Three-cushion world championship 1931

4th three-cushion world championship 1931
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	Coliseum, Barcelona
Opening:	May 30, 1931
Endgame:	June 5, 1931
Attendees:	11
Defending champion:	Henk Robijns
Winner:	Enrique Miró
2nd finalist:	Edmond Soussa
3rd place:	Arnoud Sengers
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	0.632 Edmond Soussa
Best ED:	0.746 Edmond Soussa
Maximum series (HS):	010 Enrique Miró 00
Venue on the map
Barcelona
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The three-cushion world championship in 1931 was the fourth tournament in this discipline of the carom and took place from May 30th to June 5th, 1931 in Barcelona .

history

The defending champion Henk Robijns from the Netherlands was not at the start. For the first time a Spaniard became world champion. In the finals there was only one loss to Edmond Soussa . Enrique Miró had the fewest problems with the extreme heat during the entire tournament.

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 last two groups of group A and the last group of group B were eliminated.

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	Edmond Soussa	8: 2	247	400	0.617	0.757	7th
2	Enrique Miró	8: 2	236	415	0.568	0.735	10
3	Arnoud Sengers	4: 6	231	438	0.527	0.625	7th
4th	Claudio Puigvert	4: 6	215	415	0.518	0.543	6th
5	Georg Berrisch	4: 6	225	477	0.471	0.537	6th
6th	Elmar Sidney Prather	2: 8	188	466	0.403	0.467	5
Group average : 0.513

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	Emile Zaman	8-0	200	395	0.506	0.568	5
2	Gaston de Doncker	6: 2	187	379	0.493	0.549	5
3	Jean de Gasparin	4: 4	186	435	0.427	0.543	5
4th	Alfred Aeberhard	4: 4	178	417	0.426	0.454	5
5	G. Boitel	0: 8	160	398	0.402	-	6th
Group average : 0.450

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)

Closing table

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Enrique Miró	12: 2	336	609	0.551	0.735	10
2	Edmond Soussa	10: 4	342	541	0.632	0.746	7th
3	Arnoud Sengers	8: 6	332	541	0.571	0.714	7th
4th	Emile Zaman	8: 6	342	638	0.536	0.581	7th
5	Claudio Puigvert	6: 8	313	589	0.531	0.657	6th
6th	Alfred Aeberhard	6: 8	316	674	0.468	0.617	5
7th	Gaston de Doncker	4:10	284	316	0.463	0.495	5
8th	Jean de Gasparin	2:12	315	682	0.461	0.543	7th
Tournament average : 0.523

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Robert Court: Deutsche Billard-Zeitung . No. 7 + 8 . Cologne June 1931, p. 143-146 .