Three-cushion world championship for national teams 2001

15th three-cushion world championship for national teams 2001
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	-
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Festhalle, Viersen
Opening:	March 8, 2001
Endgame:	March 11, 2001
Attendees:	48 players from 21 nations
Defending champion:	Sweden
Winner:	Sweden
2nd finalist:	Germany
3rd place:	Denmark
Prize money:	Expense allowance
Records
Best GD:	2,222 Daniel Sánchez
Best ED:	3,000 Dick Jaspers
Maximum series (HS):	13 • Torbjörn Blomdahl • Sang Chun Lee000 00000
Venue on the map
Viersen
← 2000	2002 →

The three-cushion world championship for national teams in 2001 was the 15th edition of this tournament, which has been held annually since 1981 in the three- cushion billiard variant . It took place from March 8th to 11th, 2001 in Viersen .

Tournament commentary

Denmark A won the game for third place against the Netherlands. Sweden became team world champions for the fourth time and won all games. All team tournament records went to the Netherlands. Peru made it into the quarter-finals for the second time after 2000, but failed there against Germany, as in the previous year against Denmark. They were the third team from South America so far to make it into the finals at this World Cup, after Argentina and Colombia.

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 F. Mohamed Zayed Mohsen Fouda  Belgium D. Eddy Merckx Jozef Philipoom  Costa Rica E. M. Rodriguez ??? Duran  Denmark A C. Dion Nelin Tonny Carlsen Denmark B B. Jacob Haack-Sörensen Brian Zola-Hansen  Germany A F. Christian Rudolph Martin Horn Germany B B. Johann umbrella fire Jens Eggers  France A. Jean-Christophe Roux Philippe Loitron  Greece E. Filipos Kasidokostas ??? Demos  Italy G Marco Zanetti Salvatore papa  Japan A A. Joji Kai Takamitsu Arakawa Japan B H Tatsuo Arai Tsuyoshi Suzuki

nation group Player 1 Player 2  Colombia H Jaime Bedoya Eleazar Ramirez  South Korea D. Kwun Young-il Lim Youn-soo  Netherlands B. Dick Jaspers Raimond Burgman  Austria F. Andreas Efler Gerhard Kostistansky  Peru D. Ramon Rodriguez Maximo Aguirre  Portugal C. Jorge Theriaga Americo Rui  Sweden A A. Torbjörn Blomdahl Michael Nilsson Sweden B C. Nalle Ollsen David Traner  Spain H Daniel Sánchez Joan Bouterin  Turkey G Semih Saygıner Tayfun Taşdemir  Hungary G G. Steiner Zsolt Simon United States E. Sang Chun Lee Michael Kang

Group stage

The first in the group reached the quarter-finals.

Group A

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Sweden A 2 2-0-0 4-0 8: 2 2 Japan A 2 0-1-1 1: 3 5: 7 3 France 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 8, 2001 France 1: 1 Japan A March 9, 2001 Sweden A 2 : 0 France March 9, 2001 Japan A 0: 2 Sweden A

Group B

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 8, 2001 Germany B 0: 2 Denmark B March 9, 2001 Netherlands 2 : 0 Germany B March 9, 2001 Denmark B 0: 2 Netherlands

Group C

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Denmark A 2 2-0-0 4-0 8: 2 2 Portugal 2 0-1-1 1: 3 4: 6 3 Sweden B 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 8, 2001 Portugal 1: 1 Sweden B March 9, 2001 Sweden B 0: 2 Denmark A March 9, 2001 Denmark A 2 : 0 Portugal

Group D

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 8, 2001 Peru 1: 1 South Korea March 9, 2001 South Korea 1: 1 Belgium March 9, 2001 Belgium 1: 1 Peru

Group E

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 United States 2 2-0-0 4-0 8: 2 2 Greece 2 1-0-1 2: 2 5: 5 3 Costa Rica 2 0-0-2 0: 4 2: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 8, 2001 Greece 2 : 0 Costa Rica March 9, 2001 Costa Rica 0: 2 United States March 10, 2001 United States 2 : 0 Greece

Group F.

