European binding championship

European binding championship
EM 1986 in Dülmen . Award ceremony, from left to right: 3rd place- Marco Zanetti , 2nd place- Ludo Dielis , 1st place Raymond Ceulemans
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Ranking tournament
Association / host:	CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	various
Playing time:	since 1950
Current title holder:	Dave Christiani
Records
Most wins: 13
Raymond Ceulemans
Best GD: 25.86
Jean Paul de Bruijn 2006
Best ED: see records
Maximum series (HS):
199 - Francis Connesson , 1978 291 - Wolfgang Zenkner , 1995 ( prolonged )
Position map
Due to the number of venues, these are not displayed, but can be accessed using the links in the upper right corner.

The European Binding Championship has been held in the single binding carom variant since 1950 . It usually takes place once a year. It is organized by the European carom billiards association CEB ( Confédération Européenne de Billard ).

General

The record winner is the Belgian Raymond Ceulemans with 13 titles.
The current title holder is the Dutchman Dave Christiani .

The distances at the single binding European championships changed several times:
1950 to 1956 up to 150 points were played.
1957 to 1983 was played up to 200 points.
1984 was played on two sets of wins up to 75 points.
1985 to 1988 was played up to 150 points.
From 1990 to 1992 two sets of wins up to 50 points were played.
1993 to 1994 was played on two winning sets up to 75 points.
1995 to 2011 was played up to 150 points.
In 2012, up to 125 were played in the group phase and up to 150 in the knockout round.
In 2013, up to 120 was played in the group phase and up to 120 in the knockout round.
from 2015 onwards the group stage will play up to 100 and in the knockout round up to 120.

From the 2012/13 season onwards, the European championships will be held every two years in Brandenburg an der Havel in a mammoth tournament with all disciplines.

Records

The record winner is the Belgian Raymond Ceulemans with 13 titles. The
current title holder is Frédéric Caudron from Belgium.

The best game up to 200 points played in 1978 in Bruges Francis Connesson with an average of 66.66 .
In 1983 in Rucphen, Ludo Dielis equalized this record. Wolfgang Zenkner played the
best game up to 150 in 1995 in Wijchen in one recording, i.e. 150.00 average. In 1999 in Wijchen, Fonsy Grethen equalized this record. In 2002 in Wijchen, Jean Paul de Bruijn also equalized this record.

The highest series achieved Francis Connesson 1978 with 199 points. Wolfgang Zenkner
played the highest series prolonged in 1995 in Wijchen with 291 .

Jean Paul de Bruijn achieved the best tournament average in 2006 in Kortrijk with 25.86 .

Tournament statistics

The GD indicates the general average of the respective player during the tournament.

