Three-Cushion World Cup

The Three-Cushion World Cup is an international tournament series in three-cushion billiards, which is held every year since 1986 between three and ten times a year.

History[]

The World Cup was founded in 1985 by German Werner Bayer, a carom billiards enthusiast and patron. He called the association "Billiards World Cup Association" (BWA ) and in 1986 the first tournament was held in Paris. As a patron he had excellent contact to sponsors, and quickly the tournament grew into a popular meeting place for players and spectators. At the time, the World-Cup had one of the highest monetary prizes. Between 1986 and 1989, the prize money per tournament was approximately 100,000 DM, with the winner receiving 50,000 DM. The BWA organized the World-Cup along with the world governing body, the Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB).

Between 1988 and 1992, the UMB no longer hosted any world championships themselves, therefore, for four years, the BWA World-Cup became the default world championship. In 1994 there were disagreements between the two associations. The UMB thus blocked players (including players' wives!), referees and organizers who took part in the World Cup, from participating in the tournaments of the UMB and CEB (Confédération Européenne de Billard). Thus, between 1994 and 1997, there were two parallel World-Cup championships. The BWA, as usual, played for 3rd place (the only exception was the tournament 1997/7 ), whereas the UMB did not, and therefore had two 3rd-place finishers. (With few exceptions, since the acquisition of the tournament in 1999, this is the rule up to now) .

After settling the disputes, the UMB and the BWA led the tournament together until early 1999 (Berlin Cup). After 1999, Mr. Bayer withdrew from the BWA for health reasons, and the UMB took over the organization of the tournament series from then on and the BWA broke up due to succession problems.

From 1994, the UMB tournaments were organized in collaboration with the European member association “Confédération Européenne de Billard” (CEB). Since 2004, the World-Cup has been organized as UMB/CEB (in Europe), UMB/CPB (in America), UMB/(in Amerika), UMB/ACBC World-Cup (in Asia), and since 2014, as UMB/ACC in Africa. The prize money amounts to approximately 35,000 € per tournament.

The individual results of the World Cup 1997/1 were lost directly following the tournament and, up to now, have been unable to be reconstructed, even through research by the well-known billiards archivists Heinrich Weingartner and Dieter Haase (both editors of the three-volume "Encyclopedia of Billiards Sports").

In 2012, only three tournaments were held for the overall winner appointment, instead of the required four, thus the year remains the first year without a title award.^[1] On 26 January 2013 it was announced that the Greek shipping magnate, Thanos Athanasiou, until 1995 a player himself, would finance a total of five tournaments in the coming three years. These include the three World-Cup tournaments until 2015, as well as the Junior World Championships in 2013 and the Women's World-Cup in 2014. All tournaments will be played in Athens.^[2]

Modus[]

Games are played to 15 points using the set system. In the qualification round, the game is played to two winning sets and in the final round, to three winning sets. Since 2013, games are played in the qualifiers to 30 points and in the final round, to 40 points.

Records[]

• Torbjörn Blomdahl is record winner with 44 single and 11 total victories.
• The best general average (GD) was achieved by Daniel Sánchez with 2,777 points (1. April 2017 in Luxor). This is a new official world record.
• The best single average (ED) was achieved by Eddy Merckx in Antalya in 2013 with 5,714 points (40 points in 7 runs). This is a new official world record.
• Since 2013, The highest series at a World-Cup tournament is 24 points, established by in Guri, South Korea. Bury ended the game, which was set at 40 points, with a final series of 24, thus ending the game not by mistake, but by reaching the game target.
• One set in one run in a World-Cup tournament (which until 2012 was also the highest series) was achieved so far by:
  • Nobuaki Kobayashi (Valkenburg 1986)
  • Torbjörn Blomdahl (Gent 1991, Istanbul 1995)
  • Marco Zanetti (Halle 1997, Antwerp 2004, Sluiskil 2007, Alcalá de Guadaira 2008)
  • Semih Saygıner (Antwerp 1997)
  • Eddy Leppens (Oosterhout 1998)
  • Raymond Ceulemans (Oosterhout 1999)
  • Frédéric Caudron (Sevilla 2004, Hurghada 2007)
  • Daniel Sánchez (Sevilla 2004, Hurghada 2009, Antalya 2012)
  • Dick Jaspers (Sluiskil 2005)
  • (Barendrecht 2005)
  • (Barendrecht 2005)
  • (Hurghada 2006, Antalya 2009)
  • Kim Kyung-roul (Hurghada 2009, Hurghada 2011)
  • (Suwon 2010)
  • (Hurghada 2010)
  • (Suwon 2011)
  • (Vienna 2011)