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Germany A 2 2-0-0 4-0 8: 2 2 Austria 2 1-0-1 2: 2 5: 4 3 Egypt 2 0-0-2 0: 4 1: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 8, 2001 Austria 2 : 0 Egypt March 9, 2001 Egypt 0: 2 Germany A March 10, 2001 Germany A 2 : 0 Austria

Group G

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Italy 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 2 2 Turkey 2 3-1-0 3: 1 6: 3 3 Hungary 2 0-0-2 0: 4 1: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 8, 2001 Italy 2 : 0 Hungary March 9, 2001 Hungary 0: 2 Turkey March 10, 2001 Turkey 1: 1 Italy

Group H.

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Japan B 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 5 2 Spain 2 0-2-0 2: 2 6: 4 3 Colombia 2 0-1-1 1: 3 4: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 8, 2001 Colombia 0: 2 Japan B March 9, 2001 Spain 1: 1 Colombia March 10, 2001 Japan B 1: 1 Spain

Final round

	Quarterfinals Best of 5				Semi-finals Best of 5				Final Best of 5
	March 10, 2001
	Sweden A	2
					March 10, 2001
	Japan B	0
					Sweden A	2
	March 10, 2001
					Denmark A	0
	Denmark A	2
									March 11, 2001
	Italy	0
									Sweden A	2
	March 10, 2001
									Germany A	0
	Germany A	2
					March 10, 2001
	Peru	0
					Germany A	2			3rd place match
	March 10, 2001
					Netherlands A	0
	Netherlands A	2							Denmark A	2
	United States	0							Netherlands	0
									March 11, 2001

Closing table

Closing table phase space nation SP GUV MP PP SV Pt. Recording MGD BEMD final 1 Sweden A 5 5-0-0 10-0 10-0 25:11 467 302 1.546 1,771 2 Germany A 5 4-0-1 8: 2 8: 2 22:12 416 288 1.444 1,888 Semi- finals 3 Denmark A 5 4-0-1 8: 2 6: 4 19:13 393 313 1.255 1.724 4th Netherlands 5 2-1-2 5: 5 6: 4 16:12 344 221 1.556 2.147 quarter- final 5 United States 3 2-0-1 4: 2 5: 1 11: 7 226 173 1.306 1.622 6th Italy 3 1-1-1 3: 3 4: 2 9: 7 194 187 1.037 1.189 7th Japan B 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 7:11 200 217 0.921 0.932 8th Peru 3 0-2-1 2: 4 2: 4 8:10 220 202 1,089 1.117 Group phase 9 Turkey 2 1-1-0 3: 1 3: 1 6: 3 123 98 1.255 1.358 10 Spain 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 6: 4 116 111 1.045 1.139 11 Austria 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 5: 4 104 84 1,238 1,200 12 Denmark B 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 5: 5 99 89 1,112 1,140 13 Greece 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 5: 5 111 146 0.760 0.621 14th Belgium 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 4: 5 103 94 1.095 1.156 15th Japan A 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 5: 7 142 136 1.044 1.025 16 Portugal 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 4: 6 124 122 1.016 1.095 17th South Korea 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 4: 5 112 117 0.9570 1.116 18th Germany B 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 6 109 90 1,211 1.529 19th Colombia 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 4: 7 120 131 0.916 1.139 20th France 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 7 105 117 0.897 0.835 21st Sweden B 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 7 109 125 0.872 1,000 22nd Costa Rica 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 2: 8 107 166 0.644 - 23 Egypt 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 1: 8 82 99 0.828 - 24 Hungary 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 1: 8 64 129 0.496 -

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. 134 . Weingartner Verlag, 2001, ZDB -ID 1087098-2 , p. 26-31 .