Three-cushion world championship for national teams 1997

11th three-cushion world championship for national teams 1997
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	-
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Festhalle, Viersen
Opening:	February 20, 1997
Endgame:	February 23, 1997
Attendees:	36 players from 17 nations
Defending champion:	Denmark
Winner:	Germany
2nd finalist:	Austria
3rd place:	Japan
Prize money:	Expense allowance
Records
Best GD:	1,445 Dion Nelin
Best ED:	2,142 • Christian Rudolph • Tatsuo Arai 00000
Maximum series (HS):	11 • Andreas Efler • Gerhard Kostistansky000 00000
Venue on the map
Viersen
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The three-cushion world championship for national teams in 1997 was the 11th edition of this tournament, which has been held annually since 1981 in the three- cushion version of billiards . It took place from February 20 to 23, 1997 in Viersen .

Game mode

For the first time, 18 teams took part in the tournament. Each team consisted of two players. The game was played in 5 groups of 3 from A to E. In the groups only player 1 played against player 1 and player 2 against player 2. The five group winners and three seeded teams (last year's finalists and hosts Germany) were drawn into two groups F and G. . The group winners and runners-up played the semi-finals cross-wise. The winners were in the final and the losers played for 3rd place.

Up to the final, 2 winning sets were played. The final went over 3 sets of wins. Germany secured the title for the third time. In the semifinals, Austria and Denmark were tied in terms of game and set points. Austria only led after points scored with 53:51 and moved into the final.

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. Mohsen Fouda Ihab El Messery  Belgium D. Ludo Dielis Peter de Backer  Denmark F. Dion Nelin Brian Knudsen  Germany 1 F. Christian Rudolph Johann umbrella fire  Germany 2 E. Martin Horn Stefan Galla  Ecuador D. Luis Aveiga Jorge Rubio  France B. Jean Christophe Roux Philippe Loitron  Greece A. Nikos Tremoulis George Sakkas  Japan G Reiji Ichinose Joji Kai

nation group Player 1 Player 2  Colombia C. José Gomez Jaime Bedoya  Mexico E. Arturo Bone ??? Pinon  Netherlands C. Frank Martens Aart Gieskens  Austria E. Gerhard Kostiskansky Andreas Efler  Portugal A. Jorge Theriaga Egidio Vierat  Sweden C. Mikael Nilsson Lennart Blomdahl  Spain B. Daniel Sánchez Avelino Rico  Czech Republic B. Zoltan Kovac Martin Slovacel  Turkey D. Yilmaz Ozcan Mustafa Emek

Group stage

The first group came into the intermediate round.

Preliminary round

Group A

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Portugal 2 2-0-0 4-0 8: 2 2 Greece 2 1-0-1 2: 2 5: 4 3 Egypt 2 0-0-2 0: 4 1: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 20, 1997 Greece 2 : 0 Egypt February 20, 1997 Egypt 0: 2 Portugal February 21, 1997 Portugal 2 : 0 Greece

Group B

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Spain 2 1-1-0 3: 1 6: 2 2 France 2 1-0-1 3: 1 6: 3 3 Czech Republic 2 0-0-2 0: 4 1: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 20, 1997 France 2 : 0 Czech Republic February 20, 1997 Czech Republic 0: 2 Spain February 21, 1997 Spain 1: 1 France

Group C

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Netherlands 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 5 2 Sweden 2 1-0-1 2: 2 6: 4 3 Colombia 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 20, 1997 Sweden 0: 2 Netherlands February 20, 1997 Sweden 2 : 0 Colombia February 21, 1997 Colombia 1: 1 Netherlands

Group D

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Belgium 2 2-0-0 4-0 8: 1 2 Turkey 2 0-1-1 1: 3 4: 6 3 Ecuador 2 0-1-1 1: 3 2: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 20, 1997 Ecuador 1: 1 Turkey February 21, 1997 Belgium 2 : 0 Ecuador February 21, 1997 Belgium 2 : 0 Turkey

Group E

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Austria 2 1-1-0 3: 1 7: 3 2 Germany 2 2 1-0-1 2: 2 5: 5 3 Mexico 2 0-1-1 1: 3 3: 7

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 20, 1997 Austria 2 : 0 Germany 2 February 21, 1997 Germany 2 2 : 0 Mexico February 21, 1997 Mexico 1: 1 Austria

Intermediate round

The first two of the group played the semi-finals crosswise.