Prize money and ranking points[]

[3] Prize money (€) Ranking points Winner (1×) 16.000 80 Finalist (1×) 10.000 54 Semi-finalists (2×) 6.000 38 5. – 8. (4×) 3.500 26 9. – 16. (8×) 2.500 16 17. – 32. (16×) 1.500 8 Quali (21×) 500 5 P-Quali – 4 PP-Quali – 3 PPP-Quali – 2 Overall 106.500 –

Prize money for overall winner[3] Place € 1 5,000 2 3,700 3 2,500 4 2,000 5 1,700 6 1,600 7 1,500 8 1,400 9 1,300 10 1,200 11 1,100 12 1,000 Overall 24,000

(Date of issue: 20 December 2017)

Statistics[]

• The general average (GA) refers respectively to the entire tournament.

Colour key

List of single winners[4]
No.	Year	Venue	Winner	GA	Second	GA	Third	GA
001		Paris	Raymond Ceulemans	1,157	Nobuaki Kobayashi	1,257		1,029
002		Brussels	Nobuaki Kobayashi	1,515	Raymond Ceulemans	1,516		1,198
003		Berlin		1,098	Raymond Ceulemans	1,116		1,250
004		Valkenburg	Nobuaki Kobayashi	1,643	Raymond Ceulemans	1,430	Junichi Komori	1,305
005		Paris	Raymond Ceulemans	1,303	Marco Zanetti	1,145	Nobuaki Kobayashi	1,213
006		Antwerp	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,728	Raymond Ceulemans	1,253	Ludo Dielis	1,409
007		Berlin	Junichi Komori	1,364	Raymond Ceulemans	1,726	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,496
008		Valkenburg	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,500	Marco Zanetti	1,130	Junichi Komori	1,142
009		Paris	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,360		1,168	Raymond Ceulemans	1,442
010		Antwerp	Nobuaki Kobayashi	1,507	Junichi Komori	1,724	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,891
011		Berlin	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,764	Junichi Komori	1,380	Raymond Ceulemans	1,375
012		Palma	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,298	Junichi Komori	1,212	Ludo Dielis	1,404
013		Valkenburg		1,395	Nobuaki Kobayashi	1,318	Raymond Ceulemans	1,267
014		Tokyo	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,947		1,145	Raymond Ceulemans	1,180
015		Deurne		1,311	Ludo Dielis	1,406		1,238
016		Berlin	Ludo Dielis	1,466	Nobuaki Kobayashi	1,311		1,170
017		Palma	Raymond Ceulemans	1,280	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,275	Ludo Dielis	1,352
018		Las Vegas	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,558	Junichi Komori	0,971	Raymond Ceulemans	1,406
019		Yokohama	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,406	Ludo Dielis	1,310	Junichi Komori	1,342
020		Antwerp	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,671	Raymond Ceulemans	1,500	Dick Jaspers	1,266
021		Paris	Raymond Ceulemans	1,521		1,356	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,503
022		Berlin	Ludo Dielis	1,644	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,909	Raymond Ceulemans	1,330
023		Norrköping	Raymond Ceulemans	1,648		1,425	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,484
024		Palma	Marco Zanetti	1,760	Raymond Ceulemans	1,603		1,447
025		Tokyo	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,632	Ludo Dielis	1,284	Raymond Ceulemans	1,584
026		Gent	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,758	Sang Chun Lee	1,482		1,315
027		Berlin	Sang Chun Lee	1,492	Raymond Ceulemans	1,570		1,335
028		Palma	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,616	Raymond Ceulemans	1,857	Dick Jaspers	1,579
029		Seoul	Raymond Ceulemans	1,356	Yoshihiko Mano	1,024	Ludo Dielis	1,106
030		Tokyo	Dick Jaspers	1,712	Marco Zanetti	1,587	Ludo Dielis	1,161
031		Oosterhout		1,488	Frédéric Caudron	1,215	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,756
032		Gent	Sang Chun Lee	1,578	Ludo Dielis	1,505	Raymond Ceulemans	1,469
033		Berlin	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,796	Dick Jaspers	1,413		1,181
034		Orléans	Raymond Ceulemans	1,492	Junichi Komori	1,248	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,432
