Three-cushion world championship 1960

16th three-cushion world championship 1960
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UMB ( Union Mondiale de Billard )
Tournament details
Venue:	Casal de Cataluna, Buenos Aires
Opening:	5th September 1960
Endgame:	September 15, 1960
Attendees:	12
Defending champion:	Enrique Navarra
Winner:	René Vingerhoedt
2nd finalist:	Carlos Monestier
3rd place:	José Bonomo
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	0.961 René Vingerhoedt
Best ED:	1,363 Johann Scherz
Maximum series (HS):	11 Johann Scherz Adolfo Suárez Enrique Navarra000 00000 00000
Venue on the map
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires
← 1958	1961 →

The three-cushion world championship in 1960 was the 16th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from September 5 to 15, 1960 in Buenos Aires .

history

Buenos Aires hosted the World Cup for the fourth time after 1938, 1948 and 1952. For the first time a three-cushion world championship up to 60 points was played. The European champion René Vingerhoedt secured his second world title in three cushion. Vingerhoedt won a last match against Carlos Monestier with a heavy focus on fighting with 60:57 in 79 shots. For August Tiedtke and Johann Scherz the tournament started very exhausting. After an 18-hour journey, they had to play their first games an hour after their arrival.

mode

In the final round “everyone against everyone” was played with 60 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	17: 5	649	675	0.961	1.276	9
2	Carlos Monestier	16: 6	621	765	0.811	1.071	7th
3	José Bonomo	14: 8	633	713	0.887	1,250	9
4th	Henny de Ruijter	14: 8	621	782	0.794	0.983	9
5	Carlos Friedenthal	13: 9	645	757	0.852	1.071	9
6th	Johann Scherz	13: 9	626	764	0.819	1.363	11
7th	Adolfo Suarez	11:11	623	781	0.797	1.052	11
8th	Enrique Navarra	10:12	616	782	0.787	1.016	11
9	Mario Arango Ochoa	9:13	553	781	0.708	0.800	6th
10	August Tiedtke	8:14	587	790	0.743	0.937	8th
11	José Iglesias-Diaz	4:18	503	807	0.623	0.750	8th
12	Galo Legarda	3:19	480	809	0.593	0.789	7th
Tournament average: 0.777

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karlheinz Krienen: Billard-Zeitung . 38th year, no. 4 . Mönchen-Gladbach October 1960, p. 6-10 .