3-Cushion
MANIZALES - The city of Manizales in Colombia is hosting one of the most famous Grand Prix tournaments in Latin America in the upcoming days: the Feria de Manzales. The event is very popular among the South American three cushion players. 160 participants come from Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Chile and the United States.
The tournament is sponsored by the Mayor of the city, who launched the event on Sunday. The eighteenth edition will be held at the Coliseum San Luis Gonzaga, in two phases, the qualification and the main tournament, both in three days.
The qualification is played in groups of three or four players and matches to sets of fifteen. The main tournament consists of 16 groups of four players, the two best advance for the knock-out phase.
The images are broadcast live on kozoom.com, from Wednesday, January 8th a premium pass is required.
The Colombian delegation is stronger than ever and is led by the local top players Huberney Catano, Andres Naranjo and Daniel Morales, also Robinson and Julian Morales, Heriberto Aristizabal, Gabriel Vasquez, Andres Miguel Romero, Carloman Ortiz, Santiago Carmona, Edwin Perez and Luis Martinez are contenders for victory.
The arrival of Luis Aveiga and his compatriot Javier Teran Ecuador is also expected.
The group format:
Group 1 Heriberto Aristizabal, Elider Gomez, Carlos Elias, Fanor Hernandez
Group 2, Robinson Morales, Jairo Gutierrez, Ramon Castñeda, Dumar Otalora
Group 3, Eduardo Vanegas, Daniel Patiño, Miguel Almaraz, Jhon J Aguirre
Group 4, José Paniagua, Jorge Giraldo, Ramon Lopez, Diego Obando
Group 5, Gabriel Vasquez, Alfonso Larios, Daniel Medina, Daniel Jaramillo
Group 6, Jesus Gallegos, Carlos Castellanos, Leonel Montes, Fabian Bello
Group 7, Jose Juan Garcia, Carlos Bohorquez -Juan Hurtado, Camilo Vellajo
Group 8, Orlando Zulaga, Humberto Gomez, Harold Candela -Juan C Vallejo
Group 9, Daniel Morales, Javier Rendón, Carlos Rodriguez, Juan Jaramillo
Group 10, Arley Salazar, Johan Escobar, Hector Román, Edwin Peña
Group 11, Michel Lozano, Jhon Patiño, Orlando Loaiza, Sandro Rincón
Group 12, Victor Olarte, Guillermo Zuluaga, Juan Gil, Jose Lopez
Group 13, Huberney Cataño, Gustavo Villa, Hector Melo, Victor Jaramillo
Group 14, Leonardo Susano, Carlos Alberto Ortiz, Jualian Vasquez, Jorge Hurtado
Group 15, Manuel Soto, Francisco Quiceno, Jhon Giraldo, Angel Rincón
Group 16, Santiago Carmona, Diego Henao, Ricardo Pabon, William Zipa
Group 17, Ronald Otavo, Guillermo Montealegre, Richard Hurtado -Antonio Ortega
Group 18, Carloman Ortiz, Hugo Hurtado, Luis E. Mejia, Maximo Lozano
Group 19, Alejandro Piza, Jeisson Peñarete, Juan Caicedo, Cesar Arias
Group 20, Andres Lizarazo, Javier Arias, Juan Rendon, Alvaro Caceres
Group 21, Andres Felipe Naranjo, Francisco Ocampo, Jaime Montoya, Julio Rincón
Group 22, Wilmer Sinisterra, Andres Aristizabal, Jose Hernandez, Fredy Soto
Group 23, Alejandro Upegui, Didier Lopez, Carlos Sarmiento, Oscar Castaño
Group 24, Luis Martinez, Edilson Cubillos, Juan C Agudelo, Genaro Velez
Group 25, Miguel Alvarez, Cesar A Salazar, Sebastian Velasquez, Edwin Perez
Group 26, William Cano, Fredey Salgado, Jesus Lara, Steven Uribe
Group 27, Antonio Tabares, Fernando Giraldo, Santiago Alzate, Jair Morales
Group 28, Julian Arbelaez -Fernando Villada, Richard Jaramillo, Santiago Camacho
Group 29, Luis M. Avila, Fernando Giraldo, Jhonny Zarate, Julio Roncancio
Group 30, Miguel Romero, Dario Velasquez, Luis Manrique, Andres Gonzales.