035		Tokyo	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,204	Raymond Ceulemans	1,396		1,424
036		Palma	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,658	Sang Chun Lee	1,648	Raymond Ceulemans	1,441
037		Oosterhout	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,462	Raymond Ceulemans	1,540	Sang Chun Lee	1,516
038		Istanbul	Sang Chun Lee	1,524	Raymond Ceulemans	1,539	Ludo Dielis	1,224
039		Berlin	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,681	Marco Zanetti	1,401	Semih Saygıner	1,566
040		Tokyo	Raymond Ceulemans	1,461	Nobuaki Kobayashi	1,485	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,472
041		Bolzano	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,904		1,678	Dick Jaspers	1,621
042		Gent	Sang Chun Lee	1,181	Frédéric Caudron	1,358	Marco Zanetti	1,539
043		Cairo		1,231	Daniel Sánchez	1,265	Christian Rudolph	1,095
044		Istanbul	Dick Jaspers	1,758	Raymond Ceulemans	1,590	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,576
045		Oosterhout		1,402	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,250	Sang Chun Lee	1,666
046		Halle (Saale)	Dick Jaspers	2,007	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,660		1,432
047		Dongen		1,409	Daniel Sánchez	1,363		1,176
048		Gent	Semih Saygıner	1,567	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,672	Ludo Dielis	1,428
049		Vejle		1,377		1,160		1,347
050		Athen	Daniel Sánchez	1,456		1,282	Eddy Merckx	1,484
051		Mondorf-les-Bains	Rini van Bracht	1,376	Christian Rudolph	1,513		1,335
052		Porto	Daniel Sánchez	1,366		1,142	Eddy Merckx	1,215
053		Hooglede	Hans Laursen	1,247		1,111		1,236
054		Oosterhout	Dick Jaspers	1,807	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,842	Sang Chun Lee	1,316
055		Halle (Saale)	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,824	Raymond Ceulemans	1,388		1,431
056		Antwerp	Raymond Ceulemans	1,757	Marco Zanetti	1,473		1,258
057		Istanbul	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,308	Raymond Ceulemans	1,535		1,170
No.	Year	Venue	Winner	GA	Second	GA	Semi- finalists	GA
058		Antalya		1,295	Eddy Leppens	1,324	Daniel Sánchez	1,288
								1,187
059		Porto		1,489		1,270	Daniel Sánchez	1,300
							Hans Laursen	1,069
060		Hooglede	Ludo Dielis	1,347	Daniel Sánchez	1,581	Eddy Merckx	1,410
								1,244
061		Athen		1,228	Christian Rudolph	1,327		1,246
								1,244
062		Oosterhout	Dick Jaspers	1,690	Marco Zanetti	1,704	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,914
063		Daegu		1,379	Sang Chun Lee	1,433	Marco Zanetti	1,573
064		Antwerp	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,524	Semih Saygıner	1,375	Raymond Ceulemans	1,488
065		Istanbul	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,651		1,285	Dick Jaspers	1,532
066		Seoul	Christian Rudolph	?,???		?,???	Daniel Sánchez	?,???
								?,???
067		Salsomaggiore Terme		1,376		1,327		1,093
								1,248
068		Porto		1,575	Daniel Sánchez	1,685	Eddy Leppens	1,268
								1,137
069		Hooglede	Eddy Merckx	1,343		1,389		1,356
							Eddy Leppens	1,423
070		Herne	Christian Rudolph	1,410	Eddy Leppens	1,189	Fonsy Grethen	1,073
								1,385
071		Oosterhout	Frédéric Caudron	1,662	Dick Jaspers	1,685	Semih Saygıner	1,244
072		Antalya	Dick Jaspers	1,805	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,964	Daniel Sánchez	1,605
								1,324
073		Antwerp	Dick Jaspers	1,583		1,500	Frédéric Caudron	1,475
074		Barendrecht	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,089		1,296	Marco Zanetti	1,692
							Sang Chun Lee	1,482
075		Bussum	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,983	Dick Jaspers	2,150	Marco Zanetti	1,598
								1,239
076		Lisbon	Dick Jaspers	1,660	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,704		1,518
							Semih Saygıner	1,366
077		Hooglede	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,033	Dick Jaspers	2,314	Frédéric Caudron	1,321
