Cadre 45/2 World Championship 1929

22nd Cadre 45/2 World Championship
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	Académie Pavilion, Marseille
Opening:	February 20, 1929
Endgame:	February 25, 1929
Attendees:	10
Defending champion:	Théo Moons
Winner:	Théo Moons
2nd finalist:	Gustave van Belle
3rd place:	Edmond Soussa
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	20.59 Gustave van Belle
Best ED:	50.00 Gustave van Belle
Maximum series (HS):	00174 Edmond Soussa
Venue on the map
Marseille
← 1928	1930 →

The Cadre 45/2 World Championship in 1929 was the 22nd world championship, which was held in Cadre 45/2 until 1947 and from 1948 in Cadre 47/2. The tournament took place in Marseille from February 20 to 25, 1929 . It was the first world billiards championship in Marseille.

history

The first three places in this world championship were identical to the results in 1928. In qualifying, Théo Moons set a new amateur world record in the best individual average (BED) with 57.14 .

Tournament mode

Two qualification groups with five players were played. The last group in each group was eliminated. The other eight players played the main tournament. The qualification results of the qualified players were carried over to the main tournament.

Qualification group A

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Edmond Soussa	6: 2	1535	109	14.08	19.40	115
2	Charles Faroux	6: 2	1472	130	11.32	21.05	103
3	Jacques Davin	4: 4	1372	139	9.87	12.81	66
4th	Jan Dommering	2: 6	1427	138	10.34	14.38	169
5	Raimundo Vives	2: 6	1181	174	6.78	7.65	65
Group average: 10.12

Qualification group B

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Théo Moons	8-0	1600	96	16.66	57.14	165
2	Gustave van Belle	6: 2	1558	78	19.97	44.44	117
3	Walter Baltus	2: 6	1417	131	10.81	18.20	92
4th	Rudolphe Agassiz	2: 6	1174	130	9.03	23.53	67
5	Albert Herbing	2: 6	756	105	7.20	12.57	43
Group average : 12.04

Up to 400 points were played here in the round robin system. 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

Result

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)

Final table main tournament

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Théo Moons	14: 0	2800	171	16.37	33.33	135
2	Gustave van Belle	10: 4	2677	150	20.59	50.00	168
3	Edmond Soussa	8: 6	2466	146	16.89	28.57	174
4th	Charles Faroux	8: 6	2423	170	14.25	26.66	155
5	Walter Baltus	6: 8	2395	205	11.68	18.18	104
6th	Jan Dommering	4:10	2103	158	13.31	13.79	169
7th	Rudolphe Agassiz	4:10	1761	174	10.12	12.90	67
8th	Jacques Davin	2:12	2067	211	9.79	8.67	127
Tournament average: 13.69

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Court: German Billard Newspaper . 8th year, no. 12 . Cologne April 1929, p. 267 .
2. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 188 .