Three Cushion World Championship 2013

66th Three Cushion World Championship 2013
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin , knockout
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Lotto Arena, Antwerp , Belgium
Opening:	October 16, 2013
Endgame:	20th October 2013
Attendees:	48
Defending champion:	Eddy Merckx
Winner:	Frédéric Caudron
2nd finalist:	Filipos Kasidokostas
3rd place:	Dick Jaspers Alexander Salazar
Prize money:	€ 35,200
Records
Best GD:	2,642 Kang Dong-koong
Best ED:	5,714 Kang Dong-koong
Maximum series (HS):	17 Frédéric Caudron000
Venue on the map
Antwerp
← 2012	2014 →

Inside view before the game starts and the players march in.

The 2013 three-cushion world championship took place from October 16 to 20 in the Belgian diamond city of Antwerp . It was the third three-cushion world championship in Antwerp after 1953 and 1974.

The world championship in the three cushion carom variant has been held since 1928. The defending champion was Eddy Merckx from Belgium .

Tournament commentary

The second registered Italian player Emilio Sciacca (Italian runner-up in 2011 and third in 2013) canceled the tournament , alongside Marco Zanetti . The national association FIBA ​​(Fédération Italienne de Billard Amateurs) nominated Andrea Bitetti (Italian runner-up 2013) for him.

The Ecuadorian Juan Carlos del Salto has the worst chances of participating in the finals with zero world ranking points in 1229th place. To make matters worse his group opponents Tayfun Taşdemir (# 16) from Turkey and the Korean Lee Choong-bok (# 17). The Portuguese Mario Aranha (# 467), the Colombian Huberney Cataño (# 369) - he was able to catapult himself up several hundred places after winning the national championship - and Michael Kang (# 395) from the USA. Despite his age, Kang has relatively good chances. He is one of the top US players and has won several US championships. His low ranking position results from the fact that, like many Americans, he almost does not take part in international tournaments and so cannot collect any points for the world rankings. Kang was a good friend of the late Sang Chun Lee , with whom he founded the Carom Café in New York City and runs it to this day. The Verhoeven Open has been taking place in his salon since 2011 .

General information

The UMB rules for three-band / singles apply (as of June 29, 2013). The group stage is played in 16 groups of three, the first placed go to the round of 16.

Participation fee:

• € 200

Expense allowance:

• Continental players: € 500
• Intercontinental player: € 700

Game sequence:

• Player 2 versus Player 3
• Player 1 versus loser 2/3
• Player 1 versus winner 2/3

The rating is as follows:

1. Match Points ( MP )
2. General average ( GD )
3. Maximum series ( HS )

Time regulation:

• 40 seconds per push.
• After the time has elapsed (acoustic signal), the ball is placed again for the opponent.
• Two extensions per set within the 40 seconds are possible, new time limit: 80 seconds.

Follow-up:

• Qualifying round: Yes, both players get one point in the event of a draw.
• Final round: Yes.

Prize money and world ranking points

The additional winner's bonus: a diamond-studded cue worth € 20,000

space	total	Points
winner	€ 4,800	120
finalist	€ 3,200	081
3rd & 3rd place	€ 1,600	057
5th - 8th place	€ 1,200	039
8th - 16th place	€ 800	024
17th - 32nd place	400 €	012
33rd - 48th place		008th
total	€ 35,200

In addition to their prize money, the winner will also receive a queue, donated by the “Antwerp Diamond Center”.

Attendees

The field consists of 48 players, with the defending champion Eddy Merckx being automatically entitled to participate. The other 21 players at the top of the world rankings (places 2–22) are invited directly. Places 23–46 are nominated by the individual continental associations, with the following breakdown: Europe ( CEB ): 10, new additions since April 2013 are Africa ( ACC ): 2, America ( CPB ): 8 and Asia ( ACBC ): 4 The places 47 and 48 are allocated via wildcards from the host association (here: CEB).

