Three Cushion World Championship 2014

67th Three Cushion World Cup 2014
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin , knock out
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Gymnastics House (Jamsil Stadium), Seoul , South Korea
Opening:	November 26, 2014
Endgame:	November 30, 2014
Attendees:	48
Defending champion:	Frédéric Caudron
Winner:	Choi Sung-won
2nd finalist:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
3rd place:	Jean Paul de Bruijn Seo Hyun-min
Prize money:	€ 35,200
Records
Best GD:	2,333 Pedro Piedrabuena
Best ED:	5,000 Pedro Piedrabuena
Maximum series (HS):	18 Pedro Piedrabuena000
Venue on the map
Seoul
← 2013	2015 →

The 2014 three-cushion world championship is the first three-cushion world championship in South Korea. It took place from November 26th to 30th in the South Korean capital Seoul .

The world championship has been played in the three- cushion carom variant since 1928 . The defending champion was the Belgian Frédéric Caudron .

General information

The UMB rules for three-band / singles apply (as of July 7, 2012). The group stage is played in 16 groups of three; the first-placed come to the quarter-finals.

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 set down again for the opponent
• Two time-outs per set within the 40 seconds were possible, new time limit: 80 seconds

Follow-up:

• Qualifying round: Yes , both players get 1 point
• Final round: Yes

Prize money and world ranking points

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

Attendees

The field consists of 48 players, with the defending champion Eddy Merckx being automatically entitled to participate. The first 16 players in the world rankings (places 2–17) are invited directly. Places 23-46 are nominated by the individual continental associations, with the following breakdown: Europe (CEB): 13, newly added since April 2013 is Africa (ACF): 2, America (CPB): 8 and Asia (ACBC): 6 The places 47 and 48 are allocated via wildcards from the host association (here: ACBC).

Defending champion 1 Frédéric Caudron according to world rankings 2 Torbjörn Blomdahl 3 Dick Jaspers 4th Filipos Kasidokostas 5 Choi Sung-won 6th Eddy Merckx 7th Marco Zanetti 8th Kim Kyung-roul 9 Kang Dong-koong 10 Cho Jae-ho 11 Tayfun Taşdemir 12 Daniel Sánchez 13 Jérémy Bury 14th Roland Forthomme 15th Nikos Polychronopoulos 16 Trần Quyết Chiến 17th Lee Choong-bok Posted Europe (CEB) 18th Christian Rudolph 19th Jean Paul de Bruijn 20th Tolgahan Kiraz 21st Jérôme Barbeillon 22nd Martin Bohac 23 Tonny Carlsen 24 Eddy Leppens

25th Rubén Legazpi 26th Arnim Kahofer 27 Cetin Behzat 28 Glenn Hofman 29 Kostas Papakonstantinou 30th Christos Christodoulidis America (CPB) 31 Henry Diaz 32 Huberney Catano 33 Pedro Piedrabuena 34 Ramon Rodriguez 35 Guido Sacco 36 Javier Teran 37 Luis Aveiga 38 Juan Pablo Sisterna Asia (ACBC) 39 Tatsuo Arai 40 Kouji Funaki 41 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 42 Ma Xuan Cuong 43 Cho Chi-yeon 44 Antoine Gholam Africa (ACF) 45 Sameh Sidhom 46 Mohsen Fouda Wildcard 47 Heo Jung-han 48 Seo Hyun-min

