UMB restarts calendar with 8 top players challenge

With eight players from the top of the world rankings, the world federation UMB organizes a virtual tournament from Wednesday 8 to Sunday 12th of July. The participants meet from their own location in mutual matches to 50 caroms, which are broadcast live from the UMB page by One Sports TV (facebook and Youtube) and Kozoom.com. The UMB invites all billiard fans to witness this special event.

The eight players are divided into two groups of four, the numbers one and two of the groups first play against each other in the semi-finals, the winners meet in the final match.

The two group formats:
Group A:
Dick Jaspers (Netherlands)
Dani Sánchez (Spain)
Semih Sayginer (Turkey)
Tayfun Tasdemir (Turkey)

Group B:
Torbjörn Blomdahl (Sweden)
Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
Quyet Chien Tran (Vietnam)
Myung-Woo Cho (South Korea).

The matches are played according to the 'One Carom system', which means that every inning is played from the starting position. The internet quality has been tested in collaboration with One Sports TV. The dress code: polo shirt, black pants, black shoes.
Players are allowed to put personal sponsors on the polo shirts. Furthermore, only the billiard brand is allowed on the table.

The players receive a starting fee of 1000 euros. The prize money:
Winner: 1000 euros
Second: 500 euros
Highest run: 500 euros

The schedule:
Wednesday July 8:
10.30: Jaspers-Sánchez
13.00: Blomdahl-Cho
15.30: Tasdemir-Sayginer
18.00: Merckx-Tran

Thursday 9 July:
Matches at 10:30 AM, 1:00 PM, 3:30 PM, 6:00 PM

Friday July 10:
Matches (last group matches) at 10.30, 13.00, 15.30, 18.00

Saturday July 11:
Semi-finals 12.00 and 17.00

Sunday July 12:
Final: 5 p.m.