Defending champion 1 Eddy Merckx according to world rankings 2 Torbjörn Blomdahl 3 Frédéric Caudron 4th Jérémy Bury 5 Marco Zanetti 6th Daniel Sánchez 7th Dick Jaspers 8th Choi Sung-won 9 Kim Kyung-roul 10 Cho Jae-ho 11 Filipos Kasidokostas 12 Lütfi Çenet 13 Murat Naci Çoklu 14th Adnan Yüksel 15th Martin Horn 16 Tayfun Taşdemir 17th Lee Choong-bok 18th Sameh Sidhom 19th Roland Forthomme 20th Eddy Leppens 21st Kang Dong-koong 22nd O Takeshima Wildcard 47 Peter Ceulemans 48 Jozef Philipoom Res. Replacement ? Res. Replacement ?

Posted Europe (CEB) 23 Andrea Bitetti 24 Christian Rudolph 25th Jean Paul de Bruijn 26th Jérôme Barbeillon 27 Mario Aranha 28 Martin Bohac 29 Michael Lohse 30th Nikos Polychronopoulos 31 Sergio Jimenez 32 Arnim Kahofer America (CPB) 33 Pedro Piedrabuena 34 Huberney Cataño 35 Alexander Salazar 36 Javier Teran 37 Juan Carlos del Salto 38 William Villanueva 39 Michael Kang 40 Miguel Canton Asia (ACBC) 41 Kouji Funaki 42 Ryūji Umeda 43 Heo Jung-han 44 Ngô Đình Nại Africa (ACF) 45 Riad Nady 46 Khaled Salem

Group stage

In front of and behind the stage

Panorama view from the box shortly after the preparations for the beginning of the round of 16

Backstage with an OB van from Kozoom

description

In Group A, in which the defending champion always plays, the first round started with a purely Belgian encounter. Eddy Merckx had few problems with his compatriot Peter Ceulemans and won with 40:24 in 34 shots. Peter Ceulemans, nephew of the most successful three-cushion player of all time, Raymond Ceulemans, also lost his second game against the Vietnamese Dinh Nai Ngo with 39:40 in 39 pictures. The decisive match for group victory was decided by the world champion with a world class performance of 40:14 in 16 shots.

The start in Group B was pretty tough. After 38 long recordings, the Egyptian Riad Nady surprisingly prevailed against the Equadorian Javier Teran. As a result, in round two there was already a decisive match between four-time world champion Torbjörn Blomdahl and Javier Teran. There was also a big surprise here. Teran won with 40:27 in 28 shots. So Blomdahl had to win the last game against Nady with a maximum of 33 shots in order to reach the knockout phase. Blomdahl showed his nerve and won in 35 shots. So the first surprise was perfect.

Frédéric Caudron showed his outstanding form in Group C and won both games with 40:13 in 26 and 19 shots.

In Group D, the Korean Heo Jung-han started with a 40:31 victory in 27 shots against the Dane Michael Lohse. The French Jérémy Bury, actually the favorite in the group, fought his way back after a clear deficit against Lohse. But Lohse was able to finish the game in 27 shots. In the follow-up, Bury managed a draw. In the decisive match for group victory, Heo started very well and quickly had a big lead. Bury, who had to win to advance, fought his way back, but lost just 39:40 in 29 shots and was eliminated.

Ex-world champion Marco Zanetti showed outstanding form in Group E. He won against Egyptian Khaled Salem with 40: 8 in 14 shots and against Belgian Jozef Philipoom with 40:33 in 18 shots. Zanetti played the best average of the preliminary round with 2,500 and was thus number one on the seeding list for the knockout round.

Group F started with a victory for Japanese Kouiji Funaki against Arnim Kahofer from Austria. The second round brought a sensation. Kahofer, actually a cadre specialist, won against the 3-time three-cushion world champion Daniel Sánchez from Spain with 40:28 in 23 shots. Sánchez had to improve significantly in the last game to reach the round of 16. He also succeeded in doing that with a world class performance against Funaki. In just 15 shots he won with 40:15.

The clear favorite in Group G was Dick Jaspers. After a hard-fought 40:28 win against his compatriot Jean Paul de Bruijn, he also won his second game in very good 19 shots against the Czech Martin Bohac with 40:13 in 19 shots.

