5-cone billiards world championship

5-cone billiards world championship
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Ranking tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin / knock-out
Association / host:	UMB
Tournament details
Playing time:	since 1965
Current title holder:	Ciro Davide Rizzo
Records
Most wins: Gustavo Torregiani
3 × (1989, 1990, 2009)
Position map
Arezzo Brescia Campione d'Italia Chiasso Ferrara Fiuggi Legnano Loano Milan Pesaro Spoleto Sarteano Pistoia Big map Italy / Switzerland. Small map Spain Seville San Carlos de Bolívar Santa Fe Bell Ville Necochea Marcos Juarez Villa María Argentina

The 5-cone billiards world championship is a tournament that is played in the carom variant of cone billiards .

history

The first world championship in 5-cone billiards (also 5-pins (English), cinque Birilli / Stecca (Italian) or 5-quillas (Spanish)) took place in Santa Fe , Argentina in 1965 . With a few exceptions, the World Cup is held every two years. The leading nation is Italy with fourteen titles, followed by Argentina with nine and Uruguay with one. So far, the World Championships have been held almost exclusively in Argentina and Italy, the main area of ​​distribution of this discipline, and once each in Switzerland (1989) and Spain (2006).

Until the 1980s, players played at a table with pockets and two large and one small ivory ball, before switching to the now known version of the carom table in 1983. The rules of the game of the Italian Billiards Association (FIBiS) are now considered a quasi-standard and are also recognized by the UMB world association.

Game mode and statutes

The regulations change regularly because i. A. is adapted to the upcoming event. The aim is to have the tournament take place every two years. Most recently (2019) the game was played with 64 participants from Wednesday to Sunday.

Attendees

Of the 64 participants, 8 each were determined in two qualifying rounds in Argentina and Italy, the other 48 could be nominated as follows:

• 1 defending champion
• 1 wildcard from the world association
• 1 wildcard from the organizing association
• 32 CEB deployments
• 11 Postings of the CPB
• 1 Deployment of the ACC
• 1 Deployment of the ACBC

Group stage and final round

Everyone plays against everyone in the group stage. The size of the group depends on the number of participants: There are eight groups of eight, six or four players each (with 64, 48 or 32 participants). With 32 participants, the first two, with 48 or 64 participants, the first four of each group move into the final round, which is then played according to the knockout system. In the group phase, the game is played on "Best of 5" (60 points per set), then on "Best of 7".

fees

The following fees apply:

• Organizing association: € 3600
• Participants: € 200

Prize money

In 2019, each of the 64 participants received prize money of at least 350 euros (for those who were eliminated after the group games) up to a maximum of 6000 euros (for the winner). A total of 36,500 euros in prize money was distributed. All amounts are gross, with 30% tax deducted.

Tournament statistics

World Championships (Individual)

No.	year	place	World Champion (Individual)
01	1965	Santa Fe	Manuel Gomez
02	1968	Bell Ville	Anselmo Berrondo
03	1975	Campione d'Italia	Domenico Acanfora
04th	1978	Bell Ville	Ricardo Fantasia
05	1979	Pesaro	Attilio Sessa
06th	1980	Necochea	Nestor Gomez
07th	1982	Loano	Nestor Gomez
08th	1983	Marcos Juarez	Miguel Angel Borrelli
09	1985	Spoleto	Giampiero Rosanna
10	1987	Milan	Carlo Cifalá
11	1989	Chiasso	Gustavo Torregiani
12	1990	Brescia	Gustavo Torregiani
13	1992	Arezzo	Giampiero Rosanna
14th	1993	San Carlos de Bolívar	Fabio Cavazzana
15th	1995	Fiuggi	Gustavo Zito
16	1998	Ferrara	David Martinelli
17th	1999	Necochea	Gustavo Zito
18th	2003	Legnano	Crocefisso Maggio
19th	2006	Seville	Michelangelo Aniello
20th	2008	Sarteano	Andrea Quarta
21st	2009	Villa María	Gustavo Torregiani
22nd	2015	Milan	Matteo Gualemi
23	2017	Necochea	Alejandro Martinotti
24	2019	Pistoia	Ciro Davide Rizzo

For the first time, a team championship (World Championship 5-Pins National Teams) took place in the 2018/2019 season. Italy defeated Uruguay in the final, Argentina and Germany tied for third place.

World Championships (team)

No.	year	place	World champion (team)
01	2019	Lugano	Italy
02	2021	?	?

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Winner tables for 5-cone billiards . ( Memento from July 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ; PDF; 67 kB)
2. ↑ 5-cone billiards. ( Memento of March 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). On: Brandenburg-Billard.de. November 19, 2008, accessed October 30, 2012.
3. ↑ Il biliardo ieri e oggi . Italian wikibooks . Little history.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} World Championship 5-Pins Individual Open 2019. Rules . (PDF; 702 kB) UMB-carom.org, March 20, 2019; accessed on October 23, 2029.
5. ↑ World Championship 5-Pins National Teams Rules. Sport Season 2018/2019 . (PDF)