Three-cushion world championship for national teams 2004

18th World Championship of three for national teams 2004
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	-
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Festhalle, Viersen
Opening:	March 4, 2005
Endgame:	March 7, 2005
Attendees:	48 players from 20 nations
Defending champion:	Turkey
Winner:	Turkey
2nd finalist:	Belgium
3rd place:	• Spain • France
Prize money:	Expense allowance
Records
Best GD:	1,967 Jorge Theriaga
Best ED:	2,307 Henk Habraken
Maximum series (HS):	13 Dick Jaspers000
Venue on the map
Viersen
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The three-cushion world championship for national teams in 2004 was the 18th edition of this tournament, which has been held annually since 1981 in the three- cushion version of billiards . It took place from March 4th to 7th, 2004 in Viersen ; - since 1990 permanent venue of the World Cup.

Tournament commentary

Turkey that won this tournament was able to successfully defend its title. The bad performance of the Swedes and the first team from Germany surprised negatively. They only finished 11th and 10th. Egypt was able to look forward to the quarter-finals, but had to admit defeat to the Spaniards there. They took 3rd place in the final ranking, together with France. The USA could not build on their successes of 1987 and 1992 when they became runner-up world champions. They only finished 21st, behind Syria, Colombia and their neighbor Mexico. Last year's vice world champion Greece did not convince either , despite the identical line-up ( Nikos Polychronopoulos / Filipos Kasidokostas ) and ended up in 13th place. Mexico, the USA, the Czech Republic, Japan (2) and Switzerland could not win any of their games. The best player of the tournament was Semih Saygıner from Turkey, Peter de Bakker from Belgium came in second. Neither player lost any of their games. Third place went to Spaniard Daniel Sánchez , who also didn't lose a game.

Tournament mode

24 teams were invited, 20 teams had registered. The missing teams were filled by the 2nd teams as follows:

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

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 straight into the main round. The first in the group made it to the final round.

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. It was the first World Cup in which the 3rd place was no longer played out. Thus two bronze medals were awarded. 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 C. Ihab el Messery Hesham Saad  Belgium F. Frédéric Caudron Peter de Backer  Denmark E. Jacob Haack-Sörensen Tonny Carlsen  Germany 1 A. Christian Rudolph Martin Horn Germany 2 H Johann umbrella fire Stefan Galla  France A. Jérémy Bury Jean-Christophe Roux  Greece F. Nikos Polychronopoulos Filipos Kasidokostas  Italy G Salvatore papa Alfio Basilo  Japan 1 H Ryūji Umeda Tatsuo Arai Japan 2 F. Akira Hida Tsiyoshi Suzuki  Colombia B. Oscar Tastano Miguel Romero  Mexico A. Aurelio Perez-Casti Miguel Almaraz-Jimenez

Group division 2/2 nation group Player 1 Player 2  Netherlands 1 B. Dick Jaspers Raimond Burgman Netherlands 2 E. Clemie van Wanrooij Henk Habraken  Austria D. Gerhard Kostistansky Andreas Efler  Portugal B. Jorge Theriaga Francisco Rodrigues  Sweden 1 C. Torbjörn Blomdahl Mats Noren  Switzerland D. Jan Dutch Alex Netherlands  Spain G Daniel Sánchez Alfonso Legazpi  Syria G Gamel Shahen Machel Khory  Czech Republic E. Ivo Gazdos Radovan Hajek  Turkey 1 D. Semih Saygıner Tayfun Taşdemir Turkey 2 H Adnan Yüksel Murat Naci Çoklu United States C. Young-Kyu Lee George Ashby

Group stage

Group A

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 4, 2004; 18: 00h France 2 : 0 Mexico March 5, 2004; 20: 00h Mexico 0: 2 Germany 1 March 6, 2004; 13: 00h Germany 1 1: 1 France

Group B

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 4, 2004; 18: 00h Portugal 1: 1 Colombia March 5, 2004; 20: 00h Colombia 0: 2 Netherlands 1 March 6, 2004; 13: 00h Netherlands 1 1: 1 Portugal

Group C

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 4, 2004; 16: 00h United States 0: 2 Egypt March 5, 2004; 14: 00h Sweden 2 : 0 United States March 6, 2004; 11: 00h Egypt 1: 1 Sweden

Group D

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Turkey 1 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 3 2 Austria 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 March 4, 2004; 16: 00h Austria 2 : 0 Switzerland March 5, 2004; 14: 00h Switzerland 0: 2 Turkey 1 March 6, 2004; 11: 00h Turkey 1 1: 1 Austria

Group E

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 4, 2004; 14: 00h Netherlands 2 2 : 0 Czech Republic March 5, 2004; 11: 00h Czech Republic 0: 2 Denmark March 5, 2004; 18: 00h Denmark 2 : 0 Netherlands 2

Group F.

