The 2012 three-cushion world championship took place from September 5th to 9th in the Portuguese port city of Porto . It was the first World Cup hosted by Portugal.
A total of 48 participants had qualified for the tournament. In the preliminary round, round robin mode was played in groups of three to 40 points . The 16 group winners advanced. From the second round onwards, the knockout system was used to play at 40 points. This rule was changed compared to the previous year and has been in effect since July 7, 2012.
Germany was represented by Martin Horn from Essen and Markus Dömer from Dortmund, who took part in the World Cup for the first time. The 1996 World Cup third-placed Gerhard Kostistansky played for Austria, Switzerland was not represented.
The 15-time world champion Torbjörn Blomdahl from Sweden caused a negative surprise . Despite the tie in points, he was the last to complete the group stage and was eliminated from the tournament in 33rd place - his worst result in years. For Markus Dömer, the World Cup was also not very successful. After two defeats against the strong Eddy Leppens from Belgium and the Turks Lütfi Çenet in the group stage, he had to give up the sails. The Dutch defending champions lived up to their role as favorites and won both group games. In his second game against the Argentine Juan-Pablo Sisterna , he only needed 16 shots to win the game and had an excellent ED of 2,500. The Korean Lee Choong-bok also succeeded in his game against the Spaniard Javier Palazón . Kim Kyung-roul from Korea topped the two with 2.857 against the Colombian Juan-Carlos Toro. The best GD in the group stage was played by Turkey's Murat Naci Çoklu with 2.105. The French Jérémy Bury managed the highest series (HS) at 14.
The final round was dominated by Eddy Merckx from Belgium . First he sent Martin Horn home in just 15 shots (40:15) and a GD of 2.666. In the quarter-finals he gave the Egyptian Sameh Sidhom no chance in 18 shots (40:19). Just a week after his victory in Lommel, Merckx met his compatriot, world number one Frédéric Caudron, again in the semi-finals . He prevailed again (40:30) and met the Korean Choi Sung-won in the final . He also had nothing to oppose the Belgian at 40:24. Merckx won the world championship for the second time after 2006. For Choi, the lost premium of € 100,000 or € 200 monthly pension allowance until the end of his life will have been more painful than the silver medal. The Korean government has suspended this award for the first world champion from their country.
On the part of the players, massive criticism was leveled at the clearly too small tournament hall. When first seen, many thought it was the training room. During the group phase, the room was divided into two halves with two tables each, separated by a grandstand. It only offered space for 35 spectators. The grandstand was dismantled for the final round, so that 150 spectators could follow the action. Eliminated players who wanted to watch - there was compulsory attendance during the entire tournament - and who did not find a seat in time, had to watch the games on monitors in an anteroom. The former 8-time world champion Ludo Dielis from Belgium was among the spectators . Dielis, head of the organizing committee for the 2013 World Cup in Antwerp, was able to gain valuable suggestions for organizing the World Cup in his home town, both positive and negative. The fact that he can introduce a fellow countryman as defending champion in 2013 will make it easier for him to finance the organization, both with government agencies and local sponsors. Dielis is known for making it easy for him to raise funds.
General information
The UMB rules for three-band / singles were applicable (as of July 7, 2012). The group stage was played in 16 groups of three, the first placed made it to the quarter-finals.
The field consisted of 48 players, with the defending champion Dick Jaspers automatically entitled to participate. The first 20 players in the world rankings (places 2–21) were invited directly. Places 22–45 were nominated by the individual continental associations, with the following breakdown: Europe (CEB): 12, America (CPB): 8 and Asia (ACBC): 4. Places 46 and 47 were given by wildcards from the host association (here : FPB), the UMB self-nominated player number 48.
Possibly. not all terms apply or some are not listed. These can be looked up in the list of collision terms .
