Marco Zanetti

Last updated
Marco Zanetti
2013 3-cushion World Championship-Day 3-Session 2-19-a.jpg
Zanetti at the 2013 3-cushion World Championship in Antwerp
Medal record
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Men's Three-cushion billiards
Balkline European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1983 Balkline 47/2 European Championship Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Balkline 47/1 European Championship Individual
Men's Three-cushion billiards [1] [2]
Biathlon World Championship
(3-Cushion and 5-Pins)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Individual
UMB World Three-cushion Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Grubbenvorst Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Saint-Étienne Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Luxembourg Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Randers Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Valladolid Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Sankt Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Lausanne Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Lima Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Porto Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Sharm el-Sheikh Individual
CEB European Three-cushion Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Individual
World Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Kaohsiung Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Cali Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Wrocław Individual
Crystal Kelly Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Individual
Lausanne Billiard Masters
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Individual
AGIPI Billiard Masters
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Individual

Marco Zanetti (born 10 April 1962) is an Italian professional three-cushion billiards player and a two-time world champion from Bolzano, Italy.

Contents

Privat

Zanetti started playing billiards at 7. He needed a chair to play. His father, Erwin Zanetti, was the president of the Carambole Circle of Bolzano. [3]

He is regarded as a brilliant billiards player, but also a controversial person who does not hold back with criticism of the world or continental federation and organizers. This brought him in the past, often the wrath of the organizers, as well as its behavior in different tournaments. Because of his criticism of the UMB at the World Cup 2009 tournament in Korea, Zanetti was assessed a lifetime 50-point penalty in the world rankings. [4] Two years later, at the end of the three-band World Cup, also in Suwon, South Korea, the UMB took this penalty back and the end of the year he received his 50 points back for the world ranking. [5]

Zanetti lives with his wife Martina and son Samuel (born 2008) in his birth town in South Tyrol. [4] As a South Tyrolian he also speaks fluently German. His nickname in the billiards scene is The Italian gentleman.

Early years

In his early career he won the balkline European Championship twice, 1983 in 47/2-Balkline and 1984 in 47/1-Balkline. Later he switched to three-cushion where he won the Biathlon (three-cushin and 5-pins) World Championship in 1988 and 1996.

First success in 3-cushion

He reached the finals of the UMB World Three-cushion Championship in 2001, but was bested by Raymond Ceulemans. He made it into the finals again a year later and won the title, defeating Dion Nelin of Denmark. He has been the only Italian to win a world championship in the sport as of 2007. He was ranked 7th in the world as of 2007 by the Confédération Européenne de Billard. [6]

Zanetti also has 25 Italian national titles. He is 7-time winner, from 2004/05 to 2011/12, of the Coupe d’Europe, a tournament series for clubs which is held since the season of 1958/59. It is comparable to the Champions League in Football. He plays for the club of BC AGIPI Courbevoie in France. His teammates in the Season 2011/12 are Frédéric Caudron (Belgium), Jérémy Bury (France) and Jean-Christophe Roux (France). [7]

On 19 October 2008, he again won the world three-cushion championship in the German city of St. Wendel. He defeated Jérémy Bury of France in the semi-finals and then went on to beat Torbjorn Blomdahl of Sweden in the finals, averaging 1.871 in the five-set match. Through this victory he reached his best ranking in his career, so far, with the 5th place. [8]

In 2010 he won the best paid tournament at this time, the Crystal Kelly Cup in Nice, France. Again Torbjörn Blomdahl was his losing opponent. One year later he was the runner-up to Filippos Kasidokostas from Greece. [9] [10] The Crystal Kelly Cup was an invitation tournament which has been sponsored by the Dutch software developer Joop van Oosterom. It has been named after his daughter Crystal Kelly.

Season 2012/13

At the 2012 3-cushion World Championship in Porto, Portugal he came, together with Caudron in third place. One week later he placed second at the third 3-cushion World Cup of 2012 in the South Korean town of Suwon.

On 17 March 2013 he won the final of the first Lausanne Billiard Masters in Lausanne, Switzerland against Frédéric Caudron from Belgium. Zanetti was winning on the last ball with a fluke to 40-33. In the semi-final, against Torbjörn Blomdahl, he made the highest run of the tournament with 15 balls, which gave him an extra bonus of 400 €. Finally, he earned 6,700 € for his victory. [11] Just one week later he was winning the AGIPI Billiard Masters in Schiltigheim. Again, Caudron was his opponent. [12] On 14 April he won the CEB European Three-cushion Championship. In the final he beats German ex-1996-World-Champion Christian Rudolph with 40-10. In the semi-final, he won third time in row against Caudron, although the Belgian was equalizing world record in High-Run of 28 points. Zanetti also made the new European record in General-Average of 2,500. [13]

Winner as "Player of the Year 2003". Left: Nobuaki Kobayashi Right: Raymond Ceulemans Marco Zanetti-Winner as the player of the Year 2003.jpg
Winner as "Player of the Year 2003".
Left: Nobuaki Kobayashi
Right: Raymond Ceulemans

Personal records

His highest run in a match is 21 and his best game average is 5.555 (50 points in 9 innings). [14]

Honours

In 2003 he won the title as "Player of the Year" in Antwerp.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carom billiards</span> Billiards games played on cloth-covered pocketless tables

Carom billiards, also called French billiards and sometimes carambole billiards, is the overarching title of a family of cue sports generally played on cloth-covered, pocketless billiard tables. In its simplest form, the object of the game is to score points or "counts" by caroming one's own cue ball off both the opponent's cue ball and the object ball on a single shot. The invention as well as the exact date of origin of carom billiards is somewhat obscure but is thought to be traceable to 18th-century France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raymond Ceulemans</span> Belgian billiard player

