Three-cushion world championship 1930

3rd three-cushion world championship 1930
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	Club KRAS, Amsterdam
Opening:	May 8, 1930
Endgame:	May 11, 1930
Attendees:	12
Defending champion:	Edmond Soussa
Winner:	Henk Robijns
2nd finalist:	Edmond Soussa
3rd place:	Arnoud Sengers
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	0.637 Arnoud Sengers
Best ED:	0.847 Emile Zaman
Maximum series (HS):	010 Emile Zaman 00
Venue on the map
Amsterdam
← 1929	1931 →

The three-cushion world championship in 1930 was the third tournament in this discipline of carom and took place from May 8 to May 11, 1930 in Amsterdam .

history

After the final round, four players were tied with 5 wins and two losses each. According to the rules, playoffs were played in the "everyone against everyone" mode. Robijns, Soussa and Sengers each had two wins and one defeat. Zaman lost all three games. Now the better average decided the victory. Robijns scored a GD of 0.583, Soussa 0.558 and Sengers 0.498. So Henk Robijns was the new world champion. Emile Zaman set a new world record in the top series at the age of 10.

mode

The game was played in two preliminary round groups “everyone against everyone” with 50 points. Group A consisted of 6 players. Group B of 5 players. The defending champion Edmond Soussa was set for the final round. The last two in the group were eliminated.

Attendees

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  From left: Enrique Miro, Arnoud Sengers, Otto Unshelm, Armando Martinez Sagi and Edmond Soussa.

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  From left: Emile Zaman, Elmar Sidney Praether and J. Leliévre.

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  From left: G. Boitel, Guy Fauchamps and Alfred Aeberhard.

Group A

Legend

MP	Match Points (winner = 2; tie = 1; loser = 0)
GD	General average
BED	Best individual average by a player
HS	Maximum series
	Best DG in the group
	Best ED in the group
	Best HS in the group

Final table group A

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Henk Robijns	10-0	250	372	0.672	0.793	7th
2	Otto Unshelm	6: 4	221	486	0.460	0.588	5
3	J. Leliévre	4: 6	224	505	0.443	0.485	5
4th	Elmar Sidney Prather	4: 6	223	537	0.417	0.495	6th
5	Guy Fauchamps	4: 6	213	560	0.380	0.442	4th
6th	Armando Martinez Sagi	2: 8	198	507	0.390	0.438	5
Group average : 0.448

Group B

Legend

MP	Match Points (winner = 2; tie = 1; loser = 0)
GD	General average
BED	Best individual average by a player
HS	Maximum series
	Best DG in the group
	Best ED in the group
	Best HS in the group

Final table group B

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Arnoud Sengers	8-0	200	327	0.611	0.769	6th
2	Alfred Aeberhard	4: 4	189	357	0.529	0.543	6th
3	Emile Zaman	4: 4	194	374	0.518	0.549	6th
4th	Enrique Miro	2: 6	185	379	0.488	0.555	6th
5	G. Boitel	2: 6	173	386	0.448	0.442	7th
Group average : 0.516

Final round

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)

Table before playoffs

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Arnoud Sengers	10: 4	336	527	0.637	0.735	7th
2	Emile Zaman	10: 4	325	524	0.620	0.847	10
3	Henk Robijns	10: 4	308	524	0.587	0.724	5
4th	Edmond Soussa	10: 4	332	613	0.541	0.666	5
5	Otto Unshelm	8: 6	311	589	0.528	0.657	5
6th	Elmar Sidney Prather	4:10	286	640	0.446	0.609	5
7th	Alfred Aeberhard	2:12	259	579	0.447	0.561	5
8th	J. Leliévre	2:12	261	597	0.437	0.625	6th
Tournament average : 0.499
-	Stitch sections
1	Henk Robijns	4: 2	147	252	0.583	0.649	5
2	Edmond Soussa	4: 2	148	265	0.558	0.595	5
3	Arnoud Sengers	4: 2	140	281	0.498	0.537	5
4th	Emile Zaman	0: 6	123	262	0.469	-	4th
-	after stitch games
1	Henk Robijns	14: 6	455	776	0.586	0.724	5
2	Edmond Soussa	14: 6	480	878	0.546	0.666	5
3	Arnoud Sengers	14: 6	476	808	0.589	0.735	7th
4th	Emile Zaman	10:10	448	786	0.569	0.847	10
Tournament average: 0.526 (with trick play)

Web links

Commons : Three Cushion World Championship 1930  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Robert Court: Deutsche Billard-Zeitung . 10th year, no. 2 . Cologne June 1930, p. 45 .