Three-cushion world championship for national teams 1998

12th three-cushion world championship for national teams 1998
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	-
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Festhalle, Viersen
Opening:	February 5, 1998
Endgame:	February 8, 1998
Attendees:	46 players from 23 nations
Defending champion:	Germany
Winner:	Netherlands
2nd finalist:	Spain
3rd place:	Germany
Prize money:	Expense allowance
Records
Best GD:	2.031 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Best ED:	2,142 Dick Jaspers
Maximum series (HS):	15 Marco Zanetti000
Venue on the map
Viersen
← 1997	1999 →

The three-cushion world championship for national teams in 1998 was the 12th edition of this tournament, which has been held annually since 1981 in the three- cushion version of billiards . It took place from February 4th to 8th, 1998 in Viersen .

Tournament commentary

Germany A won against Greece in the game for 3rd place. The BWA professionals were again eligible to play at this World Cup. It is not known why the best players were placed in the B team for some teams. The Netherlands became the top favorites for new world champions. The Italian Marco Zanetti finished the first set in a recording in the game against the Austrian Gerhard Kostistansky . This has never happened before in the history of the World Team Championship.

Game mode

For the first time, 23 teams took part in the tournament. Each team consisted of two players. The game was played in seven groups of 3 and one group of 2 from A to H. The eight group winners made it to the quarter-finals. The 3rd place was played out. In the group games, two winning sets (best of 3) and three winning sets (best of 5) from the quarter-finals onwards.

In the event of a tie, the following shall apply:

1. Match points ( MP )
2. Sentence ratio ( SV )
3. Team General Average (MGD)

Attendees

nation group Player 1 Player 2  Egypt F. Mohsen Fouda Ihab El Messery  Belgium C. Frédéric Caudron Francis Forton  Denmark B. Dion Nelin Tonny Carlsen  Germany A A. Christian Rudolph Martin Horn Germany B D. Stefan Galla Johann umbrella fire  Ecuador C. Luis Aveiga Jorge Rubio  France A C. Jean Christophe Roux Fabrice Puigvert  France B G Jean Reverchon Jacques Bonnet  Greece F. George Sakkas Nikos Tremoulis  Italy B. Marco Zanetti Antonio Oddo  Japan A F. Akio Shimada Reiji Ichinose  Japan B G Joji Kai Ryūji Umeda

nation group Player 1 Player 2  Colombia A E. Jaime Bedoya José Gomez Colombia B C. Oscar Castano Armando Cobo  Netherlands A A. Frank Martens Aart Gieskens Netherlands B H Dick Jaspers Raimond Burgman  Austria B. Gerhard Kostistansky Andreas Efler  Portugal H Jorge Theriaga Egideo Vierat  Sweden G Torbjörn Blomdahl Mats Noren  Switzerland D. Jan Dutch Alex Netherlands  Spain A G Ricardo Garcia Javier Yeste  Spain B B. Daniel Sánchez Xavier Minguell  Turkey H Semih Saygıner Adnan Yüksel 0

Group stage

The first in the group reached the quarter-finals.

Group A

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Germany A 2 2-0-0 4-0 8-0 2 Netherlands A 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 8 3 no message

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 5, 1998 Germany A 2 : 0 Netherlands A February 6, 1998 Netherlands A 0: 2 Germany A omitted

Group B

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Italy 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 4 2 Denmark 2 0-2-0 2: 2 5: 5 3 Austria 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 6

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 5, 1998 Austria 0: 2 Italy February 6, 1998 Denmark 1: 1 Austria February 6, 1998 Italy 1: 1 Denmark

Group C

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 France A 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 3 2 Belgium 2 0-2-0 2: 2 5: 5 3 Colombia B 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 5, 1998 France A 2 : 0 Colombia B February 6, 1998 Colombia B 1: 1 Belgium February 6, 1998 Belgium 1: 1 France A

Group D

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Ecuador 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 2 2 Germany B 2 0-2-0 2: 2 5: 4 3 Switzerland 2 0-1-1 1: 3 2: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 5, 1998 Germany B 1: 1 Switzerland February 6, 1998 Switzerland 0: 2 Ecuador February 6, 1998 Ecuador 1: 1 Germany B

Group E

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Spain B 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 3 2 Sweden 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 4 3 Colombia A 2 0-0-2 0: 4 1: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 5, 1998 Colombia A 0: 2 Spain B February 6, 1998 Sweden 2 : 0 Colombia A February 7, 1998 Spain B 1: 1 Sweden

Group F.