For the German Christian Rudolph, the tournament in Group H started rather uncomfortably. The American Pedro Piedrabuena, reigning Pan America champion, started very well and was well in the lead. After the 5-minute break, halfway through the game, Rudolph was able to catch up with a series of 9 and finally won with 40:30 in 29 shots. Since Piedrabuena, who takes too little part in international tournaments, also lost his second game, the last game had to bring the decision. Against the Korean Choi Sung-won, who had a great start and was leading 19: 1 after 3 shots, Rudolph had no chance in the end and lost with 20:40 in 24 shots.

In the very balanced group I, the Korean Kim Kyung-roul prevailed at the end. Everyone had won a game and so the better average decided. Here Kim was the best with 1,450.

There was a final in the group J. Nikos Polychronopoulos and Cho Jae-ho each won their first game. Since Cho needed fewer shots, a draw was enough for him to win the group. In the final game, however, the Greek Polychronopoulos showed his whole class and only needed 12 shots for his 40:22 victory. Cho was eliminated with an average of 2,000.

Group K was dominated by the ex-world champion Filipos Kasidokostas. He won both games against the youngest participant in the World Cup, William Villanueva from Venezuela, and the Japanese O Takeshima.

The group that could not be surpassed in terms of surprises was group L. In the first game, the winner of the World Cup tournament in Guri Kang Dong-koong, Korea, had to play against the Colombian Alexander Salazar. Kang was the favorite but ended up being beaten by a 13-series from Salazar. In the second game of the group there was an encounter between Kang and the strong Turk Lütfi Çenet. Kang, still shocked by the first defeat, approached the game very focused. After just seven shots, he had reached 40 points. His average of 5,714 was the setting of Eddy Merckx's world record. Now Kang had to hope for Çenet in order to reach the round of 16. Unfortunately, the Turk showed too little resistance in the last game, lost with 32:40 in 28 shots and Salazar was through. Kang was eliminated with an average of 2,642. This has never happened before.

There were also surprises in group M. Favorites were actually Belgian Eddy Leppens and ex-European champion Murat Naci Çoklu from Turkey. If all three players were equal, however, the Colombian Huberney Cataño prevailed with the best average of 1.360.

Group N started with a great game by Belgian Roland Forthomme. Against the American Michael Kang, Forthomme ended the game with a 16 series. Since the Turk Adnan Yüksel also won against Kang, the last game had to bring the decision again. Here, however, the Belgian was completely irrelevant. Yüksel won after 33 shots with 40:29 and was further.

The second German participant, Martin Horn, played in group N. The first game in the group ended with a victory for the young Egyptian Sameh Sidhom against the oldest participant in the tournament, Mario Aranha from Portugal. Martin Horn had a very difficult time in his first game against Aranha. The very defensive Portuguese led to the break. Thanks to a 10-series, Horn turned the game and won in 26 shots with 40:31. Horn was also behind at half-time against Sidhom. The Egyptian also played a series of 10s. After the break, Horn played in world class form and won 19 recordings with 40:33.

Group P was dominated by the Turk Tayfun Taşdemir. He won against the Ecuadorian Juan Carlos del Salto and the Korean Lee Choong-bok in 21 and 18 shots, had the second best GD among the qualified players and was second on the seeding list in the KO round.

Game statistics

The number behind the dots indicates the number of shots.

