German Free Game Championship

German free game championships
Billiard table with markings (corner marks)
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	German championship
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Association / host:	DABV (1933–1945) / DBB (1945–1999) / DBU (since 1999)
Tournament details
Venue:	Kurhaus, Bad Wildungen, Hesse
Playing time:	since 1939
Current title holder:	Sven Daske
Records
Most wins: 9
Sven Daske
Best GD: 375.00
Klaus Hose 1974, Bochum
Best ED: 500.00
Siegfried Spielmann (1955) Klaus Hose (1968) Dieter Müller (1968) Peter Sporer (1968) Dieter Wirtz (1972) Matthias Metzemacher (1972) 1955 Cologne, 1968 Wattenscheid, 1972 Essen
Maximum series (HS): 1705
Klaus Hose 1974, Bochum
Position map
Bad Wildungen Current venue (since 2005)

The German Free Game Championship has been played in the free game carom variant since 1939 . The championship was held in different locations until 2004. From 2005 it will take place in an overall championship of all carom disciplines in the Hessian spa town of Bad Wildungen.

history

As early as 1930, a German championship in the free game was held in Solingen. But only second-rate players took part in this championship because the top players showed no interest in this discipline. Therefore this championship was not counted. So it was not until 1939 that the first official championship was held in Vienna. After the annexation of Austria by the National Socialists, Vienna was part of the German Empire. Austrian players also took part. With Eduard Leutgeb, an Austrian was the first German champion. German championships in the free game did not take place regularly until after the war. The records that were previously achieved are no longer possible today because the distances have often been changed. That is why Klaus Hose's records can no longer be improved today. Extended series have not been carried out for a long time. Up to a game distance of 300 points, Thomas Nockenmann holds the record with a GD of 250.00 .

mode

The following modes have been played over the years:

year	Points
1939-1974/75, 1977/78	500
1975/76, 1981 / 82-1983 / 84	2 winning sets up to 200
1984 / 85-1985 / 86	400
1987 / 88-1988 / 89	300, from the semi-finals 400
1992/93	2 winning sets up to 100
since 1994/95	300

Tournament record development Free game

General average (GD) GD Surname year 033.33 Eduard Leutgeb 1939 041.50 Siegfried Spielmann 1954 156.12 Siegfried Spielmann 1955 205.88 Klaus pants 1970 375.00 Klaus pants 1974

Single Average (ED) BED Surname year 250.00 Leo Dekner 1939 Siegfried Spielmann 1957 500.00 Siegfried Spielmann 1955 Siegfried Spielmann 1957 Siegfried Spielmann 1962 Klaus pants 1968 Dieter Müller 1968 Peter Sporer 1968 Klaus pants 1970 Siegfried Spielmann 1970 Dieter Wirtz 1972 Matthias Metzemacher 1972 Klaus pants 1974 Dieter Wirtz 1974

Maximum series (HS) HS Surname year 0391 Ernst Rudolph 1939 0500 Siegfried Spielmann 1954 Siegfried Spielmann 1955 1500 Siegfried Spielmann 1957 1705 Klaus pants 1974

Tournament statistics

The GD indicates the general average of the respective player during the tournament.

