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Verhoeven Open

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{{Short description|Three-cushion billiards competition}}

File:2016 Verhoeven Open (3-Cushion).svg

File:Verhoeven Open 2016-Venue-Entrance- Martin Horn.jpg at the entrance of the Carom Café in 2016.]]

The Verhoeven Open is a three-cushion billiards tournament held in Flushing, Queens in the US state of New York. The event is sanctioned by the Union Mondiale de Billard and the United States Billiard Association. The event was known as Sang Lee International Open between 2005 and 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/world-top-faces-sayginer-and-ceulemans.html |title=World top faces… Sayginer and Ceulemans |access-date=July 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716082242/http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/world-top-faces-sayginer-and-ceulemans.html|archive-date=July 16, 2016 }}

History

File:Verhoeven Open 2016-Venue -Poster SLIO 1.jpg

File:Verhoeven Open 2016-Michael Kang 2.jpg is the co-founder of the Carom Café and friend of Sang Lee.]]

= Sang Lee International Open =

It was founded in 2005 as the Sang Lee International Open, named after Sang Lee, a Korean American player whose goal was to spread his principles as a player and restore the popularity of carom billiards in the United States. One year after his death in 2004, his friend Ira Lee initiated the tournament in tribute to him. It was organized by the United States Billiard Association (USBA) as a member of the world federation Union Mondiale de Billard. The venue for the tournament is the Carom Café, which was founded by Sang Lee (not Ira Lee who is not related to Sang) and his friend Michael Kang, who was also one of the best players in the United States at that time.

Contrary to most other tournaments it was not played in the set system, but to a predetermined score. The structure of the tournament has been changed several times since 2005.

The inaugural event (2005) was won by Sweden's Torbjörn Blomdahl. The 2006 and 2007 editions were both dominated by Frédéric Caudron of Belgium.{{cite web|url=http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?id=3725|title=Frederic Caudron is Champion at the 2006 Sang Lee International Open|publisher=AzBilliards.com|date=August 22, 2006|access-date=August 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613202358/http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?id=3725|archive-date=June 13, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?id=4591|title=Caudron Comes From Behind To Defend Title|publisher=AzBilliards.com|date=August 19, 2007|access-date=August 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214211445/http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?id=4591|archive-date=February 14, 2012}} Roland Forthomme, also from Belgium, won it in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?storynum=5531|title=Roland Forthomme wins Sang Lee International Open|publisher=AzBilliards.com|date=August 1, 2008|access-date=August 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024022242/http://azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?storynum=5531|archive-date=October 24, 2012}} The 2008 edition was the last time the event was named as Sang Lee International Open.

= Verhoeven Open =

After a four-year break, the tournament was relaunched in 2012 under the name Verhoeven Open Tournament (or short Verhoeven Open) by Cindy Lee, CEO of billiards-event organizer Dragon Promotions.{{cite web|url=http://3cushion.blogspot.de/2012/07/july-29-aug-5-2012-carom-cafe-is_18.html|title=July 29 – Aug 5, 2012: Carom Cafe = Billiards Heaven on Earth|publisher=3-Cushion Carom News|date=July 18, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2013}}{{unreliable source?|date=August 2016}}

In 2012, 20 players participated at the tournament. Winner was the local hero Pedro Piedrabuena, who beat Torbjörn Blomdahl from Sweden with 40:37 in the final. After a long pause of playing tournaments, the 75-year-old Belgian "Mr. 100 " Raymond Ceulemans was honors player of the tournament and could, after all, still occupy the seventh rank.{{cite web|url=http://www.kozoom.com/de/billard-karambol/results/8657/matches.html|title=Dreiband – Verhoeven Open Tournament – New York (USA) – 01.08.12 bis 05.08.12|publisher=Kozoom.com|access-date=July 19, 2013}}

Prize money and ranking points

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! colspan="4"| Prize Money 2007{{cite web|url=http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?p=812639 |title=Sang Lee International Open – Draw and Format (2007) |publisher=AzBilliards.com forum |access-date=July 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807091059/http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?p=812639 |archive-date=August 7, 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{unreliable source?|date=August 2016}}

Rankstyle="border-right:medium solid" | Prize
money (US$)		RankPrize
money (US$)
{{0}}1style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:12000}}11style="text-align:right" |{{formatnum:2800}}
{{0}}2style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:9600}}12style="text-align:right" |{{formatnum:2400}}
{{0}}3style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:8000}}13style="text-align:right" |{{formatnum:2100}}
{{0}}4style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:6400}}14style="text-align:right" |{{formatnum:1800}}
{{0}}5style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:5600}}15style="text-align:right" |{{formatnum:1700}}
{{0}}6style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:4800}}16style="text-align:right" |{{formatnum:1600}}
{{0}}7style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:4400}}17style="text-align:right" |{{formatnum:1500}}
{{0}}8style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:4000}}18style="text-align:right" |{{formatnum:1400}}
{{0}}9style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:3600}}19style="text-align:right" |{{formatnum:1300}}
10style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:3200}}20style="text-align:right" |{{formatnum:1200}}
colspan="4"| Bonuses
HSstyle="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:300}}BGstyle="text-align:right" |{{formatnum:300}}
colspan="4" | Total amount: {{formatnum:80000}} US$

