Three-cushion world championship 2018

71st Three Cushion World Cup 2018
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin , knock out
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Marriott Mena House Hotel, Cairo , Egypt
Opening:	October 2, 2018
Endgame:	October 6, 2018
Attendees:	48
Defending champion:	Frédéric Caudron
Winner:	Dick Jaspers
2nd finalist:	Jérémy Bury
3rd place:	• Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện • Semih Saygıner
Prize money:	€ 118,000
Records
Best GD:	2,352 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	3,636 Dick Jaspers
Maximum series (HS):	19 Tonny Carlsen000
Venue on the map
Cairo
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The 2018 three-cushion world championship took place in the Egyptian capital Cairo from October 2nd to 6th . It was the fifth three-cushion world championship in Egypt after 1933, 1973, 1981 and 1987 .

The world championship has been played in the three- cushion carom variant since 1928 . Defending champion was the Belgian Frédéric Caudron , who was eliminated in the round of 16 against the silver medalist Jérémy Bury from France. He lost in an exciting final after a tie in the penalty shootout with 2: 3 against the tournament winner Dick Jaspers from the Netherlands. It is Jasper's fourth World Cup victory after 2000, 2004 and 2011. At the same time, he increased the tournament record set by the Vietnamese Mã Minh Cẩm the previous year in the general average (GD) from 2.123 to 2.352.

At the same time the Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) general assembly took place on the last day of the match . Raymond Ceulemans was made an honorary member of the UMB for his achievements. The Turkish association chairman Ersann Erna and the Austrian president Herbert Tür were appointed new members of the board. At the same time, new regulations were adopted for the three-cushion World Cups and the World Championships for women and juniors.

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 two made it to the quarterfinals.

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
• Three extensions per game are possible, new time limit: another 40 seconds

Follow-up:

• Qualifying round: Yes , both players get 1 point in the event of a tie
• Final round: Yes , in the event of a tie, shootout

Prize money and world ranking points

space	total	Points
winner	€ 20,000	120
finalist	€ 12,000	081
3rd & 3rd place	€ 7,000	057
5th - 8th place	€ 4,000	039
9th - 16th place	€ 2,000	024
17th - 32nd place	€ 1,500	012
33rd - 48th place	€ 1,000	008th
total	€ 118,000

Attendees

The field consists of 48 players, with the defending champion Frédéric Caudron 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 (ACC): 1, America (CPB): 8 and Asia (ACBC): 6 The places 47 and 48 are allocated via wildcards from the host association (here: CPB).

Defending champion 1 Frédéric Caudron according to world rankings 2 Eddy Merckx 3 Kim Haeng-jik 4th Marco Zanetti 5 Dick Jaspers 6th Heo Jung-han 7th Choi Sung-won 8th Cho Jae-ho 9 Murat Naci Çoklu 10 Torbjörn Blomdahl 11 Sameh Sidhom 12 Trần Quyết Chiến 13 Daniel Sánchez 14th Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 15th Semih Saygıner 16 Tayfun Taşdemir 17th Ngô Đình Nại Appointed Europe (CEB) 18th Alessio d'Agata 19th Ruben Legazpi 20th Eddy Leppens 21st Murat Celik 22nd Filipos Kasidokostas 23 Dustin Jaeschke 24 Tonny Carlsen

25th Jérémy Bury 26th Harrie van de Ven 27 David Pennör 28 Christakis Christoforuo 29 Radovan Hajek 30th Arnim Kahofer America (CPB) 31 Pedro Gonzales 32 Jose Juan Garcia 33 Robinson Morales 34 Guido Sacco 35 Alexander Salazar 36 Juan Patiňo 37 Erick Tellez 38 Pedro Piedrabuena Asia (ACBC) 39 Mã Minh Cẩm 40 Dương Anh Vũ 41 Yusuke Mori 42 Kang Dong-koong 43 Seo Hyun-min 44 Yasser Shehayeb Africa (ACC) 45 Mohamed Abdin 46 Ahmed Abdallah Wildcard 47 Riad Nady 48 Mohsen Fouda

Tournament commentary

The Dane Tonny Carlsen set in his group match against the Colombian Jose Juan Garcia the record set by the Egyptian Sameh Sidhom at the 2015 World Cup in the highest series (HS) of 19 points.

