Three-cushion world championship for national teams 2000

14th three-cushion world championship for national teams 2000
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	-
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Festhalle, Viersen
Opening:	February 17, 2000
Endgame:	February 20, 2000
Attendees:	48 players from 21 nations
Defending champion:	Netherlands
Winner:	Sweden
2nd finalist:	Netherlands
3rd place:	Denmark
Prize money:	Expense allowance
Records
Best GD:	1,900 Torbjörn Blomdahl
Best ED:	3,333 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Maximum series (HS):	12 • Jacob Haack-Sörensen • Sang Chun Lee000 00000
Venue on the map
Viersen
← 1999	2001 →

The three-cushion world championship for national teams in 2000 was the 14th edition of this tournament, which has been held annually since 1981 in the three- cushion version of billiards . It took place from February 17 to 20, 2000 in Viersen .

Tournament commentary

Denmark beat Belgium in the game for third place. Sweden became team world champions for the third time. South Korea was there for the first time and in future it will replace Japan as the strongest carom nation in Asia. For the second time after the first World Team Championship, the billiards legend Raymond Ceulemans took part in the tournament again.

Game mode

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 G Mohamed Zayed Ihab El Messery  Argentina B. Luis Corbalan ??? Callejas  Belgium F. Raymond Ceulemans Eddy Merckx  Denmark G Dion Nelin Jacob Haack-Sörensen  Germany A C. Martin Horn Christian Rudolph Germany B E. Jens Eggers Uwe Kerls  France G Jean Christophe Roux Fabrice Puigvert  Greece B. George Sakkas Nikos Polychronopoulos  Italy F. Salvatore papa ??? Tagliavia  Japan E. Nobuaki Kobayashi Akio Shimada  Jordan C. Hani Khoury Mojed Haddadin  South Korea F. Lee Hong-ki Kim Suk-yoon

nation group Player 1 Player 2  Mexico A C. Roberto Rojas Rodolfo Covarrubias Mexico B D. Gilberto Avalos Jorge Baron  Netherlands A A. Dick Jaspers Raimond Burgman Netherlands B H Henk Habraken Aria Weijenburg  Austria A. Andreas Efler Franz Stenzel  Peru H Ramon Rodriguez Maximo Aguirre  Portugal H Jorge Theriaga Manuel Rui Costa  Sweden B. Torbjörn Blomdahl Mikael Nilsson  Switzerland A. Jan Dutch André Burgener  Spain H Daniel Sánchez Juan Villora  Turkey D. Semih Saygıner Adnan Yüksel  United States E. 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 7: 2 2 Austria 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 4 3 Switzerland 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 17, 2000 Austria 2 : 0 Switzerland February 18, 2000 Switzerland 0: 2 Netherlands A February 18, 2000 Netherlands A 1: 1 Austria

Group B

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Sweden 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 2 2 Argentina 2 1-0-1 2: 2 4: 5 3 Greece 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 17, 2000 Greece 0: 2 Argentina February 18, 2000 Sweden 1: 1 Greece February 18, 2000 Argentina 0: 2 Sweden

Group C

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Germany A 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 3 2 Mexico A 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 3 3 Jordan 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 17, 2000 Mexico A 2 : 0 Jordan February 18, 2000 Jordan 0: 2 Germany A February 18, 2000 Germany A 1: 1 Mexico A

Group D

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Turkey 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 3 2 Mexico B 2 0-2-0 2: 2 5: 4 3 Portugal 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 17, 2000 Mexico B 1: 1 Turkey February 18, 2000 Turkey 2 : 0 Portugal February 18, 2000 Portugal 1: 1 Mexico B

Group E

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 United States 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 4 2 Germany B 2 1-0-1 2: 2 6: 4 3 Japan 2 0-1-1 1: 3 2: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 17, 2000 United States 2 : 0 Germany B February 18, 2000 Germany B 2 : 0 Japan February 19, 2000 Japan 1: 1 United States

Group F.

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 17, 2000 Italy 0: 2 South Korea February 18, 2000 Belgium 1: 1 Italy February 19, 2000 South Korea 0: 2 Belgium

Group G

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 17, 2000 Denmark 2 : 0 Egypt February 18, 2000 Egypt 1: 1 France February 19, 2000 France 0: 2 Denmark

Group H.

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 17, 2000 Spain 1: 1 Netherlands B February 18, 2000 Netherlands B 1: 1 Peru February 19, 2000 Peru 1: 1 Spain

Final round

	Quarterfinals Best of 5				Semi-finals Best of 5				Final Best of 5
	February 19, 2000
	Sweden A	2
					February 20, 2000
	Turkey	0
					Sweden	2
	February 19, 2000
					Denmark	0
	Denmark A	2
									February 20, 2000
	Peru	0
									Sweden	2
	February 19, 2000
									Netherlands A	0
	Netherlands A	2
					February 20, 2000
	United States	0
					Netherlands A	2			3rd place match
	February 19, 2000
					Belgium	0
	Belgium	2							Denmark	2
	Germany A	0							Belgium	0
									February 20, 2000

Closing table

Closing table phase space nation SP GUV MP PP SV Pt. Recording MGD BEMD final 1 Sweden 5 4-1-0 9: 1 9: 1 23: 7 435 280 1.553 2.069 2 Netherlands A 5 3-1-1 7: 3 7: 3 16:12 339 237 1.430 1.621 Semi- finals 3 Denmark 5 4-0-1 8: 2 8: 2 17:13 374 308 1,214 1.276 4th Belgium 5 2-0-3 4: 6 5: 5 15:12 343 259 1,324 1.538 quarter- final 5 United States 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 10: 8 217 172 1.261 1.476 6th Germany A 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 10: 8 225 195 1.153 1.304 7th Turkey 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 9: 8 210 181 1.160 1.291 8th Peru 3 0-2-1 2: 4 2: 4 10:10 248 227 1,092 1.139 Group phase 9 Mexico A 2 1-1-0 3: 1 3: 1 7: 3 128 131 0.977 1.153 10 Austria 2 1-1-0 3: 1 3: 1 6: 4 128 127 1.007 1.170 11 Germany B 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 6: 4 116 118 0.983 1.276 12 Mexico B 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 5: 4 106 100 1.060 1.088 13 Spain 2 0-2-2 2: 2 2: 2 6: 6 157 140 1.121 1.150 14th Argentina 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 4: 5 100 84 1.190 1.294 15th South Korea 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 4: 5 93 118 0.788 0.851 16 France 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 6 98 106 0.924 0.903 17th Netherlands B 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 5: 6 120 129 0.930 0.951 18th Italy 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 6 89 133 0.669 0.830 19th Greece 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 7 119 107 1,112 1.157 20th Portugal 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 7 104 118 0.881 0.909 21st Egypt 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 2: 6 65 97 0.670 0.692 22nd Japan 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 2: 7 111 87 1.275 1.357 23 Switzerland 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 0: 8 67 113 0.592 - 24 Jordan 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 0: 8 43 94 0.457 -

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. 123 . Weingartner Verlag, 2000, ZDB -ID 1087098-2 , p. 19-25 .