Three-cushion world championship 1948
12th three-cushion world championship 1948 |
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Tournament dates | |
Tournament type: | World Championship |
Tournament format: | Round robin |
Organizer: | UIFAB |
Tournament details | |
Venue: | , Buenos Aires |
Opening: | October 5, 1948 |
Endgame: | October 19, 1948 |
Attendees: | 11 |
Defending champion: | Augusto Vergez |
Winner: | René Vingerhoedt |
2nd finalist: | José Bonomo |
3rd place: | Augusto Vergez |
Prize money: | Amateur World Championship |
Records | |
Best GD: | 0.922 José Bonomo |
Best ED: | 1,562 Alfredo Fuentes |
Maximum series (HS): | 12 Alfredo Fuentes |
Venue on the map | |
← 1938 | 1952 → |
The three-cushion world championship in 1948 was the twelfth tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from October 5th to 19th, 1948 in Buenos Aires . It was the first three-cushion world championship after World War II .
history
The Belgian René Vingerhoedt took part in a world championship for the first time. He also won the title, but only after a game with extra time. The stitch game ended 50:50 in 58 shots. Only in the extension to 10 Vingerhoedt won 10: 3 in 9 shots. Overall, the tournament was of a very high standard. José Bonomo set a new world record in the general average (GD) with 0.922 and Alfredo Fuentes set a new world record in BED with 1.562 . German participants were not yet admitted to this World Cup due to the war. With Franz Engl, an Austrian took part in a three-cushion World Cup for the first time.
mode
In a final round "everyone against everyone" was played with 50 points.
Final round
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) |
space | Surname | MP | Pts | Recording | GD | BED | HS |
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1 | René Vingerhoedt | 16: 4 | 487 | 555 | 0.877 | 1.162 | 8th |
2 | José Bonomo | 16: 4 | 489 | 530 | 0.922 | 1.136 | 11 |
3 | Augusto Vergez | 14: 6 | 454 | 549 | 0.826 | 1.041 | 8th |
4th | Alfredo Fuentes | 14: 6 | 455 | 629 | 0.723 | 1.562 | 12 |
5 | Ricardo Alegre | 12: 8 | 459 | 516 | 0.889 | 1,250 | 7th |
6th | Antonio Ventura | 12: 8 | 438 | 619 | 0.707 | 0.892 | 7th |
7th | Roger Hanoun | 10:10 | 397 | 585 | 0.678 | 0.980 | 6th |
8th | Pedro Hervé | 8:12 | 453 | 623 | 0.727 | 0.925 | 9 |
9 | João Pereira | 6:14 | 403 | 585 | 0.688 | 1.041 | 8th |
10 | Joop Baay | 2:18 | 357 | 699 | 0.510 | 0.632 | 6th |
11 | Franz Engl | 0:20 | 322 | 610 | 0.527 | --- | 6th |
Tournament average : 0.725 |