Three-cushion world championship 1972

27th three-cushion world championship 1972
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:	May 3, 1972
Endgame:	May 12, 1972
Attendees:	14th
Defending champion:	Raymond Ceulemans
Winner:	Raymond Ceulemans
2nd finalist:	Nobuaki Kobayashi
3rd place:	Peter Thøgersen
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	1,315 Raymond Ceulemans
Best ED:	2,142 Raymond Ceulemans
Maximum series (HS):	12 Raymond Ceulemans000
Venue on the map
Buenos Aires
← 1971	1973 →

The three-cushion world championship in 1972 was the 27th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from May 3 to 12, 1972 in Buenos Aires . It was the sixth three-cushion World Cup in Buenos Aires.

history

Raymond Ceulemans secured the tenth consecutive three-cushion world title. Once again he confidently won all of his games. The Peruvian Suguimizu, of Japanese origin, was the only one to score 50 points against Ceulemans. The rest of the players scored significantly fewer points. The World Cup was very well attended. An average of 3500 to 4000 spectators were present each day.

mode

The game was played in two preliminary round groups of 7 players. The top four from each group made it to the finals. The games from the group were taken into the finals. In the groups “everyone against everyone” was played to 60 points.

Group stage

Final table group A space Surname MP Pts. Recording GD BED HS 1 Raymond Ceulemans 12: 0 360 274 1,313 1.578 9 2 Peter Thøgersen 10: 2 338 375 0.901 1.052 8th 3 Alberto Garcia 6: 6 320 359 0.891 1.176 9 4th Adolfo Suarez 6: 6 292 362 0.806 0.983 7th 5 Hernan Bustos 4: 8 319 354 0.901 1.276 11 6th Alvaro Cabrera 2:10 277 382 0.725 0.731 6th 7th Galo Legarda 2:10 276 382 0.722 0.895 6th Group average : 0.877 Final table group B space Surname MP Pts. Recording GD BED HS 1 Nobuaki Kobayashi 10: 2 357 335 1.065 1.428 9 2 Luis Manuel Martinez 10: 2 346 385 0.898 1.333 6th 3 Marcelo H. Lopez 8: 4 340 309 1,100 1.621 11 4th Humberto Suguimitzu 8: 4 329 406 0.810 0.952 9 5 Edward Robin 4: 8 282 383 0.736 0.909 7th 6th Mario Alvarado 2:10 254 369 0.688 0.759 7th 7th Mustafa Diab 0:12 240 407 0.589 --- 4th Group average : 0.763

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 20: 0 600 456 1,315 2.142 12 2 Nobuaki Kobayashi 16: 4 568 554 1.025 1.428 9 3 Peter Thøgersen 14: 6 537 598 0.897 1.052 8th 4th Luis Manuel Martinez 14: 6 554 632 0.876 1.333 8th 5 Marcelo H. Lopez 12: 8 546 509 1.072 1.621 11 6th Humberto Suguimitzu 12: 8 547 662 0.826 1.090 9 7th Adolfo Suarez 8:12 485 633 0.766 0.983 7th 8th Alberto Garcia 6:14 451 607 0.742 1.176 9 9 Hernan Bustos 4: 8 319 354 0.901 1.276 11 10 Edward Robin 4: 8 282 383 0.736 0.909 7th 11 Alvaro Cabrera 2:10 277 382 0.725 0.731 6th 12 Mario Alvarado 2:10 254 369 0.688 0.759 7th 13 Galo Legarda 2:10 276 382 0.722 0.895 6th 14th Mustafa Diab 0:12 240 407 0.589 --- 4th Tournament average : 0.856

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} J. Babut du Mares: Le Billard . No. 55 . Brussels July 1972, p. 11-13 .