Cadre 47/2 World Championship 1951

35th Cadre 47/2 World Championship
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	?, Buenos Aires
Opening:	October 19, 1951
Endgame:	October 27, 1951
Attendees:	8th
Defending champion:	Piet van de Pol
Winner:	Pedro Leopoldo Carrera
2nd finalist:	René Gabriëls
3rd place:	Clement van Hassel
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	36.07 Pedro Leopoldo Carrera
Best ED:	66.66 Pedro Leopoldo Carrera René Gabriëls
Maximum series (HS):	273 Clément van Hassel
Venue on the map
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires
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The 1951 Cadre 47/2 World Championship was the 35th World Championship, which was held in Cadre 45/2 until 1947 and from 1948 in Cadre 47/2. The tournament took place in Buenos Aires from October 19-27, 1951 . It was the first Cadre 47/2 World Championship in Argentina and the last to be held by the Union Internationale des Fédérations des Amateurs de Billard (UIFAB).

history

After the tournament, René Gabriëls and Pedro Leopoldo Carrera each had 12: 2 match points. According to the statutes of the time, a game of play had to decide the winner.

Stitch game

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Pedro Leopoldo Carrera	2-0	400	14th	28.57	28.57	103
2	René Gabriëls	0: 2	154	14th	11.00	-	82

At his second Cadre 45/2 or 47/2 World Championship, after 1947 in Saragossa, the Argentinian Pedro Leopoldo Carrera was world champion in his home country ahead of the Belgian René Gabriëls. Third-placed Clément van Hassel improved Gabriëls' series world record to 273 .

The first Cadre 47/2 World Championship in South America was a mammoth journey for the participating Europeans. From Frankfurt am Main via Paris, Lisbon, Dakar, and Rio de Janero to Buenos Aires. The officials of the Argentine Billiards Association greeted the players at night directly at the airport. The tournament was a complete success. Every day 2,000 to 3,000 spectators followed the tournament. At the first and last match of the tournament there were still 1,000 spectators on the street who couldn't find a place in the tournament hall. After the tournament, all participants were welcomed and given gifts by the Argentine General Peron and his wife Eva (Evita). Peron was a great promoter of billiards in Argentina. Carrera and Navarra received great support.

Tournament mode

It was played in the round robin system up to 400 points. In the event of a tie in MPs (except in the event of a tie for the winner), the following order will be used:

1. MP = match points
2. GD = general average
3. HS = maximum series

Closing table

Legend

MP	Match Points (winner = 2; tie = 1; loser = 0)
Pts.	Achieved collisions
Recording	Required attempts
GD	General average
BED	Best individual average by a player
HS	Maximum series
	Best GD of the tournament
	Best ED of the tournament
	Best HS of the tournament
	1st place (gold)
	2nd place (silver)
	3rd place (bronze)

Closing table

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Pedro Leopoldo Carrera	14: 2	2961	85	34.81	66.66	181
2	René Gabriëls	12: 4	2944	93	31.65	66.66	265
3	Clement van Hassel	10: 4	2353	79	29.78	57.14	273
4th	Enrique Navarra	8: 6	1942	82	23.39	36.36	171
5	Piet van de Pol	8: 6	2216	96	23.08	44.44	224
6th	Kees de Ruijter	2:12	1677	89	18.84	57.14	100
7th	Jean Galmiche	2:12	1586	88	18.02	20.00	91
8th	Francisco del Vecchio	2:12	1763	103	17.11	21.05	100
Tournament average: 24.36

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Court: German Billard Newspaper . 29th year, no. 7 . Cologne January 1952, p. 6-8 .
2. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 195 .