Vietnam showed a very good performance in the group phase and made it into the final round with all five participants, as did their Asian permanent rivals Korea. Due to the placement, however, there was a purely Vietnamese game between Dương Anh Vũ and Trần Quyết Chiến , in which one had to be eliminated. This was, after a tie and subsequent penalty shootout, the first-named with 1: 2. This made Vietnam the strongest nation in the round of 16. Of the otherwise strong Koreans, only Heo Jung-han survived the first final round. In the duel between the two veterans Marco Zanetti (ITA) and Torbjörn Blomdahl (SWE), the Italian lost out with 21:40. Of the originally eight Americans, including the current Pan American champion Pedro Gonzales, only the Colombians Robinson Morales and Pedro Piedrabuena (USA) made it to the final round, which Morales won against the world champion Filipos Kasidokostas from Greece. Kasidokostas is still struggling with his hand switching from right to left after an illness forced him to do so. Piedrabuena lost to Ngô Đình Nại with 34:40. Tonny Carlsen was able to continue his strong performance and also made it to the second round. Surprisingly, the four-time Spanish world champion Daniel Sánchez lost his first round match, as did Eddy Merckx against the Spaniard and junior world champion Ruben Legazpi. Sameh Sidhom was also able to convince in front of a home crowd and clearly defeated the Korean Kang Dong-koong with 40:22. The best first round match was played by the Dutchman Dick Jaspers against the Egyptian Ahmed Abdallah with 40: 8 in just 13 shots. Jérémy Bury from France and defending champion Frédéric Caudron completed the round of 16. Carlsen, vice world champion in 2000 and No. 31 in the world, beat Ngo with 40:26 in just 17 shots. It got exciting in the final phase of the game between Eddy Leppens from Belgium and Semih Saygıner from Turkey . At 35:39, Saygıner failed 5 shots to zero before he could finally achieve his match point. Mã Minh Cẩm seemed to be in a hurry to build in his game against Blomdahl. In just 13 shots he was able to beat the Swedes 40:13.

