Three Cushion European Championship 1974

32nd three-cushion European championship 1974
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	-
Tournament format:	Every man for himself
Organizer:	CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	?, Eeklo
Opening:	December 11, 1973
Endgame:	16th December 1973
Attendees:	12
Defending champion:	Arnold de Paepe
Winner:	Raymond Ceulemans
2nd finalist:	Ludo Dielis
3rd place:	Richard Bitalis
Prize money:	?
Records
Best GD:	1,527 Raymond Ceulemans
Best ED:	2,222 Raymond Ceulemans
Maximum series (HS):	20 Raymond Ceulemans10
Venue on the map
Eeklo
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The three-cushion European championship in 1974 was the 32nd tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from 11 to 16 December 1973 in Eeklo in the Belgian province of East Flanders . It was the third three-cushion European Championship in Belgium in the last five years.

history

As is so often the case in recent years, the tournament winner was almost certain before the first push. As a big favorite, Raymond Ceulemans won without a point of loss. In the game against Jan Doggen from the Netherlands , Ceulemans started with the new European record high series (HS) of 20 points. For the first time, the tournament was held with twelve participants in the “everyone against everyone” system. As a result, the championship had to start on Tuesday. For Dieter Müller , who was able to become German three-cushion champion for the first time, the tournament only ended in ninth place despite an attractive performance. He just lacked experience in three-cushion play. The tournament average of 0.937 showed how strong Eeklo was played . A figure never achieved at European championships.

mode

The game was played in the system “everyone against everyone” to 60 points with additional push / equal intake .

Closing table

Final ranking space Surname MP Pts. Recording GD BED HS 1 Raymond Ceulemans 22: 0 660 432 1.527 2.222 20th 2 Ludo Dielis 18: 4 628 565 1.111 2,000 10 3 Richard Bitalis 16: 6 624 612 1.019 1.428 9 4th Jan Doggen 14: 8 617 620 0.995 1.224 8th 5 Albert Lasserre 13: 9 585 627 0.933 1.463 8th 6th Arnold de Paepe 13: 9 617 692 0.891 1,200 9 7th Peter Thǿgersen 10:12 620 673 0.921 1.052 10 8th Avelino Rico 9:13 555 585 0.948 1.621 10 9 Dieter Müller 6:16 543 634 0.856 1.276 10 10 Mario Machado 5:17 499 619 0.806 1.176 9 11 Sten Hebert 4:18 484 667 0.725 0.895 9 12 Wolfgang Anreitter 2:20 467 630 0.741 0.895 8th Tournament average: 0.937

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. ↑ Otto Perée: billiard newspaper . 52nd year, no. 2 . Düren February 1974, p. 17-18 .