Friday, February 17th: 
Result booklet of the entire tournament as pdf document (2.2
MB)
Sunday, February 12th: 5pm
In a quite quick final Sweden defended its title successfully
and was crowned World Champion for a record sixth time. Torbjörn
Blomdahl was playing n a class of his own, while Christian Rudolph
had to ay tribute tothe energy he left in his semi-final match
immediately before. Blomdahl won the encounter clearly in straight
sets by 15-3, 15-4 and 15-4, thus underlining once more what worldclass
player he is.
Therefore it did not help the Germans that on the other table
Mrtin Horn cruised into a 2-1 lead versus Michael Nillson after
trailing already 0-1. When they just started their fourth set
the final was decided on the other table. So the 20th edition
of this World Championship and the 17th which took lace in the
beautiful "Festhalle" in the German city of Viersen
found its deserved winner - Sweden.
2.30 pm
It is defending champion Sweden versus the host nation Germany
in the final of the 2006 World Team Champioship Thre-Cushion in
Viersen. The Germans put on a great match in their semi-final
versus Turkey, allthough it was much closer than the result looks.
In close sets both Germans had to watch setballs of their opponents
from their chair. The no. 1 players Christian Rudolph and Semih
Sayginer, regarded as a slight favourite, showed a great match.
The first set was a very close affair and Rudolph just managed
to get the better end. Then the German started set 2 with a run
of 12 points. But Sayginer managed to et back and went 14-13 ahead.
Rudolph showed good nerves still winning this set. Again he strted
off the third set with a run of eight, clinching the match in
three straight sets by 15-11.
Martin Horn started off in great style, leading clearly in
the opener and looking like the winner. When Adnan Yüksel
faught back it was too late. Horn won the first set in eight innings
and did the same in the second. Yüksel got one back, winning
the only set for Turkey, but the fourth set was not started. Because
of Rudolph's clear 3-0 win Germany was already the winner at this
moment.
While the Germans won their quarter-final on saturday on their
fighting spirit they got through the semi by their playing skills.
Thanks to reat playing Michael Nilsson five times champion
Sweden also reach the final. He managed to beat Raymond Burgman
in three straight sets. At that time also Torbjörn Blomdahl
lead Dick aspers by 2-0, so that the match was decided and did
not have to be continued.
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