							Christian Rudolph	1,475
078		Corfu	Dick Jaspers	1,568		1,244		1,230
								1,456
079		Bogotá	Frédéric Caudron	1,523		1,153		1,363
							Semih Saygıner	1,224
080		Torremolinos	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,486	Eddy Leppens	1,318	Raymond Ceulemans	1,516
							Semih Saygıner	1,218
081		Oosterhout	Daniel Sánchez	1,773	Dick Jaspers	2,094	Semih Saygıner	1,906
082		Antalya	Semih Saygıner	1,649		1,503	Marco Zanetti	1,331
							Christian Rudolph	1,311
083		Roermond	Frédéric Caudron	1,658	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,503	Marco Zanetti	1,551
								1,544
084		Seoul	Dick Jaspers	1,103		1,491	Semih Saygıner	1,608
							Christian Rudolph	1,437
085		Las Vegas	Sang Chun Lee	1,625	Semih Saygıner	1,712	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,813
								1,550
086		Berlin	Marco Zanetti	2,082		1,289	Sang Chun Lee	1,512
							Eddy Leppens	1,331
087		Kemer	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,055	Sang Chun Lee	1,461		1,586
							Dick Jaspers	1,757
088		Oosterhout	Dick Jaspers	1,815		1,288	Sang Chun Lee	1,954
089		Bogotá	Semih Saygıner	1,404	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,672	Frédéric Caudron	1,381
								1,466
090		Oosterhout	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,893		1,379	Daniel Sánchez	1,513
091		Bogotá	Semih Saygıner	1,452	Dick Jaspers	1,660	Frédéric Caudron	1,626
								1,337
092		Las Vegas	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,050	Dick Jaspers	1,891	Marco Zanetti	1,397
								1,317
093		Kuşadası	Dick Jaspers	1,497	Daniel Sánchez	1,429	Semih Saygıner	1,615
							Marco Zanetti	1,441
094		Lugo	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,794	Dick Jaspers	1,546	Semih Saygıner	1,572
							Eddy Merckx	1,431
095		Oosterhout	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,538	Semih Saygıner	1,321	Marco Zanetti	1,368
	2002	Not held
096		Las Vegas	Semih Saygıner	1,606	Dick Jaspers	1,719	Daniel Sánchez	1,623
							Marco Zanetti	1,286
097		Barendrecht	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,076	Dick Jaspers	2,058	Semih Saygıner	1,464
No.	Year	Venue	Winner	GA	Second	GA	Semi- finalists	GA
098		Athen	Semih Saygıner	2,000	Frédéric Caudron	1,404	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,794
							Eddy Merckx	1,457
099		Seville	Frédéric Caudron	1,668	Daniel Sánchez	1,570	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,626
							Semih Saygıner	1,525
100		Hurghada	Daniel Sánchez	1,277		1,494	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,546
								1,211
101		Antwerp	Daniel Sánchez	1,938	Semih Saygıner	1,838	Dick Jaspers	1,918
								1,589
102		Sluiskil	Dick Jaspers	2,181	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,754	Semih Saygıner	1,570
							Daniel Sánchez	1,566
103		Hurghada		1,636	Frédéric Caudron	1,553	Semih Saygıner	1,478
								1,324
104		Barendrecht	Eddy Merckx	2,062	Frédéric Caudron	2,058	Marco Zanetti	1,368
								1,651
105		Istanbul	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,786	Frédéric Caudron	2,032		1,405
							Tayfun Taşdemir	1,694
106		Sluiskil	Dick Jaspers	1,925		1,656	Daniel Sánchez	1,678
								1,569
107		Porto	Daniel Sánchez	1,505	Dick Jaspers	1,810		1,109
							Frédéric Caudron	1,790
108		Volos		1,907	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,946	Marco Zanetti	1,542
							Kim Kyung-roul	1,488
109		Hurghada	Daniel Sánchez	1,741		1,342		1,474
								1,424
110		Istanbul	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,787	Semih Saygıner	1,690	Tayfun Taşdemir	1,672
								1,568
111		Sluiskil	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,925	Dick Jaspers	2,032		1,517
								1,715
112		Manisa	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,862	Daniel Sánchez	1,783	Dick Jaspers	1,966