Group A
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Netherlands Dick Jaspers
4th
80
40
2,000
2,500
8th
Juan Pablo Sisterna Argentina
40: 30/38
Egypt Riad Nady
2
Argentina Juan Pablo Sisterna
2
69
54
1.277
1.052
9
Dick Jaspers Netherlands
40: 14/24
Egypt Riad Nady
3
Egypt Riad Nady
0
44
62
0.709
---
4th
Dick Jaspers Netherlands
40: 29/16
Argentina Juan Pablo Sisterna
Group B
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Belgium Frédéric Caudron
4th
80
46
1,739
2,352
12
Gerhard Kostistansky Austria
40: 31/42
Cyprus Republic Christakis Christoforou
2
Austria Gerhard Kostistansky
2
67
71
0.943
0.952
5
Frédéric Caudron Belgium
40: 14/17
Cyprus Republic Christakis Christoforou
3
Cyprus Republic Christakis Christoforou
0
45
59
0.762
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6th
Frédéric Caudron Belgium
40: 27/29
Austria Gerhard Kostistansky
Group C
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Colombia Heriberto Aristizabal
2
68
39
1.743
2,000
9
Manuel Santos Oliveira Portugal
36: 40/20
Colombia Heriberto Aristizabal
2
Portugal Manuel Santos Oliveira
2
76
55
1.381
1.142
8th
Torbjörn Blomdahl Sweden
30: 40/35
Portugal Manuel Santos Oliveira
3
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl
2
70
54
1.296
2.105
10
Torbjörn Blomdahl Sweden
40: 28/19
Colombia Heriberto Aristizabal
Group D
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Spain Daniel Sánchez
4th
80
49
1.632
1,818
9
Merlin Romero Chile
40: 19/25
Chile Marco Sobarzo
2
Venezuela Merlin Romero
2
63
47
1,340
1,600
7th
Daniel Sánchez Spain
40: 20/27
Chile Marco Sobarzo
3
Chile Marco Sobarzo
0
39
52
0.750
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4th
Daniel Sánchez Spain
40: 23/22
Venezuela Merlin Romero
Group E
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
France Jérémy Bury
4th
80
52
1.538
1,739
14th
Jérémy Bury France
40: 21/23
France Jérôme Barbeillon
2
France Jérôme Barbeillon
2
61
43
1.418
2,000
8th
Luis Aveiga Ecuador
32: 40/20
France Jérôme Barbeillon
3
Ecuador Luis Aveiga
0
52
49
1.061
---
6th
Luis Aveiga Ecuador
20: 40/29
France Jérémy Bury
Group F.
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Japan O Takeshima
4th
80
67
1.194
1,250
8th
Duong Anh Vu Vietnam
32: 40/32
Japan O Takeshima
2
Greece Filipos Kasidokostas
2
78
63
1,238
1.428
10
Filipos Kasidokostas Greece
40: 35/28
Vietnam Duong Anh Vu
3
Vietnam Duong Anh Vu
0
67
60
1.116
---
7th
Filipos Kasidokostas Greece
38: 40/35
Japan O Takeshima
Group G
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Korea South Choi Sung-won
4th
80
59
1.355
1,379
Savas Bulut Turkey
40: 35/44
Portugal Rui Manuel Costa
2
Turkey Savas Bulut
2
72
73
0.986
0.909
7th
Choi Sung-won Korea South
40: 37/30
Portugal Rui Manuel Costa
3
Portugal Rui Manuel Costa
0
72
74
0.972
---
9
Choi Sung-won Korea South
40: 32/29
Turkey Savas Bulut
Group H.
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Korea South Kim Kyung-roul
4th
80
41
1.951
2.857
11
Carlos Campiño Colombia
38: 40/40
Chile Juan Carlos Toro
2
Chile Juan Carlos Toro
2
49
54
0.907
1,000
5
Kim Kyung-roul Korea South
40: 38/27
Colombia Carlos Campiño
3
Colombia Carlos Campiño
0
76
67
1.134
---
5
Kim Kyung-roul Korea South
40: 9/14
Chile Juan Carlos Toro
Group I.
