Three-cushion world championship for national teams 2012

26th three-cushion World Cup for national teams 2012
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round Robin / Ko system
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	City Hall, Viersen
Opening:	March 1, 2012
Endgame:	March 4, 2012
Attendees:	36 players from 17 nations
Defending champion:	Turkey
Winner:	Belgium
2nd finalist:	Germany
3rd place:	• Spain • Denmark
Prize money:	Expense allowance
Records
Best GD:	2,072 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	3,000 • Dick Jaspers • Torbjörn Blomdahl 00000
Maximum series (HS):	13 • Daniel Sánchez • Dick Jaspers • Javier Palazón • Stefan Galla000 00000 00000 00000
Venue on the map
Viersen
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The three-cushion world championship for national teams in 2012 was the 26th edition of this tournament, which has usually been held annually in the three- cushion billiard variant since 1981 . It took place from March 1st to 4th, 2012 in Viersen , which has been the permanent venue for the World Cup since 1990.

Game mode

If the tournament is played with 18 teams and fewer teams register, B-teams are allowed. They are awarded as follows:

1. Title holder (here: Turkey)
2. Organizing nation (here: -)
3. Next nation according to world rankings (here: -)

Four match billiards were played 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. 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

18 teams from 17 nations played. These were divided into six groups ( A - F ) of three players each.

nation group Player 1 Player 2  Egypt F. Sameh Sidhom Riad Lady  Belgium C. Eddy Merckx Frédéric Caudron  Denmark E. Tonny Carlsen Thomas Andersen  Germany D. Martin Horn Stefan Galla  France D. Jérémy Bury Jérôme Barbeillon  Italy C. Emilio Sciacca Fabrizio Cortese  Japan B. O Takeshima Ryūji Umeda  South Korea F. Choi Sung-won Cho Jae-ho  Luxembourg E. Ramon Hamm Brice Brière

nation group Player 1 Player 2  Netherlands B. Dick Jaspers Jean van Erp  Austria A. Andreas Efler Herbert Szivacz  Portugal A. Rui-Manuel Costa João-Pedro Ferreira  Sweden A. Torbjörn Blomdahl Michael Nilsson  Switzerland B. Torsten Danielsson René Hendriksen  Spain E. Daniel Sánchez Javier Palazón  Turkey 1 F. Tayfun Taşdemir Lütfi Çenet  Turkey 2 D. Adnan Yüksel Murat Naci Çoklu  Vietnam C. Dương Anh Vũ Ma Xuan Cuong

Group stage

Group A

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 1, 2012 Austria 2 : 0 Portugal March 1, 2012 Sweden 1: 1 Austria March 2, 2012 Portugal 1: 1 Sweden

Group B

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 1, 2012 Japan 1: 1 Switzerland March 1, 2012 Netherlands 0: 2 Japan March 2, 2012 Switzerland 0: 2 Netherlands

Group C

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 1, 2012 Vietnam 1: 1 Italy March 1, 2012 Belgium 2 : 0 Vietnam March 2, 2012 Italy 0: 2 Belgium

annotation

^{* 1} Vietnam advanced to the second round via the better MGD.

Group D

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 1, 2012 France 1: 1 Turkey 2 March 1, 2012 Germany 2 : 0 France March 2, 2012 Turkey 2 1: 1 Germany

Group E

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Denmark 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 2 2 Spain 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 March 1, 2012 Denmark 2 : 0 Luxembourg March 2, 2012 Spain 1: 1 Denmark March 2, 2012 Luxembourg 0: 2 Spain

Group F.

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 1, 2012 Korea 2 : 0 Egypt March 2, 2012 Turkey 1 0: 2 Korea March 2, 2012 Egypt 1: 1 Turkey 1

Intermediate round

The six runners-up played for a place in the finals. The first two winners moved on.

Group G

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 2, 2012 Turkey 1 1: 1 Turkey 2 March 2, 2012 Spain 2 : 0 Turkey 2 March 3, 2012 Spain 1: 1 Turkey 1

Group H.

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

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 2, 2012 Sweden 1: 1 Vietnam March 2, 2012 Netherlands 1: 1 Vietnam March 3, 2012 Netherlands 1: 1 Sweden

Final round

	Quarterfinals Best of 5					Semi-finals Best of 5					Final Best of 5
	Austria		0
	Germany		2
						Germany		2
						Denmark		0
	Denmark		2
	Vietnam		0
											Germany		0
											Belgium		2
	Belgium		2
	Japan		0
						Belgium		2
						Spain		0
	Spain		2
	Korea		0

Closing table

Final ranking phase space nation Sp GUV MP PP SV Pt. Recording MGD BEMD final 1 Belgium 5 5-0-0 10-0 9: 1 23:10 439 233 1,884 2.056 2 Germany 5 3-1-1 7: 3 6: 4 17: 2 349 232 1.504 1.705 Semi- finals 3 Spain 6th 3-2-1 8: 4 9: 3 21:12 425 259 1.640 2.142 Denmark 4th 2-1-1 5: 3 4: 4 12:10 250 195 1.282 1.463 quarter- final 5 Austria 3 1-1-1 3: 3 4: 2 9: 8 195 175 1,114 1,250 6th Vietnam 5 0-3-2 3: 7 4: 6 11:15 275 261 1.053 1,500 7th Japan 3 1-1-1 3: 3 3: 3 10: 9 207 173 1,196 1,833 8th Korea 3 2-0-1 4: 2 4: 2 10: 8 226 157 1,439 1.756 Group phase 9 Turkey 1 4th 0-3-1 3: 5 3: 5 9:10 221 160 1.381 1.648 10 Sweden 4th 0-4-0 4: 4 4: 4 10: 9 224 158 1.417 1,595 11 Netherlands 4th 1-2-1 4: 4 4: 4 9: 9 235 142 1.654 1,875 12 Turkey 2 4th 0-3-1 3: 5 3: 5 6: 1 194 133 1.458 1.657 13 France 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 4: 6 98 76 1.289 1.638 14th Portugal 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 4: 6 103 110 0.936 1.060 15th Italy 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 6 95 109 0.896 0.705 16 Egypt 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 7 102 103 0.990 1.060 17th Switzerland 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 2: 7 77 115 0.669 0.623 18th Luxembourg 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 0: 8 38 76 0.500 -

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 .)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Results (PDF; 5.2 MB) March 4, 2012. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved on February 20, 2013.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} 2012 results on Kozoom.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
3. ↑ Final table on Kozoom.com. Retrieved March 2, 2013.