Three-cushion world championship 1953

14th three-cushion world championship 1953
Facade of the Antwerp city hall.
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	Stadfeestzaal , Antwerp
Opening:	October 2, 1953
Endgame:	October 11, 1953
Attendees:	12
Defending champion:	Pedro Leopoldo Carrera
Winner:	Enrique Navarra
2nd finalist:	René Vingerhoedt
3rd place:	Pedro Leopoldo Carrera
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	1.001 René Vingerhoedt
Best ED:	1,428 Pedro Leopoldo Carrera
Maximum series (HS):	12 August Tiedtke000
Venue on the map
Antwerp
← 1952	1958 →

The three-cushion world championship in 1953 was the 14th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from October 2 to 11, 1953 in Antwerp . It was the first three-cushion world championship in Europe after the end of the war.

history

The winner Enrique Navarra (left) and third-placed Pedro Carrera

For the first time the historical " Stadfeestzaal " from 1908 was played. In 1974 it was supposed to be the venue for the World Cup again, before it was almost completely destroyed by fire in 2000. In 2013 the “Lotto Arena” was used as a World Cup venue.

The Argentines showed once again that they were the best three-cushion players in the world at the time. Once again there were two medals. Enrique Navarra won for the first time . In the last and decisive game against René Vingerhoedt he showed good nerves and won just 50:49 in 59 shots. The municipal ballroom was an excellent tournament venue and was sold out every day with 3,000 visitors.

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)

Final table UIFAB

space	Surname	MP	GD	BED	HS
1	Enrique Navarra	20: 2	0.937	1.111	9
2	René Vingerhoedt	18: 4	1.001	1.388	8th
3	Pedro Leopoldo Carrera	16: 6	0.921	1.428	10
4th	Bernard Siguret	16: 6	0.898	1.282	11
5	August Tiedtke	16: 6	0.863	1.111	12
6th	Antonio Ventura	10:12	0.760	0.925	9
7th	Frans Rombouts	8:14	0.704	1.020	7th
8th	Alfred Lagache	7:15	0.704	0.943	7th
9	Pierre Fauconnier	6:16	0.722	0.980	10
10	João Pereira	6:16	0.633	0.943	9
11	Antonio Berti	5:17	0.601	0.781	6th
12	Ernst Rudolph	4:18	0.670	0.925	8th
Tournament average : 0.774

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karlheinz Krienen: Billard-Zeitung . 31st year, no. 4 . Cologne October 1953, p. 7-13 .