th 2.857 14th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Dick Jaspers 6th 120 52 2.307 11 2 Erick Tellez 4th 87 61 1,426 14th 3 Kang Dong-koong 2 105 51 2.058 10 4th Tonny Carlsen 0 70 66 1.060 6th total 382 230 1.660 14th

Group B game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Frédéric Caudron 0 30th 17th 1.764 5 Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu 2 40 17th 2,352 9 2 Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến 2 40 25th 1,600 9 Mã Minh Cẩm 0 36 25th 1,440 6th 3 Frédéric Caudron 2 40 18th 2.222 15th Mã Minh Cẩm 0 30th 18th 1.666 5 4th Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu 0 30th 21st 1.428 5 Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến 2 40 21st 1.905 7th 5 Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu 2 40 30th 1.333 6th Mã Minh Cẩm 0 36 30th 1,200 6th 6th Frédéric Caudron 2 40 20th 2,000 14th Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến 0 32 20th 1,600 6th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Frédéric Caudron 4th 110 55 2,000 15th 2 Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến 4th 112 66 1.696 9 3 Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu 4th 110 68 1.617 9 4th Mã Minh Cẩm 0 102 73 1.397 6th total 434 262 1.656 15th

Groups C / D

Group C game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Cho Jae-ho 0 28 17th 1.647 7th Cho Myung-woo 2 40 17th 2,352 7th 2 Ngô Đình Nại 2 40 16 2,500 9 Dương Anh Vũ 0 16 16 1,000 5 3 Cho Jae-ho 2 40 12 3.333 10 Dương Anh Vũ 0 35 12 2.916 9 4th Cho Myung-woo 2 40 23 1,739 10 Ngô Đình Nại 0 36 23 1.565 7th 5 Cho Myung-woo 2 40 16 2,500 17th Dương Anh Vũ 0 22nd 16 1.375 4th 6th Cho Jae-ho 1 40 27 1.481 11 Ngô Đình Nại 1 40 27 1.481 5 Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Cho Myung-woo 6th 120 45 2,666 17th 2 Ngô Đình Nại 3 115 55 2.090 9 3 Cho Jae-ho 3 108 67 1.611 11 4th Dương Anh Vũ 0 74 55 1,345 7th total 417 222 1,878 17th

Group D game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Semih Saygıner 2 40 19th 2.105 6th Can Çapak 0 30th 19th 1.578 7th 2 Sameh Sidhom 2 40 34 1.176 6th Dion Nelin 0 29 34 0.852 3 3 Can Çapak 2 40 36 1.111 6th Dion Nelin 0 28 36 0.777 4th 4th Semih Saygıner 1 40 24 1.666 13 Sameh Sidhom 1 40 24 1.666 5 5 Semih Saygıner 2 40 17th 2,352 8th Dion Nelin 0 37 17th 2.176 11 6th Can Çapak 0 25th 21st 1.190 4th Sameh Sidhom 2 40 21st 1.904 7th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Semih Saygıner 5 120 60 2,000 13 2 Sameh Sidhom 5 120 79 1.518 7th 3 Can Çapak 2 95 76 1,250 7th 4th Dion Nelin 0 94 87 1.080 11 total 429 302 1.420 13

Groups E / F

Group E game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Tayfun Taşdemir 2 40 22nd 1,818 6th Ahmet Alp 0 36 22nd 1.636 5 2 Heo Jung-han 0 29 20th 1,450 4th Roland Forthomme 2 40 20th 2,000 7th 3 Ahmet Alp 0 27 19th 1.421 12 Heo Jung-han 2 40 19th 2.105 12 4th Tayfun Taşdemir 2 40 22nd 1,818 5 Roland Forthomme 0 30th 22nd 1.363 5 5 Tayfun Taşdemir 2 40 17th 2,352 9 Heo Jung-han 0 17th 17th 1,000 5 6th Ahmet Alp 0 37 26th 1.423 7th Roland Forthomme 2 40 26th 1.538 9 Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Tayfun Taşdemir 6th 120 61 1,967 9 2 Roland Forthomme 4th 110 68 1.617 9 3 Heo Jung-han 2 86 56 1.535 12 4th Ahmet Alp 0 100 67 1.492 12 total 416 252 1,650 12

