Three-cushion world championship 1933

6th three-cushion world championship 1933
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo
Opening:	March 8, 1933
Endgame:	March 18, 1933
Attendees:	7th
Defending champion:	Henk Robijns
Winner:	Henk Robijns
2nd finalist:	Edmond Soussa
3rd place:	Claudio Puigvert
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	0.628 Henk Robijns
Best ED:	0.847 Edmond Soussa
Maximum series (HS):	012 Edmond Soussa00
Venue on the map
Cairo
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The three-cushion world championship in 1933 was the sixth tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from 8 to 18 March 1933 in Cairo . It was the first three-cushion world championship outside of Europe.

history

Undefeated, the Dutchman Henk Robijns secured his third world title. For the first time since 1929 there were only seven participants at the start. The level of the championship wasn't very high. Nevertheless, the Egyptian Edmond Soussa set a new world record with a maximum series of 12 .

mode

In a final round "everyone against everyone" was played with 50 points.

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	Henk Robijns	12: 0	300	477	0.708	0.694	6th
2	Edmond Soussa	8: 4	292	492	0.593	0.847	12
3	Claudio Puigvert	8: 4	265	484	0.547	0.769	7th
4th	Michel Kandalaft	8: 4	278	517	0.537	0.666	6th
5	Alfred Aeberhard	4: 8	245	486	0.504	0.704	7th
6th	Kemal Dramally	2:10	246	529	0.465	0.467	5
7th	Elmar Sidney Prather	0:12	189	477	0.396	---	5
Tournament average : 0.524

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Court: German Billard Newspaper . 13th year, 5/6 (May / June). Cologne 1933, p. 52 .