Group stage

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	Frédéric Caudron	4th	80	29	2.758	2.857	13		Tatsuo Arai	40 : 28/31	Jérôme Barbeillon
2	Tatsuo Arai	2	62	46	1.347	1.290	7th		Frédéric Caudron	40 : 27/14	Jérôme Barbeillon
3	Jérôme Barbeillon	0	55	45	1.222	---	11		Frédéric Caudron	40 : 22/15	Tatsuo Arai
Group B
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Torbjörn Blomdahl	4th	80	39	2.051	2.857	8th		Kostas Papakonstantinou	37: 40 /24	Ma Xuan Cuong
2	Ma Xuan Cuong	2	60	38	1.578	1.666	8th		Torbjörn Blomdahl	40 : 28/25	Kostas Papakonstantinou
3	Kostas Papakonstantinou	0	65	49	1,250	---	8th		Torbjörn Blomdahl	40 : 20/14	Ma Xuan Cuong
Group C
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Dick Jaspers	4th	80	34	2,352	2,500	10		Arnim Kahofer	29: 40 /31	Luis Aveiga
2	Luis Aveiga	2	57	47	1,212	1.290	7th		Dick Jaspers	40 : 27/18	Arnim Kahofer
3	Arnim Kahofer	0	56	49	1.142	---	4th		Dick Jaspers	40 : 17/16	Luis Aveiga
Group D
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Pedro Piedrabuena	4th	80	23	3.478	5,000	18th		Pedro Piedrabuena	40 : 16/8	Tolgahan Kiraz
2	Tolgahan Kiraz	2	56	34	1.647	1.538	5		Filipos Kasidokostas	37: 40 /26	Tolgahan Kiraz
3	Filipos Kasidokostas	0	53	41	1.292	---	7th		Filipos Kasidokostas	16: 40 /15	Pedro Piedrabuena
Group E
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Choi Sung-won	4th	80	51	1.568	2,000	8th		Ramon Rodriguez	40 : 24/31	Antoine Gholam
2	Ramon Rodriguez	2	69	51	1.352	1.290	8th		Choi Sung-won	40 : 11/31	Antoine Gholam
3	Antoine Gholam	0	35	62	0.564	---	4th		Choi Sung-won	40 : 29/20	Ramon Rodriguez
Group F.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Eddy Merckx	4th	80	35	2.285	2,352	8th		Javier Teran	40 : 39/30	Guido Sacco
2	Javier Teran	2	77	48	1.604	1.333	8th		Eddy Merckx	40 : 27/17	Guido Sacco
3	Guido Sacco	0	66	47	1.404	---	8th		Eddy Merckx	40 : 37/18	Javier Teran
Group G
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Marco Zanetti	4th	80	51	1.568	1,739	8th		Nguyen Quoc Nguyen	32: 40 /26	Tonny Carlsen
2	Tonny Carlsen	2	74	49	1.510	1.538	8th		Marco Zanetti	40 : 32/28	Nguyen Quoc Nguyen
3	Nguyen Quoc Nguyen	0	64	54	1.185	---	8th		Marco Zanetti	40 : 34/23	Tonny Carlsen
Group H.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Huberney Catano	4th	80	56	1.428	1,370	8th		Huberney Catano	40 : 32/29	Martin Bohac
2	Kim Kyung-roul	2	77	57	1,350	1.333	10		Kim Kyung-roul	40 : 33/30	Martin Bohac
3	Martin Bohac	0	65	59	1.101	---	4th		Kim Kyung-roul	37: 40 /27	Huberney Catano
Group I.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Ruben Legazpi	4th	80	49	1.632	2.105	10		Ruben Legazpi	40 : 29/19	Glenn Hofman
2	Glenn Hofman	2	69	37	1,864	2.222	11		Kang Dong-koong	29: 40 /18	Glenn Hofman
3	Kang Dong-koong	0	64	48	1.333	---	8th		Kang Dong-koong	35: 40 /30	Ruben Legazpi
Group J
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Cho Jae-ho	3	80	53	1.509	1,818	6th		Henry Diaz	40 : 37/34	Christos Christodoulidis
2	Henry Diaz	2	70	56	1,250	1.176	6th		Cho Jae-ho	40: 40/31	Christos Christodoulidis
3	Christos Christodoulidis	1	77	65	1.184	1.290	4th		Cho Jae-ho	40 : 30/22	Henry Diaz
Group K
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Tayfun Taşdemir	4th	80	38	2.105	2.875	11		Sameh Sidhom	40 : 22/15	Cho Chi-yeon
2	Sameh Sidhom	2	63	29	2.172	2,666	8th		Tayfun Taşdemir	40 : 15/24	Cho Chi-yeon
3	Cho Chi-yeon	0	37	39	0.948	---	8th		Tayfun Taşdemir	40 : 23/14	Sameh Sidhom
Group L
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Daniel Sánchez	4th	80	37	2.162	2.222	9		Christian Rudolph	40 : 24/23	Kouji Funaki
2	Christian Rudolph	2	60	42	1.428	1,739	8th		Daniel Sánchez	40 : 26/18	Kouji Funaki
3	Kouji Funaki	0	50	41	1.219	---	9		Daniel Sánchez	40 : 20/19	Christian Rudolph
Group M
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Heo Jung-han	4th	80	49	1.632	2,352	12		Heo Jung-han	40 : 26/32	Cetin Behzat
2	Jérémy Bury	2	60	37	1.621	2,000	14th		Jérémy Bury	40 : 20/20	Cetin Behzat
3	Cetin Behzat	0	46	52	0.884	---	7th		Jérémy Bury	20: 40 /17	Heo Jung-han
Groups
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Seo Hyun-min	3	80	57	1.403	1.538	8th		Roland Forthomme	40 : 24/21	Eddy Leppens
2	Roland Forthomme	2	71	52	1,365	1.904	8th		Seo Hyun-min	40: 40/26	Eddy Leppens
3	Eddy Leppens	1	64	47	1.361	1.538	8th		Seo Hyun-min	40 : 31/31	Roland Forthomme
Group O
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Jean Paul de Bruijn	4th	80	60	1.333	1.481	10		Jean Paul de Bruijn	40 : 16/27	Mohsen Fouda
2	Mohsen Fouda	2	56	69	0.811	0.952	7th		Nikos Polychronopoulos	31: 40 /42	Mohsen Fouda
3	Nikos Polychronopoulos	0	65	75	0.866	---	14th		Nikos Polychronopoulos	34: 40 /33	Jean Paul de Bruijn
Group p
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Tran Quyet Chien	4th	80	51	1.568	2,000	10		Lee Choong-bok	40 : 8/18	Juan Pablo Sisterna
2	Lee Choong-bok	2	63	38	1.657	2.222	9		Tran Quyet Chien	40 : 27/31	Juan Pablo Sisterna
3	Juan Pablo Sisterna	0	35	49	0.714	---	5		Tran Quyet Chien	40 : 23/20	Lee Choong-bok