The following table shows prize money and ranking points (only for USBA-players).{{cite web|url=http://www.3cushionbilliards.com/events/eventdetail/1035/2016-verhoeven-open-tournament-carom-cafe-billiards-flushing-new-york-us|title=General Infos|access-date=July 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704123042/http://www.3cushionbilliards.com/events/eventdetail/1035/2016-verhoeven-open-tournament-carom-cafe-billiards-flushing-new-york-us|archive-date=July 4, 2016}}

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|+Prize Money

! Rank !! style="border-right:medium solid" | US$ !! Rank !! US$

{{0}}1style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:8000}}11style="text-align:right" | {{formatnum:550}}
{{0}}2style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:5000}}12style="text-align:right" | {{formatnum:550}}
{{0}}3style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:4000}}13style="text-align:right" | {{formatnum:500}}
{{0}}4style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:3500}}14style="text-align:right" | {{formatnum:500}}
{{0}}5style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:2700}}15style="text-align:right" | {{formatnum:450}}
{{0}}6style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:2200}}16style="text-align:right" | {{formatnum:450}}
{{0}}7style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:1700}}17style="text-align:right" | {{formatnum:425}}
{{0}}8style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:1200}}18style="text-align:right" | {{formatnum:425}}
{{0}}9style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:1000}}19style="text-align:right" | {{formatnum:400}}
10style="text-align:right; border-right:medium solid" | {{formatnum:800}}20style="text-align:right" | {{formatnum:400}}
colspan="4" | Total amount: {{formatnum:34750}} US$

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|+ USBA-Points

! Rank !! Points

1.80
2.60
3.50
4.40
5. & 6.30
7. & 8.25
9.–12.20
13.–16.15
17.–2410
25.–32{{0}}5
≥ 33{{0}}3

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Tournament statistic

File:Verhoeven Open 2016-Jérémy Bury 1.jpg, winner of 2016]]

The GA shows the general average (all points ÷ all innings).

= Men =

class = "wikitable"
colspan="8"| Sang Lee International Open
Year

! Winner

! GA

! Runner up

! GA

! 3. Place

! GA

! Ref.

2005

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Torbjörn Blomdahl

|2,006

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Semih Saygıner

|1,998

|{{flagicon|NED}} Dick Jaspers

|1,907

|

2006

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Frédéric Caudron

|1,881

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Torbjörn Blomdahl

|1,851

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Semih Saygıner

|1,741

|

2007

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Frédéric Caudron

|1,774

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Sánchez

|1,889

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Semih Saygıner

|1,615

|

2008

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Roland Forthomme

|1,829

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Frédéric Caudron

|1,958

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Torbjörn Blomdahl

|1,707

|

colspan="8"| Verhoeven Open Tournament
Year

! Winner

! GA

! Runner up

! GA

! 3. Place

! GA

! Ref.

2012

| {{flagicon|USA}} Pedro Piedrabuena

| 1,592

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Torbjörn Blomdahl

| 1,708

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Roland Forthomme

| 1,658

| {{cite web|url=http://www.kozoom.com/de/billard-karambol/results/8657/rankings.html|title=Dreiband – Verhoeven Open Tournament – New York (USA) – 01.08.12 bis 05.08.12|publisher=Kozoom.com|access-date=July 19, 2013}}

2013

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Frédéric Caudron

| 2,066

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Eddy Merckx

| 1,886

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Torbjörn Blomdahl

| 1,838

| {{cite web|url=http://www.usba.net/pdf/pdf20130721VerhoevenOpen/finalRanking.pdf|title=2013 Verhoeven Open (Final Ranking)|publisher=United States Billiard Association|work=USBA.net|access-date=July 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718013542/http://www.usba.net/pdf/pdf20130721VerhoevenOpen/finalRanking.pdf|archive-date=July 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}

2014

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Torbjörn Blomdahl

| 2,058

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Eddy Merckx

| 1,941

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Frédéric Caudron

| 1,927

| {{cite web|url=http://www.usba.net/tournaments/upcoming-tournaments/eventdetail/163/-/2014-verhoeven-open-carom-cafe-flushing-ny|title=Torbjorn Blomdahl wins the 2014 Verhoeven Open.|access-date=July 15, 2016}}

2015

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Dick Jaspers

| 2,097

| {{flagicon|TUR}} Tayfun Taşdemir

| 1,715

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Frédéric Caudron

| 1,931

| {{cite web|url=http://www.usba.net/recent-news/405-2015-verhoeven-final-results|title=2015 Verhoeven Final Results|access-date=July 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715140305/http://www.usba.net/recent-news/405-2015-verhoeven-final-results|archive-date=July 15, 2016}}