Legend
Abbr.	meaning	Abbr.	meaning
MP	Match points	HS	Maximum series
SV	Sentence ratio	ED	Single average
GD	General average	BSD	Best sentence average
BED	Best individual average	PP	Game points
BG	Best sentence average	BMD	Best team average
Pt.	points scored	GUV	G ewonnen- U nentschieden- V erloren; Points 2-1-0 are awarded in this order
Recording	required recordings		Group winners advance to the final round
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	Eddy Merckx	4th	80	50	1,600	2,500	9		Eddy Merckx	40 : 24/34	Peter Ceulemans
2	Ngô Đình Nại	2	54	55	0.981	1.025	8th		Ngô Đình Nại	40 : 32/39	Peter Ceulemans
3	Peter Ceulemans	0	56	73	0.767	0.820	5		Ngô Đình Nại	14: 40 /16	Eddy Merckx
Group B
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Javier Teran	2	72	66	1.090	1.142	7th		Riad Nady	40 : 32/38	Javier Teran
2	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2	67	63	1.063	1.142	5		Torbjörn Blomdahl	27: 40 /28	Javier Teran
3	Riad Nady	2	74	73	1.013	1.052	6th		Torbjörn Blomdahl	40 : 34/35	Riad Nady
Group C
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Frédéric Caudron	4th	80	45	1,777	2.105	12		Jérôme Barbeillon	40 : 23/39	Andrea Bitetti
2	Jérôme Barbeillon	2	53	58	0.913	1.025	5		Frédéric Caudron	40 : 13/26	Andrea Bitetti
3	Andrea Bitetti	0	36	65	0.553	0.589	4th		Frédéric Caudron	40 : 13/19	Jérôme Barbeillon
Group D
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Heo Jung-han	4th	80	56	1.428	1.481	11		Heo Jung-han	40 : 31/27	Michael Lohse
2	Jérémy Bury	1	79	56	1.410	1.481	9		Jérémy Bury	40: 40/27	Michael Lohse
3	Michael Lohse	1	71	54	1,314	1.481	8th		Jérémy Bury	39: 40 /29	Heo Jung-han
Group E
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Marco Zanetti	4th	80	32	2,500	2.857	10		Jozef Philipoom	40 : 28/30	Khaled Salem
2	Jozef Philipoom	2	73	48	1.520	1,833	7th		Marco Zanetti	40 : 8/14	Khaled Salem
3	Khaled Salem	0	36	44	0.818	---	6th		Marco Zanetti	40 : 33/18	Jozef Philipoom
Group F.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Daniel Sánchez	2	68	38	1,789	2,666	10		Kouji Funaki	40 : 25/31	Arnim Kahofer
2	Arnim Kahofer	2	65	54	1.203	1,739	10		Daniel Sánchez	28: 40 /23	Arnim Kahofer
3	Kouji Funaki	2	55	46	1.195	1.290	6th		Daniel Sánchez	40 : 15/15	Kouji Funaki
Group G
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Dick Jaspers	4th	80	46	1,739	2.105	8th		Dick Jaspers	40 : 28/27	Jean Paul de Bruijn
2	Jean Paul de Bruijn	2	68	53	1.283	1.538	7th		Martin Bohac	37: 40 /26	Jean Paul de Bruijn
3	Martin Bohac	0	50	45	1.111	---	9		Martin Bohac	13: 40 /19	Dick Jaspers
Group H.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Choi Sung-won	4th	80	49	1.632	1.666	8th		Christian Rudolph	40 : 30/29	Pedro Piedrabuena
2	Christian Rudolph	2	60	53	1,132	1,379	9		Choi Sung-won	40 : 29/25	Pedro Piedrabuena
3	Pedro Piedrabuena	0	59	54	1,092	---	7th		Choi Sung-won	40 : 20/24	Christian Rudolph
Group I.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Kim Kyung-roul	2	74	51	1,450	1,818	7th		Ryūji Umeda	40 : 32/28	Sergio Jimenez
2	Sergio Jiménez	2	72	57	1.263	1,379	9		Kim Kyung-roul	34: 40 /29	Sergio Jimenez
3	Ryūji Umeda	2	59	50	1.180	1.428	6th		Kim Kyung-roul	40 : 19/22	Ryūji Umeda
Group J
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Nikos Polychronopoulos	4th	80	41	1.951	3.333	10		Nikos Polychronopoulos	40 : 16/29	Miguel Canton
2	Cho Jae-ho	2	62	31	2,000	2.105	6th		Cho Jae-ho	40 : 16/19	Miguel Canton
3	Miguel Canton	0	32	48	0.666	---	3		Cho Jae-ho	22: 40 /12	Nikos Polychronopoulos
Group K
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Filipos Kasidokostas	4th	80	46	1,739	2,500	10		O Takeshima	40 : 25/32	William Villanueva
2	O Takeshima	2	60	62	0.967	1,250	6th		Filipos Kasidokostas	40 : 10/16	William Villanueva
3	William Villanueva	0	35	48	0.729	---	4th		Filipos Kasidokostas	40 : 20/30	O Takeshima
Group L
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Alexander Salazar	4th	80	49	1.632	1.904	13		Kang Dong-koong	34: 40 /21	Alexander Salazar
2	Kang Dong-koong	2	74	28	2,642	5.714	12		Lütfi Çenet	14: 40 /7	Kang Dong-koong
3	Lütfi Çenet	0	46	35	1,314	---	8th		Lütfi Çenet	32: 40 /28	Alexander Salazar
Group M
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Huberney Cataño	2	68	50	1,360	1,818	6th		Eddy Leppens	16: 40 /22	Huberney Cataño
2	Murat Naci Çoklu	2	77	60	1.283	1.428	8th		Murat Naci Çoklu	37: 40 /32	Eddy Leppens
3	Eddy Leppens	2	56	54	1.037	1,250	6th		Murat Naci Çoklu	40 : 28/28	Huberney Cataño
Groups
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Adnan Yüksel	4th	80	74	1.081	1,212	6th		Roland Forthomme	40 : 13/16	Michael Kang
2	Roland Forthomme	2	69	49	1.408	2,500	16		Adnan Yüksel	40 : 33/41	Michael Kang
3	Michael Kang	0	46	57	0.807	---	8th		Adnan Yüksel	40 : 29/33	Roland Forthomme
Group O
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Martin Horn	4th	80	45	1,777	2.105	10		Sameh Sidhom	40 : 35/38	Mario Aranha
2	Sameh Sidhom	2	73	57	1.280	1.736	10		Martin Horn	40 : 31/26	Mario Aranha
3	Mario Aranha	0	66	64	1.031	---	7th		Martin Horn	40 : 33/19	Sameh Sidhom
Group p
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Tayfun Taşdemir	4th	80	39	2.051	2.222	9		Lee Choong-bok	40 : 34/30	Juan Carlos del Salto
2	Lee Choong-bok	2	55	48	1,145	1.333	6th		Tayfun Taşdemir	40 : 18/21	Juan Carlos del Salto
3	Juan Carlos del Salto	0	52	51	1.019	---	7th		Tayfun Taşdemir	40 : 15/18	Lee Choong-bok

