Three-cushion world championship 1974
29th three-cushion world championship 1974 |
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Facade of the Antwerp city hall. | |
Tournament dates | |
Tournament type: | World Championship |
Tournament format: | Round robin |
Organizer: | UMB |
Tournament details | |
Venue: |
Stadfeestzaal , Antwerp |
Opening: | April 2nd 1974 |
Endgame: | April 7th 1974 |
Attendees: | 12 |
Defending champion: | Raymond Ceulemans |
Winner: | Nobuaki Kobayashi |
2nd finalist: | Raymond Ceulemans |
3rd place: | Yoshio Yoshihara |
Prize money: | Amateur World Championship |
Records | |
Best GD: | 1,325 Raymond Ceulemans |
Best ED: | 2,068 Raymond Ceulemans |
Maximum series (HS): | 14 Raymond Ceulemans |
Venue on the map | |
← 1973 | 1975 → |
The 1974 three-cushion world championship was the 29th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from April 2 to 7, 1974 in Antwerp . It was the fourth three-cushion World Cup in Belgium.
history
For the second time after 1953 , the “ Stadfeestzaal ” hosted the World Cup.
It was in his hometown of Antwerp, of all places, that Raymond Ceulemans' winning streak broke down . Ceulemans had to win the last game of the tournament. Nobuaki Kobayashi was enough to win the world title. After Kobayashi had a clear 22 point lead, Ceulemans fought his way back and even took the lead with 59:54. Then Kobayashi knocked out the game with a series of 6 points and became the first Japanese to win the world title.
It was a real mammoth tournament with 12 participants, with everyone playing against everyone. This form of tournament should become the standard in the next few years.
mode
“Everyone against everyone” was played with 60 points.
Final round
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