Three-cushion world championship 1929

2nd three-cushion world championship 1929
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	Taverne Royale, Brussels
Opening:	June 8, 1929
Endgame:	June 10, 1929
Attendees:	7th
Defending champion:	Edmond Soussa
Winner:	Edmond Soussa
2nd finalist:	Emile Zaman
3rd place:	Arnoud Sengers
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	0.720 Emile Zaman
Best ED:	0.961 Emile Zaman
Maximum series (HS):	007 Emile Zaman 00
Venue on the map
Brussels
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The three-cushion world championship in 1929 was the second tournament in this discipline of the carom and took place from June 8 to 10, 1929 in Brussels .

history

The winner was again the Egyptian Edmond Soussa . He won all of his games. However, the Belgian Emile Zaman was responsible for the new world records in the general average (GD) and the best individual average (BED). The Belgian clearly lost the final against Soussa 34:50.

mode

“Everyone against everyone” was played with 50 points.

Closing table

Legend

MP	Match Points (winner = 2; tie = 1; loser = 0)
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)

Closing table

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Edmond Soussa	12: 0	300	496	0.604	0.781	5
2	Emile Zaman	10: 2	284	394	0.720	0.961	7th
3	Arnoud Sengers	8: 4	262	482	0.542	0.666	5
4th	Elmar Sidney Prather	4: 8	230	518	0.444	0.505	5
5	Erich Beck	4: 8	237	568	0.417	0.500	6th
6th	Charles Guillemin	2:10	241	547	0.440	0.581	5
7th	Hans Jenny	2:10	186	571	0.325	0.442	5
Tournament average : 0.486

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Court: German Billard Newspaper . 9th year, no. 3 . Cologne June 1929, p. 66-70 .