Three-cushion world championship for national teams 2008

22nd World Championship of three for national teams 2008
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	-
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Festhalle, Viersen
Opening:	February 14, 2008
Endgame:	February 17, 2008
Attendees:	40 players from 19 nations
Defending champion:	Sweden
Winner:	Sweden
2nd finalist:	Netherlands
3rd place:	South Korea Spain
Prize money:	Expense allowance
Records
Best GD:	2,171 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	3,333 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Maximum series (HS):	15 Roland Forthomme000
Venue on the map
Viersen
← 2007	2009 →

The three-cushion world championship for national teams in 2008 was the 22nd edition of this tournament, which has been held annually since 1981 in the three- cushion billiard variant . It took place from February 14th to 17th, 2008 in Viersen , which has been a permanent World Cup venue since 1990.

Game mode

The game was played on four match billiards in Viersen. Each team consisted of two players. The best eight nations in the world rankings were seeded and went straight to the main round. The eleven other nations plus the second team of the defending champions Sweden competed against each other in groups of three in the preliminary round. The first in the group progressed to the main round.

It was played on points in the set system - in the group phase "Best of 3" in groups of three teams, from the quarter-finals "Best of 5". No 3rd place has been played since 2004. So there were 2 bronze medals. 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

nation group Player 1 Player 2 Egypt C. Ihab el Messery Hesham Saad Belgium H Eddy Leppens Francis Forton Denmark G Dion Nelin Tonny Carlsen Germany H Christian Rudolph Martin Horn France C. Jérémy Bury Jean-Christophe Roux Greece A. Filipos Kasidokostas Nikos Polychronopoulos Japan E. Takao Miyashita Mitsuru Obara Korea D. Kim Kyung-roul Choi Sung-won Luxembourg C. Ramon Hamm Brice Brière Montenegro D. Danilo Brajovic Milan Nedovic

nation group Player 1 Player 2 Netherlands E. Dick Jaspers Raymond Burgmann Austria B. Andreas Efler Andreas Horvath Portugal D. Rui-Manuel Costa Vasco Gomes Sweden 1 G Torbjörn Blomdahl Michael Nilsson Sweden 2 A. Nalle Ohlsson Bjorn Lohmander Switzerland B. René Hendriksen Torsten Danielsson Spain F. Daniel Sánchez Ricardo Garcia Czech Republic A. Martin Bohac Vlastislav Tautermann Turkey F. Lütfi Çenet Ismail Yasin Vietnam B. Dương Anh Vũ Tran Chi Tranh

Group stage

The first in the group moved on to the main round.

Preliminary round

Group A

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Greece 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 2 2 Czech Republic 2 0-2-0 2: 2 4: 6 3 Sweden 2 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 6

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 14, 2008 Sweden 2 1: 1 Czech Republic February 14, 2008 Czech Republic 1: 1 Greece February 14, 2008 Greece 2 : 0 Sweden 2

Group B

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Vietnam 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 4 2 Austria 2 0-2-0 2: 2 5: 4 3 Switzerland 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 6

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 14, 2008 Vietnam 2 : 0 Switzerland February 14, 2008 Switzerland 1: 1 Austria February 14, 2008 Austria 1: 1 Vietnam

Group C

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 France 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 2 2 Egypt 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 3 3 Luxembourg 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 14, 2008 Egypt 2 : 0 Luxembourg February 14, 2008 Luxembourg 0: 2 France February 15, 2008 France 1: 1 Egypt

Group D

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 14, 2008 Korea 2 : 0 Montenegro February 14, 2008 Montenegro 0: 2 Portugal February 15, 2008 Portugal 1: 1 Korea

Main round

The top two finishers advance to the quarter-finals of the final round. The qualifiers from the preliminary round are marked with ¹ .

Group E

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Netherlands 2 2-0-0 4-0 8: 1 2 Korea 1 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 6 3 Japan 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 15, 2008 Japan 1: 1 Korea February 15, 2008 Korea 0: 2 Netherlands February 16, 2008 Netherlands 2 : 0 Japan

Group F.

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 15, 2008 Spain 1: 1 France February 15, 2008 Turkey 1: 1 Spain February 16, 2008 France 2 : 0 Turkey

Group G

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 15, 2008 Denmark 1: 1 Greece February 15, 2008 Greece 0: 2 Sweden 1 February 16, 2008 Sweden 1 2 : 0 Denmark

Group H.

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Germany 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 3 2 Belgium 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 4 3 Vietnam 1 2 0-0-2 0: 4 2: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 15, 2008 Belgium 2 : 0 Vietnam February 15, 2008 Germany 1: 1 Belgium February 16, 2008 Vietnam 0: 2 Germany

Final round

	Quarterfinals Best of 5					Semi-finals Best of 5					Final Best of 5
	Netherlands		2
	Greece		0
						Netherlands		2
						Spain		0
	Germany		0
	Spain		2
											Netherlands		0
											Sweden 1		2
	France		0
	Korea		2
						Korea		0
						Sweden 1		2
	Sweden 1		2
	Belgium		0

Closing table

Closing table phase space nation Sp. GUV MP PP SV Pt. Recording MGD BEMD final 1 Sweden 1 5 5-0-0 10-0 9: 1 25:14 481 289 1.664 1.893 2 Netherlands 5 4-0-1 8: 2 7: 3 21:13 427 268 1.593 1,739 Semi- finals 3 Korea 6th 2-2-2 6: 6 7: 5 21:15 461 290 1,589 1,850 Spain 4th 1-2-1 4: 4 5: 3 15:15 336 238 1.411 1,549 quarter- final 5 Belgium 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 10:10 234 175 1.337 1.220 5 Germany 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 11: 9 229 162 1.413 2.117 5 Greece 5 1-2-2 4: 6 4: 6 12:12 278 231 1.203 1.428 5 France 5 2-2-1 6: 4 6: 4 16:12 336 260 1.292 1.463 eighth final 9 Turkey 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 4: 6 123 102 1.205 1.297 10 Denmark 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 2: 6 79 76 1.039 1.275 11 Japan 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 7 95 89 1.067 0.934 12 Vietnam 4th 1-1-2 3: 5 3: 5 8:12 216 221 0.977 1,200 13 Egypt 2 1-1-0 3: 1 3: 1 6: 3 126 133 0.947 1,100 14th Portugal 2 1-1-0 3: 1 3: 1 6: 3 109 120 0.980 1.065 15th Austria 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 5: 4 119 103 1.155 1.215 16 Czech Republic 2 0-2-0 2: 2 2: 2 4: 6 108 144 0.750 0.983 Group phase 17th Sweden 2 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 6 102 125 0.816 0.741 18th Switzerland 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 6 88 131 0.671 0.923 19th Luxembourg 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 0: 8 60 110 0.545 - 20th Montenegro 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 0: 8 5 106 0.258 -

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 d e f} Results (PDF; 1.3 MB) February 18, 2008. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved on February 23, 2013.