3-Cushion
MEDELLIN - The Pan American championships in the game type three cushion, with players from eleven countries, starts with the preliminaries for the individual tournament today (Tuesday) in Medellin. The American Pedro Piedrabuena is the title holder, the main tournament starts on Thursday. Piedrabuena won the championship for the second time last year and defeated in the final rounds with eight (seven Colombians) successively Alexander Lopera, Arley Galeano, Carlos Campino, Cesar Garzon and in the final Huberney Catano. The American winner played in the tournament a record average 1.687 and earned 1240 dollars.
The tournament is not only important to win the Pan American title, also for the tickets to participate in the World championship in Korea.
Sixteen Groups of three players, who meet in matches to 30 caroms, play in the first qualifying rounds. The matches will be broadcast live on Kozoom.
The Colombians are by far in the majority in the preliminary rounds. The organizing country shows up with eight wild card players for the main tournament and 41 players in the qualifications. The other participating countries are Ecuador, Peru, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Argeninie, United States and Panama.
The main event will start on Thursday with 48 players in knock-out matches to 40 caroms. The tournament will be preceded in the preliminaries by a minute of silence for Colombian player Carloman Ortiz who suddenly passed away this year.
For the main tournament will qualify:
Eight Colombian wildcard holders:
Alexander Salazar, Heriberto Aristizabal, Luis Martinez (Colombian champion), Pedro Gonzales (Colombian number 1), Huberney Catano, Gabriel Vasquez, Henry Diaz and Carlos Campino.
Further:
Peru: Ramon Rodriguez, Guido Saco
Ecuador: Javier Teran, Aveiga Luis, Juan C. del Salto
Chile: Marco Sobarzo.
The Group formats for the qualifications are:
Group A:
Julián Torres-Milton Baquero
Manuel Martínez
Group B:
Andres Naranjo-Cesar Díaz
Luis Suarez
Group C:
Fernando Diaz-Alvaro Yazo
Julian Morales
Group D:
Carlos M Villegas-Edwin Pena
Wilzon Guiza
Group E:
Robinson Morales-Mauricio Aguilar
Jhon Fredy Martinez
Group F:
Jose Joan García-Harold Candela
Jorge E Barrios
Group G:
Jorge Rubio (Ecu)-Oscar Castano
Dumar Otalora
Group H:
Andres Lizarazo-Alvaro Jaramillo
Jaime Carrasco
Roep I:
Santiago Carmona-Steven Uribe
George Harry Pena
Group J:
Mieuqe Romero-Andres Hernandez
Mario Amaya
Group K:
Eleazar Ramirez-Oscar Aranzazu
Oscar Pachas
Group L:
Oscar Villamizar-Juan Camillo Gil
Uillermo Ledezma
Group M:
Victor Olarte-Jairo Tamayo
Felipe Gallegos
Group N:
Alejandro Piza-Arley Castrillon
Marco Selman
Group O:
Alvaro Castaneda-Michel Lozano
Victor Crovetto
Group P:
Andres Salazar-Oscar Medina
Jeferson Troya.