Raymond Ceulemans is a Belgian billiards player who won 21 UMB three-cushion World Championship titles, more than any other player. Along with 48 European titles and 61 national titles. His nickname is "Mr 100". He was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 2001, one of the first non-Americans to receive the honour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Semih Saygıner</span> Turkish billiards player (born 1964)

Semih Saygıner, nicknamed Mr. Magic or The Turkish Prince, is a Turkish world champion professional carom billiards player specialized in three-cushion event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dick Jaspers</span> Dutch carom billiards player

Dingeman Jacobus Johannes "Dick" Jaspers is a Dutch professional carom billiards player who specializes in the three-cushion event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Three-cushion billiards</span> Form of carom billiards

Three-cushion billiards, also called three-cushion carom, is a form of carom billiards. The object of the game is to carom the cue ball off both object balls while contacting the railcushions at least three times before contacting the second object ball. A point is scored for each successful carom. In most shots the cue ball hits the object balls one time each, although hitting them any number of times is allowed as long as both are hit. The cue ball may contact the cushions before or after hitting the first object ball. It does not have to contact three different cushions as long as it has been in contact with any cushion at least three times in total.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Union Mondiale de Billard</span> World governing body for carom billiards

The World Union of Billards is the world governing body for carom (carambole) billiard games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Torbjörn Blomdahl</span> Swedish billiards player

Torbjörn Blomdahl is a Swedish professional carom billiards player from Helsingborg, Sweden who plays for FC Porto. He is a seven time World Champion in three-cushion billiards, having won the titles in 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2015 and in 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dani Sánchez</span>

Daniel Sánchez Gálvez is a Spanish professional carom billiards player who plays for FC Porto a club he has represented for the last 21 years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Verhoeven Open</span> Three-cushion billiards competition

The Verhoeven Open is a three-cushion billiards tournament held in Flushing, Queens in the US state of New York. The event is sanctioned by the Union Mondiale de Billard and the United States Billiard Association. The event was known as Sang Lee International Open between 2005 and 2008.

The CEB European Three-cushion Championship is three-cushion billiards tournament organized by the Confédération Européenne de Billard. Held since 1932, it is one of longest-running tournaments in the sport. The 2007 event offered a total purse of €18,500 (US$26,134) with €4,000 ($5,651) for the winner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eddy Merckx (billiards player)</span> Belgian billiards player

Eddy Merckx is a Belgian professional three-cushion billiards player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eddy Leppens</span>

Eddy Leppens is a Belgian professional three cushion billiards player.

The Crystal Kelly Cup or Crystal Kelly Tournament was a prestigious, generously funded carom billiards invitational tournament in the discipline of three-cushion, which has been held at different venues from 1994 to 2011, a total of 18 times, mostly in Monte Carlo and Nice.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">AGIPI Billiard Masters</span>

The AGIPI Billiard Masters was a three-cushion billiards tournament which was held annually in Schiltigheim, France between 2008 and 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Three-Cushion World Cup</span> Annual international billiards tournament series

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edmond Soussa</span>

Edmond Soussa was an Egyptian carom billiards player in various disciplines and 11-time world champion. To date, Soussa was the only African to win world titles in the sport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tayfun Taşdemir</span> Turkish professional carom billiards player (born 1975)

Tayfun Taşdemir is a former world champion Turkish professional carom billiards player specialized in three-cushion event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Choi Sung-won (billiards player)</span> South Korean professional billiards player

Choi Sung-won is a South Korean professional billiards player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nikos Polychronopoulos</span> Greek billiards player (born 1978)

Nikos Polychronopoulos is a Greek professional Carom billiards player from Athens. In 1999, he won Junior UMB World Three-cushion Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Avelino Rico</span> Spanish carom billiards player

Avelino Rico is a Spanish carom billiards player. He won at the UMB World Three-cushion Championship in 1986, having a match against Torbjörn Blomdahl and Raymond Ceulemans. Rico also placed second at the CEB European Three-cushion Championship in 1986. He participated at the Spanish Championships, receiving ten wins.

References

  1. ↑ Palmares on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 17 March 2013
  2. ↑ World Champions in 5-Pin (Stecca) Archived 2018-11-26 at the Wayback Machine on FIBIS.it (italian). Retrieved 17 March 2013
  3. ↑ "Interview to Marco Zanetti (Italian)". Archived from the original on 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  4. 1 2 Interview with Zanetti on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Marco Zanetti will lose hie life penalty on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  6. ↑ Confédération Européenne de Billard (2007). Ranking 3-cushion 2007 (PDF format). Retrieved on 16 February 2007.
  7. ↑ "Winners Coupe d'Europe 1959–2011" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF; 21 kB) on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
  8. ↑ World Ranking List 2008-10-19 (Edition 20/2008) (PDF; 100 kB) at UMB.com. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "Final ranking 2010 Crystal Kelly Cup" (in German). Kozoom.com. 2010-07-06. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  10. ↑ "Final ranking 2011 Crystal Kelly Cup" (in German). Kozoom.com. 2011-06-29. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  11. ↑ Marco Zanetti powers to win in glorious endrush Retrieved on 17 March 2013
  12. ↑ Two giants, one winner: Marco Zanetti on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013
  13. ↑ Marco Zanetti completes hattrick with title on Kozoom.com Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  14. ↑ 2006 Edition of the Sang Lee International Open Site. Archived 2007-10-29 at the Wayback Machine .
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.