LG U + Cup 3-Cushion Masters

LG U + Cup 3-Cushion Masters
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Association / host:	ACBC / LG Group
Tournament details
Venue:	alternately South Korea
Playing time:	since 2015
Current title holder:	Cho Myung-woo
Records
Most wins: 1 each
Kang Dong-koong Lee Choong-bok Marco Zanetti Trần Quyết Chiến Cho Myung-woo
Best GD: 2.735
Marco Zanetti (2017)
Best ED: 5,000
Torbjörn Blomdahl (2017)
Maximum series (HS): 19
Semih Saygıner (2019)
Position map
Seoul Hanam South Korea

The LG U + 3-Cushion Cup Masters is a Korean invitational tournament in Karambolagedisziplin three band .

history

In 2015, the Asian Carom Billiard Confederation (ACBC), in cooperation with the Korean LG Group as sponsor, launched a highly endowed international tournament. This is the first of its kind to originate from Korean soil. The prize money is higher than in other tournaments of this type, comparable to other privately financed tournaments such as the former Crystal Kelly tournament .

mode

The participants are divided into four groups (A – D) of four players each. It is played in round robin mode with 40 points. The first in the group advance to the semi-finals of the finals. There is then also played on 40 points, but in the knockout system . There are two match billiards available that can be played at the same time. Follow-ups are allowed throughout the tournament. In the knockout games, there was an extra time in the event of a tie. The shot clock has been set to 30 seconds since 2017 .

Tournament statistics

Results

year	place	winner	Result	finalist	third	Ref.
2015	Seoul	Kang Dong-koong	40:35	Dick Jaspers	Torbjörn Blomdahl
					Frédéric Caudron
2016	Seoul	Lee Choong-bok	40:35	Trần Quyết Chiến	Hong Jin-pyo
					Kim Hyung-kon
2017	Seoul	Marco Zanetti	40:19	Hong Jin-pyo	Frédéric Caudron
					Torbjörn Blomdahl
2018	Seoul	Trần Quyết Chiến	40:39	Frédéric Caudron	Kim Haeng-jik
					Kang Dong-koong
2019	Hanam	Cho Myung-woo	40:16	Semih Saygıner	Cho Jae-ho
					Tayfun Taşdemir
2020	Seoul

Web links

Commons : LG U + Cup 3-Cushion Masters  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Final table 2015. Kozoom, November 12, 2015, accessed on October 24, 2016 (English).  
2. ↑ Final table 2016. Kozoom, accessed on November 22, 2016 .  
3. ↑ Game results. Kozoom, September 8, 2017, accessed September 8, 2017 .  
4. ↑ Game results. Kozoom, September 7, 2018, accessed September 4, 2018 .