Final round

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Round of 16

Session 1

In a very close game between Marco Zanetti and Javier Teran, the lead kept changing. In the 36th recording, Zanetti finally ended the game. Teran managed the required two points for a tie in the second half. A penalty was necessary. Zanetti started with two points and then had an almost insoluble position on the table. After some thought, he decided to play the almost pressed ball as a five-ribbon. Many of the players present felt it was a breakthrough. The referee counted the point and Zanetti added three points to six. When Teran started to push, a photographer took a picture with a flash. This irritated Teran so much that he skipped the second shot and lost the game. The Ecuadorian was understandably angry about this incident and confronted the photographer. It then turned out that it was a viewer with a cell phone camera directly behind him who was taking the picture at the same time. But there was no repetition for Teran.

The Colombian Alexander Salazar, actually a blatant underdog against the vice world champion Choi Sung-won from Korea, created the biggest surprise of the last sixteen. Salazar finished the game on the 24th shot. Choi only managed two points in the second half and was eliminated.

The beginning of the game went perfectly for the German Martin Horn. With a 14 series in the third shot, he quickly led 19: 1. Without getting into serious problems, he finally won with 40:19 in very good 19 shots against the Turkish Adnan Yüksel.

In a high-class game between the two ex-world champions Frédéric Caudron (1999) and Daniel Sánchez (1998, 2005 and 2010), the Belgian Caudron continued his winning streak and ultimately won 19 shots with 40:31.

