Three-cushion world championship 1952

13th three-cushion world championship 1952
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	Casal de Cataluna, Buenos Aires
Opening:	October 20, 1952
Endgame:	3rd November 1952
Attendees:	11
Defending champion:	René Vingerhoedt
Winner:	Pedro Leopoldo Carrera
2nd finalist:	August Tiedtke
3rd place:	Carlos Friedenthal
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	1,070 Pedro Leopoldo Carrera
Best ED:	1,612 René Vingerhoedt
Maximum series (HS):	12 Bernard Siguret 000
Venue on the map
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires
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The three-cushion world championship in 1952 was the 13th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from October 20 to November 3, 1952 in Buenos Aires . It was the third World Cup in a row in Buenos Aires.

history

The Argentine Pedro Leopoldo Carrera was the first player to play more than 1,000 in the general average (GD) in a world championship . The new world record was 1.070 after the tournament . Defending champion René Vingerhoedt secured the new world record for the best individual average ( BED ) with 1.612 .

After the final game between Carrera and August Tiedtke had been determined, the host moved the final from Casal de Cataluna to the larger Luna Park at short notice due to Tiedtke's popularity . 15,000 spectators attended this game. A number of spectators that has not been reached at billiards until today.

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	GD	BED	HS
1	Pedro Leopoldo Carrera	18: 2	1.070	1.562	8th
2	August Tiedtke	16: 4	0.961	1,470	9
3	Carlos Friedenthal	16: 4	0.943	1,470	7th
4th	Bernard Siguret	13: 7	0.718	0.961	12
5	René Vingerhoedt	12: 8	0.990	1.612	11
6th	Enrique Garcia	10:10	0.729	1.086	6th
7th	Antonio Ventura	8:12	0.703	0.925	8th
8th	Carlos Monestier	7:13	0.702	0.892	9
9	Jan Broekhuizen	4:16	0.713	1,000	8th
10	Mario Criales	4:16	0.636	0.847	7th
11	Temilo Moran	2:18	0.692	0.793	5
Tournament average : 0.791

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karlheinz Krienen: Billard-Zeitung . 30th year, no. 6 . Cologne December 1952, p. 6-9 .