Three-cushion world championship for national teams 2009

23rd World Championship of three for national teams 2009
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	-
Tournament format:	Round Robin / Ko system
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Festhalle, Viersen
Opening:	March 5, 2009
Endgame:	March 8, 2009
Attendees:	36 players from 18 nations
Defending champion:	Sweden
Winner:	Sweden
2nd finalist:	Belgium
3rd place:	Germany South Korea
Prize money:	Expense allowance
Records
Best GD:	1,969 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Best ED:	3,333 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Maximum series (HS):	14 Roland Forthomme000
Venue on the map
Viersen
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The three-cushion world championship for national teams in 2009 was the 23rd edition of this tournament, which has been held annually since 1981 in the three- cushion version of billiards . It took place from March 5 to March 8, 2009 in Viersen , which has been the permanent venue for the World Cup since 1990 and where it took place for the 20th time. On the occasion of this anniversary, the logo was completely revised and redesigned.

The winner was the team from Sweden, who beat Belgium 2-0 in the final. It was the fifth title in a row for the Swedes. The bronze medal was shared by the teams from Germany and Korea.

Game mode

The game was played on four match billiards in Viersen. Each team consisted of two players. It was played on points in the set system - in the preliminary round (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 two 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 Egypt Belgium Denmark Germany France Greece Japan Korea Montenegro Netherlands Austria Portugal Sweden Switzerland Spain Czech Republic Turkey Vietnam

Player 1 Sameh Sidhom Eddy Merckx Dion Nelin Martin Horn Jérémy Bury Kostas Papakostantinou Ryūji Umeda Kim Kyung-roul Milan Nedovic Jean Paul de Bruijn Andreas Efler Rui Manuel Costa Torbjörn Blomdahl René Hendriksen Daniel Sánchez Martin Bohac Tayfun Taşdemir Dương Anh Vũ

Player 2 Ihab El Messery Roland Forthomme Tonny Carlsen Christian Rudolph Jérôme Barbeillon Kostas Antonatos Tsuyoshi Suzuki Kang Dong-koong Danilo Brajovic Jean van Erp Andreas Kronlachner Manuel Oliveira Michael Nilsson Torsten Danielsson Ruben Legazpi Radek Novak Lütfi Çenet Ngô Đình Nại

Group stage

The game was played in six groups of three teams each. The respective group winners went straight to the quarter-finals. The second-placed came into the intermediate round.

Group A

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 5, 2009 Austria 0: 2 Portugal March 5, 2009 Sweden 2 : 0 Portugal March 6, 2009 Sweden 2 : 0 Austria

Group B

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 5, 2009 Korea 1: 1 Egypt March 5, 2009 Netherlands 0: 2 Korea March 6, 2009 Netherlands 2 : 0 Egypt

Group C

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 5, 2009 France 2 : 0 Vietnam March 5, 2009 Belgium 1: 1 France March 6, 2009 Belgium 1: 1 Vietnam

Group D

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 5, 2009 Greece 1: 1 Czech Republic March 5, 2009 Germany 2 : 0 Czech Republic March 6, 2009 Germany 2 : 0 Greece

Group E

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 5, 2009 Japan 2 : 0 Switzerland March 5, 2009 Spain 1: 1 Japan March 6, 2009 Spain 2 : 0 Switzerland

Group F.

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 5, 2009 Denmark 2 : 0 Montenegro March 5, 2009 Turkey 0: 2 Denmark March 6, 2009 Turkey 2 : 0 Montenegro

Intermediate round

The six runners-up were drawn into two groups of three teams. Only the respective group winners made it to the quarter-finals.

Group G

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 6, 2009 Portugal 0: 2 Netherlands March 7, 2009 Japan 2 : 0 Portugal March 7, 2009 Japan 0: 2 Netherlands

Group H.

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Belgium 2 2-0-0 4-0 8: 2 2 Greece 2 0-1-1 1: 3 5: 7 3 Turkey 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 6, 2009 Greece 1: 1 Turkey March 7, 2009 Belgium 2 : 0 Greece March 7, 2009 Belgium 2 : 0 Turkey

Final round

From the quarter-finals onwards, the knockout system applied . A game for third place was not played.

	Quarter-finals March 7, 2009					Semi-finals March 8, 2009					Final March 8, 2009
	Sweden		2
	France		0
						Sweden		2
						Korea		0
	Netherlands		0
	Korea		2
											Sweden		2
											Belgium		0
	Belgium		2
	Spain		0
						Belgium		2
						Germany		0
	Denmark		0
	Germany		2

Closing table

Final ranking phase space nation Sp GUV MP PP SV Pt. Recording MGD BEMD final 1 Sweden 5 5-0-0 10-0 10-0 24: 5 407 230 1,769 2.678 2 Belgium 7th 4-2-1 10: 4 9: 5 23:18 508 326 1.558 1.734 Semi- finals 3 Germany 4th 3-0-1 6: 2 6: 2 15: 8 291 181 1.607 1,871 Korea 4th 2-1-1 5: 3 5: 3 12:10 269 192 1.401 1,589 quarter- final 5 Spain 3 1-1-1 3: 3 4: 2 11: 7 233 153 1.522 1.612 6th France 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 10:10 235 172 1.366 1.302 7th Denmark 3 2-0-1 4: 2 4: 2 10: 5 201 153 1,313 1.395 8th Netherlands 5 3-0-2 6: 4 6: 4 14:11 304 231 1,316 1,875 Group phase 9 Japan 4th 2-1-1 5: 3 5: 3 10: 7 190 177 1.073 1.290 10 Turkey 4th 1-1-2 3: 5 3: 5 7: 1 200 171 1.169 1.660 11 Greece 4th 0-2-2 2: 6 2: 6 8:13 194 184 1.054 1.120 12 Portugal 4th 1-0-3 2: 6 2: 6 6:13 225 198 1.136 1.333 13 Vietnam 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 6 86 86 1,000 1,200 14th Egypt 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 4: 7 110 124 0.887 0.955 15th Czech Republic 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 2: 6 82 85 0.964 1.142 16 Austria 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 2: 8 87 100 0.870 - 17th Switzerland 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 0: 8 69 89 0.775 - 18th Montenegro 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 0: 8 45 95 0.473 -

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
• Interview by ARD with Christian Rudolph before the World Cup ( Memento from March 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Results (PDF; 709 kB) March 8, 2009. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved on February 20, 2013.