València, September 28th 2019
From 30 September – 5 October, Valencia, Spain will be the center of the 3-cushion world. The Ladies will play their world championship first, then the juniors. The Ateneo Mercantil de Valencia is the venue that hosts both championships. UMB vice-president Fernando Requena is the organizer, and he has high expectations of the week. “We intend to make it a great event and a major promotion for the sport.”
Title holder in the Ladies event is Therese Klompenhouwer from the Netherlands, a three-time world champion (2014, 2016, 2018). Her traditional rival is Orie Hida from Japan, who has won this title on four occasions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2017). Hyun Ji Yong and Min A Kim from Korea, Gülsen Degener and Guzin Karakasli from Turkey, and Sruong Pheavy from Cambodja are dangerous outsiders.
The full list: Spanish wildcard Juarez, Klompenhouwer, Breur, Degener, Hambalkova, Daske, Mortensen, Le Bruijn, Jacques, Cardozo, Mitterböck Jetten, Buelens and Karakasli (all CEB), Sandoval, Castro, Perez, Gomes, Vargas (all CPB), Kim, Hida, Pheavy, Sakai, Yong (all ACBC).
There are eight groups of three players, and the match length in the group stage is 25 points. Two players per group will qualify for the K.O. stage, where matches will be to 30 points.
All matches can be seen live on Kozoom, On this occasion Olympic Channel will broadcast live five games from quarterfinals.
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