							Semih Saygıner	1,571
113		Corfu	Frédéric Caudron	1,755	Semih Saygıner	1,736	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,612
							Daniel Sánchez	1,410
114		Porto	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,153		1,443	Frédéric Caudron	1,800
							Filippos Kasidokostas	1,595
115		Hurghada	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,468		1,612	Dick Jaspers	2,259
							Frédéric Caudron	1,910
116		Mexico City	Frédéric Caudron	1,880	Dick Jaspers	1,955		1,600
							Kim Kyung-roul	1,519
117		Seoul	Daniel Sánchez	1,992		1,322	Frédéric Caudron	2,074
								1,640
118		Sluiskil	Frédéric Caudron	1,948	Nikos Polychronopoulos	1,642	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,847
							Kim Kyung-roul	1,610
119		Porto	Dick Jaspers	1,992	Daniel Sánchez	1,755	Kim Kyung-roul	1,645
							Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,716
120		Irapuato	Dick Jaspers	1,729	Daniel Sánchez	1,535	Marco Zanetti	1,697
							Frédéric Caudron	1,760
121		Suwon	Dick Jaspers	1,782	Kim Kyung-roul	1,494	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,564
							Frédéric Caudron	1,471
122		Hurghada	Daniel Sánchez	1,779	Eddy Merckx	1,544		1,273
							*1	–
123		Alcalá de Guadaíra	Dick Jaspers	1,770	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,786		1,722
							Daniel Sánchez	1,787
124		Sluiskil	Frédéric Caudron	1,695		1,685	Tayfun Taşdemir	1,710
							Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,649
125		Antalya		1,626	Dick Jaspers	1,600	Frédéric Caudron	1,713
							Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,343
126		Matosinhos	Eddy Merckx	1,751	Nikos Polychronopoulos	1,592		1,656
								1,483
127		Suwon	Frédéric Caudron	1,950	Marco Zanetti	1,892	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,712
							Kim Kyung-roul	1,585
128		Hurghada		1,443	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,654	Tayfun Taşdemir	1,589
								1,544
129		Antalya	Kim Kyung-roul	1,601	Dick Jaspers	1,815		1,744
							Filippos Kasidokostas	1,532
130		Suwon	Dick Jaspers	2,153	Filippos Kasidokostas	1,715		1,533
							Tayfun Taşdemir	1,891
131		Matosinhos	Frédéric Caudron	1,476		1,550		1,620
							Dick Jaspers	1,729
132		Hurghada	Filippos Kasidokostas	1,860	Frédéric Caudron	1,802		1,853
								1,686
133		Trabzon	Eddy Merckx	1,655	Kim Kyung-roul	1,800	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,911
							Filippos Kasidokostas	1,639
134		Matosinhos	Daniel Sánchez	1,834	Frédéric Caudron	1,825	Dick Jaspers	1,953
								1,573
135		Suwon	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,736		1,908		1,402
								1,756
136		Vienna	Frédéric Caudron	2,420	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,867	Dick Jaspers	2,216
								1,523
137		Hurghada		1,757		1,701	Kim Kyung-roul	1,669
							Eddy Leppens	1,707
138		Antalya	Choi Sung-won	1,581	Tayfun Taşdemir	1,637	Frédéric Caudron	2,195
							Daniel Sánchez	1,657
139		Suwon	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,370	Marco Zanetti	1,746	Dick Jaspers	2,053
							Eddy Merckx	1,639
140		Hurghada	Frédéric Caudron	1,826		1,684	Dick Jaspers	1,676
								1,500
141		Antalya	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,834		2,076	Dick Jaspers	2,465
							Eddy Merckx	2,276
142		Guri		2,000	Daniel Sánchez	2,000		1,756
								1,622
143		Corinth	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,739		2,011	Filippos Kasidokostas	1,857
							Tayfun Taşdemir	1,693
144		Medellín	Frédéric Caudron	1,941	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,532	Eddy Leppens	2,283
							Filippos Kasidokostas	1,892
145		Hurghada	Eddy Merckx	2,222	Tayfun Taşdemir	1,876	Frédéric Caudron	1,985
							Choi Sung-won	1,704
146		Istanbul		2,150	Choi Sung-won	1,351	Eddy Merckx	2,025
