Three-cushion world championship for national teams 1992

6th three-cushion world championship for national teams 1992
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	-
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Festhalle, Viersen
Opening:	March 12, 1992
Endgame:	March 15, 1992
Attendees:	24 players from 11 nations
Defending champion:	Sweden
Winner:	Japan
2nd finalist:	United States
3rd place:	Portugal
Prize money:	Expense allowance
Records
Best GD:	1,658 Raymond Ceulemans
Best ED:	2,307 Frank Torres
Maximum series (HS):	14 Sang Chun Lee000
Venue on the map
Viersen
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The three-cushion world championship for national teams in 1992 was the 6th edition of this tournament, which has been held annually since 1981 in the three- cushion version of billiards . It took place from March 12th to 15th, 1992 in Viersen .

Game mode

12 teams took part in the tournament. Each team consisted of two players. The game was played in 4 groups. In the groups, each player played against both opponents. The four group winners reached the semifinals.

The whole tournament was played with 2 winning sets. Defending champions Sweden and the highly regarded Belgians were surprisingly eliminated in the preliminary round.

In the event of a tie, the following shall apply:

1. Match points ( MP )
2. Sentence ratio ( SV )
3. Team General Average (MGD)

Attendees

nation group Player 1 Player 2 Egypt A. Ihab El Messery Mohammed Diab Belgium B. Raymond Ceulemans Kurt Ceulemans Denmark C. Hans Laursen Tonny Carlsen Germany 1 C. Hans-Jürgen Kühl Maximo Aguirre Germany 2 D. Edgar Bettzieche Christian Rudolph France D. Francis Connesson Avedis Tachnakian Japan B. Nobuaki Kobayashi Junichi Komori Mexico C. A. Breton Jose Paniagua Peru B. Adolpho Suarez Cayo Badales Portugal A. Manuel Ribeiro Jorge Theriaga Sweden A. Torbjörn Blomdahl Lennart Blomdahl United States D. Sang Chun Lee Frank Torres

Group stage

The first in the group made it to the semi-finals.

Group A

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Portugal 2 1-1-0 6: 2 12: 5 2 Sweden 2 1-1-0 6: 2 10: 7 3 Egypt 2 0-0-2 1: 7 4:14

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 12, 1992 Sweden 2 : 0 Egypt March 13, 1992 Portugal 2 : 0 Egypt March 14, 1992 Portugal 1 : 1 Sweden

Group B

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Japan 2 2-0-0 7: 1 14: 5 2 Belgium 2 1-0-1 4: 4 10: 9 3 Peru 2 0-0-2 1: 7 5:15

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 12, 1992 Japan 0: 2 Peru March 13, 1992 Belgium 2 : 0 Peru March 14, 1992 Japan 2 : 0 Belgium

Group C

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Germany 1 2 1-1-0 5: 3 11: 7 2 Denmark 2 1-1-0 5: 3 10: 9 3 Mexico 2 0-0-2 2: 6 7:12

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 12, 1992 Denmark 2 : 0 Mexico March 13, 1992 Germany 1 2 : 0 Mexico March 14, 1992 Germany 1 1 : 1 Denmark

Group D

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 United States 2 1-1-0 5: 3 11: 7 2 Germany 2 2 0-2-0 4: 4 9:13 3 France 2 0-1-1 3: 5 9:11

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 March 12, 1992 France 1: 1 Germany 2 March 13, 1992 United States 1: 1 Germany 2 March 14, 1992 United States 2 : 0 France

Final round

	Semi-finals (Best of 3)				Semi-finals (Best of 3)
	March 15, 1992
	Japan	1
	Portugal	1
					March 15, 1992
					Japan	2
					United States	0
					3rd place match (Best of 3)
	March 15, 1992				March 15, 1992
	United States	2			Portugal	2
	Germany 1	0			Germany 1	0

Closing table

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP PP SV Pt. Recording MGD BEMD 1 Japan 4th 3-1-0 7: 1 12: 4 25:12 491 403 1.218 1.568 2 United States 4th 2-1-1 5: 3 10: 6 22:13 437 377 1.159 1.463 3 Portugal 4th 3-1-0 6: 2 11: 5 24:13 453 413 1,096 1.458 4th Germany 1 4th 1-1-2 3: 5 6:10 14:21 437 390 1.120 1.327 5 Sweden 2 1-1-0 3: 1 5: 3 10: 7 225 200 1.125 1,250 6th Denmark 2 1-1-0 3: 1 5: 3 10: 9 246 237 1.037 1.166 7th Belgium 2 1-0-1 2: 2 4: 4 10: 9 251 188 1,335 1.358 8th Germany 2 2 1-0-1 2: 2 4: 4 9:13 223 217 1.027 1.184 9 France 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 5 9:11 208 236 0.881 0.984 10 Mexico 2 0-0-2 0: 4 2: 6 7:12 191 223 0.856 -, --- 11 Peru 2 0-0-2 0: 4 1: 7 5:15 178 235 0.757 -, --- 12 Egypt 2 0-0-2 0: 4 1: 7 4:14 164 223 0.735 -, ---

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 .)

Web links

• Homepage of the three-cushion world championship in Viersen

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Heinrich Weingartner : billiards . No. 45 . Weingartner Verlag, 1992, ZDB -ID 1087098-2 , p. 27-29 .