Group F.

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Germany 1 3 2-0-1 4: 2 8: 6 2 Denmark 3 1-1-1 3: 3 8: 8 3 Belgium 3 1-1-1 3: 3 7: 7 4th Spain 3 1-0-2 2: 4 7: 9

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 21, 1997 Denmark 0: 2 Germany 1 February 21, 1997 Spain 2 : 0 Belgium February 22, 1997 Belgium 1: 1 Denmark February 22, 1997 Spain 0: 2 Germany 1 February 22, 1997 Spain 0: 2 Denmark February 22, 1997 Belgium 2 : 0 Germany 1

Group G

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP SV / PP 1 Austria 3 2-1-0 5: 1 10: 4 2 Japan 3 0-3-0 3: 3 7: 7 3 Portugal 3 0-2-1 2: 4 6: 9 4th Netherlands 3 0-2-1 2: 4 5: 8

Results date Nation 1 MP Nation 2 February 21, 1997 Austria 2 : 0 Portugal February 21, 1997 Netherlands 1: 1 Japan February 22, 1997 Austria 1: 1 Japan February 22, 1997 Portugal 1: 1 Netherlands February 22, 1997 Japan 1: 1 Portugal February 22, 1997 Austria 2 : 0 Netherlands

Final round

	Semi-finals (Best of 3)				Final (Best of 5)
	February 23, 1997
	Germany 1	2
	Japan	0
					February 23, 1997
					Germany 1	2
					Austria	0
					3rd place match (Best of 3)
	February 23, 1997				February 23, 1997
	Austria	1			Japan	2
	Denmark	1			Denmark	0

Closing table

Closing table space nation Sp. GUV MP PP SV Pt. Recording MGD BEMD 1 Germany 1 5 4-0-1 8: 2 8: 2 18: 8 347 300 1.156 1.293 2 Austria 7th 5-2-0 12: 2 9: 5 15:12 443 366 1,210 1.558 3 Japan 5 1-3-1 5: 5 4: 6 11:13 281 277 1.014 1.241 4th Denmark 5 1-1-3 3: 7 7: 8 12:13 312 235 1.327 1,560 5 Belgium 5 3-1-1 7: 3 7: 3 15: 8 294 267 1.101 1.333 6th Portugal 5 2-2-1 6: 4 6: 4 14:11 324 315 1.028 1,196 7th Spain 5 2-1-2 5: 5 5: 5 13:11 290 270 1.074 1,312 8th Netherlands 5 1-2-2 4: 6 5: 7 12:13 299 317 0.943 1,000 9 France 2 1-1-0 3: 1 3: 1 6: 3 111 133 0.834 0.851 10 Sweden 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 6: 4 131 152 0.861 0.937 11 Greece 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 5: 4 127 147 0.863 0.909 12 Germany 2 2 1-0-1 2: 2 2: 2 5: 5 115 102 1.127 1.301 13 Turkey 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 4: 6 121 129 0.937 0.901 14th Mexico 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 7 112 107 1.056 1,089 15th Colombia 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 3: 7 99 142 0.697 0.862 16 Ecuador 2 0-1-1 1: 3 1: 3 2: 7 108 136 0.794 0.802 17th Czech Republic 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 1: 8 81 122 0.663 - 18th Egypt 2 0-0-2 0: 4 0: 4 1: 8 80 136 0.588 -

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 c} Heinrich Weingartner : billiards . No. 94 . Weingartner Verlag, 1997, ZDB -ID 1087098-2 , p. 15-19 .