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 –1h).

Round of 16 40 points

Quarterfinals 40 points

Semi-final 40 points

Final 40 points

11/29/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Pedro Piedrabuena

18th

19th

0.947

6th

0

11/29/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Seo Hyun-min

40

19th

2.105

9

2

Seo Hyun-min

40

21st

1.905

5

2

11/29/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Ruben Legazpi

32

21st

1.523

8th

0

Heo Jung-han

40 (2)

25th

1,600

7th

0

11/30/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Ruben Legazpi

40 (3)

25th

1,600

6th

2

Seo Hyun-min

27

20th

1,350

5

0

11/29/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Choi Sung-won

40

20th

2,000

9

2

Daniel Sánchez

24

13

1,846

5

0

11/29/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Choi Sung-won

40

13

3.076

10

2

Choi Sung-won

40

19th

2.105

8th

2

11/29/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Eddy Merckx

34

19th

1,789

5

0

Eddy Merckx

40

36

1.111

5

2

11/30/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Huberney Catano

30th

36

0.833

6th

0

Choi Sung-won

40

20th

2,000

6th

2

11/29/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Torbjörn Blomdahl

37

20th

1,850

7th

0

Dick Jaspers

30th

16

1,875

6th

0

11/29/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Jean Paul de Bruijn

40

16

2,500

7th

2

Jean Paul de Bruijn

40

21st

1.905

8th

2

11/29/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Tayfun Taşdemir

32

21st

1.524

10

0

Tayfun Taşdemir

40

16

2,500

13

2

11/30/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Marco Zanetti

23

16

1.437

5

0

Jean Paul de Bruijn

33

26th

1.269

5

0

11/29/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40

26th

1.538

11

2

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40

20th

2,000

7th

2

11/21/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Tran Quyet Chien

30th

20th

1,500

6th

0

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40

22nd

1,818

7th

2

11/29/2014

Pt.

