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VEGHEL - The Spanish winner Dani Sánchez has made a jump of three places on the World ranking list after his victory in the Veghel World Cup. Thanks to the 80 ranking points for the winner, Sánchez is with 336 now number three on the UMB ranking following Dick Jaspers (402) and Marco Zanetti (348). The top 14 underwent some changes.
Jung Han Heo returns thanks to his final place to the top 14, which is important for the tickets in the UMB World Cups. The Korean had to play in Veghel in the last qualification. Jérémy Bury moved up one place and is now number 14. That was at the cost of Murat Naci Coklu, who dropped three places and is number 15 now.
In the top five, Jaspers and Zanetti remained on 1 and 2, Sánchez moved up to 3, Torbjörn Blomdahl moved up one place and is now on 4 and Eddy Merckx dropped two places. The Belgian is now fifth. The Vietnamese players, who due to the COVID situation in their country could not come to Veghel, remain at the same number of points as in the previous ranking. That was the same for young Myung-woo Cho, the Korean who is doing his military service and cannot participate in foreign events.
The biggest jumps were made by Jeffrey Jorissen, who climbed 166 places and is with his 35 points in Veghel now 83rd. Korean Ji-hun Ahn, another stuntman in Veghel, climbed 139 points and is now number 113. Robinson Morales, who returned from PBA, entered the top 100.
The top 25 of the ranking (and other known players on the move):
1 Dick Jaspers 402
2 Marco Zanetti 348
3 Dani Sanchez 336
4 Torbjörn Blomdahl 295
5 Eddy Merckx 294
6 Quyet Chien Tran 270
7 Sameh Sidhom 265
8 Haeng Jik Kim 264
9 Tayfun Tasdemir 247
10 Semih Sayginer 245
11 Myung-woo Cho 240
12 Martin Horn 216
13 Jung-han Heo 211
14 Jérémy Bury 208
15 Murat Naci Coklu 204
16 Duc Anh Chien Nguyen 201
17 Lütfi Cenet 178
18 Sung-won Choi 174
19 Dion Nelin 169
20 Nguyen Quoc Nguyen
21 Nikos Polychronopoulos 148
22 Roland Forthomme 146
23 Jun-tae Kim 141
24 Trung Hau Do Nguyen 118
25 Pedro Gonzales 116
39 Michael Nilsson 71
58 Ja In Kang 51
82 Raimond Burgman 37
83 Jeffrey Jorissen 35
96 Robinson Morales 31
113 Ahn Ji-hun 26
142 Ömer Karakurt 18
The final stage at the World Cup in Veghel with Dani Sánchez on top, Jung Han Heo (left), Tayfun Tasdemir and Jun Tae Kim (right)
Dani Sánchez after his victory: back in top three
Dick Jaspers remains on top position
Jeffrey Jorissen made a huge jump on the ranking
Ji Hun Ahn from Korea, one of the star players in the Veghel World Cup