Three-cushion world championship for national teams 1999

13th three-cushion world championship for national teams 1999
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	-
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Festhalle, Viersen
Opening:	February 25, 1999
Endgame:	February 28, 1999
Attendees:	48 players from 20 nations
Defending champion:	Netherlands
Winner:	Netherlands
2nd finalist:	Sweden
3rd place:	Germany
Prize money:	Expense allowance
Records
Best GD:	2,231 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Best ED:	3,461 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Maximum series (HS):	13 • Dick Jaspers • Sang Chun Lee000 00000
Venue on the map
Viersen
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The three-cushion world championship for national teams in 1999 was the 13th edition of this tournament, which has been held annually since 1981 in the three- cushion version of billiards . It took place from February 25 to 28, 1999 in Viersen .

Tournament commentary

Germany A won against Portugal in the game for 3rd place. The Netherlands won the final against Sweden with one win per team with the closest of all results. Only one point more for the Netherlands decided the World Cup. The outstanding player of the tournament was Torbjörn Blomdahl , the vice-world champion Sweden.

Game mode

For the first time, 24 teams took part in the tournament. Each team consisted of two players. The game was played in eight groups of three 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 D. Maged Elias Mohsen Fouda  Belgium F. Peter de Backer Francis Forton  Denmark E. Dion Nelin Jacob Haack-Sörensen  Germany A B. Christian Rudolph Martin Horn Germany B C. Johann umbrella fire Jens Eggers  Ecuador F. Luis Aveiga Jorge Rubio  France E. Jean Christophe Roux Fabrice Puigvert  Greece A. George Sakkas Nikos Tremoulis  Italy F. Marco Zanetti Antonio Piscitello  Japan A B. Tatsuo Arai Nobuaki Kobayashi  Japan B G Junichi Komori Akio Shimada  Jordan H Hani Khoury Mojed Haddadin

nation group Player 1 Player 2  Colombia A A. Jaime Bedoya Hugo Patino  Colombia B D. Eleazar Ramirez José Gomez  Mexico E. Rodolfo Covarrubias Roberto Rojas  Netherlands A A. Dick Jaspers Raimond Burgman  Netherlands B G Henk Habraken Anno de Kleine  Austria G Gerhard Kostistansky Andreas Efler  Portugal H Jorge Theriaga Manuel Rui Costa  Sweden C. Torbjörn Blomdahl Mikael Nilsson  Switzerland B. Jan Dutch Alex Netherlands  Spain H Daniel Sánchez Enrique Penalva  Turkey D. Semih Sayginer Muharrem Peker United States C. Sang Chun Lee Carlos Hallon

Group stage

The first in the group reached the quarter-finals.

Group A

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 25, 1999 Greece 0: 2 Colombia A February 26, 1999 Netherlands A 1: 1 Greece February 26, 1999 Colombia A 0: 2 Netherlands A

Group B

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 25, 1999 Japan A 2 : 0 Switzerland February 26, 1999 Switzerland 0: 2 Germany A February 26, 1999 Germany A 2 : 0 Japan A

Group C

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Sweden 2 2-0-0 4-0 8: 2 2 Germany B 2 1-0-1 2: 2 5: 6 3 United States 2 0-0-2 0: 4 3: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 25, 1999 Sweden 2 : 0 Germany B February 26, 1999 Germany B 2 : 0 United States February 26, 1999 United States 0: 2 Sweden

Group D

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Colombia B 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 2 2 Turkey 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 25, 1999 Egypt 0: 2 Colombia B February 26, 1999 Turkey 2 : 0 Egypt February 26, 1999 Colombia B 1: 1 Turkey

Group E

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 25, 1999 France 2 : 0 Mexico February 26, 1999 Mexico 1: 1 Denmark February 27, 1999 Denmark 1: 1 France

Group F.

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 25, 1999 Italy 1: 1 Ecuador February 26, 1999 Ecuador 0: 2 Belgium February 27, 1999 Belgium 1: 1 Italy

Group G

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Japan B 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 4 2 Netherlands B 2 1-0-1 2: 2 5: 5 3 Austria 2 0-1-1 1: 3 4: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 25, 1999 Netherlands B 0: 2 Japan B February 26, 1999 Austria 0: 2 Netherlands B February 27, 1999 Japan B 1: 1 Austria

Group H.

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Portugal 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 2 2 Spain 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 3 3 Jordan 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 25, 1999 Portugal 2 : 0 Jordan February 26, 1999 Jordan 0: 2 Spain February 27, 1999 Spain 1: 1 Portugal

Final round

	Quarterfinals Best of 5				Semi-finals Best of 5				Final Best of 5
	February 27, 1999
	Portugal	2
					February 28, 1999
	Japan B	0
					Portugal	0
	February 27, 1999
					Netherlands A	2
	Netherlands A	2
									February 28, 1999
	Colombia B	0
									Netherlands A	1
	February 27, 1999
									Sweden	1
	Germany A	2
					February 28, 1999
	Belgium	0
					Germany A	0			3rd place match
	February 27, 1999
					Sweden	2
	Sweden	2							Portugal	0
	France	0							Germany A	2
									February 28, 1999

Closing table

Closing table phase space nation SP GUV MP PP SV Pt. Recording MGD BEMD final 1 Netherlands A 5 4-1-0 9: 1 8: 2 22:10 417 282 1.478 1,818 2 Sweden 5 4-0-1 8: 2 8: 2 22:11 420 282 1.489 1,833 Semi- finals 3 Germany A 5 4-0-1 8: 2 6: 4 17:13 365 293 1.245 1.441 4th Portugal 5 2-1-2 5: 5 5: 5 13:13 308 263 1.171 1.509 quarter- final 5 Japan B 3 1-1-1 3: 3 4: 2 10: 7 208 170 1.223 1,313 6th Belgium 3 1-1-1 3: 3 4: 2 10: 9 223 192 1.161 1.290 7th France 3 1-1-1 3: 3 4: 2 9: 9 211 189 1.116 1.230 8th Colombia B 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 9: 8 172 177 0.971 1.090 Group phase 9 Spain 2 1-1-0 3: 1 3: 1 6: 3 121 92 1,315 1.363 10 Turkey 2 1-1-0 3: 1 3: 1 6: 3 120 95 1.263 1.469 11 Japan A 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 6: 4 125 102 1.225 1,250 12 Italy 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 5: 4 117 127 0.921 1.088 13 Netherlands B 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 5: 5 117 134 0.873 0.970 14th Germany B 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 5: 6 148 109 1.357 1.409 15th Denmark 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 4: 5 111 85 1.305 1.389 16 Colombia A 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 4: 6 110 110 1,000 1.012 17th Mexico 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 5: 6 134 125 1.072 1.195 18th Greece 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 4: 6 105 120 0.875 1.071 19th Austria 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 4: 7 126 119 1.058 1.207 20th Ecuador 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 4: 7 113 143 0.790 0.666 21st United States 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 3: 8 108 102 1.058 - 22nd Egypt 2 0-0-4 0: 4 0: 4 1: 8 75 100 0.750 - 23 Switzerland 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 0: 8 60 109 0.550 - 24 Jordan 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 0: 8 30th 107 0.280 -

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. 114 . Weingartner Verlag, 1999, ZDB -ID 1087098-2 , p. 18-25 .