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	34	2,352	3.076	8th		Arnim Kahofer	40 : 25/44	Mohsen Fouda
2	Arnim Kahofer	2	67	65	1.030	0.909	6th		Frédéric Caudron	40 : 11/13	Mohsen Fouda
3	Mohsen Fouda	0	36	57	0.631	---	4th		Frédéric Caudron	40 : 27/21	Arnim Kahofer
Group B
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Eddy Merckx	2	79	54	1.462	1,250	7th		Erick Tellez	40 : 38/33	Murat Celik
2	Murat Celik	2	78	55	1.418	1,818	8th		Eddy Merckx	39: 40 /22	Murat Celik
3	Erick Tellez	2	74	65	1.138	1,212	9		Eddy Merckx	40 : 34/32	Erick Tellez
Group C
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Filipos Kasidokostas	4th	80	50	1,600	1,818	8th		Guido Sacco	21: 40 /22	Filipos Kasidokostas
2	Kim Haeng-jik	2	65	66	0.984	1.052	8th		Kim Haeng-jik	40 : 27/38	Guido Sacco
3	Guido Sacco	0	48	60	0.800	---	4th		Kim Haeng-jik	25: 40 /28	Filipos Kasidokostas
Group D
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Marco Zanetti	4th	80	60	1.333	1,600	10		Ahmed Abdallah	40 : 31/43	Christakis Christoforuo
2	Ahmed Abdallah	2	63	78	0.807	0.930	7th		Marco Zanetti	40 : 18/25	Christakis Christoforuo
3	Christakis Christoforuo	0	49	68	0.720	---	4th		Marco Zanetti	40 : 23/35	Ahmed Abdallah
Group E
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Dick Jaspers	4th	80	30th	2,666	3,636	9		Dustin Jaeschke	25/ 40 /27	Robinson Morales
2	Robinson Morales	2	48	38	1.263	1.481	5		Dick Jaspers	40 : 18/19	Dustin Jaeschke
3	Dustin Jaeschke	0	43	46	0.934	---	5		Dick Jaspers	40 : 8/11	Robinson Morales
Group F.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Heo Jung-han	4th	80	57	1.403	1.538	11		Mohamed Abdin	16: 40 /27	Yusuke Mori
2	Yusuke Mori	2	78	53	1.471	1.481	11		Heo Jung-han	40 : 23/31	Mohamed Abdin
3	Mohamed Abdin	0	39	58	0.672	---	3		Heo Jung-han	40 : 38/26	Yusuke Mori
Group G
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Choi Sung-won	4th	80	43	1,860	2,500	11		Choi Sung-won	40 : 35/27	Seo Hyun-min
2	Seo Hyun-min	2	75	60	1,250	1,212	9		David Pennör	32: 40 /33	Seo Hyun-min
3	David Pennör	0	44	49	0.897	---	5		David Pennör	12: 40 /16	Choi Sung-won
Group H.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Cho Jae-ho	3	40	36	2.222	3.333	8th		Riad Nady	28: 40 /26	Ruben Legazpi
2	Ruben Legazpi	3	80	52	1.538	1.666	6th		Cho Jae-ho	40 : 10/12	Riad Nady
3	Riad Nady	0	38	38	1,000	---	4th		Cho Jae-ho	40: 40/24	Ruben Legazpi
Group I.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Tonny Carlsen	4th	80	44	1,818	2.105	19th		Tonny Carlsen	40 : 22/19	Jose Juan Garcia
2	Murat Naci Çoklu	2	75	57	1,315	1,250	7th		Murat Naci Çoklu	40 : 37/32	Jose Juan Garcia
3	Jose Juan Garcia	0	59	51	1.156	---	7th		Murat Naci Çoklu	35: 40 /25	Tonny Carlsen
Group J
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Pedro Piedrabuena	4th	80	57	1.403	1,739	7th		Pedro Piedrabuena	40 /34/34	Radovan Hajek
2	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2	78	45	1.733	1,818	9		Torbjörn Blomdahl	40 : 29/22	Radovan Hajek
3	Radovan Hajek	0	63	56	1.125	---	14th		Torbjörn Blomdahl	38: 40 /23	Pedro Piedrabuena
Group K
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Dương Anh Vũ	4th	80	55	1.454	1,600	7th		Dương Anh Vũ	40 : 20/30	Alexander Salazar
2	Sameh Sidhom	2	78	60	1,300	1.142	10		Sameh Sidhom	40 : 39/35	Alexander Salazar
3	Alexander Salazar	0	59	65	0.907	---	5		Sameh Sidhom	38: 40 /25	Dương Anh Vũ
Group L
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Mã Minh Cẩm	4th	80	42	1.904	2.105	8th		Trần Quyết Chiến	30: 40 /23	Mã Minh Cẩm
2	Trần Quyết Chiến	2	70	53	1,320	1.333	9		Alessio d'Agata	31: 40 /30	Trần Quyết Chiến
3	Alessio d'Agata	0	47	49	0.959	---	5		Alessio d'Agata	16: 40 /19	Mã Minh Cẩm
Group M
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Kang Dong-koong	4th	80	51	1.568	1,600	7th		Kang Dong-koong	40 : 14/26	Pedro Gonzales
2	Daniel Sánchez	2	78	62	1.258	1.081	9		Daniel Sánchez	40 : 26/37	Pedro Gonzales
3	Pedro Gonzales	0	40	63	0.634	---	4th		Daniel Sánchez	38: 40 /25	Kang Dong-koong
Groups
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện	4th	80	47	1.702	2.222	11		Jérémy Bury	40 : 21/18	Harrie van de Ven
2	Jérémy Bury	2	71	36	1,972	2.222	7th		Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện	40 /36/29	Harrie van de Ven
3	Harrie van de Ven	0	57	47	1,212	---	5		Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện	40 : 31/18	Jérémy Bury
Group O
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Eddy Leppens	4th	80	59	1.355	1,818	14th		Eddy Leppens	40 : 30/37	Juan Patiňo
2	Semih Saygıner	2	72	58	1.241	1.111	9		Semih Saygıner	40 : 33/36	Juan Patiňo
3	Juan Patiňo	0	63	73	0.863	---	7th		Semih Saygıner	32: 40 /22	Eddy Leppens
Group p
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Tayfun Taşdemir	4th	80	55	1.454	1.538	12		Ngô Đình Nại	40 : 17/22	Yasser Shehayeb
2	Ngô Đình Nại	2	73	51	1.431	1,818	9		Tayfun Taşdemir	40 : 25/26	Yasser Shehayeb
3	Yasser Shehayeb	0	42	48	0.875	---	7th		Tayfun Taşdemir	40 : 33/29	Ngô Đình Nại

Swell:

Final round

The tournament tree for the final round is listed below.

