34th three-cushion world championship 1979
Tournament dates
Tournament type:
World Championship
Tournament format:
Round robin
Organizer:
UMB ( Union Mondiale de Billard )
Tournament details
Venue:
St. Augustine College, Lima Peru
Opening:
May 11, 1979
Endgame:
May 20, 1979
Attendees:
12
Defending champion:
Belgium Raymond Ceulemans
Winner:
Belgium Raymond Ceulemans
2nd finalist:
Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi
3rd place:
Japan Yoshio Yoshihara
Prize money:
Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:
1,384 Raymond Ceulemans Belgium
Best ED:
2,142 Raymond Ceulemans Belgium
Maximum series (HS):
15 Alfonso Gonzales
000 Colombia
Venue on the map
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The three-cushion world championship in 1979 was the 34th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from May 11th to 20th, 1979 in Lima . It was the second three-cushion World Cup in Lima after 1967 .
history
Despite a loss to Nobuaki Kobayashi in the last game, Raymond Ceulemans secured his 16th world title in three cushion thanks to the better GD with equal points. Kobayashi previously lost to his compatriot Yoshio Yoshihara.
mode
“Everyone against everyone” was played with 60 points.
Final round
Closing table
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Surname
MP
Pts.
Recording
GD
BED
HS
1
Belgium Raymond Ceulemans
20: 2
645
466
1.384
2.142
9
2
Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi
20: 2
644
567
1,135
1.666
14th
3
Japan Yoshio Yoshihara
16: 6
616
577
1.067
1.463
9
4th
France Egidio Vierat
14: 8
615
632
0.973
1,500
11
5
Peru Humberto Suguimitzu
12:10
596
544
1.095
1.428
13
6th
United States Allen Gilbert
12:10
594
696
0.853
1.016
8th
7th
Austria Johann Scherz
10:12
549
586
0.936
1.304
10
8th
United States Edward Robin
8:14
552
643
0.858
1.578
8th
9
Colombia Alfonso Gonzales
6:16
571
635
0.899
1.363
15th
10
Chile Hernan Bustos
6:16
504
590
0.854
1,200
7th
11
Peru Adolfo Suarez
4:18
507
626
0.809
0.937
7th
12
Egypt 1972 Mohammed Diab
4:18
481
632
0.761
1.304
9
Tournament average : 0.955
Individual evidence
^ Hans H. Graßmann: Billard Sport . 57th year. Düren October 1979, p. 8-9 .
International carom tournaments
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