Three-cushion world championship 2019

72nd three-cushion world championship 2019
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Ranking tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin , knock out
Organizer:	UMB / DDBU
Tournament details
Venue:	Vaerket, Randers Denmark
Opening:	November 26, 2019
Endgame:	November 30, 2019
Attendees:	48
Defending champion:	Dick Jaspers
Winner:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
2nd finalist:	Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến
3rd place:	• Sameh Sidhom • Semih Saygıner
Prize money:	€ 118,000
Records
Best GD:	2,222 Cho Jae-ho
Best ED:	4,000 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Maximum series (HS):	18 Eddy Merckx00
Venue on the map
Randers
Venue
Vaerket entrance area
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Interior atmosphere

The award ceremony: (from left) Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến , Torbjörn Blomdahl , Sameh Sidhom and Semih Saygıner

The 2019 three-cushion world championship took place in Randers , Denmark from November 26th to 30th, 2019 . It was the third World Cup in Denmark after 1994 and 2002. The world championship has been played in the three- cushion carom variant since 1928 .

The 57-year-old Swede Torbjörn Blomdahl was able to secure his sixth gold medal 32 years after his first title win in 1987. With Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến, a Vietnamese vice world champion was for the first time in history, his French predecessor Jérémy Bury was eliminated in the first round of the final round against Marco Zanetti from Italy.

General information

The UMB rules for three-band / singles (as of December 20, 2017) applied. With 48 participants, the group phase was played in 16 groups of three, the two first placed came into the round of the "last 32".

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 shot ( shot clock )
• 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

Swell:

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

Swell:

Attendees

The field consists of 48 players, with the defending champion Dick Jaspers 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
• Africa (ACC): 2
• America (CPB): 8
• Asia (ACBC): 6

Places 47 and 48 are awarded via wildcards from the host country (here: Denmark).

Defending champion 1 Dick Jaspers according to world rankings 2 Marco Zanetti 3 Tayfun Taşdemir 4th Semih Saygıner 5 Eddy Merckx 6th Cho Jae-ho 7th Trần Quyết Chiến 8th Sameh Sidhom 9 Murat Naci Çoklu 10 Jérémy Bury 11 Kim Haeng-jik 12 Martin Horn 13 Heo Jung-han 14th Torbjörn Blomdahl 15th Cho Myung-woo 16 Choi Sung-won 17th Daniel Sánchez Appointed Europe (CEB) 18th Barry van Beers 19th Rubén Legazpi 20th Dion Nelin 21st Roland Forthomme 22nd Lütfi Çenet 23 Nikos Polychronopoulos 24 Dustin Jaeschke

25th Jan Ales 26th Arnim Kahofer 27 Rui Manuel Costa 28 Gwendal Marechal 29 Alessio D'Agata 30th Michael Nilsson America (CPB) 31 Pedro Gonzales 32 Erick Tellez 33 Jose Juan Garcia 34 Juan Carlos del Salto 35 Javier Teran 36 Javier Vera 37 Mauricio Gutierrez 38 Christian Hernandez Asia (ACBC) 39 Choi Wan-young 40 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 41 Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến 42 Yasser Shehayeb 43 Tatsuo Arai 44 Yusuke Mori Africa (ACC) 45 Mohamed Abdin 46 Ahmed Abdallah Wildcard 47 Thomas Andersen 48 Jacob Sorensen

