Three-cushion world championship 1937

10th three-cushion world championship 1937
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	Hunting hall in the Hofbräuhaus, Cologne
Opening:	April 1, 1937
Endgame:	April 5, 1937
Attendees:	10
Defending champion:	Edward Lee
Winner:	Alfred Lagache
2nd finalist:	August Tiedtke
3rd place:	Arnoud Sengers
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	0.696 Alfred Lagache
Best ED:	0.925 August Tiedtke
Maximum series (HS):	9 Emile Zaman 0000
Venue on the map
Cologne
← 1936	1938 →

The three-cushion world championship in 1937 was the tenth tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from April 1st to 5th, 1937 in Cologne . It was the first three-cushion world championship to be held in Germany.

history

The French Alfred Lagache won his second title after 1935. For August Tiedtke it was his first World Championship medal in three cushion. The hunting hall in the Hofbräuhaus in Cologne turned out to be almost too small for the great interest of the audience at this tournament.

mode

The game was played in two preliminary round groups (A + B) “everyone against everyone” with 50 points. The last two of the groups were eliminated. The games played from the preliminary round were taken into the final round. The games played against the eliminated opponents were not counted in the.

Group stage

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

Group A

Final table group A

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	August Tiedtke	8-0	200	268	0.746	1,000	7th
2	Arnoud Sengers	4: 4	190	293	0.648	0.806	6th
3	Willy Pesch	4: 4	167	273	0.611	0.694	6th
4th	Erich Stoewe	4: 4	193	321	0.601	0.684	5
5	Alfred Aeberhard	0: 8	154	273	0.564	---	5
Group average : 0.633

Group B

Final table group B

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Alfred Lagache	7: 1	200	241	0.829	1.111	5
2	Michel Kandalaft	5: 3	184	285	0.645	0.877	8th
3	Emile Zaman	4: 4	178	265	0.671	0.793	9
4th	Joseph Verbist	4: 4	167	312	0.535	0.746	6th
5	Roger Hanoun	0: 8	143	261	0.547	---	6th
Group average : 0.639

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	Alfred Lagache	11: 3	340	488	0.696	0.806	7th
2	August Tiedtke	9: 5	343	504	0.680	0.925	7th
3	Arnoud Sengers	8: 6	329	545	0.603	0.806	6th
4th	Erich Stoewe	8: 6	337	564	0.597	0.806	5
5	Emile Zaman	7: 7	313	462	0.677	0.892	9
6th	Michel Kandalaft	301	576	7: 7	0.522	0.746	8th
7th	Joseph Verbist	4:10	180	555	0.504	0.746	6th
8th	Willy Pesch	2:12	279	508	0.549	0.657	6th
Tournament average: 0.600

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Robert Court: Deutsche Billard-Zeitung . 17th year, no. 5 /6 (May / June). Cologne 1937, p. 80-85 .