Group F. game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Trần Quyết Chiến 0 27 25th 1.080 5 Daniel Sánchez 2 40 25th 1,600 8th 2 Jérémy Bury 2 40 25th 1,600 10 Birol Uymaz 0 36 25th 1,440 7th 3 Trần Quyết Chiến 1 40 25th 1,600 6th Birol Uymaz 1 40 25th 1,600 10 4th Daniel Sánchez 2 40 13 3.076 9 Jérémy Bury 0 20th 13 1.538 5 5 Daniel Sánchez 0 25th 13 1.923 7th Birol Uymaz 2 40 13 3.076 8th 6th Trần Quyết Chiến 2 40 21st 1.904 8th Jérémy Bury 0 34 21st 1.619 8th Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Daniel Sánchez 4th 105 51 2.058 9 2 Birol Uymaz 3 116 63 1,841 10 3 Trần Quyết Chiến 3 107 71 1.507 8th 4th Jérémy Bury 2 94 59 1.593 10 total 422 244 1.729 10

Groups G / H

Group G game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Marco Zanetti 2 40 20th 2,000 10 Kim Haeng-jik 0 38 20th 1,900 8th 2 Murat Naci Çoklu 0 31 18th 1.722 9 Minh Duc Tran 2 40 18th 2.222 9 3 Kim Haeng-jik 0 36 22nd 1.636 6th Murat Naci Çoklu 2 40 22nd 1,818 8th 4th Marco Zanetti 2 40 13 3.076 7th Minh Duc Tran 0 37 13 2.846 8th 5 Marco Zanetti 0 21st 23 0.913 4th Murat Naci Çoklu 2 40 23 1,739 13 6th Kim Haeng-jik 2 40 16 2,500 18th Minh Duc Tran 0 35 16 2.187 5 Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Marco Zanetti 4th 101 56 1.803 10 2 Murat Naci Çoklu 4th 111 63 1.761 13 3 Minh Duc Tran 2 112 47 2.382 9 4th Kim Haeng-jik 2 114 58 1.965 18th total 438 224 1,955 18th

Group H. game Surname PP Pt. Recording ED HS 1 Eddy Merckx 0 26th 23 1.130 5 Eddy Leppens 2 40 23 1,739 15th 2 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 1 40 35 1.142 7th Barry van Beers 1 40 35 1.142 7th 3 Eddy Merckx 2 40 16 2,500 8th Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 0 21st 16 1,312 6th 4th Eddy Leppens 2 40 19th 2.105 8th Barry van Beers 0 26th 19th 1.368 11 5 Eddy Leppens 2 40 21st 1.904 12 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 0 20th 21st 0.952 5 6th Eddy Merckx 2 40 23 1,739 8th Barry van Beers 0 36 23 1.565 5 Group graduation space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD HS 1 Eddy Leppens 6th 120 63 1.904 15th 2 Eddy Merckx 4th 106 62 1.709 8th 3 Barry van Beers 1 102 77 1,324 11 4th Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 1 81 72 1.125 7th total 409 274 1.492 15th

