The tournament started with twelve qualifying groups of seven players each in round robin mode. The game distance was 25 points. The two 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 group third and fourth in the B-final for places 10 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 players played 22 matches each.
The prize money was staggered. The winner received US $ 12,000, and 20th place received US $ 1,200. For the highest series there was 100 US $ per point. So with the highest series of 16 it was US $ 1,600. The best lot was US $ 500.
Tournament commentary
For the third time, the three- band tournament was held in honor of the late Sang Chun Lee . The native Korean had won the Korean three-cushion championship ten times in a row between 1978 and 1987. After emigrating to the United States, he won the US three-cushion championships twelve times between 1990 and 2001. He celebrated 41 victories in a row and was able to improve the record of the legendary Willie Hoppe , who brought it to 36 victories. He was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame on May 15, 2007 in the presence of his widow by the Billiards Congress of America as the 51st member since its inception in 1966. After Raymond Ceulemans , the only one still alive and active, he is only the sixth carom player to receive this honor.
The tournament started again with a large field of participants from many countries. After a total of 252 qualifying games, 30 players qualified for the semi-finals. Here the field was filled to 40 through seeded players and a lottery system. The final round reached 20 players in a final round A and B. The winner of 2005 Torbjörn Blomdahl surprisingly only made it into the final round B where it was about places 11 to 20. Like last year, the final round A was won by Frédéric Caudron , who suffered only one defeat against Daniel Sánchez . Sánchez finished second. Third place was very hard fought. Three players could win five games. In the end, Semih Saygıner secured this place thanks to the best average.
Frédéric Caudron
Daniel Sánchez
Semih Saygıner
Choi Sung-won
Luis Aveiga
Luis Avila
Tsuyoshi Suzuki
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