Three-cushion world championship 1974

29th three-cushion world championship 1974
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 Ceulemans000
Venue on the map
Antwerp
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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

Closing table space Surname MP Pts. Recording GD BED HS 1 Nobuaki Kobayashi 21: 1 660 503 1,312 2,000 11 2 Raymond Ceulemans 18: 4 643 485 1.325 2.068 14th 3 Yoshio Yoshihara 16: 6 643 569 1.130 1.621 9 4th Ludo Dielis 15: 7 623 633 0.984 1,250 9 5 Richard Bitalis 12:10 564 608 0.927 1.304 8th 6th Marcelo H. Lopez 11:11 581 550 1.056 1.764 10 7th Avelino Rico 9:13 557 644 0.864 1.071 10 8th Peter Thøgersen 8:14 530 599 0.884 1.333 8th 9 Jan Doggen 8:14 577 665 0.867 1.224 10 10 Alfonso Gonzales 8:14 514 615 0.835 0.909 9 11 Frank Torres 6:16 478 673 0.710 1,200 7th 12 Nicolas Chart 0:22 374 704 0.531 --- 6th Tournament average : 0.930

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. ↑ Otto Perée: Billiards Sports . 52nd year. Düren May 1974, p. 60-63 .