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
	May 25, 2019 1 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Cho Myung-woo	2	40	21st	1.904	17th
									May 25, 2019 5 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Birol Uymaz	0	33	21st	1.571	9
									Cho Myung-woo	0	33	13	2.538	10
	May 25, 2019 1 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
									Marco Zanetti	2	40	13	3.076	13
	Marco Zanetti	2	40	14th	2.857	8th
																	May 26, 2019 11.00 a.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Sameh Sidhom	0	11	14th	0.785	3
																	Marco Zanetti	0	38	14th	2.714	11
	May 25, 2019 1 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
																	Roland Forthomme	2	40	14th	2.857	11
	Semih Saygıner	2	40	17th	2,352	11
									May 25, 2019 5 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến	0	27	17th	1,588	9
									Semih Saygıner	0	39	21st	1.857	5
	May 25, 2019 1 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
									Roland Forthomme	2	40	21st	1.904	6th
	Eddy Leppens	0	35	27	1.296	7th
																									May 26, 2019 4 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Roland Forthomme	2	40	27	1.481	7th
																									Roland Forthomme	0	19th	15th	1.266	5
	May 25, 2019 3 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
																									Frédéric Caudron	2	40	15th	2,666	10
	Tayfun Taşdemir	2	40	22nd	1,818	7th
									May 25, 2019 5 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Erick Tellez	0	36	22nd	1.636	6th
									Tayfun Taşdemir	0	33	23	1.434	5
	May 25, 2019 3 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
									Eddy Merckx	2	40	23	, 739	5
	Daniel Sánchez	0	40 (4)	19th	2.105	8th
																	May 26, 2019 1 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Eddy Merckx	2	40 (5)	19th	2.105	6th
																	Eddy Merckx	0	30th	18th	1.666	6th
	May 25, 2019 3 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
																	Frédéric Caudron	2	40	18th	2.222	9
	Frédéric Caudron	2	40	12	3.333	10
									25.5.2019 8.00 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
	Murat Naci Çoklu	0	20th	12	1.666	4th
									Frédéric Caudron	2	40	14th	2.857	10
	May 25, 2019 3 p.m.	MP	Pt.	Recording	ED	HS
									Ngô Đình Nại	0	17th	14th	1,214	3
	Dick Jaspers	0	24	14th	1.714	6th
	Ngô Đình Nại	2	40	14th	2.857	9

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 Frédéric Caudron 12 270 114 2,368 3.333 15th 80 2 Roland Forthomme 10 249 154 1.717 2.857 11 54 Semi- finals 3 Marco Zanetti 8th 219 97 2.257 3.076 13 36 Eddy Merckx 8th 216 122 1,770 2,500 8th 36 quarter- final 5 Cho Myung-woo 8th 193 79 2,443 3.333 17th 26th 6th Tayfun Taşdemir 8th 193 106 1,820 2,352 9 26th 7th Semih Saygıner 7th 199 98 2.030 2,352 13 26th 8th Ngô Đình Nại 5 172 83 2.072 2.857 9 26th eighth final 9 Dick Jaspers 6th 144 66 2.181 2,500 11 18th 10 Eddy Leppens 6th 155 90 1.722 2.105 15th 18th 11 Sameh Sidhom 5 131 93 1.408 1.904 7th 18th 12 Daniel Sánchez 4th 145 70 2.071 3.076 9 18th 13 Murat Naci Çoklu 4th 131 75 1,746 1,818 13 18th 14th Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến 4th 139 83 1.674 2.857 9 18th 15th Erick Tellez 4th 123 83 1.481 2.857 14th 18th 16 Birol Uymaz 3 149 84 1,773 3.076 10 18th Group phase 17th Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu 4th 110 68 1.617 2,352 9 10 18th Cho Jae-ho 3 108 67 1.611 3.333 11 10 19th Trần Quyết Chiến 3 107 71 1.507 1.904 8th 10 20th Minh Duc Tran 2 112 47 2.382 2.222 9 10 21st Kang Dong-koong 2 105 51 2.058 2.222 10 10 22nd Heo Jung-han 2 86 56 1.535 2.105 12 10 23 Can Çapak 2 95 76 1,250 1.111 8th 10 24 Barry van Beers 1 102 77 1,324 1.142 11 10 25th Kim Haeng-jik 2 114 58 1.965 2,500 18th 8th 26th Jérémy Bury 2 94 59 1.593 1,600 10 8th 27 Ahmet Alp 0 100 67 1.492 - 12 8th 28 Mã Minh Cẩm 0 102 73 1.397 - 6th 8th 29 Dương Anh Vũ 0 74 55 1,345 - 7th 8th 30th Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 0 81 72 1.125 - 7th 8th 31 Dion Nelin 0 94 87 1.080 - 11 8th 32 Tonny Carlsen 0 70 66 1.060 - 9 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 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 

Web links

• Official tournament website of the UMB

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} General information. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), accessed on March 31, 2019 (English).  
2. ↑ Player List. UMB, accessed March 31, 2019 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} player results. UMB, accessed on May 26, 2019 .