1/16 final (game up to 40 points)

Round of 16 (game up to 40 points)

Quarter-finals (game up to 40 points)

Semi-finals (game up to 40 points)

Final (game up to 40 points)

Dick Jaspers

40 /13

Ahmed Abdallah

8/13

Dick Jaspers

40 /18

Ruben Legazpi

35/18

Eddy Merckx

30/24

Ruben Legazpi

40 /24

Dick Jaspers

40 /21

Tayfun Taşdemir

30/21

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /22

Murat Naci Çoklu

30/22

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /25

Sameh Sidhom

29/25

Kang Dong-koong

22/17

Sameh Sidhom

40 /17

Dick Jaspers

40 /16

Semih Saygıner

37/16

Pedro Piedrabuena

34/20

Ngô Đình Nại

40 /20

Ngô Đình Nại

26/17

Tonny Carlsen

40 /17

Tonny Carlsen

40 /16

Seo Hyun-min

22/16

Tonny Carlsen

34/24

Semih Saygıner

40 /24

Eddy Leppens

40 /22

Yusuke Mori

23/22

Eddy Leppens

35/27

Semih Saygıner

40 /27

Choi Sung-won

40/21/0

Semih Saygıner

40/21/ 1

Dick Jaspers

40/21/ 3

Jérémy Bury

40/21/2

Mã Minh Cẩm

40 /37

Arnim Kahofer

27/37

Mã Minh Cẩm

40 /13

Torbjörn Blomdahl

13/13

Marco Zanetti

21/17

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /17

Mã Minh Cẩm

16/20

Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện

40 /20

Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện

40 /20

Daniel Sánchez

37/20

Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện

40 /29

Heo Jung-han

34/29

Heo Jung-han

40 /14

Murat Celik

14/14

Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện

20/19

Jérémy Bury

40 /19

Filipos Kasidokostas

30/21

Robinson Morales

40 /21

Robinson Morales

18/17

Trần Quyết Chiến

40 /17

Dương Anh Vũ

40/26/1

Trần Quyết Chiến

40/26/ 2

Trần Quyết Chiến

37/21

Jérémy Bury

40 /21

Cho Jae-ho

32/18

Jérémy Bury

40 /18

Jérémy Bury

40 /19

Frédéric Caudron

37/19

Frédéric Caudron

40 /18

Kim Haeng-jik

23/18

Closing table

Final ranking phase space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS WRLP final 1 Dick Jaspers 14th 280 119 2,352 3,636 12 120 2 Jérémy Bury 10 271 134 2.022 2.222 8th 81 Semi- finals 3 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 10 220 135 1.629 2.222 11 57 Semih Saygıner 8th 229 146 1.568 1.904 10 57 quarter- final 5 Tonny Carlsen 8th 194 101 1,920 2,500 19th 39 6th Mã Minh Cẩm 8th 176 112 1.571 3.076 9 39 7th Tayfun Taşdemir 8th 190 123 1.544 1,818 12 39 8th Trần Quyết Chiến 6th 187 117 1,598 2,352 12 39 eighth final 9 Frédéric Caudron 6th 157 71 2.211 3.076 10 24 10 Heo Jung-han 6th 154 100 1,540 2.857 11 24 11 Eddy Leppens 6th 155 101 1.534 1,818 14th 24 12 Ruben Legazpi 5 155 94 1.648 1.666 6th 24 13 Torbjörn Blomdahl 4th 131 75 1,746 2,352 10 24 14th Ngô Đình Nại 4th 139 88 1,579 2,000 14th 24 15th Sameh Sidhom 4th 147 102 1.441 2,352 11 24 16 Robinson Morales 4th 106 76 1.394 1.904 7th 24 1/16 finals 17th Choi Sung-won 4th 120 64 1,875 2,500 11 12 18th Filipos Kasidokostas 4th 110 71 1,549 1,818 8th 12 19th Kang Dong-koong 4th 