Cone billiards
Cone pool or billiards bowling is the generic term for several disciplines in billiards , where erected on the table cone must be overturned. Within the DBU cone pool is the collision assigned -Billiard.
5-cone billiards
5-cone-pool (also Cinque Birilli , Stecca or Cinco Quillas ) is on the Karambolagebillardtisch played. 5 small cones (material: plastic, height 25 mm, 4 × white, 1 × red; very similar to the figures in humans, don't get angry ) are placed in the middle of the table; as shown in the picture - the red cone comes in the middle.
The game is played either to achieve a set number of points or, today, more often in the set system, in which the win is given a set number of sets, in which a defined number of points can be achieved. At international tournaments, sets of up to 60 points are often played - the goal is 3 winning sets (“Best of Five”).
The main peculiarity of 5-cone billiards is the change of thrust - it is always thrust alternately, regardless of success. This peculiarity represents the great tactical challenge of this game, as the player has to consider with every push whether he is playing offensively and wants to score many points, or rather defensively and scores few or no points in order to leave his opponent with a difficult picture and to force them to foul. To do this, you try to leave white and yellow on the table in such a way that the cone image lies in between - ideally in diagonally opposite corners.
Each player has a designated cue ball (white or yellow) with which he must first hit the opponent's ball in order to execute a legal stroke.
Points can then be achieved by carom and / or cone throw:
- Collisions
- The cue ball hits the red ball after contact with the opposing ball (4 points).
- The cue ball hits the opponent's ball and drives it onto the red ball (3 points).
- Bowling (the opponent's ball and / or the red ball run into the cone) - here there is
- 2 points for each fallen white cone,
- generally 4 points for the red cone,
- but 10 points for the red cone if it falls alone .
Example: Player 1 hits the yellow ball with his white ball, this hits the red ball and it runs into the cones and hits 3 white and red cones → 3 points for the indirect collision + 10 cone points (3 × 2 + 1 x 4 ) = 13 points.
A player can also score foul points (which are credited to the opponent as plus points) if he
- the opponent's ball does not hit first (2 foul points) and 2 further foul points if the red ball is hit, as well as any "cone" points as foul points (example: player 1 hits red first with white, then yellow and yellow hits 2 white pins → 8 foul points: yellow not hit (2), red hit (2), 2 pins knocked over (4)),
- commits other rule violations (e.g. push through, a ball falls off the table during the push, ...).
If the player makes a non-compliant kick (foul), the opponent then has the ball in hand and can place his cue ball anywhere in the opposite half of the opponent's ball and, if desired, have the opponent's ball placed on the point of kick-off.
- If the player has taken a correct stroke, but the cue ball knocks over the cone (Example: Player 1 hits the yellow ball with his white ball, this hits the red ball and it runs into the cone and hits the red cone. The cue ball then throws two white cones around → 8 fault points (as explained above, but since the cue ball was involved, everything is counted as a fault, ie these are credited to the opponent. The opponent must, however, continue to play the situation left behind!)).
Five-cone billiards is a technically demanding discipline which, in addition to good technique, also requires a good understanding of the movement of the balls and the reaction of the boards. Furthermore, a good tempo and opening act is required.
In Germany there is a 5-cone billiard Bundesliga , which consists of 9 teams. In addition, two Grand Prix are offered and various tournaments, as well as state championships, which serve to qualify for the central billiards championship in Bad Wildungen .
In 5-cone billiards, Italy and Argentina are the leading billiard nations, followed by France , Germany and other European countries. This sport is particularly popular in Italy and is also offered accordingly in the media. A world championship tournament has been held in this discipline since 1965 .
9-cone billiards
9-cone billiards (also goriziana ) is a variation of 5-cone billiards in which four white cones are added. It also differs in the greater distances (up to 400 points per set) and the way the points are counted:
- Collisions
- no matter which variation: 6 points
- Cone fall
- outer white cones: 2 points
- inner white cone: 8 points
- red cone: 10 points
- if the red cone falls alone: 30 points
- Specialty
- If a game situation is solved by the opening act, the entire result counts twice.
Example: Player 1 = white, Player 2 = yellow Player 1 plays his ball against one or more boards, then hits the opponent's yellow ball, this continues to run onto the cone, tilts the red cone and touches the red ball (72 points for players 1).
The same applies to foul and fault points. Example: White is played against ties, hits the red ball and two outside whites = (foul (not a correct shot) 2 + foul (red hit) 2 = 4 + two outside whites 4 × 2 = 8 points and ball in hand).
Due to the enlarged cone image and the opening act, goriziana has a completely new joke, since completely visible and offensive game situations - possibly via opening act - bring a greater number of points.
9-cone billiards is also played mainly in Italy. In Germany, on the other hand, it is only played at the German Grand Prix Goriziana in Neschwitzt, which has been held since 2002 - except for training purposes to improve the opening act.
Billiard skittles
A smaller pool table measuring 180 × 90 cm or alternatively a small tournament pool (210 × 105 cm) is used as a game table . In the middle of the table, 5 large cones (material: wood, height: 105 mm) are placed. The game is played with three balls (red, white and yellow).
In contrast to all other billiard disciplines, the red ball is the game ball in billiard bowling - the other two balls are called object balls.
A rule-compliant shot is executed when an object ball is hit and it then touches a board, or the cue ball is played with a front board on an object ball.
In the "full game", each player has 50 or 100 hits in a row and has to score as many points as possible.
In a "duel", a player may continue to play as long as he scores plus points.
Points can be achieved by knocking over cones, as well as collisions and / or passages.
- Collisions
- Direct collision: game ball hits both object balls (1 point).
- Indirect collision: bumper ball hits object ball 1 and this then hits object ball 2 (1 point).
- Bowling (only by object balls that have been hit by the opening band or have already touched a board)
- Each cone is worth 1 point.
- If only the middle pin is knocked over, it counts 2 points.
- Passage (only through object balls)
- An object ball runs through the cone image without throwing a cone (this can also happen several times with one push and earns 1 point each)
- Foul points can be scored as follows
- Cue ball knocks over a cone.
- Match ball does not hit another ball.
- Cue ball pushes the driftball directly into the cone.
- Ball is knocked off the table.
- Touching the cone with the cue or any part of the body.
Billiard bowling was widespread in the former GDR and is still mainly played in Saxony and Brandenburg today.
In culture
In the films Ich, Chiara und der Finstere (1982) and Bye Bye Baby (1988), which are about billiards players, the protagonists play skittles.
See also
Web links
- DBU. Rules of the game 5-cone billiards. Status 06/2007. (PDF; 89 kB), accessed on September 22, 2012.
- DBU. Rules of the game billiard skittles. Status 08/2011. (PDF; 55 kB), accessed on September 22, 2012.
- DBU. Rules of the game biathlon. Status 08/2011. (PDF; 21 kB), accessed on September 22, 2012.
- DBU. Rules of the game Euro cone. Status 10/2017. (PDF; 692 kB), accessed on February 11, 2019.
- German Billard Union (DBU).
- Billiard bowling at "Schlag den Raab". Broadcast on September 22, 2012.