Sang Lee International Open 2006

5th Sang Lee International Open
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	USBA
Tournament details
Venue:	Carom Cafe , New York United States
Opening:	August 13, 2006
Endgame:	August 20, 2006
Attendees:	77 qualifiers + 5 seeded players
Defending champion:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
Winner:	Frédéric Caudron
2nd finalist:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
3rd place:	Semih Saygıner
Prize money:	US $ 100,000
Records
Best GD:	2,025 Dick Jaspers
Best ED:	5,000 Dick Jaspers
Maximum series (HS):	20 Frédéric Caudron000
Venue on the map
Carom Café Map of New York City
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The Sang Lee International Open 2006 was a Karambolageturnier in the discipline three cushion and found from 13 to 20 August at New York , United States instead.

mode

The tournament started with ten qualifying groups of eight or nine players in round robin mode. The game distance was 25 points. The three best in the group qualified for the semifinals. In addition, there were five places that were awarded through a lottery ticket and a lottery system. Thus 35 players qualified for the semifinals. There were also five seeded players. In the semifinals, five groups of eight players were formed. The game distance was 35 points. The first two of each group played in the A final for places 1 to 10 to 40 points and the third and fourth in the B final for places 11 to 20 to 35 points. Again, all games were played in round robin mode. All games were played without a push-button. With this game system, some actors played 25 matches each.

Seeded players

• Torbjörn Blomdahl • Dick Jaspers • Frédéric Caudron • Semih Saygıner • Raymond Ceulemans

Prize money table

Prize money

space	Prize money (US $)	space	Prize money (US $)
01	15,000	11	3,500
02	12,000	12	3,000
03	10,000	13	2,600
04th	8,000	14th	2.250
05	7,000	15th	2.100
06th	6,000	16	1,950
07th	5,500	17th	1,800
08th	5,000	18th	1,700
09	4,500	19th	1,600
10	4,000	20th	1,500
BED	500	HS	500
Total: US $ 100,000

Semifinals

Legend
Abbr.	meaning	Abbr.	meaning
MP	Match points	HS	Maximum series
SV	Sentence ratio	ED	Single average
GD	General average	BSD	Best sentence average
BED	Best individual average	PP	Game points
BG	Best sentence average	BMD	Best team average
Pt.	points scored	GUV	G ewonnen- U nentschieden- V erloren; Points 2-1-0 are awarded in this order
Recording	required recordings		Group winners advance to the final round
Possibly. not all terms apply or some are not listed. These can be looked up in the list of collision terms .

Group A rank Surname GV Pt. Recording GD BED HS 1 Torbjörn Blomdahl 6-1 243 126 1.928 2,692 11 2 Peter de Backer 5-2 232 154 1.506 1.666 7th 3 Luis Aveiga 4-3 224 181 1,237 1.346 10 4th Miguel Torres 4-3 206 172 1.197 1,842 8th 5 Francisco Parra 4-3 205 174 1.178 2.187 9 6th Javier Teran Noboa 4-3 208 184 1.130 1.666 8th 7th Peter Berndsen 1-6 178 242 0.735 0.555 6th 8th Jim Shovak 0-7 91 176 0.517 --- 5

Group B rank Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS 1 Dick Jaspers 7-0 245 125 1,960 4,375 9 2 Kim Kyung-roul 6-1 232 132 1.757 3.888 17th 3 Peter Ceulemans 5-2 210 176 1.193 2.333 10 4th Bert van Manen 4-3 196 188 1.042 1.458 7th 5 Hugo Patino 3-4 187 156 1.198 1,250 10 6th Tom Beemsterboer 2-5 189 229 0.825 0.813 6th 7th Dionisio Cid 1-6 117 155 0.754 ??? 5 8th Jorge Rubio 0-7 129 158 0.816 --- 8th

Group C rank Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS 1 Frédéric Caudron 6-1 240 137 1.751 4,375 11 2 Choi Sung-won 5-2 215 138 1.557 2.187 12 3 Mazin Shooni 5-2 215 167 1,311 1,590 11 4th Murat Naci Çoklu 4-3 217 164 1.323 1,842 11 5 Michael Kang 3-4 205 174 1.178 1.606 10 6th Frank Eversmann 3-4 177 203 0.871 1.458 10 7th Hong Soon-min 2-5 141 178 0.792 1.060 8th 8th  ? Snip 0-7 131 174 0.752 --- 6th

Group D rank Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS 1 Semih Saygıner 7-0 245 139 1,762 2.916 12 2 Ramón Rodriguez 5-2 233 178 1.308 1,944 10 3 Addy Wienk 5-2 207 203 1.019 1.206 8th 4th F. Palafox 4-3 209 249 0.846 1.346 8th 5 Kim? 3-4 194 307 0.631 0.686 5 6th Ira Lee 2-5 162 276 0.586 0.625 5 7th Ester Park 1-6 157 258 0.608 0.972 5 8th Lloyd Wallace 1-6 167 291 0.573 0.744 7th

Group E rank Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS 1 Roland Forthomme 6-1 239 199 1.201 1.458 7th 2 Pedro Piedrabuena 5-2 230 148 1.554 2.333 16 3 Raymond Ceulemans 4-3 206 151 1.364 2.187 13 4th Carlos Hallon 3-4 200 218 0.917 1,400 10 5 Mi-Jae Pak 3-4 212 252 0.841 1.166 9 6th Jorge Urguijo 3-4 196 272 0.720 1.346 5 7th Jim Watson 3-4 155 252 0.615 0.777 6th 8th Juan Medina 1-6 164 253 0.648 0.875 5

Final rounds

Legend
Abbr.	meaning	Abbr.	meaning
MP	Match points	HS	Maximum series
SV	Sentence ratio	ED	Single average
GD	General average	BSD	Best sentence average
BED	Best individual average	PP	Game points
BG	Best sentence average	BMD	Best team average
Pt.	points scored	GUV	G ewonnen- U nentschieden- V erloren; Points 2-1-0 are awarded in this order
Recording	required recordings		Group winners advance to the final round
Possibly. not all terms apply or some are not listed. These can be looked up in the list of collision terms .

Group B rank Surname MP Pt. Recording GD BED HS 11 Murat Naci Çoklu 16 1,774 2,692 12 12 Raymond Ceulemans 16 1.430 2.916 10 13 Peter Ceulemans 14th 1.216 1,750 12 14th Miguel Torres 10 1.141 1,944 12 15th Luis Aveiga 8th 1.153 1,750 9 16 Bert van Manen 6th 0.978 1.166 7th 17th Mazin Shooni 6th 0.951 1.296 6th 18th F. Palafox 6th 0.881 1,590 6th 19th Addy Wienk 4th 0.876 1.458 7th 20th Carlos Hallon 4th 0.866 1.458 7th

Group A

rank	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Frédéric Caudron	14th	348	185	1,881	3.076	20th
2	Torbjörn Blomdahl	10	322	174	1,850	3,636	16
3	Semih Saygıner	10	322	185	1,740	2,500	13
4th	Choi Sung-won	10	315	196	1.607	3.076	11
5	Ramón Rodriguez	10	301	200	1.505	2,666	10
6th	Dick Jaspers	8th	314	155	2.025	5,000	15th
7th	Kim Kyung-roul	8th	277	167	1.658	2.222	10
8th	Roland Forthomme	8th	288	174	1.655	3.333	10
9	Peter de Backer	8th	305	202	1.510	2.222	9
10	Pedro Piedrabuena	4th	279	220	1.268	2,500	8th

Individual evidence

1. ^ Heinrich Weingartner: Billiards . No. 187 . Vienna September 2006, p. 20-23 .