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Egypt Sameh Sidhom
4th
80
63
1.269
1,818
6th
Sameh Sidhom Egypt
40: 35/41
Italy Giorgio Mancini
2
Korea South Cho Jae-ho
2
62
44
1.409
1,818
5
Cho Jae-ho Korea South
40: 20/22
Italy Giorgio Mancini
3
Italy Giorgio Mancini
0
55
63
0.873
---
3
Cho Jae-ho Korea South
22: 40/22
Egypt Sameh Sidhom
Group J
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Germany Martin Horn
4th
80
53
1.509
1.904
6th
Raimond Burgman Netherlands
40: 28/25
Denmark Michael Lohse
2
Netherlands Raimond Burgman
2
75
57
1,315
1,600
8th
Martin Horn Germany
40: 13/21
Denmark Michael Lohse
3
Denmark Michael Lohse
0
41
46
0.891
---
4th
Martin Horn Germany
40: 35/32
Netherlands Raimond Burgman
Group K
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Italy Marco Zanetti
4th
80
50
1,600
1.666
9
Nikos Polychronopoulos Greece
40: 31/33
Vietnam Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện
2
Greece Nikos Polychronopoulos
2
71
57
1.245
1,212
8th
Marco Zanetti Italy
40: 16/26
Vietnam Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện
3
Vietnam Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện
0
47
59
0.796
---
6th
Marco Zanetti Italy
40: 31/24
Greece Nikos Polychronopoulos
Group L
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Belgium Eddy Merckx
4th
80
45
1,777
2,000
9
Miguel Canton Venezuela
40: 40/34
Turkey Adnan Yüksel
2
Turkey Adnan Yüksel
1
67
59
1,135
1.176
6th
Eddy Merckx Belgium
40: 27/25
Turkey Adnan Yüksel
3
Venezuela Miguel Canton
1
59
54
1,092
1.176
7th
Eddy Merckx Belgium
40: 19/20
Venezuela Miguel Canton
Group M
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Turkey Tayfun Taşdemir
4th
80
56
1.428
1.538
7th
Ryūji Umeda Japan
40: 17/27
Portugal Joao Pedro Ferreira
2
Japan Ryūji Umeda
2
72
53
1.358
1.481
8th
Tayfun Taşdemir Turkey
40: 27/30
Portugal Joao Pedro Ferreira
3
Portugal Joao Pedro Ferreira
0
44
57
0.771
---
4th
Tayfun Taşdemir Turkey
40: 32/26
Japan Ryūji Umeda
Groups
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Turkey Murat Naci Çoklu
4th
80
38
2.105
2,352
13
Kang Dong-koong Korea South
40: 29/31
Portugal Jorge Alipio Fernandes
2
Korea South Kang Dong-koong
2
58
48
1.208
1.290
6th
Murat Naci Çoklu Turkey
40: 25/21
Portugal Jorge Alipio Fernandes
3
Portugal Jorge Alipio Fernandes
0
54
52
1.038
---
8th
Murat Naci Çoklu Turkey
40: 18/17
Korea South Kang Dong-koong
Group O
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Turkey Lütfi Çenet
4th
80
42
1.904
2.222
8th
Eddy Leppens Belgium
40: 14/25
Germany Markus Dömer
2
Belgium Eddy Leppens
2
74
49
1.510
1,600
8th
Lütfi Çenet Turkey
40: 34/18
Germany Markus Dömer
3
Germany Markus Dömer
0
48
43
1.116
---
5
Lütfi Çenet Turkey
40: 34/24
Belgium Eddy Leppens
Group p
Closing table
Results
rank
Surname
MP
Pt.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
Player 1
Erg.
Player 2
1
Korea South Lee Choong-bok
4th
80
44
1,818
2,500
7th
Javier Palazón Spain
31: 40/27
Vietnam Trần Quyết Chiến
2
Vietnam Trần Quyết Chiến
2
74
55
1,345
1.481
6th
Lee Choong-bok Korea South
40: 20/16
Spain Javier Palazón
3
Spain Javier Palazón
0
51
43
1.186
---
6th
Lee Choong-bok Korea South
40: 34/28
Vietnam Trần Quyết Chiến
Final round
The tournament tree for the final round is listed below. The game was played at 40 points with a kick. All playing times given refer to local time ( GMT = Berlin - 1 hour).