Three Cushion European Championship 1972

30th European three-cushion championship 1972
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	-
Tournament format:	Every man for himself
Organizer:	CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Westfalenhalle II, Dortmund
Opening:	0February 9, 1972
Endgame:	February 13, 1972
Attendees:	10
Defending champion:	Raymond Ceulemans
Winner:	Raymond Ceulemans
2nd finalist:	Peter Thøgersen
3rd place:	Rini van Bracht
Prize money:	?
Records
Best GD:	1,501 Raymond Ceulemans
Best ED:	2,857 Raymond Ceulemans
Maximum series (HS):	15 Raymond Ceulemans10
Venue on the map
Dortmund
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The three-cushion European championship in 1972 was the 30th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from 9 to 13 February 1972 in Dortmund . It was the fourth three-cushion European championship in Germany.

history

The Belgian Raymond Ceulemans won his eleventh title in a row at this three-cushion European championship and finally held all tournament records by a large margin. His best performance was the new European record in the best individual average (BED) with 2.857 . He achieved this record in the game against the reigning vice world champion Rini van Bracht with a smooth win with 60:15 in 21 shots. This performance has never been achieved in a three-cushion world championship. The Dane Peter Thøgersen was the only one who managed to beat Ceulemans, albeit only very narrowly, with 60:59 in 53 shots. Thøgersen was the first Scandinavian to win a medal at a European championship. The German champion Günter Siebert did not get past eighth place in his first European Championship participation with only one win against the Italian Antonio Oddo. From Friday to Sunday the championship was reported daily on radio and television. For the first time in Germany, a billiards championship was broadcast live for 30 minutes on the second German television (ZDF).

mode

The game was played in two preliminary round groups “everyone against everyone” to 60 points with an equal number of additional points . The groups consisted of five players each. The last two in the group were eliminated. The game points from the preliminary round were taken into the final round. The games against the eliminated players were not rated in the final table. Ninth place was played out.

Preliminary groups

Final table preliminary round group A space Surname MP Pts. Recording GD BED HS 1 Raymond Ceulemans 6: 2 239 153 1.562 2.857 15th 2 Rini van Bracht 6: 2 195 224 0.870 1,200 6th 3 Peter Thøgersen 6: 2 239 289 0.826 1,132 8th 4th Günter Siebert 2: 6 169 210 0.804 1.224 8th 5 Antonio Oddo 0: 8 134 256 0.523 --- 7th Group average : 0.862 Final table preliminary round group B space Surname MP Pts. Recording GD BED HS 1 Johann Scherz 8-0 240 242 0.991 1.153 6th 2 Ludo Dielis 6: 2 238 234 1.017 1,200 6th 3 Albert Lasserre 4: 4 207 250 0.828 0.952 7th 4th Jacques Blanc 2: 6 188 270 0.696 0.788 5 5 Claudio Nadal 0: 8 191 300 0.636 --- 6th Group average : 0.820

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 .)

Closing table

Final ranking space Surname MP Pts. Recording GD BED HS 1 Raymond Ceulemans 14: 2 479 319 1.501 2.857 15th 2 Peter Thøgersen 13: 3 479 528 0.907 1.176 9 3 Rini van Bracht 12: 4 428 445 0.961 1.304 7th 4th Ludo Dielis 10: 6 438 418 1.047 1.363 11 5 Johann Scherz 10: 6 449 450 0.997 1.153 9 6th Albert Lasserre 6:10 395 476 0.829 0.952 7th 7th Jacques Blanc 5:11 388 524 0.740 1,000 7th 8th Günter Siebert 2:14 364 456 0.798 1.224 8th 9 Claudio Nadal 2: 8 251 372 0.647 0.833 6th 10 Antonio Oddo 0:10 187 328 0.570 --- 7th Tournament average: 0.893

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} Otto Perée: billiard newspaper . 50th year, no. 3 . Krefeld March 1972, p. 33-35 .