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Greece 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 2 2 Japan A 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 3 3 Egypt 2 0-0-2 0: 4 1: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 5, 1998 Greece 2 : 0 Egypt February 6, 1998 Egypt 0: 2 Japan A February 7, 1998 Japan A 1: 1 Greece

Group G

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Japan B 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 3 2 Spain A 2 0-2-0 2: 2 6: 4 3 France B 2 0-1-1 1: 3 2: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 5, 1998 Japan B 2 : 0 France B February 6, 1998 France B 1: 1 Spain A February 7, 1998 Spain A 1: 1 Japan B

Group H.

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Netherlands B 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 2 2 Portugal 2 0-2-0 2: 2 4: 5 3 Turkey 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 6

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 5, 1998 Turkey 0: 2 Netherlands B February 6, 1998 Portugal 1: 1 Turkey February 7, 1998 Netherlands B 1: 1 Portugal

Final round

	Quarterfinals Best of 5				Semi-finals Best of 5				Final Best of 5
	February 7, 1998
	Spain B	2
					February 8, 1998
	Ecuador	0
					Spain B	1
	February 7, 1998
					Germany A	1
	Germany A	1
									February 8, 1998
	Japan B	1
									Spain B	0
	February 7, 1998
									Netherlands B	2
	Netherlands B	2
					February 8, 1998
	Italy	0
					Netherlands B	2			3rd place match
	February 7, 1998
					Greece	0
	Greece	2							Germany A	2
	France A	0							Greece	0
									February 8, 1998

Closing table

Closing table phase space nation SP GUV MP PP SV Pt. Recording MGD BEMD final 1 Netherlands B 5 4-1-0 9: 1 9: 1 23: 4 376 244 1,540 1.959 2 Spain B 5 2-2-1 6: 4 6: 4 17:14 396 335 1.182 1.369 Semi- finals 3 Germany A 5 3-2-0 8: 2 8: 2 22:11 440 333 1.321 1.666 4th Greece 5 2-1-2 5: 5 5: 5 14:14 318 320 1.025 1.184 quarter- final 5 Japan B 3 1-1-1 3: 3 4: 2 17: 8 226 203 1.113 1.170 6th France A 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 9: 9 215 219 0.981 1.142 7th Ecuador 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 7: 8 182 195 0.933 0.980 8th Belgium 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 8:10 202 173 1.167 1.254 Group phase 9 Sweden 2 1-1-0 3: 1 3: 1 7: 4 147 110 1.336 1.433 10 Japan A 2 1-1-0 3: 1 3: 1 6: 3 113 102 1.107 1,250 11 Spain A 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 6: 4 134 145 0.924 1.064 12 Germany B 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 5: 4 114 133 0.857 0.942 13 Denmark 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 5: 5 119 104 1.144 1.411 14th Portugal 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 5: 5 121 110 1,100 1.142 15th Portugal 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 4: 5 84 84 1,000 1.121 16 Turkey 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 6 95 92 1.032 1.274 17th Austria 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 6 95 109 0.871 1,000 18th Colombia B 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 7 101 124 0.814 0.783 19th Switzerland 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 2: 7 100 151 0.662 0.802 20th France B 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 2: 7 83 133 0.624 0.695 21st Colombia A 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 1: 8 93 104 0.894 - 22nd Egypt 2 0-0-4 0: 4 0: 4 1: 8 79 126 0.626 - 23 Netherlands A 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 0: 8 75 80 0.937 -

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

• Homepage of the three-cushion world championship in Viersen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Heinrich Weingartner : billiards . No. 103 . Weingartner Verlag, 1998, ZDB -ID 1087098-2 , p. 18-23 .