Three-cushion world championship 1963

18th three-cushion world championship 1963
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UMB ( Union Mondiale de Billard )
Tournament details
Venue:	Neuss town hall, Neuss
Opening:	2nd October 1963
Endgame:	October 6, 1963
Attendees:	10
Defending champion:	Adolfo Suarez
Winner:	Raymond Ceulemans
2nd finalist:	Johann Scherz
3rd place:	Enrique Navarra
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	1,307 Raymond Ceulemans
Best ED:	2,068 Raymond Ceulemans
Maximum series (HS):	10 Raymond Ceulemans Ernst Rudolph Hans Ritschel 000 00000 00000
Venue on the map
Neuss
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The three-cushion world championship in 1963 was the 18th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from October 2 to 6, 1963 in Neuss . It was the second three-cushion world championship in Germany after 1937.

history

Raymond Ceulemans set two new world records with his first three-cushion world title. He improved the old record in the general average (GD) from his teacher René Vingerhoedt from 1.089 to 1.307 and the best individual average (BED), held by René Vingerhoedt and August Tiedtke , from 1.612 to 2.068 . He achieved the new world record in the BED against defending champion Adolfo Suárez . He won 60:20 in 29 shots.

mode

The game was played in two preliminary round groups “everyone against everyone” with a score of 60 points. The groups consisted of 5 players each. The last two in the group were eliminated, but still played out ninth place.

Group stage

Final table group A space Surname MP Pts. Recording GD BED HS 1 Enrique Navarra 6: 2 220 276 0.797 1,000 9 2 Herman Popeijus 5: 3 231 257 0.898 0.983 6th 3 Adolfo Suarez 5: 3 231 261 0.885 1.071 8th 4th Ernst Rudolph 2: 6 207 283 0.731 0.857 8th 5 Jacques Blanc 2: 6 197 285 0.691 0.674 7th Group average : 0.797 Final table group B space Surname MP Pts. Recording GD BED HS 1 Raymond Ceulemans 8-0 240 175 1.371 1.578 9 2 Johann Scherz 6: 2 215 174 1.235 1.538 8th 3 Hans Ritschel 2: 6 182 216 0.842 0.882 6th 4th Albert Lasserre 2: 6 193 232 0.831 0.689 7th 5 Alfonso Gonzales 2: 6 172 233 0.738 1.176 7th Group average : 0.972

Legend Abbr. meaning Pt. points scored Recording required recordings ED Single average GD General average VGD Relative general average BMD Best team average BED Best individual average BSD Best sentence average BEVD Best Individual Relative Average HS Maximum series MP Match points PP Lot of points GUV G ewonnen- U nentschieden- V erloren SV Sentence ratio 1st place (gold) 2nd place (silver) 3rd place (bronze) Best GD of the tournament / round Best VGD of the tournament / round Best ED of the tournament / round Best BVGD of the tournament / round Best HS of the tournament / round (It is possible that not all terms are used or some are not listed. These can be looked up in the list of collision terms .)

Final round

Closing table space Surname MP Pts. Recording GD BED HS 1 Raymond Ceulemans 16: 0 480 367 1.307 2.068 10 2 Johann Scherz 12: 4 443 411 1.077 1.538 9 3 Enrique Navarra 12: 4 451 552 0.817 1,000 9 4th Adolfo Suarez 9: 5 419 485 0.863 1.071 8th 5 Alfred Lasserre 6: 8 398 498 0.799 1,000 7th 6th Herman Popeijus 5: 9 436 509 0.856 0.983 6th 7th Ernst Rudolph 4:10 385 485 0.793 1.153 10 8th Hans Ritschel 4:10 364 475 0.766 0.952 10 9 Jacques Blanc 4: 6 257 384 0.669 0.674 7th 10 Alfonso Gonzales 2: 8 229 332 0.689 1.176 7th Tournament average : 0.858

Legend Abbr. meaning Pt. points scored Recording required recordings ED Single average GD General average VGD Relative general average BMD Best team average BED Best individual average BSD Best sentence average BEVD Best Individual Relative Average HS Maximum series MP Match points PP Lot of points GUV G ewonnen- U nentschieden- V erloren SV Sentence ratio 1st place (gold) 2nd place (silver) 3rd place (bronze) Best GD of the tournament / round Best VGD of the tournament / round Best ED of the tournament / round Best BVGD of the tournament / round Best HS of the tournament / round (It is possible that not all terms are used or some are not listed. These can be looked up in the list of collision terms .)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Karlheinz Krienen: Billard-Zeitung . 41st year, no. 4 . Mönchen-Gladbach October 1963, p. 1-15 .