SEOUL - The format for the quarter-finals at the World 3 cushion Survival, with four groups of four players, are balanced in terms of the origin of players. The Asians are with eight, Europeans with seven and for Africa, Sameh Sidhom is in the finals.
Dick Jaspers will start tomorrow, Saturday, at 1pm Korean time (6am Western Europe) in the first group with Nikos Polychronopoulos and two Koreans. Two hours later, the group of death will start up with Sameh Sidhom, Tayfun Tasdemir, Marco Zanetti and Jung Han Heo.
The second leg (5pm South Korea) brings Torbjörn Blomdahl to the table with three Asians. Finally, Ruben Legazpi and Martin Horn come into action at 7pm (12pm Western Europe) with two Korean opponents.
The first two players of each group will qualify for the semi-finals in the Survival format.
The group format:
Group A:
Ye Sung Jeong
Wan Young Choi
Nikos Polychronopoulos
Dick Jaspers
Group B:
Sameh Sidhom
Tayfun Tasdemir
Marco Zanetti
Jung Han Heo
Group C:
Van Ly Dao
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Quyet Chien Tran
Haeng Jik Kim
Group D:
Chi Yeon Cho
Ruben Legazpi
Martin Horn
Jun Tae Kim