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	Dick Jaspers	4th	80	34	2,352	2,666	12		Ahmed Abdallah	21: 40 /31	Dustin Jaeschke
2	Dustin Jaeschke	2	47	46	1.021	1.290	6th		Dick Jaspers	40 : 5/19	Ahmed Abdallah
3	Ahmed Abdallah	0	26th	50	0.520	-	5		Dick Jaspers	40 : 7/15	Dustin Jaeschke
Group B
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Choi Wan-young	4th	80	40	2,000	2,000	7th		Thomas Andersen	11: 40 /20	Choi Wan-young
2	Marco Zanetti	2	79	42	1,880	1,818	10		Marco Zanetti	40 : 27: 22	Thomas Andersen
3	Thomas Andersen	0	38	42	0.904	-	10		Marco Zanetti	39: 40 /20	Choi Wan-young
Group C
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Tayfun Taşdemir	4th	80	33	2,424	2,666	12		Jose Juan Garcia	13: 40 /18	Javier Teran
2	Javier Teran	2	56	33	1.696	2.222	9		Tayfun Taşdemir	40 : 19/18	Jose Juan Garcia
3	Jose Juan Garcia	0	32	36	0.888	-	6th		Tayfun Taşdemir	40 : 16/15	Javier Teran
Group D
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Semih Saygıner	3	80	41	1.951	2.105	13		Arnim Kahofer	40 : 31/32	Barry van Beers
2	Arnim Kahofer	2	66	54	1.222	1,250	10		Semih Saygıner	40 : 40 /19	Barry van Beers
3	Barry van Beers	1	71	51	1,392	2.105	14th		Semih Saygıner	40 : 26/22	Arnim Kahofer
Group E
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Eddy Merckx	4th	80	32	2,500	3.076	18th		Yusuke Mori	40 : 38/35	Rui Manuel Costa
2	Yusuke Mori	2	70	54	1.296	1.142	9		Eddy Merckx	40 : 11/13	Rui Manuel Costa
3	Rui Manuel Costa	0	49	48	1.020	-	4th		Eddy Merckx	40 : 30/19	Yusuke Mori
Group F.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Cho Jae-ho	4th	80	43	1,860	2,666	14th		Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến	40 : 9/18	Juan Carlos del Salto
2	Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến	2	52	33	1.575	2.222	11		Cho Jae-ho	40 : 18/29	Juan Carlos del Salto
3	Juan Carlos del Salto	0	27	46	0.586	-	4th		Cho Jae-ho	40 : 12/15	Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến
Group G
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Trần Quyết Chiến	4th	80	44	1,818	2,500	12		Ruben Legazpi	37: 40 /20	Jacob Sorensen
2	Jacob Sorensen	2	64	36	1,777	2,000	7th		Trần Quyết Chiến	40 : 35/28	Ruben Legazpi
3	Ruben Legazpi	0	72	48	1,500	-	5		Trần Quyết Chiến	40 : 24/16	Jacob Sorensen
Group H.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Sameh Sidhom	4th	80	54	1.481	1.538	8th		Sameh Sidhom	40 : 38/28	Mohamed Abdin
2	Gwendal Marechal	2	65	62	1.048	1.111	6th		Gwendal Marechal	40 : 34/36	Mohamed Abdin
3	Mohamed Abdin	0	72	64	1.125	-	7th		Sameh Sidhom	40 : 25/26	Gwendal Marechal
Group I.
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Nikos Polychronopoulos	4th	80	51	1.568	1,600	15th		Nikos Polychronopoulos	40 : 21/26	Tatsuo Arai
2	Murat Naci Çoklu	2	70	50	1,400	1,600	9		Murat Naci Çoklu	40 : 16/25	Tatsuo Arai
3	Tatsuo Arai	0	37	51	0.725	-	6th		Nikos Polychronopoulos	40 : 30/25	Murat Naci Çoklu
Group J
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Jérémy Bury	3	80	52	1.538	1.904	9		Pedro Gonzales	40 : 13/26	Jan Ales
2	Pedro Gonzales	2	63	47	1,340	1.538	6th		Jérémy Bury	40 : 40 /31	Jan Ales
3	Jan Ales	1	53	57	0.929	1.290	14th		Jérémy Bury	40 : 23/21	Pedro Gonzales
Group K
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Kim Haeng-jik	4th	80	43	1,860	2.105	7th		Erick Tellez	40 : 33/44	Yasser Shehayeb
2	Erick Tellez	2	68	68	1,000	0.909	6th		Kim Haeng-jik	40 : 25/19	Yasser Shehayeb
3	Yasser Shehayeb	0	58	63	0.920	-	5		Kim Haeng-jik	40 : 28/24	Erick Tellez
Group L
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Martin Horn	4th	80	43	1,860	2.105	10		Dion Nelin	40 : 26/25	Mauricio Gutierrez
2	Dion Nelin	2	60	44	1.363	1,600	6th		Martin Horn	40 : 27/24	Mauricio Gutierrez
3	Mauricio Gutierrez	0	53	49	1.081	-	5		Martin Horn	40 : 20/19	Dion Nelin
Group M
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Lütfi Çenet	2	69	41	1,682	1,739	10		Lütfi Çenet	29: 40 /19	Javier Vera
2	Javier Vera	2	69	42	1.642	2.222	14th		Heo Jung-han	30: 40 /23	Lütfi Çenet
3	Heo Jung-han	2	70	47	1.489	1.666	9		Heo Jung-han	40 : 29/24	Javier Vera
Groups
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Roland Forthomme	4th	80	40	2,000	3,636	11		Roland Forthomme	40 : 36/29	Alessio D'Agata
2	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2	61	30th	2.033	2.105	11		Torbjörn Blomdahl	40 : 21/19	Alessio D'Agata
3	Alessio D'Agata	0	57	48	1.157	-	4th		Torbjörn Blomdahl	21: 40 /11	Roland Forthomme
Group O
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện	4th	80	40	2,000	2.105	8th		Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện	40 : 19/19	Christian Hernandez
2	Cho Myung-woo	2	71	40	1.775	2.105	8th		Cho Myung-woo	40 : 22/19	Christian Hernandez
3	Christian Hernandez	0	41	38	1.078	-	6th		Cho Myung-woo	31: 40 /21	Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện
Group p
Closing table									Results
rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS		Player 1	Erg.	Player 2
1	Daniel Sánchez	4th	80	41	1.951	2,000	7th		Daniel Sánchez	40 : 28/20	Michael Nilsson
2	Choi Sung-won	1	74	44	1.681	1,739	11		Choi Sung-won	40 : 40 /23	Michael Nilsson
3	Michael Nilsson	1	68	43	1.581	1,739	6th		Choi Sung-won	34: 40 /21	Daniel Sánchez