							Kim Kyung-roul	1,817
147		Luxor	Frédéric Caudron	2,272	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,482	Nikos Polychronopoulos	1,709
								1,547
148		Porto	Dick Jaspers	1,923		1,825	Choi Sung-won	1,678
								1,589
149		Guri	Eddy Merckx	1,980	Frédéric Caudron	2,091	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,264
								1,923
150		Hurghada	Marco Zanetti	1,834		1,867		1,915
								1,816
151		Luxor	Dick Jaspers	2,247		2,000	Daniel Sánchez	1,740
							Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,734
152		Porto	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,000		1,453	Daniel Sánchez	2,390
							Dick Jaspers	1,790
153		Ho Chi Minh City	Tayfun Taşdemir	2,298	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,108		2,191
							Eddy Merckx	1,807
154		Guri	Daniel Sánchez	2,739	Tayfun Taşdemir	2,160	Dick Jaspers	2,942
							Frédéric Caudron	1,818
155		Istanbul		1,612		1,576	Dick Jaspers	1,666
							Eddy Merckx	1,500
156		Hurghada	Frédéric Caudron	2,197	Marco Zanetti	2,217		1,866
							Daniel Sánchez	1,851
157		Bursa	Dick Jaspers	2,325	Frédéric Caudron	2,063	Eddy Merckx	2,260
							Pedro Piedrabuena	1,462
158		Luxor	Eddy Merckx	1,801		1,520	Nikos Polychronopoulos	1,764
								1,470
159		Ho Chi Minh City	Frédéric Caudron	1,980	Dick Jaspers	1,935		2,173
							Marco Zanetti	2,000
160		Porto	Frédéric Caudron	2,197	Nikos Polychronopoulos	1,989	Daniel Sánchez	1,986
							Marco Zanetti	1,869
161		Guri		2,020		1,900	Dick Jaspers	2,181
								1,726
162		La Baule		1,980	Daniel Sánchez	1,636	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,795
							Marco Zanetti	1,632
163		el-Gouna		1,680	Dick Jaspers	1,852		1,678
								1,644
164		Bursa	Frédéric Caudron	2,105	Dick Jaspers	2,636		2,274
								1,536
165		Luxor	Daniel Sánchez	2,777	Dick Jaspers	2,540	Tayfun Taşdemir	2,343
								2,073
166		Ho Chi Minh City	Eddy Merckx	1,923	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,959		1,773
							Marco Zanetti	1,728
167		Porto		1,680		1,747		2,052
								1,590
168		Cheongju		1,923		2,021	Dick Jaspers	2,112
								1,562
169		La Baule	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2,020	Frédéric Caudron	1,947		1,855
								1,707
170		el-Gouna	Eddy Merckx	2,272		1,887	Marco Zanetti	1,764
							Frédéric Caudron	1,666
171		Antalya	Frédéric Caudron	2,739		1,906		2,393
							Daniel Sánchez	1,563
172		Ho Chi Minh City		2,000		2,072		1,876
							Frédéric Caudron	1,709
173		Blankenberge	Dick Jaspers	2,061	Semih Saygıner	2,010	Eddy Merckx	2,465
							Nikos Polychronopoulos	2,208
174		Porto	Frédéric Caudron	2,380	Tayfun Taşdemir	2,320		1,750
							Choi Sung-won	1,584
175		La Baule		2,020		1,970	Frédéric Caudron	2,053
							Semih Saygıner	1,921
176		Seoul	Eddy Merckx	2,000	Filippos Kasidokostas	2,057	Dick Jaspers	1,949
								1,888
177		Hurghada	Dick Jaspers	2,040	Frédéric Caudron	2,086		2,239
							Semih Saygıner	2,038
178		Antalya	Tayfun Taşdemir	1,758		1,516		1,963
								1,746
179		Ho Chi Minh City	Frédéric Caudron	2,368		1,717	Marco Zanetti	2,257
							Eddy Merckx	1,770
180		Blankenberge		1,666		1,954		2,090
							Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,580
181		Porto	Dick Jaspers	2,029		1,935		1,818
								1,773
182		Veghel		1,956		1,707		1,697
								1,685
183		Guri	Eddy Merckx	2,044		1,640	Tayfun Taşdemir	2,018
							Kim Jun-tae	1,331
184		Sharm El Sheikh	Marco Zanetti	2,718	Dick Jaspers	2,078		1,691
								1,791
185		Antalya	Daniel Sánchez	1,879	Dick Jaspers	2,276		1,827
								1,605
186		Veghel	Daniel Sánchez	1,757		2,012	Tayfun Taşdemir	1,768
							Kim Jun-tae	1,556
187		Sharm El Sheikh	Semih Saygıner	1,839	Dick Jaspers	1,967	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,875
							Choi Sung-won	1,753
188		Ankara	?	?	?	?	?	?
							?	?