Round of 16 Session 1

Zanetti vs. Teran

Salazar vs. Choi

Scoreboard with intermediate results

Horn vs. Yüksel

Sánchez vs. Caudron

Session 2

The Korean Kim Kyung-roul and the Greek Nikos Polychronopoulos played a thrilling match. Neither of the two had a bigger lead in the game. With a score of 37:37 in the 24th shot, Kim made three points and ended the game. Polychronopoulos also made three points to 40:40 in the follow-up. Again, the game was only decided in the penalty. Kim made only one point. The Greeks couldn't manage any more. 1: 1. In the second penalty, Kim only managed one point. This time Polychronopoulos scored two points and was in the quarter-finals.

There was also a great match between Filipos Kasidokostas and Heo Jung-han. At 27:24 in 17 shots for Kasidokostas, Heo made a series of 12. Many assumed that this was the preliminary decision. But the Greek showed no nerves and countered with a series of nine points. Heo null in the next shot. Kasidokostas made the last four points. The Korean only scored two points in the second push and was eliminated.

The defending champion Eddy Merckx had to deal with the 3-time world champion Dick Jaspers. At 16:15 in the 11th shot for Jaspers, Merckx made a series of eleven points and took the lead with 26:16. After the break, Jaspers came over to the table, made a point and started walking towards the chair. A counterattack from Ball 2 to Ball 3 resulted in the regular collision and Jaspers made four more points. With continued strong play, Jaspers reached 40 points in 20 shots. Merckx only managed two points in the night kick and the defending champion was eliminated.

Real title chances were given to the Turk Tayfun Taşdemir after his performances so far. He also showed no weaknesses in the round of 16 and won with 40:19 in 22 shots against the young Colombian Huberney Cataño.

Round of 16 Session 2

Kim vs. Polychronopoulos

Heo vs. Kasidokostas

Merckx vs. Jaspers

Cataño vs. Taşdemir

Quarter finals

Session 1

Marco Zanetti, who excelled in the preliminary round, was unrecognizable in the quarterfinals against the Colombian Alexander Salazar. In no phase of the game did he show normal form against his student from South America and finally lost with 23:40 in 25 shots.

In the second quarter-finals, Frédéric Caudron and Martin Horn faced each other. Both had the same general average of 1.777 at this point. After a moderate start, Caudron made a series of 17 points in the 14th shot and decided the game in the next shot with 40:16 in 15 shots in his favor.

Quarter Finals Session 1

Martin Horn vs. Frédéric Caudron

Caudron wins

Marco Zanetti vs. Alexander Salazar

Zanetti congratulates Salazar

Session 2

The two Greeks played a great game in the quarter-finals. At the break, Kasidokostas led with 26:12 in only 6 shots. With 14 points in 5 shots, the second half of the game was also world class. In the end it was 40:24 in 11 shots for Kasidokostas. The averages: 3.636 to 2.181.

In the last quarter-finals between Jaspers and Taşdemir, the game was completely even up to the 10th acceptance. Then Taşdemir played a series of eleven points and pulled away. After the break at 26:34 for Taşdemir, Jaspers made a series of eight points and equalized. After two times three points, Jaspers had reached 40 points. Taşdemir only managed one point in the follow-up and was eliminated.

Quarter Finals Session 2

Filipos Kasidokostas

"Poly" applauds his compatriot's victory

Scoreboard with intermediate results

Taşdemir vs. Jaspers (seated)

Jaspers wins

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the Colombian Alexander Salazar showed nerves against Frédéric Caudron. After three points in the first recording and one point in the third recording, he played 14 incorrect recordings in a row and was 4:26 behind. In the 22nd recording, Caudron ended the game with a series of 12 at 12:40.

The second semi-final was more even. Jaspers was 11:25 behind in eight shots at the break. In the last six shots he scored 18 points, but in the end he had to admit defeat to the Greek with 35:40 in 19 shots. Kasidokostas was in the final for the fourth time in the last eleven years.

Semifinals

Alexander Salazar vs. Frédéric Caudron

Dick Jaspers vs. Filipos Kasidokostas

Kasidokosta's leap for joy after defeating Jaspers

Scoreboard with the final results

final

After a balanced initial phase, Kasidokostas slacked off and also played a little unlucky. In Caudron's eleventh take on a series of eight points, the ninth point was extremely close. The referee wanted to count the ninth point. But after an objection from Kasidokostas, Caudron confirmed that the point was a two-band and it went into the break. After the break, Caudron continued to score and ended the game to great applause from the 1,500 spectators. After 1999, he was three-cushion world champion for the second time.

