Three-cushion world championship 1990

45th three-cushion world championship 1990
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round Robin / Ko system
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	s. Map,
Opening:	s. "Tournament details"
Endgame:	s. "Tournament details"
Attendees:	65
Defending champion:	Ludo Dielis
Winner:	Raymond Ceulemans
2nd finalist:	Torbjörn Blomdahl
3rd place:	Ludo Dielis
Prize money:	?
Records
Best GD:	1,619 Torbjorn Blomdahl
Best ED:	2,500 Raymond Ceulemans
Maximum series (HS):	14 Ludo Dielis000
Venue on the map
Antwerp Paris Berlin Norrkopping Palma de Mallorca Large Map: Europe Small Map: Japan Tokyo
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The three-cushion world championship in 1990 was the 45th edition of the three-cushion world championship, which has been held in the three- cushion pile-up variant since 1928 .

Tournament details

In 1990 it took place in the form of six World Cup tournaments . It was the World Cup in

1. Antwerp (Belgium) 2-4. November,
2. Paris (France) 16.-18. November,
3. Berlin (Germany) 23-25. November,
4. Norrköping (Sweden) November 29th - December 2nd,
5. Palma (Spain) 7th-9th December
6. and the final in Tokyo (Japan) 14. – 16. December.

A total of 65 three-cushion players started in the 6 tournaments.

With 6,000, most of the spectators were in Paris. A total of 12,800 spectators attended the tournaments.

World ranking points were awarded for the tournaments (see points key). The best point from all tournaments was the new world champion. The clear winner in 1990 was the Belgian series world champion Raymond Ceulemans with 270 points . His compatriot, mentor and last year's winner Ludo Dielis came in third.

Points key

space	Points
1.	60
2.	45
3.	30th
4th	24
5.	21st
6th	18th
7th	15th
8th.	12

Results

Results of individual tournaments
year	place	winner	GD	place 2	GD	place 3	GD
1990/1	Antwerp	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.671	Raymond Ceulemans	1,500	Dick Jaspers	1.266
1990/2	Paris	Raymond Ceulemans	1.521	Richard Bitalis	1.356	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.503
1990/3	Berlin	Ludo Dielis	1.644	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.909	Raymond Ceulemans	1.330
1990/4	Norrkoping	Raymond Ceulemans	1.648	Richard Bitalis	1.425	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.484
1990/5	Palma	Marco Zanetti	1.760	Raymond Ceulemans	1.603	Richard Bitalis	1.447
1990/6	Tokyo	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.632	Ludo Dielis	1.284	Raymond Ceulemans	1.584

Final result of the 1990 World Cup
year	winner	Points	GD	place 2	Points	GD	place 3	Points	GD
1990	Raymond Ceulemans	270	1.525	Torbjörn Blomdahl	246	1.619	Ludo Dielis	153	1.308

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Das Blaue Karree / The Blue Square - Fascination Billiards, editor: Dr. Werner Bayer Foundation, Berlin (2004). ISBN 4520934605