Three-cushion world championship for national teams 2002

16th three-cushion world championship for national teams 2002
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	-
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Festhalle, Viersen
Opening:	February 21, 2003
Endgame:	February 24, 2003
Attendees:	48 players from 18 nations
Defending champion:	Sweden
Winner:	Germany
2nd finalist:	Netherlands
3rd place:	Turkey
Prize money:	Expense allowance
Records
Best GD:	2,010 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	2,812 Dick Jaspers
Maximum series (HS):	14 Tayfun Taşdemir000
Venue on the map
Viersen
← 2001	2003 →

The three-cushion world championship for national teams in 2002 was the 16th edition of this tournament, which has been held annually since 1981 in the three- cushion version of billiards . It took place from February 21 to 24, 2002 in Viersen .

Tournament commentary

This was the last World Championship at the Raymond Ceulemans alias “Mr. 100 ”, multiple individual world champion from Belgium, took part. The defending champions were the Swedes (Team A), who were eliminated early in the group stage. Vice world champions Germany (Team A) won the final against the Netherlands with 5: 1 sets and became world champions for the fourth time after 1993, 1994 and 1997. The best player of the tournament was Christian Rudolph , followed by Martin Horn and Dick Jaspers who also played the best game with 7,500 (15 points in 2 shots).

Peru had registered for the tournament, but had not come. They received 50 penalty points for this. For the first time the American top player Pedro Piedrabuena was there.

Both teams from Japan and Germany made it to the quarter-finals. France's 2nd team played better than the 1st team and was five places ahead of the favorites from their own country.

Game mode

24 teams were invited, 18 teams had registered. The missing teams were filled by the 2nd teams as follows:

1. Defending champion: Sweden
2. Organizer: Germany
3. Third place: Netherlands
4. Runner-up in the ranking: Japan , Denmark , France

The game was played in eight groups ( A – H ) of three teams each on two match billiards. Each team consisted of two players. The best eight nations in the world rankings were seeded and played directly in the main round. The first in the group made it to the final round. The 3rd place was played out. It was played on points in the set system - in the group stage "Best of 3", from the quarterfinals onwards "Best of 5", each on 15 points. The shot clock was set to 40 seconds, with the possibility for each player to take a time-out of 40 seconds per game.

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

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

Attendees

Group division 1/2 nation group Player 1 Player 2  Egypt G Ihab el Messery Hesham Saad  Belgium G Raymond Ceulemans Frédéric Caudron  Denmark A C. Dion Nelin Tonny Carlsen Denmark B E. Thomas Andersen Michael Lohse  Germany A B. Christian Rudolph Martin Horn Germany B E. Johann umbrella fire Stefan Galla 1 *  France A A. Marc Bognières Jérémy Bury France B C. Fabrice Puigvert Christophe Duval  Italy F. Marco Zanetti Salvatore papa  Japan A G Takamitsu Arakawa Yoichiro Mori Japan B A. Akio Shimada Tatsuo Arai  South Korea H Kim Youn-soo Lee Seung-jin

Group division 2/2 nation group Player 1 Player 2  Netherlands A D. Dick Jaspers Anno de Kleine Netherlands B C. Frans van Kuijk Raimond Burgman  Austria D. Andreas Efler Gerhard Kostistansky  Peru H Ramon Rodriguez Maximo Aguirre  Portugal B. Manuel-Rui Costa Jorge Theriaga  Sweden A A. Torbjörn Blomdahl Mikael Nilsson Sweden B D. Nalle Olsson David Traner  Switzerland F. Alex Netherlands Jean-Michel Beckers  Spain F. Daniel Sánchez Enrique Penalva  Czech Republic B. Ivo Gazdos Radek Novak  Turkey H Tayfun Taşdemir Adnan Yüksel United States E. Pedro Piedrabuena Adrian Viguera

annotation

• ^{1 *} Reserve: Thorsten Frings

Group stage

Group A

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Japan B 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 3 2 Sweden A 2 0-2-0 2: 2 5: 5 3 France A 2 0-1-1 1: 3 2: 6

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 21, 2002; 18: 00h Japan B 2 : 0 France A February 22, 2002; 13: 00h France A 1: 1 Sweden February 22, 2002; 21: 00h Japan B 1: 1 Sweden A

Group B

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 21, 2002; 18: 00h Portugal 2 : 0 Czech Republic February 22, 2002; 13: 00h Czech Republic 0: 2 Germany A February 22, 2002; 19: 00h Portugal 0: 2 Germany A

Group C

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 21, 2002; 16: 00h Netherlands B 1: 1 France B February 22, 2002; 11: 00h France B 1: 1 Denmark A February 22, 2002; 19: 00h Netherlands B 0: 2 Denmark A

Group D

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 21, 2002; 16: 00h Austria 0: 2 Sweden B February 22, 2002; 11: 00h Austria 1: 1 Netherlands A February 22, 2002; 21: 00h Sweden 0: 2 Netherlands A

Group E

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 21, 2002; 14: 00h Denmark B 0: 2 Germany B February 21, 2002; 22: 00h Denmark 0: 2 United States February 22, 2002; 17: 00h Germany B 2 : 0 United States

Group F.

