The 8th edition of the ICF Carrom cup was held in Pune, India from 2 to 6 December 2019. This was the 3rd consecutive ICF cup India has hosted. India won the men's team event and women's team event title.
Irshad Ahmed Ansari of India defeated 2018 World Cup winner Prashant More to claim his maiden international trophy in the men's singles event. In the women's singles event, S. Apoorva of India beat Ayesha Mohamed of India to complete a hat trick of international titles as she won the singles title in 2016 Carrom World Championship and 2018 Carrom World Cup.
Participating teams A total of 16 nations participated in the 5 day fiesta.
Men's team event A total of 16 teams participated in the men's team event. The top 8 teams were selected to compete in a knockout round based on players' performance in the singles event. India defeated Sri Lanka (3–0) to win the men's title while Bangladesh beat Maldives (2–1) to win the bronze medal.
TeamPlayers Anas Ahmed Nishantha Fernando Shaheed Hilmy Dinet Dulakshan Rajesh Gohil Prashant More Irshad Ahmed Ansari Zaheer Pasha Shibu Jose Sam Mallisetti Ajay Arora Ranjit Sapre Ali Azim Ismail Azmeen Adam Adeel Mohamed Munthasir Hafizur Rahman Mohamed Ali "Robin" Hemaeth Molla Sala uddin Kaiser Pierre Dubois Fabian Pereira Venou Mouraly Nazrul Islam Mohamed Sunahar Ali Sugukumar Sekar Chandan Narkar Jakub Sasinski Pankaj Monga Bartosz Sasinski Nitesh Sinha Josef Meyer Christopher Walter Sahidin Sahipul Abdul Muthalib Ismail Abdul Rahman Zakaria Peter Bocker Sebastian Holtman Dirk Pochlow Jorg Johannes Mohamed Azam Khan Nathar Ali Momcilo Danic Aleksandar Tanaskovic Louis Fernandes Moaz Sheihk Wajahatulla Mohamed Rupkrishna Dangoi Gianluca Christiani Dineth Hapuarachchige Nicolo Gallo Paolo Martinelli Tadej Salamun
Men's team event results
Women's team event Seven teams participated in the women's team event. The top 4 teams qualified based on the players' performance in the singles event. India won the women's team event, beating Sri Lanka (3–0) in the finals. The Maldives women's team achieved 2nd rank for the first time in 12 years in the international arena. They beat Sri Lanka 2–1 in the semi-finals. Sri Lanka claimed 3rd place by beating Bangladesh with a 3–0 win.
TeamPlayers Roshita Joseph (c) Maduka Dilshani M.Chitradevi Rebeca Dalrine Rashmi Kumari (c) K. Nagajyothi S. Apoorva Ayesha Mohammed Aminath Visama (v) Aminath Vidhaadh Aminath Shuba Adam Fathimath Rayana Sharifah Azmi Masnoora Hashim Suzana Salim Elissa Zuchiatti Danielle De Fatti Paulina Novakowska Afsana Nasrin Shumsune Maksuda Raima Chadni Sabina Akhtar
Women's team event results
Swiss league 86 players participated in the mixed singles event. A maximum of 8 (4 men and 4 women) players from each country was given entry to play in this event, whereas sixteen players from the host (India) competed in this event. Zaheer Pasha from India won the Swiss league undefeated and scoring 5 slams in 8 matches. Anil Munde from India claimed 2nd Place while 2014 World Cup Champion Komaravelli Srinivas was the 3rd rank.
Swiss league ranking (top 15)
Zaheeer Pasha - India Anil Munde - India Komaravelli Srinivas - India Irshad Ahmed - India Kumarii Kajal - India Rajesh Gohil - India Prashant Suryakant More - India WD Nishantha Fernando - Sri Lanka Louis Fernandes - Canada Anas Ahamed - Sri Lanka Hafizur Rahman - Bangladesh Rashmi Kumari - India Sandeep Dive - India Abhijeet Tripankar - India Nilam Ghodake - India
Men's singles A total of 32 players who qualified to singles event were divided in to 8 groups. The top 2 qualified to the round of 16. Irshad Ahmed of India beat world champion Prashant More 2–1 to claim the title. This tournament was Irshad Ahmed's first International. Prashant More failed to make history by winning 3 consecutive International titles. Rajesh Gohil of India beat fan's favourite Zaheer Pasha 2–1 to claim third place.
Men's singles top 8 ranking
Irshad Ahamed - India Prashant Suryakant More - India Gohil Rajesh - India Zaheer Paasha - India Hemaet Molla - Bangladesh Nishantha Fernando - Sri Lanka Shaheed Hilmy - Sri Lanka Ismail "Neal" Azmeen - Maldives
Women's singles 24 players competed in the group stage. The top 2 from each group competed in the quarter-finals. S.Apoorva of India beat Ayesha Mohamed of India to complete a hatrick of international titles as she won the singles title in 2016 Carrom World Championship and 2018 Carrom World Cup. Former World Champion Rashmi Kumari of India beat young star Nagajyothi to win 3rd Place.
Women's singles top 8 ranking
S. Apoorva - India Ayesha Mohamed - India Rashmii Kumari - India Nagarjyothi - India Rebeca Dalrine - Sri Lanka Maduka Dilshani - Sri Lanka Aminath Vidhaadh - Maldives Roshita Joseph - Sri Lanka
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