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Belgium 2 2-0-0 4-0 8-0 2 Greece 2 1-0-1 2: 2 4: 5 3 Japan 2 2 0-0-2 0: 4 1: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 4, 2004; 14: 00h Greece 2 : 0 Japan 2 March 5, 2004; 11: 00h Japan 2 0: 2 Belgium March 5, 2004; 18: 00h Belgium 2 : 0 Greece

Group G

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 4, 2004; 12: 00h Italy 1: 1 Syria March 4, 2004; 20: 00h Syria 0: 2 Spain March 5, 2004; 16: 00h Spain 2 : 0 Italy

annotation

• ^{* 1} Italy had the better general average ( GD) = 0.772 (Syria = 0.570)

Group H.

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 4, 2004; 12: 00h Japan 1 2 : 0 Turkey 2 March 4, 2004; 20: 00h Turkey 2 1: 1 Germany 2 March 5, 2004; 16: 00h Germany 2 1: 1 Japan 1

Final round

	Quarterfinals Best of 5				Semi-finals Best of 5				Final Best of 5
	6th March; 17: 00h
	Netherlands 1	0
					March 7, 2004; 11:30 a.m.
	Turkey 1	2
					Turkey 1	2
	6th March; 17: 00h
					France	0
	Denmark	0
									March 7, 2004; 14: 00h
	France	2
									Turkey 1	2
	6th March; 20: 00h
									Belgium	0
	Spain	2
					March 7, 2004; 11:30 a.m.
	Egypt	0
					Spain	0
	6th March; 20: 00h
					Belgium	2
	Belgium	2
	Japan	0

Closing table

Closing table phase space nation Sp. GUV MP PP SV Pt. Recording MGD BMED HS final 1 Turkey 5 4-1-0 9: 1 8: 3 22: 9 415 274 1.514 1,870 12 2 Belgium 5 4-0-1 8: 2 8: 2 22:10 417 306 1.362 1.764 11 Semi- finals 3 Spain 4th 3-0-1 6: 2 7: 1 18: 5 297 228 1.302 1.384 7th France 4th 2-1-1 5: 3 5: 4 15:13 328 288 1.138 1.325 11 quarter- final 5 Denmark 3 2-0-1 4: 2 5: 1 12: 6 323 181 1.281 1.363 7th 6th Japan 1 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 8:10 220 214 1.028 1,500 10 7th Netherlands 1 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 7: 8 185 157 1.178 1.304 13 8th Egypt 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 6: 9 156 175 0.891 1.085 6th Group phase 9 Austria 2 1-1-0 3: 1 3: 1 6: 3 110 87 1.264 1.612 10 10 Germany 1 2 1-1-0 3: 1 3: 1 7: 5 157 113 1.389 1,448 9 11 Sweden 2 1-1-0 3: 1 3: 1 6: 4 128 106 1.207 1,211 9 12 Germany 2 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 5: 4 98 78 1.256 1.261 7th 13 Greece 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 4: 5 113 89 1.269 1.157 8th 14th Netherlands 2 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 4: 5 103 99 1.040 1.122 7th 15th Portugal 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 4: 5 96 96 1,000 1.040 7th 16 Italy 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 7 102 132 0.772 0.786 6th 17th Turkey 2 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 6 97 107 0.906 1.277 7th 18th Syria 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 7 77 135 0.570 0.700 5 19th Colombia 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 2: 6 68 90 0.755 0.869 5 20th Mexico 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 3: 8 108 130 0.830 - 5 21st United States 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 3: 8 104 147 0.707 - 6th 22nd Czech Republic 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 2: 8 90 111 0.810 - 6th 23 Japan 2 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 1: 8 95 93 1.021 - 7th 24 Switzerland 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 1: 8 68 98 0.693 - 5

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 2004 in Viersen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Schedule and tournament mode . Viersen.Billiard-Worldchampionship.org. Archived from the original on March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ranking list individual evaluation . Viersen.Billiard-Worldchampionship.org. January 18, 2006. Archived from the original on March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
3. ↑ The teams . Viersen.Billiard-WorldChampionship.org. March 1, 2004. Archived from the original on March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
4. ↑ ^{a b} results . Viersen.Billiard-WorldChampionship.org. March 7, 2004. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
5. ↑ Group results . Viersen.Billiard-WorldChampionship.org. March 6, 2004. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
6. ↑ Final table . Viersen.Billiard-WorldChampionship.org. February 20, 2005. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.