Three-cushion world championship 1948

12th three-cushion world championship 1948
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 000
Venue on the map
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires
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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

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	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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Court: German Billard Newspaper . 25th year, 5/8 (August / December). Cologne 1948, p. 8 .