2016

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jérémy Bury

| 1,542

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Dick Jaspers

| 1,975

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Eddy Merckx

| 1,775

| {{cite web|url=http://professorqball.com/2016/08/verhoeven-tuesday-schedule/|title=Jeremy Bury wins Verhoeven Open|publisher=Professor Q Ball's National Pool & Billiard News|date=August 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820221439/http://professorqball.com/2016/08/verhoeven-tuesday-schedule/|archive-date=August 20, 2016}}

2017

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Cho Jae-ho

| 1,650

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Eddy Leppens

| 1,897

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Sánchez

| 1,847

| {{cite web|url=http://www.3cushionbilliards.com/images/PDF/20170813_MT_1-4_FinalRanking.pdf|title=2017 Final Ranking|publisher=United States Billiard Association|date=August 14, 2017}}

rowspan="2" | 2018

| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|BEL}} Eddy Merckx

| rowspan="2" | 1,872

| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Sánchez

| rowspan="2" | 1,937

| {{flagicon|GER}} Martin Horn

| 1,908

| rowspan="2" |

{{flagicon|BEL}} Eddy Leppens

| 1,597

rowspan="2" | 2019

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Eddy Merckx

| 1,798

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Torbjörn Blomdahl

| 1,777

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Sánchez

| 1,773

|

= Women =

In 2013 for the first time a competition for women was held. It took place from July 14 to 16, right before the men's competition. Winner was world number one Therese Klompenhouwer from the Netherlands. She beat the four-time world champion Orie Hida from Japan 25:16 in 17 innings in the final. However Hida played the best individual average with 1,562. Klompenhouwer succeeded with 9 points in the best high run.{{cite web|url=http://competition.kozoom.com/en/stand/7/|title=USBA Women's Invitational Tournament|publisher=Kozoom.com|access-date=July 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112190135/http://competition.kozoom.com/en/stand/7|archive-date=November 12, 2013}}

In 2015 the women's tournament was called Jennifer Shim International.{{cite web|url=http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/women-s-world-stars-in-jennifer-shim-tournament.html|title=Women's world stars in Jennifer Shim tournament|publisher=Kozoom.com|date=June 17, 2015|access-date=July 15, 2016}} The tournament was named in memory of the American elite player Jennifer Shim, who was shot on March 6, 2015, by her ex-boyfriend at the age of 41.{{cite web|url=http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=393956|title=RIP – Jennifer Shim|date=March 22, 2015 |publisher=AzBilliards.com forum|access-date=July 22, 2015}}{{unreliable source?|date=August 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://poolbuzz.org/posts/STNkTBfsEBPnTKJzg|title=The Three Cushion World Remembers Jennifer Shim with Women's International Championship|publisher=poolbuzz.org|access-date=July 22, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150722145330/http://poolbuzz.org/posts/STNkTBfsEBPnTKJzg|archive-date=July 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"
Year

! Winner

! GA

! Runner up

! GA

! 3. Place/
Semi Finalists

! GA

! Ref.

colspan="8"| Verhoeven Open Tournament
2013

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Therese Klompenhouwer

| 1,016

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Orie Hida

| 0,850

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Park Su-ah

| 0,631

|

colspan="8"| Jennifer Shim International
2015

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Therese Klompenhouwer

| 1,123

| {{flagicon|KHM}} Pheavy Srong

| 0,662

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Orie Hida

| 0,970

| {{cite web|url=http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/therese-completes-trilogy-in-new-york.html|title=Therese completes trilogy in New York|publisher=kozoom.com|date=July 21, 2015|access-date=July 15, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/results/14630/rankings.html|title=3-Cushion – Jennifer Shim International – New York (USA) – 7/18/15 to 7/20/15|publisher=kozoom.com|access-date=July 15, 2015}}

2017

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Therese Klompenhouwer

| 1,116

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Orie Hida

| 1,035

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Mi-rae

| 0,648

| {{cite web |url=https://www.kozoom.com/de/billard-karambol/results/21355/rankings.html |title=Ranking Ladies 2017 |date=July 6, 2017 |publisher=Kozoom |access-date=August 14, 2019 }}

rowspan="2" | 2019

| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Han Ji-eun

| rowspan="2" | 0,863

| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|NLD}} Therese Klompenhouwer

| rowspan="2" | 1,195

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Orie Hida

| 0,780

| rowspan="2" | {{cite web |url=http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/results/27149/matches.html |title=Results Ladies 2019 |date=August 4, 2019 |publisher=Kozoom |access-date=August 14, 2019 }}

{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuko Nishimoto

| 0,754

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Verhoeven Open}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20061018004140/http://www.sangleeinternational.com/ Sang Lee International Tournament Official Site]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212728/http://talk.cuetable.com/showthread.php?t=964 Sang Lee International 2007 Photos]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212738/http://talk.cuetable.com/showthread.php?t=2309 Sang Lee International 2008 Photos]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212800/http://talk.cuetable.com/showthread.php?t=1701 Video Tribute to Sang Lee]

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