Recording

ED

HS

MP

Cho Jae-ho

26th

22nd

1.182

3

0

Frédéric Caudron

11

15th

0.733

2

0

Cho Jae-ho

40

15th

2,666

12

2

Closing table

Final ranking phase space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS WRLP final 1 Choi Sung-won 12 240 123 1,921 3.076 10 120 2 Torbjörn Blomdahl 10 237 127 1,866 2.857 11 81 Semi- finals 3 Jean Paul de Bruijn 8th 193 123 1.569 2,500 10 57 Seo Hyun-min 7th 187 117 1,598 2.105 9 57 quarter- final 5 Tayfun Taşdemir 6th 152 75 2.026 2.875 13 39 6th Eddy Merckx 6th 154 90 1.711 2,352 8th 39 7th Ruben Legazpi 6th 152 95 1,600 2.105 10 39 8th Cho Jae-ho 5 146 90 1.622 2,666 12 39 eighth final 9 Pedro Piedrabuena 4th 98 42 2.333 5,000 18th 24 10 Dick Jaspers 4th 110 50 2,200 2,500 10 24 11 Daniel Sánchez 4th 104 50 2.080 2.222 9 24 12 Frédéric Caudron 4th 91 44 2.068 2.857 13 24 13 Heo Jung-han 4th 120 74 1.621 2,352 12 24 14th Tran Quyet Chien 4th 110 71 1,549 2,000 10 24 15th Marco Zanetti 4th 103 67 1.537 1,739 8th 24 16 Huberney Catano 4th 91 44 1.195 1,370 8th 24 Group phase 17th Sameh Sidhom 2 63 29 2.172 2,666 8th 12 18th Glenn Hofman 2 69 37 1,864 2.222 11 12 19th Lee Choong-bok 2 63 38 1.657 2.222 9 12 20th Tolgahan Kiraz 2 56 34 1.647 1.538 5 12 21st Jérémy Bury 2 60 37 1.621 2,000 14th 12 22nd Javier Teran 2 77 48 1.604 1.333 8th 12 23 Ma Xuan Cuong 2 60 38 1.578 1.666 8th 12 24 Tonny Carlsen 2 74 49 1.510 1.538 8th 12 25th Christian Rudolph 2 60 42 1.428 1,739 8th 12 26th Roland Forthomme 2 71 52 1,365 1.904 8th 12 27 Ramon Rodriguez 2 69 51 1.352 1.290 8th 12 28 Kim Kyung-roul 2 77 57 1,350 1.333 10 12 29 Tatsuo Arai 2 62 46 1.346 1.290 7th 12 30th Luis Aveiga 2 57 47 1,212 1.290 7th 12 31 Henry Diaz 2 70 56 1,250 1.176 6th 12 32 Mohsen Fouda 2 56 69 0.811 0.952 7th 12 33 Eddy Leppens 1 64 47 1.361 1.538 8th 8th 34 Christos Christodoulidis 1 77 65 1.184 1.290 4th 8th 35 Guido Sacco 0 66 47 1.404 --- 8th 8th 36 Kang Dong-koong 0 64 48 1.333 --- 8th 8th 37 Filipos Kasidokostas 0 53 41 1.292 --- 7th 8th 38 Kostas Papakonstantinou 0 65 49 1,250 --- 8th 8th 39 Jérôme Barbeillon 0 55 45 1.222 --- 11 8th 40 Kouji Funaki 0 50 41 1.219 --- 9 8th 41 Nguyen Quoc Nguyen 0 64 54 1.185 --- 8th 8th 42 Arnim Kahofer 0 56 49 1.142 --- 4th 8th 43 Martin Bohaz 0 65 59 1.101 --- 4th 8th 44 Cho Chien-yeon 0 37 39 0.948 --- 8th 8th 45 Cetin Behzat 0 46 52 0.884 --- 7th 8th 46 Nikos Polychronopoulos 0 65 75 0.866 --- 14th 8th 47 Juan Pablo Sisterna 0 35 49 0.714 --- 5 8th 48 Antoine Gholam 0 35 62 0.564 --- 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 .)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ General information . Retrieved November 2, 2014.
2. ↑ List of participants . Retrieved November 2, 2014.
3. ↑ groups . Retrieved November 2, 2014.