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 21, 2002; 14: 00h Spain 2 : 0 Switzerland February 21, 2002; 20: 00h Switzerland 0: 2 Italy February 22, 2002; 17: 00h Spain 1: 1 Italy

Group G

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Japan A 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 4 2 Belgium 2 1-0-1 2: 2 5: 4 3 Egypt 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 6

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 21, 2002; 12: 00h Belgium 2 : 0 Egypt February 21, 2002; 20: 00h Egypt 1: 1 Japan February 22, 2002; 15: 00h Belgium 0: 2 Japan

Group H.

Peru contacted me, but did not come. In order to play the necessary two games per team, Turkey and Korea had to face each other twice.

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 21, 2002; 12: 00h Turkey 2 : 0 Korea February 22, 2002; 15: 00h Turkey 0: 2 Korea - - -: - -

Final round

	Quarterfinals Best of 5				Semi-finals Best of 5				Final Best of 5
	February 23, 2002; 14: 30h
	Germany A	2
					February 23, 2002; 19: 00h
	Japan A	0
					Germany A	2
	February 23, 2002; 11: 00h
					Turkey	0
	Germany B	0
									February 24, 2002; 14: 00h
	Turkey	2
									Germany A	2
	February 23, 2002; 14: 30h
									Netherlands	0
	Japan B	0
					February 23, 2002; 19: 00h
	Denmark A	2
					Denmark A	0			3rd place match
	February 23, 2002; 11: 00h
					Netherlands A	2
	Spain	0							Denmark A	0
	Netherlands A	2							Turkey	2
									February 24, 2002; 11:30 a.m.

Closing table

Closing table phase space nation Sp. GUV MP PP SV Pt. Recording MGD BMED HS final 1 Germany A 5 5-0-0 10-0 10-0 24: 6 424 307 1.381 1,812 13 2 Netherlands A 5 3-1-1 7: 3 6: 4 18:12 382 254 1.503 1,875 12 Semi- finals 3 Turkey 5 3-0-2 6: 4 5: 5 16:13 350 278 1.258 1,828 14th 4th Denmark A 5 2-1-2 5: 5 6: 4 16:11 322 222 1,450 1.764 10 quarter- final 5 Germany B 3 2-0-1 4: 2 4: 2 10: 7 220 183 1.202 1.621 8th 6th Spain 3 1-1-1 3: 3 4: 2 10: 8 221 202 1.094 1.271 8th 7th Japan A 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 8:10 191 171 1.116 1.564 10 8th Japan B 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 7: 9 187 152 1.230 1.538 12 Group phase 9 Italy 2 1-1-0 3: 1 3: 1 6: 3 115 102 1.127 1.222 8th 10 Belgium 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 5: 4 116 76 1.526 1.538 11 11 Sweden A 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 5: 5 121 104 1.163 1.219 7th 12 Portugal 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 5: 5 104 125 0.832 1.032 8th 13 Sweden B 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 4: 4 100 94 1.063 0.937 7th 14th United States 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 4: 6 115 128 0.898 0.892 7th 15th France B 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 4: 6 105 109 0.963 1.108 8th 16 Korea 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 4: 6 95 108 0.879 0.927 7th 17th Netherlands B 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 4: 6 118 104 1.134 1.095 13 18th Egypt 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 6 80 101 0.792 0.921 6th 19th Austria 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 7 112 116 0.965 1.222 5 20th France A 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 2: 6 63 78 0.807 1.042 7th 21st Denmark B 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 3: 8 109 155 0.703 - 8th 22nd Czech Republic 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 2: 8 89 128 0.695 - 9 23 Switzerland 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 1: 8 74 139 0.532 - 5 24 Peru 0 0-0-2 0: 4 - - - - - - -

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 Cup 2002 in Viersen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Schedule and tournament mode . Viersen.Billiard-Worldchampionship.org. Archived from the original on March 31, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Ranking list and results single player . Viersen.Billiard-Worldchampionship.org .. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved on April 2, 2013.
3. ↑ Group division preliminary round . Viersen.Billiard-Worldchampionship.org. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
4. ↑ ^{a b} results . Viersen.Billiard-Worldchampionship.org .. February 24, 2002. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved on April 2, 2013.
5. ↑ Final table of the preliminary round . Viersen.Billiard-Worldchampionship.org .. February 22, 2002. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved on April 2, 2013.
6. ↑ Final ranking . Viersen.Billiard-Worldchampionship.org .. February 24, 2002. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved on April 2, 2013.