Notes

^*1 Peter de Backer was disqualified in semifinals against Daniel Sánchez due to a positive doping test.^[5]

World Cup overall champions[]

Notes

• ^*1 The UMB announced the World Cup Champions at the same time as World Champions.
• ^*2 Without the award, because too little tournaments were played.^[1]

List of World Cup single event winners[]

Name	Wins
Torbjörn Blomdahl	44
Dick Jaspers	25
Frédéric Caudron	21
Daniel Sánchez	14
Eddy Merckx	11
Raymond Ceulemans	9
Semih Saygıner	7
Sang Chun Lee	5
Marco Zanetti	4
Nobuaki Kobayashi	3
Ludo Dielis	3
Kim Haeng-jik	3
Rini van Bracht	2
Jorge Theriaga	2
Dion Nelin	2
Christian Rudolph	2
Roland Forthomme	2
Murat Naci Çoklu	2
Martin Horn	2
Tayfun Taşdemir	2
Egidio Vierat	1
Junichi Komori	1
Laurent Boulanger	1
Richard Bitalis	1
Koen Ceulemans	1
Christoph Pilss	1
Andreas Efler	1
Hans Laursen	1
Francis Forton	1
Raimond Burgman	1
Yilmaz Özcan	1
Jozef Philipoom	1
Kim Kyung-roul	1
Filippos Kasidokostas	1
Adnan Yüksel	1
Choi Sung-won	1
Kang Dong-koong	1
Cho Jae-ho	1
Jérémy Bury	1
Heo Jung-han	1
Tran Quyet Chien	1
Javier Palazón	1

The best Worldcup-Players (by Ranking-Points)[]

(Date: 31. Dezember 2021)

