SEOUL - The final round in the Korean tournament for the LG U + Cup, with a main prize of 40.000 euros, will be played by three European guns and one Korean. Dong Koong Kang, who was taken to the hospital the night before, due to severe abdominal pain, returned to the table and qualified unbeaten for the main tournament. Dick Jaspers was the best group winner of the four players who advance, followed by Dong Koong Kang, Torbjörn Blomdahl and Frédéric Caudron.
In the semi-finals, tomorrow, Thursday at 11.00 am (Korean time), Jaspers and Caudron face each other and at 13.00 Blomdahl and Kang play the other semi final. The final is at 16.30.
Frédéric Caudron finished off the preliminaries with a world class match against Sung-Won Choi (35-8 in eight innings) and raised his average to 2.042 after a lost match on the first day. Semih Sayginer showed up with the highest run so far (15). The Turk, who lost to Dick Jaspers and Hyung Kon Kim on the second day, ended up last in his group. So did Quoc Nguyen Nguyen, who finished without points in his group.
Dick Jaspers was superior in his group: on the second day, the Dutchman won the fabulous match against Semih Sayginer and in his last match, in which he had needed at least a draw, he bested Jung Han Heo (35-26 in 17).
The four group winners:
1 Dick Jaspers 6-2.234-13
2 Dong Koong Kang 6-1.909-9
3 Torbjörn Blomdahl 5-1.641-11
4 Frédéric Caudron 4-2.087-10
Group A:
1 Torbjörn Blomdahl 5-1.641-11
2 Jae Guen Kim 4-1.684-8
3 Dani Sánchez 3-1.410-10
4 Quoc Nguyen Nguyen 0-1.125-10
Group B:
1 Frédéric Caudron 4-2.087-10
2 Sung-Won Choi 3-1.500-9
3 Choong Bok Lee 3-1.286-6
4 Sang Pil Um 3-1.230-8.
Group C
1 Dick Jaspers 6-2.234-13
2 Jung Han Heo 3-1.745-10
3 Hyung Kon Kim 2-1.692-10
4 Semih Sayginer 1-1.672-15
Group D:
1 Dong Koong Kang 6-1.909-9
2 Jae Ho Cho 4-1.815-14
3 Hyung Bum Hwang 2-1.271-8
4 Hyun Min Seo 0-1.155-8.
Frédéric Caudron played a fabulous match in eight innings
Torbjörn Blomdahl played a draw against Dani Sánchez
Dong Koong Kang, from the hospital visit back to the table
Semih Sayginer, highest run, but out of the game
Sung Won Choi suffered a big loss against Frédéric Caudron
Jae Guen Kim, second behind Dick Jaspers
Jung Han Heo
Hyung Bum Hwang