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)

Eddy Merckx

40 /21

Choi Sung-won

34/21

Eddy Merckx

40/22/7

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40/22/ 8

Lütfi Çenet

40/22/2

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40/22/ 8

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /17

Dion Nelin

19/17

Martin Horn

40 /21

Murat Naci Çoklu

30/21

Martin Horn

40/26/0

Dion Nelin

40/26/ 1

Cho Jae-ho

40/11/2

Dion Nelin

40/11/ 5

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /10

Sameh Sidhom

18/10

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40 /14

Javier Teran

26/14

Nikos Polychronopoulos

40 /27

Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện

33/27

Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện

40 /27

Arnim Kahofer

37/27

Nikos Polychronopoulos

27/28

Sameh Sidhom

40 /28

Sameh Sidhom

40 /29

Cho Myung-woo

34/29

Sameh Sidhom

40/21/ 4

Roland Forthomme

40/21/1

Roland Forthomme

40 /34

Gwendal Marechal

30/34

Torbjörn Blomdahl

40 /22

Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến

37/22

Dick Jaspers

40 /23

Dustin Jaeschke

25/23

Dick Jaspers

29/20

Semih Saygıner

40 /20

Semih Saygıner

40 /23

Jacob Sorensen

36/23

Semih Saygıner

40 /17

Trần Quyết Chiến

37/17

Choi Wan-young

40 /31

Yusuke Mori

32/31

Choi Wan-young

29/22

Trần Quyết Chiến

40 /22

Trần Quyết Chiến

40 /25

Javier Vera

25/25

Semih Saygıner

36/21

Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến

40 /21

Daniel Sánchez

40 /13

Pedro Gonzales

10/13

Daniel Sánchez

36/31

Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến

40 /31

Kim Haeng-jik

20/22

Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến

40 /22

Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến

40 /26

Tayfun Taşdemir

33/26

Jérémy Bury

21/15

Marco Zanetti

40 /15

Marco Zanetti

27/21

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /21

Tayfun Taşdemir

40 /19

Erick Tellez

19/19

Swell:

Closing table

Final ranking phase space Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS WRLP final 1 Torbjörn Blomdahl 12 261 123 2.121 4,000 13 120 2 Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến 10 249 155 1.606 2.222 14th 81 Semi- finals 3 Sameh Sidhom 10 218 142 1,568 1,904 9 57 Semih Saygıner 9 236 122 1.925 2,352 13 57 quarter- final 5 Tayfun Taşdemir 8th 193 99 1,949 2,666 12 39 6th Trần Quyết Chiến 8th 197 108 1,824 2,500 12 39 7th Nikos Polychronopoulos 8th 187 120 1.558 2.857 15th 39 8th Dion Nelin 6th 179 98 1,816 3,636 16 39 eighth final 9 Eddy Merckx 6th 160 75 2.133 3.076 18th 24 10 Dick Jaspers 6th 149 77 1.935 2,666 17th 24 11 Daniel Sánchez 6th 156 85 1,835 3.076 8th 24 12 Martin Horn 6th 160 90 1,777 2.105 10 24 13 Roland Forthomme 6th 160 95 1.684 3,636 11 24 14th Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện 6th 153 94 1.627 2.105 8th 24 15th Choi Wan-young 6th 149 93 1.602 2,000 7th 24 16 Marco Zanetti 4th 146 78 1,871 2,666 12 24 1 / 16- Fianle 17th Cho Jae-ho 4th 120 54 2.222 3,636 14th 12 18th Kim Haeng-jik 4th 100 65 1.538 2.105 7th 12 19th Jérémy Bury 3 101 67 1.507 1.904 9 12 20th Javier Teran 2 82 47 1,744 2.222 9 12 21st Lütfi Çenet 2 109 63 1.730 1,818 10 12 22nd Jacob Sorensen 2 100 59 1.694 2,000 7th 12 23 Murat Naci Çoklu 2 110 71 1,549 1,600 9 12 24 Cho Myung-woo 2 105 69 1.521 2.105 8th 12 25th Javier Vera 2 94 67 1.402 2.222 14th 12 26th Arnim Kahofer 2 103 81 1.271 1,250 11 12 27 Pedro Gonzales 2 73 60 1.216 1.538 6th 12 28 Yusuke Mori 2 102 85 1,200 1.142 9 12 29 Dustin Jaeschke 2 72 69 1.043 1.290 7th 12 30th Erick Tellez 2 87 87 1,000 0.909 6th 12 31 Gwendal Marechal 2 95 96 0.989 1.111 6th 12 32 Choi Sung-won 1 108 65 1.661 1,739 11 12 Group phase 33 Heo Jung-han 2 70 47 1.489 1.666 9 8th 34 Michael Nilsson 1 68 43 1.581 1,739 6th 8th 35 Barry van Beers 1 71 51 1,392 2.105 14th 8th 36 Jan Ales 1 53 57 0.929 1.290 14th 8th 37 Ruben Legazpi 0 72 48 1,500 - 5 8th 38 Alessio D'Agata 0 57 48 1.157 - 4th 8th 39 Mohamed Abdin 0 72 64 1.125 - 7th 8th 40 Mauricio Gutierrez 0 53 49 1.081 - 5 8th 41 Christian Hernandez 0 41 38 1.078 - 6th 8th 42 Rui Manuel Costa 0 49 48 1.020 - 4th 8th 43 Yasser Shehayeb 0 58 63 0.920 - 5 8th 44 Thomas Andersen 0 38 42 0.904 - 10 8th 45 Jose Juan Garcia 0 32 36 0.888 - 6th 8th 46 Tatsuo Arai 0 37 51 0.725 - 6th 8th 47 Juan Carlos del Salto 0 27 46 0.586 - 4th 8th 48 Ahmed Abdallah 0 26th 50 0.520 - 5 8th Tournament average (final round): 1.625 / tournament average (total): 1.499

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 2019  - collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: The Swede Blomdahl gets his sixth World Cup gold  - news

• UMB tournament information
• Reports and news on Kozoom
• Blomdahl's rebirth as World Champion 2019! ( Memento from December 2, 2019 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ General tournament information. (PDF) Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB), September 2019, archived from the original on September 22, 2019 ; accessed on September 22, 2019 (English).  
2. ↑ UMB: Blomdahl is the King of Denmark. UMB, November 30, 2019, archived from the original on December 2, 2019 ; accessed on December 2, 2019 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b} set of rules of December 20, 2017 (PDF) World Championship Rules - 3 Cushion Individuals. UMB, December 20, 2017, archived from the original on September 22, 2019 ; accessed on September 22, 2019 (English).  
4. ↑ Player List. (PDF) UMB, September 2019, accessed on September 22, 2019 (English).  
5. ↑ UMB: group division. (PDF) UMB, November 2019, archived from the original on November 26, 2019 ; accessed on November 26, 2019 (English).  
6. ↑ ^{a b} UMB: schedule. (PDF) UMB, November 2019, accessed on November 26, 2019 (English).  
7. ↑ Results groups. (PDF) UMB, November 28, 2019, archived from the original on November 29, 2019 ; accessed on November 28, 2019 (English).  
8. ↑ Ranking groups. (PDF) UMB, November 28, 2019, archived from the original on November 29, 2019 ; accessed on November 29, 2019 (English).  
9. ↑ Results of the last 32 (PDF) UMB, November 28, 2019, archived from the original on November 29, 2019 ; accessed on November 29, 2019 (English).  
10. ↑ Results of the round of 16. (PDF) UMB, November 29, 2019, archived from the original on November 30, 2019 ; accessed on November 29, 2019 (English).  
11. ↑ Results of the quarter-finals. (PDF) UMB, November 29, 2019, archived from the original on November 30, 2019 ; accessed on November 30, 2019 (English).  
12. ↑ Results semi-finals and finals. (PDF) UMB, November 30, 2019, archived from the original on November 30, 2019 ; accessed on November 30, 2019 (English).  
13. ↑ Final Ranking. (PDF) UMB, November 30, 2019, archived from the original on November 30, 2019 ; accessed on November 30, 2019 (English).