Rank	Name	WRP	World- cups	1st	2nd	3rd	Matches	W	T	L	MP	Pts.	Inn.	GA	SA	HR
01.	Torbjörn Blomdahl	5680	165	44	19	26	556	425	0	131	850:262	25860	15398	1,679	4,000	22
02.	Dick Jaspers	4854	150	25	23	20	498	365	0	133	730:266	22766	13089	1,739	5,000	24
03.	Frédéric Caudron	4021	130	21	12	17	406	292	1	113	585:227	19107	11477	1,664	5,714	19
04.	Daniel Sánchez	3438	139	14	11	16	406	273	3	130	549:263	18422	11594	1,588	4,444	19
05.	Marco Zanetti	3104	169	4	9	18	422	249	1	172	499:345	19037	12666	1,503	3,636	17
06.	Eddy Merckx	2410	114	11	1	13	286	179	1	106	359:213	11799	7581	1,556	5,714	18
07.	Semih Saygıner	2224	104	7	7	16	272	175	4	93	354:190	12507	8169	1,531	6,666	17
08.	Tayfun Taşdemir	1661	93	2	4	11	199	113	4	82	230:168	8307	5150	1,613	4,444	20
09.	Raymond Ceulemans	1667	74	9	15	11	213	145	0	68	290:136	10713	7572	1,414	2,647	15
10.	Roland Forthomme	1599	100	2	5	4	184	100	0	84	200:168	7723	5211	1,482	3,636	15
11.	Martin Horn	1491	89	2	6	7	191	112	1	78	225:157	8537	5875	1,453	2,857	18
12.	Jérémy Bury	1396	87	1	4	9	167	85	1	81	171:163	6943	4592	1,511	4,444	24
13.	Murat Naci Çoklu	1351	87	2	3	3	167	82	2	83	166:168	6352	4177	1,520	3,333	15
14.	Nikos Polychronopoulos	1288	105	0	3	3	167	81	0	86	162:172	7196	5074	1,418	4,444	22
15.	Choi Sung-won	1220	67	1	1	4	154	86	0	68	172:136	5956	3879	1,535	3,333	19
16.	Eddy Leppens	1181	119	0	3	5	173	76	0	97	152:194	6942	5123	1,355	5,714	20
17.	Sang Chun Lee	1131	49	5	4	6	143	93	0	50	186:100	7220	5127	1,408	2,647	14
18.	Kim Kyung-roul	1089	50	1	2	7	116	68	0	48	136:96	5468	3587	1,524	3,105	15
19.	Cho Jae-ho	1084	62	1	3	5	131	68	2	61	138:124	4883	2873	1,699	4,444	21
20.	Filipos Kasidokostas	1042	62	1	3	5	111	58	0	53	116:106	5275	3452	1,528	2,857	18
21.	Lütfi Çenet	981	69	0	2	5	119	58	2	59	118:120	4505	2995	1,504	4,000	17
22.	Tonny Calsen	976	87	0	2	3	152	78	0	73	156:146	6915	5289	1,307	3,750	13
23.	Christian Rudolph	954	95	2	2	4	156	85	0	71	170:142	6454	5256	1,227	2,944	13
24.	Heo Jung-han	917	61	1	1	3	119	54	2	63	110:128	4399	2635	1,669	4,444	16
25.	Dion Nelin	850	56	2	3	5	123	73	0	50	146:100	6078	4457	1,363	2,666	17
26.	Ludo Dielis	838	52	3	4	7	138	80	0	58	160:116	6619	5271	1,255	2,176	14
27.	Kim Heang-jik	833	52	3	2	2	95	50	2	43	102:88	3460	1992	1,736	3,333	19
28.	Kang-Doong-kong	817	54	1	1	1	87	43	0	44	86:88	3189	2031	1,570	3,636	15
29.	Adnan Yüksel	770	92	1	1	0	93	30	0	64	60:128	3884	3001	1,294	3,076	21
30.	Jean Paul de Bruijn	769	73	0	0	3	75	30	0	45	60:90	3212	2438	1,317	2,666	15
31.	Raimond Burgman	731	60	1	0	6	117	64	0	53	128:106	5363	3952	1,357	2,368	15
32.	Trần Quyết Chiến	719	41	1	1	2	87	49	2	36	100:74	3283	1966	1,669	4,000	19
33.	Javier Palazón	696	65	1	0	1	69	32	1	36	65:73	2807	1989	1,411	3,333	16
34.	Richard Bitalis	662	50	1	2	4	115	60	0	55	120:110	5549	4510	1,230	2,304	13
35.	Peter de Backer	631	58	0	1	2	95	50	0	45	100:90	4338	3446	1,258	2,208	12
36.	Sameh Sidhom	615	64	0	0	0	87	27	2	58	56:118	3044	2227	1,366	2,222	14
37.	Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện	577	40	0	1	3	76	36	0	40	72:80	2565	1631	1,572	4,000	20
38.	Jozef Philipoom	573	52	1	2	0	71	35	0	36	70:72	3280	2497	1,313	2,400	12
39.	Junichi Komori	535	64	1	0	3	126	63	0	63	126:126	6498	5441	1,194	2,045	13
40.	Jorge Theriaga	529	53	2	4	0	112	64	0	48	128:96	4799	4005	1,198	2,368	14
41.	Cho Myung-woo	491	40	0	0	4	62	34	2	26	70:54	2207	1243	1,775	3,636	24
42.	Rubén Legazpi	487	47	0	0	1	44	19	0	25	38:50	1818	1312	1,385	2,666	13
43.	Andreas Efler	471	65	0	1	2	82	38	0	44	76:88	3775	3273	1,153	2,142	15
44.	Hwang Hyung-bum	441	46	0	0	1	35	18	0	17	36:34	1245	937	1,328	2,666	14
45.	Lee Choong-bok	434	43	0	0	1	44	18	0	26	36:52	1753	1139	1,539	2,857	15
45.	Dương Anh Vũ	434	52	0	0	0	39	13	0	26	26:54	1330	1030	1,291	2,222	12
47.	Ngô Đình Nại	428	39	0	1	1	52	22	4	26	48:56	1797	1101	1,632	3,076	18
48.	Ryūji Umeda	422	49	0	0	0	65	19	0	46	38:92	2797	2320	1,205	2,250	12
49.	Can Çapak	412	57	0	0	0	34	12	0	22	24:44	1499	1130	1,326	3,076	14
50.	Kostas Papakonstantinou	400	53	0	0	0	43	16	0	27	32:54	1895	1652	1,147	3,076	16

Note: WRP are World-Rankingpoints

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