German three-cushion championship 1967/68

34th German three-cushion championship 1967/68
The winner: Siegfried Spielmann from Düsseldorf wins his first DDM.
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Ranking tournament
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	DBB
Tournament details
Venue:	Saalbau Grafen, Duisburg
Opening:	3rd November 1967
Endgame:	5th November 1967
Attendees:	8th
Defending champion:	August Tiedtke
Winner:	Siegfried Spielmann
2nd finalist:	Ernst Rudolph
3rd place:	Gert Tiedtke
Prize money:	Amateur tournament
Records
Best GD:	0.789 Ernst Rudolph
Best ED:	1,132 Ernst Rudolph
Maximum series (HS):	8 Ernst Rudolph000
Venue on the map
Duisburg-Rheinhausen
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The German Three Cushion Championship 1967/68 (DDM) was the 34th edition of this tournament series and took place from November 3rd to 5th, 1967 in Duisburg-Rheinhausen , North Rhine-Westphalia .

Story and mode

The tournament had to do without the defending champion August Tiedtke , who, contrary to media reports, was not suspended, but rather decided not to defend his title. Last year's participant, Erich Heinrich, did not appear either, so Norbert Witte from Bottrop and Heinz Müller from Frankfurt moved up. The tournament was officially opened in the "Saalbau Grafen".

It played "everyone against everyone" ( round robin mode ) to 60 points with a push .

Tournament course

1 round

Gert Tiedtke , August Tiedtke's younger brother, lost the first game of the day against his teammate Siegfried Spielmann with 60:54 in 96 shots. The six-time title winner Ernst Rudolph won in 82 shots with 60:52 against Müller, the runner-up fell short of his possibilities, and surprisingly lost to tournament newcomer Dieter Häring from Berlin with 50:60 (82).

2nd round

In the second round, Bücken won against Rudolph with 60:51 (79), Tiedtke was victorious against the second Berliner, Rudolf Apelt (60: 39/69). It took Müller almost twice as long to finally beat Häring with just 60:58 (115). It also took Spielmann a long time to prevail against Witte in 86 shots. He was the only one without a defeat on the first day of the match and led the table with four points, all other players were in second place with two points.

3rd round

From the beginning of the third round on the second game day, the WDR filmed a broadcast report. Apelt was able to successfully play his first game of the day against Bücken with 60:45 (65). Rudolph started right away with the tournament record in the general average (GD) of 1.132 by relegating Häring with 60:31 in only 53 shots.

For Tiedtke, too, the day began with a victory over Witte (60: 44/70). Front runner Spielman played against Müller, who was successful with his game on defense. Up to the 51st point the game was balanced and open. Then Spielmann only played safe balls and in turn built a defense game. This strategy was successful and he was the winner and leader of the standings with 60:53 (88).

4th round

In the following round there were some surprises. Witte, the only player without a win, beat second placed Rudolph in 86 shots with 60:53. Tiedtke stooped (60: 49/96) and Apelt won a 60:38 against Müller in 90 shots, he was just as little in shape as Rudolph in the preliminary round.

In his game against the title favorite Spielmann, Häring was already 42:26 ahead when he built up his defensive game again, but then lost against Häring 59:60 (101). Spielmann was still at the top of the table with eight points without losing points. He was followed by Tiedtke (6), Rudolph, Apelt and Müller with four points each.

Last of the table were Bücken, Häring and Witte with 2 points each. There were only two games left and Spielmann was almost unmatched ahead, only if he lost these two and Tiedtke won his would this German champion be.

5th round

The fifth round brought the second win for Witte with 60:49 (76) against Müller. Rudolph played his second match over 1,000 in GD in 55 shots with 60:27. The game of the favorite Spielmann against Bücken ended after 82 shots with 60:53. But there was also a surprise in this round. Tiedtke lost his game against the seventh placed Häring with 50:60, which cost him his second place.

Rudolph moved up to second place with six points. Tiedtke was in third place with six points, but the worse GD. The last placed Witte moved up to fourth place.

6th round

In the match between Müller and Bücken, Müller won 60:50 after 100 shots. After winning three games in a row, Witte's hope of a fourth remained unfulfilled. He lost to Häring with 60:53 (92).

In the game for second place in the table, Billard Artistique player Tiedtke clearly won 60:43 against old master Rudolph and got his second place back again.

The decisive match between Spielmann and Apelt turned out to be the shortest game of the tournament after exactly 40 minutes. After 35 shots it was 40:48 for Apelt. Then Spielmann was able to prevail again (60:48). This was the first time he was German three-cushion champion.

7th round

The seventh and thus last round was not without tension, despite the championship that had already been decided, as the placements decided on participation in international tournaments (e.g. three-cushion world championship in 1968 in Düren ). Between Apelt and Häring there was a "Berlin match", which the former won by the Berliner Billardfreunde (Bfr.) 54 against the player who played for BC South Berlin with 60:50 (86). Bücken won 60:51 (76) against Witte, which is why Häring ended up in last place in the last second.

In the prestigious game between Rudolph and Spielmann, the Cologne-based Rudolph brought the leading minstrel who played for Düsseldorf his only defeat at the end of the tournament. Rudolph won with 60:49 (66) and thus still had a chance for the runner-up. The decisive factor for this was the game between Tiedtke, who was already a draw, and Müller. For both of them it was about the entry into the special class (1st – 3rd place) of the three cushion, which decided on the placement in the following tournaments. Tiedtke made a mistake here, of all places, and had to wait for the tournament director Lothar Götting to calculate the GD, as he and Rudolph Müller were tied. However, Tietge came in third with a margin of 0.087. Despite his second place, Rudolph took all tournament records home with him, but runner-up Bücken only ended up on the penultimate place in the final ranking.

Closing table

Final ranking space Surname MP GD BED HS 1 Siegfried Spielmann 12: 2 0.730 1.052 7th 2 Ernst Rudolph 8: 6 0.789 1,132 8th 3 Gert Tiedtke 8: 6 0.712 0.869 7th 4th Heinz Müller 8: 6 0.625 0.759 7th 5 Norbert Witte 6: 8 0.650 0.789 7th 6th Rudolf Apelt 6: 8 0.638 0.923 7th 7th Joseph stooping 4:10 0.632 0.789 7th 8th Dieter Haring 4:10 0.604 0.731 7th

Legend Abbr. meaning Pt. points scored Recording required recordings ED Single average GD General average VGD Relative general average BMD Best team average BED Best individual average BSD Best sentence average BEVD Best Individual Relative Average HS Maximum series MP Match points PP Lot of points GUV G ewonnen- U nentschieden- V erloren SV Sentence ratio 1st place (gold) 2nd place (silver) 3rd place (bronze) Best GD of the tournament / round Best VGD of the tournament / round Best ED of the tournament / round Best BVGD of the tournament / round Best HS of the tournament / round (It is possible that not all terms are used or some are not listed. These can be looked up in the list of collision terms .)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Karlheinz Krienen / Heinz Wind: Deutsche Billard-Zeitung . Ed .: DBB. 45th year, no. 12 . Cologne December 1967, p. 182-183 .
2. ^ Dieter Haase / Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 2 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 943 .