| Three-cushion billiards men's singles at the 2013 World Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Unidad Deportiva Alberto Galindo, Cali, Colombia | ||||||
| Dates | 26–30 July 2013 | ||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 13 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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The men's singles three-cushion billiards competition at the 2013 World Games took place from 26 to 30 July 2013 at the Unidad Deportiva Alberto Galindo in Cali, Colombia. [1]
Marco Zanetti  | 40–21 |  Ma Minh Cam |
Roland Forthomme  | 40–40 [a] |  Christian Rudolph |
Murat Naci Coklu  | 40–33 |  Merlin Romero |
Kim Kyung-roul  | 40–26 |  Henry Diaz Parada |
Dick Jaspers  | 40–17 |  Javier Teran |
O Takeshima  | 16–40 | Glenn Hofman |
Sameh Sidhom  | 40–18 | Carlos Campino |
| Eddy Merckx | 40–4 |  Francisco Taylor |
| Quarter-finals [6] | Semi-finals [7] | Gold medal match [7] | ||||||||
| Marco Zanetti | 40 | |||||||||
| Christian Rudolph | 21 | |||||||||
| Marco Zanetti | 40 | |||||||||
| Kim Kyung-roul | 25 | |||||||||
| Murat Naci Coklu | 16 | |||||||||
| Kim Kyung-roul | 40 | |||||||||
| Marco Zanetti | 40 | |||||||||
| Eddy Merckx | 20 | |||||||||
| Dick Jaspers | 34 | |||||||||
| Glenn Hofman | 40 | |||||||||
| Glenn Hofman | 22 | |||||||||
| Eddy Merckx | 40 | Bronze medal match [7] | ||||||||
| Sameh Sidhom | 27 | |||||||||
| Eddy Merckx | 40 | |||||||||
| Kim Kyung-roul | 15 | |||||||||
| Glenn Hofman | 40 | |||||||||
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 17th-century France.
Dingeman Jacobus Johannes "Dick" Jaspers is a Dutch professional carom billiards player who specializes in the three-cushion event.
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.
One-cushion billiards also known as cushion caroms is a carom billiards discipline generally played on a cloth-covered, 10-by-5-foot, pocketless billiard table with two cue balls and a third red-colored ball. In a one-cushion shot, the cue ball caroms off both object balls with at least one rail being struck before the hit on the second object ball. The object of the game is to score up to an agreed upon number of cushion caroms, with one point being awarded for each successfully made. If no object ball is contacted, one point is deducted. If there is ambiguity as to whether the second ball was contacted, it is resolved against the shooter. It is governed by the Union Mondiale de Billard, the world governing body of carom billiards.
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