Legend

No.	year	place
			Surname	GD	Surname	GD	Surname	GD
01	1939	Vienna	Eduard Leutgeb	33.33	Leo Dekner	33.19	Gerd Thielens	27.73
02	1952/53	eat	Ernst Rudolph	25.64	Siegfried Spielmann	21.80	Josef Bolz	19.95
03	1953/54	eat	Ernst Rudolph	39.21	Siegfried Spielmann	41.50	Ewald Kajan	12.30
04th	1954/55	Cologne	Walter Lütgehetmann	125.00	Siegfried Spielmann	156.12	Ernst Rudolph	48.76
05	1955/56	Berlin	Walter Lütgehetmann	100.00	Siegfried Spielmann	55.23	Ernst Rudolph	38.63
06th	1956/57	Krefeld	Siegfried Spielmann	81.63	Norbert Witte	42.33	Josef Bolz	37.27
07th	1958/59	Goch	Siegfried Spielmann	45.25	Josef Bolz	18.34	Walter Zill	16.56
08th	1961/62	Wuppertal-Vohwinkel	Siegfried Spielmann	60.34	Norbert Witte	36.66	Matthias Metzemacher	26.06
09	1963/64	Dusseldorf	Siegfried Spielmann	37.50	Norbert Witte	38.35	Dieter Müller	25.85
10	1964/65	Krefeld	Matthias Metzemacher	50.00	Dieter Müller	41.90	Norbert Witte	52.03
11	1965/66	Berlin	Hartmut Burwig	62.62	Dieter Müller	105.32	Günter Siebert	66.79
12	1966/67	Bochum	Klaus pants	85.36	Dieter Müller	80.56	Siegfried Spielmann	95.03
13	1967/68	Wattenscheid	Klaus pants	146.47	Dieter Wirtz	78.28	Dieter Müller	124.38
14th	1969/70	eat	Klaus pants	205.88	Siegfried Spielmann	148.52	Dieter Müller	111.50
15th	1971/72	eat	Dieter Wirtz	107.09	Klaus pants	88.09	Paul Kimmeskamp	62.60
16	1974/75	Bochum	Klaus pants	375.00	Dieter Wirtz	168.16	Günter Siebert	144.07
17th	1975/76	Kirchhellen	Klaus pants	136.84	Dieter Wirtz	87.43	Thomas Wildforster	69.52
18th	1977/78	Wiesbaden	Klaus pants	184.21	Dieter Wirtz	170.53	Norbert Ohagen	97.57
19th	1981/82	Elversberg	Dieter Wirtz	72.72	Klaus pants	75.50	Hans Wernikowski	42.71
20th	1982/83	Gladbeck	Heinz Janzen	36.56	Volker Simanowski	34.34	Dieter Wirtz	35.78
21st	1983/84	Gutersloh	Klaus pants	66.83	Wolfgang Zenkner	40.80	Heinz Janzen	79.28
22nd	1984/85	Gelsenkirchen	Dieter Wirtz	57.14	Klaus pants	79.00	Wolfgang Zenkner	80.00
23	1985/86	Duisburg	Heinz Janzen	70.58	Thomas Wildforster	84.50	Dieter Großjung	37.46
24	1987/88	Bochum	Thomas Wildforster	188.88	Dieter Großjung	138.50	Volker Baten	164.33
25th	1988/89	Duisburg	Volker Baten	148.10	Stefan Galla	57.72	Thomas Wildforster	106.50
26th	1992/93	Bernburg	Markus Schönhoff	32.12	Robert Pragst	18.48	Christian Dressel	23.65
27	1994/95	Coesfeld	Andreas Niehaus	93.75	Thomas Nockemann	121.27	Franzel Simon	84.00
28	1995/96	Langenfeld	Thomas Nockemann	250.00	Franzel Simon	50.25	Jürgen Keul	66.10
29	1996/97	Wuppertal	Thomas Nockemann	100.00	Dirk Pessarra	58.43	Carsten Lässig	54.00
30th	1997/98	Wuppertal	Thomas Nockemann	115.38	Jens Eggers	63.15	Jens Probhardt	39.02
31	1998/99	Herne	Thomas Nockemann	45.45	Hans Wernikowski	27.82	Markus Melerski	32.48
32	1999/00	Gelsenkirchen	Thomas Nockemann	100.00	Sven Daske	68.33	Arnd Riedel	43.21
33	2000/01	Duisburg	Thomas Nockemann	128.57	Sven Daske	55.81	Thorsten Frings	35.60
34	2001/02	Hilden	Thomas Nockemann	84.61	Carsten Lässig	48.21	Udo Mielke	69.55
35	2002/03	Hasselt	Arnd Riedel	35.71	Markus Melerski	28.73	Carsten Lässig	44.42
36	2003/04	Coesfeld	Markus Melerski	136.36	Arnd Riedel	88.23	Thomas Nockemann	78.89
37	2004/05	Hasselt	Thomas Nockemann	125.00	Markus Melerski	42.20	Christian Mooren	44.07
No.	season	place
			Surname	GD	Surname	GD	Surname	GD
38	2005/06	Bad Wildungen	Carsten Lässig	35.62	Markus Melerski	40.31	Thomas Nockemann	36.96
							Udo Mielke	21.54
39	2006/07		Sven Daske	75.00	Thomas Berger	28.44	Arnd Riedel	22.87
							Markus Melerski	25.21
40	2007/08		Dieter Steinberger	45.14	Thomas Berger	85.07	Sven Daske	81.81
							Frank Mueller	32.87
41	2008/09		Markus Melerski	83.33	Sven Daske	70.58	Dieter Steinberger	30.71
							Carsten Lässig	58.23
42	2009/10		Sven Daske	91.37	Carsten Lässig	83.33	Markus Melerski	56.92
							Michael Kallenborn	48.86
43	2010/11		Sven Daske	83.33	Carsten Lässig	54.31	Markus Melerski	50.75
							Manuel Orttmann	59.75
44	2011/12		Sven Daske	75.00	Markus Melerski	78.53	Dieter Steinberger	35.22
							Arnd Riedel	51.41
45	2012/13		Sven Daske	93.75	Arnd Riedel	61.47	Carsten Lässig	58.27
							Frank Mueller	41.47
46	2013/14		Sven Daske	150.00	Thomas Berger	50.11	Dieter Steinberger	46.18
							Uwe Matuszak	27.04
47	2014/15		Dieter Steinberger	57.33	Sven Daske	120.00	Arnd Riedel	46.15
							Carsten Lässig	37.15
48	2015/16		Thomas Berger	58.14	Sven Daske	119.33	Dieter Steinberger	36.36
							Manuel Orttmann	30.70
49	2016/17		Sven Daske	125.00	Carsten Lässig	37.89	Manuel Orttmann	34.11
							Thomas Berger	32.75
50	2017/18		Manuel Orttmann	51.39	Sven Daske	64.60	Markus Melerski	41.60
							Dieter Steinberger	89.87
51	2018/19		Sven Daske	45.00	Thomas Berger	36.20	Christian Poether	26.12
							Carsten Lässig	14.91
52	2019/20		Sven Daske	240.00	Thomas Berger	60.40	Arnd Riedel	42.22
							Manuel Orttmann	24.40

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Individual evidence

1. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 57-85 .

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