The final with the announcement of the finalists

The master of ceremonies

Entry of Kasidokostas

Invasion of Caudron

Ludo Dielis and Raymond Ceulemans as TV commentators for the sports channel "Sporza"

Congratulations from the loser

Game statistics

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

October 19, 2013; 14: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Marco Zanetti

40 ( 6 )

36

1.111

7th

2

October 19, 2013; 20: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Javier Teran

40 (0)

36

1.111

9

0

Marco Zanetti

23

25th

0.920

3

0

October 19, 2013; 14: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Alexander Salazar

40

25th

1,600

6th

2

Alexander Salazar

40

24

1.666

9

2

October 20, 2013; 13: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Choi Sung-won

38

4th

1,583

9

0

Alexander Salazar

12

22nd

0.545

4th

0

October 19, 2013; 14: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Frédéric Caudron

40

22nd

1,818

12

2

Martin Horn

40

19th

2.105

14th

2

October 19, 2013; 20: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Adnan Yüksel

19th

19th

1,000

3

0

Martin Horn

16

15th

1.066

7th

0

October 19, 2013; 14: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Frédéric Caudron

40

15th

2,666

17th

2

Frédéric Caudron

40

19th

2.105

10

2

October 20, 2013; 16: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Daniel Sánchez

31

19th

1.631

5

0

Frédéric Caudron

40

22nd

1,818

8th

2

October 19, 2013; 16: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Filipos Kasidokostas

25th

22nd

1.136

6th

0

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40 (1; 2 )

27

1.481

7th

2

October 19, 2013; 22: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Kim Kyung-roul

40 (1; 1)

27

1.481

5

0

Nikos Polychronopoulos

24

11

2.181

5

0

October 19, 2013; 16: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Filipos Kasidokostas

40

11

3,636

12

2

Filipos Kasidokostas

40

19th

2.105

9

2

October 20, 2013; 13: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Heo Jung-han

38

19th

2,000

12

0

Filipos Kasidokostas

40

19th

2.105

7th

2

October 19, 2013; 16: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Dick Jaspers

35

19th

1,842

6th

0

Dick Jaspers

40

20th

2,000

7th

2

October 19, 2013; 22: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Eddy Merckx

33

20th

1,650

11

0

Dick Jaspers

40

22nd

1,818

9

2

October 19, 2013; 16: 00h

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Tayfun Taşdemir

35

22nd

1,590

11

0

Tayfun Taşdemir

40

22nd

1.181

7th

2

Huberney Cataño

19th

22nd

0.863

3

0

The award ceremony:
Ludo Dielis , as organizer, hands over the “winning queue” to Frédéric Caudron .
From left to right: Filipos Kasidokostas , Caudron, Alexander Salazar, Dick Jaspers .