102 68 1,500 1,600 7th 12 20th Dương Anh Vũ 4th 120 81 1.481 1,600 8th 12 21st Pedro Piedrabuena 4th 114 77 1,480 1,739 7th 12 22nd Marco Zanetti 4th 101 77 1,311 1,600 10 12 23 Cho Jae-ho 3 112 54 2.074 3.333 8th 12 24 Daniel Sánchez 2 115 82 1.402 1.081 10 12 25th Eddy Merckx 2 109 78 1.397 1,250 7th 12 26th Yusuke Mori 2 101 75 1.346 1.481 11 12 27 Murat Celik 2 92 69 1.333 1,818 8th 12 28 Murat Naci Çoklu 2 105 79 1.329 1,250 7th 12 29 Seo Hyun-min 2 97 76 1.276 1,212 9 12 30th Kim Haeng-jik 2 88 84 1.047 1.052 8th 12 31 Arnim Kahofer 2 94 102 0.921 0.909 6th 12 32 Ahmed Abdallah 2 71 91 0.780 0.930 7th 12 Group phase 33 Erick Tellez 2 74 65 1.138 1,212 9 8th 34 Harrie van de Ven 0 57 47 1,212 --- 5 8th 35 Jose Juan Garcia 0 59 51 1.156 --- 7th 8th 36 Radovan Hajek 0 63 56 1.125 --- 14th 8th 37 Riad Nady 0 38 38 1,000 --- 4th 8th 38 Alessio d'Agata 0 47 49 0.959 --- 5 8th 39 Dustin Jaeschke 0 43 46 0.934 --- 5 8th 40 Alexander Salazar 0 59 65 0.907 --- 5 8th 41 David Pennör 0 44 49 0.897 --- 5 8th 42 Yasser Shehayeb 0 42 48 0.875 --- 7th 8th 43 Juan Patiňo 0 63 73 0.863 --- 7th 8th 44 Guido Sacco 0 48 60 0.800 --- 4th 8th 45 Christakis Christoforuo 0 49 68 0.720 --- 4th 8th 46 Mohamed Abdin 0 39 58 0.672 --- 3 8th 47 Pedro Gonzales 0 40 63 0.634 --- 4th 8th 48 Mohsen Fouda 0 36 57 0.631 --- 4th 8th Tournament average (final round): 1.550 / tournament average (total): 1.397

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

• Tournament details Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB)
• UMB schedule
• 71st World Championship three cushion from tomorrow LIVE in Cairo Kozoom
• Brilliant games on the first day and a world record Kozoom
• Jasper's golden final spurt to the world title Kozoom
• All tournament reports Kozoom

Individual evidence

1. ↑ General tournament information. (PDF) UMB , September 2018, accessed on September 24, 2018 (English).  
2. ^ Markus Schönhoff: New rules for World Cups and World Championships. Kozoom , October 6, 2018, accessed October 7, 2018 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b c} World Ranking List No. 22/2018. (PDF) UMB, September 4, 2018, accessed on October 5, 2018 (English).  
4. ↑ Player List. (PDF) UMB, September 2018, accessed on September 24, 2018 (English).  
5. ↑ grouping. (PDF) UMB, September 2018, accessed on September 24, 2018 (English).  
6. ↑ Group results. (PDF) UMB, October 2, 2018, accessed on October 4, 2018 (English).  
7. ↑ Results 16th finals. (PDF) UMB, October 4, 2018, accessed on October 5, 2018 (English).  
8. ↑ Results of the round of 16. (PDF) UMB, October 5, 2018, accessed on October 5, 2018 (English).  
9. ↑ Results of the quarter-finals. (PDF) UMB, October 5, 2018, accessed on October 5, 2018 (English).  
10. ↑ ^{a b} Results semi-finals and finals. (PDF) UMB, October 5, 2018, accessed on October 5, 2018 (English).  
11. ↑ Final table . (PDF) UMB, October 6, 2018, accessed on October 7, 2018 (English).