Three-cushion world championship 1964

19th three-cushion world championship 1964
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Kursaal in Casino Ostend, Ostend
Opening:	June 23, 1964
Endgame:	June 28, 1964
Attendees:	10
Defending champion:	Raymond Ceulemans
Winner:	Raymond Ceulemans
2nd finalist:	Marcelo H. Lopez
3rd place:	Roger Hanoun
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	1,231 Raymond Ceulemans
Best ED:	1,764 Raymond Ceulemans
Maximum series (HS):	15 Marcelo H. Lopez 000
Venue on the map
East End
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The three-cushion world championship in 1964 was the 19th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from 23 to 28 June 1964 in Ostend .

history

Raymond Ceulemans owed the world championship title to his compatriot Raymond Steylaerts . In the direct match against Marcelo H. Lopez, Ceulemans had clearly lost 41:60 in 39 shots. The very defensive game of Steylaert against Lopez ended after 75 shots with the closest of all results: 60:59. Even the new series world record of 15 points in this game was not enough for Lopez to win. Thus there was a tie game with a tie of 16: 2. In this Ceulemans prevailed with 60:53 in 52 shots and thus secured his second world title in three-cushion.

mode

“Everyone against everyone” was played with 60 points.

Final round

The winners

Raymond Ceulemans

Marcelo Lopez

Roger Hanoun

Closing table

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Raymond Ceulemans	16: 2	521	423	1,231	1.764	12
2	Marcelo H. Lopez	16: 2	539	518	1.040	1.538	15th
3	Roger Hanoun	12: 6	484	515	0.939	1.428	9
4th	Raymond Steylaerts	12: 6	515	605	0.851	1,250	14th
5	Avelino Rico	12: 6	462	625	0.739	0.869	7th
6th	Ernst Rudolph	8:10	392	598	0.655	0.821	9
7th	Henny de Ruijter	6:12	453	540	0.838	1.016	9
8th	Galo Legarda	4:14	421	604	0.697	0.869	8th
9	Søren Søgaard	2:16	411	616	0.667	0.845	7th
10	Jacques Blanc	2:16	410	632	0.648	0.821	7th
Tournament average : 0.811
-	Stitch game
-	Raymond Ceulemans	2-0	60	52	1.153	1.153	5
-	Marcelo H. Lopez	0: 2	53	52	1.019	---	7th
-	after stitch game
1	Raymond Ceulemans	18: 2	581	475	1.223	1.764	12
2	Marcelo H. Lopez	16: 4	592	570	1.038	1.538	15th
Tournament average : 0.816 (with trick play)

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)

Web links

Commons : Three Cushion World Cup 1964  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dieter F. Streife: Billiard newspaper 'Revue' . 42nd year, no. 3 . Düsseldorf June 1964, p. 7-8 .