MEXICAN UBALDO SANCHEZ TAKES THE WORLD JUNIOR TITLE FROM SEYMEN OZBAS (TR) IN THE FINAL, BRONZE FOR CERKEZ (TR) AND KIM (KR)
One Mexican, two Turkish and one Korean shared the podium in Cartagena.
The World Juniors title goes to Latin-America for the second time in the history of this World Championship and in Mexico for the first time, thanks to the victory of the Mexican Ubaldo Sanchez over the defending champion Seymen Ozbas (TR). Ataberk Cerkez (TR) and Kim Do Hyeon (KR) take home the bronze medal.
Both the Spanish European Champions were eliminated early in spite of good averages: Marcos Morales placed third in a tough group with two Korean, Daniel Sainz-Pardo lost in the last 16 against the Korean semifinalist. More quoted European players like Tangui Duriez (FR), Amir Ibraimov (DE) and Luca Philipoom (NL) also left the tournament in the last 16 round.
A tense neck-to-neck final decided the victory for the Mexican by 40-37 in 37. Seymen Ozbas settled for the silver medal.
In the first semifinal Ubaldo Sanchez won Kim Do Hyeon (Korea) on the finish line (40-39). They already met before in the qualification group G and they drew.
The second semifinal was never a real game between the two best Turkish, Seymen Ozbas dominated over his compatriot Ataberk Cerkez 40-18 in 20.
Yesterday the quarters final field showed the 2 Turkish who reached the semifinals (Ozbas and Cerkez) at the expenses of the 2 Spanish left (Zotov and Garcia), 2 Korean (Kim H.W. and Kim D.H.) who had to face each other and the last pair: 1 Mexican (Sanchez) and 1 from Colombia (Martinez) where the Mexican prevailed.
Seymen Ozbas performed the best overall avg of the tournament (1,456), the best match avg (2,000) and the best run (12).
All information is available on UMB website.
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THE 16th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 3-CUSHION JUNIORS STARTS IN CARTAGENA
After the Ladies Title went into the books it is now the time for the young talents to chase their world title in the "Palacio de deportes" in the Spanish city of Cartagena, under the organization of the Royal Spanish Billiards Federation and the UMB.
24 competitors are playing in Cartagena representing 4 continents. 13 from the CEB, 4 from South-America, 6 Asian and 1 from Middle East.
Turkish Seymen Ozbas is the defending champion. Two reigning European Champions are in the players list and playing home: Daniel Sainz-Pardo (CEB U21 Champion) and Marcos Morales (CEB U25 Champion). Qualification groups of 3 will be played today; the best two from each group will advance to last 16 round that will be played tomorrow, followed by the quarters final. Semifinals and final are scheduled on Sunday.
All information is available on UMB website.
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