Closing table

Final ranking phase space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS WRLP final 1 Frédéric Caudron 12: 0 240 123 1.951 2,666 17th 120 2 Filipos Kasidokostas 10: 2 225 117 1.923 3,636 12 81 Semi- finals 3 Dick Jaspers 8: 2 195 107 1,822 2.105 9 57 Alexander Salazar 8: 2 172 120 1.433 1.904 13 57 quarter- final 5 Tayfun Taşdemir 6: 2 155 83 1,867 2.222 11 39 6th Nikos Polychronopoulos 6: 2 144 79 1,822 3.333 10 39 7th Martin Horn 6: 2 136 79 1.721 2.105 14th 39 8th Marco Zanetti 6: 2 143 93 1.537 2.857 10 39 eighth final 9 Choi Sung-won 4: 2 118 73 1.616 1.666 9 24 10 Eddy Merckx 4: 2 113 70 1.614 2,500 11 24 11 Heo Jung-han 4: 2 118 75 1.573 1.481 12 24 12 Adnan Yüksel 4: 2 99 93 1.064 1,212 6th 24 13 Daniel Sánchez 2: 4 99 57 1.736 2,666 10 24 14th Kim Kyung-roul 2: 4 114 78 1.461 1,818 7th 24 15th Huberney Cataño 2: 4 87 72 1.208 1,818 6th 24 16 Javier Teran 2: 4 112 102 1.098 1.428 9 24 Group phase 17th Kang Dong-koong 2: 2 74 28 2,642 5.714 12 12 18th Cho Jae-ho 2: 2 62 31 2,000 2.105 6th 12 19th Jozef Philipoom 2: 2 73 48 1.520 1.333 7th 12 20th Roland Forthomme 2: 2 69 49 1.408 2,500 16 12 21st Murat Naci Çoklu 2: 2 77 60 1.283 1.428 8th 12 22nd Jean Paul de Bruijn 2: 2 68 53 1.283 1.538 7th 12 23 Sameh Sidhom 2: 2 73 57 1.280 1.052 10 12 24 Sergio Jimenez 2: 2 72 57 1.263 1,379 9 12 25th Arnim Kahofer 2: 2 65 54 1.203 1,739 10 12 26th Lee Choong-bok 2: 2 55 48 1,145 1.333 6th 12 27 Christian Rudolph 2: 2 60 53 1,132 1,379 9 12 28 Torbjörn Blomdahl 2: 2 67 63 1.063 1.142 5 12 29 Ngô Đình Nại 2: 2 54 55 0.981 1.025 8th 12 30th O Takeshima 2: 2 60 62 0.967 1,250 6th 12 31 Jérôme Barbeillon 2: 2 53 58 0.913 1.025 5 12 32 Jérémy Bury 1: 3 79 56 1.410 1.481 9 12 33 Kouji Funaki 2: 2 55 46 1.195 1.290 6th 8th 34 Ryūji Umeda 2: 2 59 50 1.180 1.428 6th 8th 35 Eddy Leppens 2: 2 56 54 1.037 1,250 6th 8th 36 Riad Nady 2: 2 74 73 1.013 1.052 6th 8th 37 Michael Lohse 1: 3 71 54 1,314 1.481 8th 8th 38 Lütfi Çenet 0: 4 46 35 1,314 --- 8th 8th 39 Martin Bohac 0: 4 50 45 1.111 --- 9 8th 40 Pedro Piedrabuena 0: 4 59 54 1,092 --- 7th 8th 41 Mario Aranha 0: 4 66 64 1.031 --- 7th 8th 42 Juan Carlos del Salto 0: 4 52 51 1.019 --- 7th 8th 43 Khaled Salem 0: 4 36 44 0.818 --- 6th 8th 44 Michael Kang 0: 4 46 57 0.807 --- 8th 8th 45 Peter Ceulemans 0: 4 56 73 0.767 --- 5 8th 46 William Villanueva 0: 4 35 48 0.729 --- 4th 8th 47 Miguel Canton 0: 4 32 48 0.666 --- 3 8th 48 Andrea Bitetti 0: 4 36 65 0.553 --- 4th 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 .)

Web links

Commons : Three Cushion World Cup 2013  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Achievements of Emilio Sciacca. On: Kozoom.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
2. ↑ Successes of Andrea Bitetti. On: Kozoom.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
3. ↑ ^{a b} player list. (PDF; 182 kB) On: UMB.org. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
4. ↑ Carom Cafe Billiards. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
5. ↑ ^{a b} three-band world championship rules of the UMB. (PDF; 139 kB). Retrieved September 12, 2013.
6. ↑ Prize money and general information. (PDF; 123 kB) On: UMB.org. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
7. ↑ Diamond cue for the new world champion. On: Kozoom.com. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
8. ↑ List of participants. (PDF; 182 kB). On: UMB.org. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
9. ↑ Group allocation (PDF; 1.2 MB). On: UMB.org. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
10. ↑ Results of the group stage (PDF; 301 kB). On: UMB.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
11. ↑ Timetable (PDF; 90 kB). On: UMB.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
12. ↑ Results of the round of 16. (PDF; 85 kB) p. 1 , archived from the original on October 19, 2013 ; accessed on October 19, 2013 (English).