No.	year	place		GD		GD		GD
01	1950	Algiers	Ernst Reicher	4.54	Clement van Hassel	3.30	Roland Dufetelle	3.18
02	1951	Barcelona	René Vingerhoedt	3.78	Joaquin Domingo	3.94	Ernst Reicher	3.71
03	1952	Madrid	René Vingerhoedt	3.88	August Tiedtke	3.39	Alfredo Alhinho	2.70
04th	1953	Valencia	Joaquin Domingo	3.44	René Vingerhoedt	3.61	Clement van Hassel	3.02
05	1954	Saarbrücken	Walter Lütgehetmann	5.15	August Tiedtke	4.56	René Vingerhoedt	4.36
06th	1955	Idar-Oberstein	August Tiedtke	4.42	Cees van Oosterhout	3.74	Walter Lütgehetmann	4.53
07th	1956	Lisbon	Emile Wafflard	4.52	Walter Lütgehetmann	5.10	Cees van Oosterhout	4.71
08th	1957	Groningen	René Vingerhoedt	5.40	Cees van Oosterhout	5.57	August Tiedtke	5.15
09	1958	Lions	René Vingerhoedt	5.47	Walter Lütgehetmann	5.72	Emile Wafflard	5.94
10	1959	Oberhausen	René Vingerhoedt	5.92	Johann Scherz	4.50	Walter Lütgehetmann	5.15
11	1960	Terrassa	René Vingerhoedt	5.41	Joaquin Domingo	4.34	Bert Teegelaar	4.22
12	1963	Lisbon	Raymond Ceulemans	6.60	Johann Scherz	5.89	Jose Giro	3.94
13	1964	The hero	Raymond Ceulemans	11.76	Henk de Kleine	4.98	Clement van Hassel	4.81
14th	1965	Montecatini	Raymond Ceulemans	6.22	Johann Scherz	6.42	Bert Teegelaar	4.18
15th	1966	Krefeld	Raymond Ceulemans	10.62	Johann Scherz	8.12	Jean Marty	7.80
16	1967	Deurne	Raymond Ceulemans	12.72	Ludo Dielis	9.24	Johann Scherz	9.00
17th	1969	Alghero	Raymond Ceulemans	12.06	Ludo Dielis	12.30	Hans Vultink	7.44
18th	1970	Apeldoorn	Raymond Ceulemans	9.85	Ludo Dielis	5.62	Roland Dufetelle	5.86
19th	1971	Eupen	Ludo Dielis	10.76	Raymond Ceulemans	15.98	Henk de Kleine	7.20
20th	1972	Mole	Ludo Dielis	11.38	Emile Wafflard	13.65	Roland Dufetelle	7.51
21st	1973	Vienna	Ludo Dielis	12.61	Francis Connesson	6.60	Laurent Boulanger	7.60
22nd	1974	Zandvoort	Ludo Dielis	11.96	Francis Connesson	7.89	Hans Vultink	8.89
23	1975	Granada	Christ van der Smissen	8.38	Ludo Dielis	9.08	Johann Scherz	7.60
24	1976	Moyeuvre	Christ van der Smissen	8.14	Francis Connesson	8.23	Ludo Dielis	10.12
25th	1977	Bottrop	Raymond Ceulemans	12.84	Johann Scherz	7.67	Dieter Müller	7.17
26th	1978	Zelzate	Raymond Ceulemans	13.37	Ludo Dielis	12.03	Francis Connesson	10.43
27	1979	Emmeloord	Raymond Ceulemans	11.73	Francis Connesson	8.18	Hans Vultink	7.86
28	1980	frond	Ludo Dielis	14.73	Raymond Ceulemans	12.68	Dieter Müller	9.85
29	1981	Pike	Ludo Dielis	14.72	Raymond Ceulemans	16.44	Christ van der Smissen	12.97
30th	1982	Emmeloord	Christ van der Smissen	10.93	Ludo Dielis	11.75	Fonsy Grethen	9.07
31	1983	Madrid	Ludo Dielis	13.46	Jan Arnouts	8.76	Wolfgang Zenkner	7.68
32	1984	Franeker	Raymond Ceulemans	10.13	Christ van der Smissen	8.03	Egidio Vierat	7.37
33	1985	Epinal	Raymond Ceulemans	12.16	Francis Connesson	10.17	Fonsy Grethen	9.02
34	1986	Dülmen	Raymond Ceulemans	10.97	Ludo Dielis	10.61	Marco Zanetti	10.21
35	1987	Bad Mondorf	Franz Stenzel	9.68	Fonsy Grethen	11.65	Christ van der Smissen	10.82
36	1988	Groningen	Christ van der Smissen	8.82	Christoph Pilss	8.49	Wolfgang Zenkner	10.35
37	1990	Bottrop	Frédéric Caudron	9.22	Dick Jaspers	6.35	Fonsy Grethen	7.15
38	1991	Bad Mondorf	Frédéric Caudron	6.46	Fonsy Grethen	6.26	Fabian Blondeel	5.46
39	1992	Pit supervisor	Fabian Blondeel	7.77	Fonsy Grethen	7.68	Martin Horn	7.67
40	1993	Wijchen	Frédéric Caudron	13.07	Wolfgang Zenkner	8.66	Jean Paul de Bruijn	7.86
41	1994	Wijchen	Fonsy Grethen	13.83	Wolfgang Zenkner	8.16	Jean Paul de Bruijn	14.00
42	1995	Wijchen	Wolfgang Zenkner	12.00	Frédéric Caudron	13.81	Jean Paul de Bruijn	10.58
No.	year	place		GD		GD	Semi-finalists	GD
43	1996	Wijchen	Stephan Horvath	6.89	Jos Bongers	7.69	Peter de Backer	6.75
							Jean Paul de Bruijn	8.42
44	1997	Wijchen	Martin Horn	7.58	Peter de Backer	9.64	Fabian Blondeel	10.68
							Marc mass	6.72
45	1998	Wijchen	Martin Horn	7.82	Jos Bongers	8.29	Frédéric Caudron	19.35
							Fabian Blondeel	7.14
46	1999	Wijchen	Fonsy Grethen	12.98	Jos Bongers	10.72	Martin Horn	10.73
							Francisco Fortiana	7.00
47	2000	Hooglede	Fabian Blondeel	13.79	Jordi Amell	10.00	Martin Horn	12.57
							Ferdinand Polman	6.64
48	2001	Duisburg	Jean Paul de Bruijn	10.90	Fabian Blondeel	10.38	Peter de Backer	11.27
							Rafael García	8.85
49	2002	Wijchen	Jean Paul de Bruijn	14.59	Xavier Gretillat	7.80	Peter de Backer	9.44
							Jordi Amell	10.00
50	2003	Amsterdam	Jean Paul de Bruijn	9.74	Martin van der Spoel	7.59	Rafael Garcia	7.79
							Johan Claessen	5.88
51	2004	Cervera	Alain Remond	11.19	Michel van Silfhout	9.51	Peter de Backer	10.27
							Jean Paul de Bruijn	10.93
52	2005	Aalten	Jean Paul de Bruijn	16.85	Dick Jaspers	14.95	Fabian Blondeel	12.70
							Alain Remond	11.36
53	2006	Kortrijk	Jean Paul de Bruijn	25.86	Fabian Blondeel	11.56	Eddy Leppens	8.80
							Xavier Gretillat	9.34
54	2007	Cervera	Jean Paul de Bruijn	21.42	Xavier Gretillat	13.50	Frédéric Caudron	13.14
							Ludger Havlik	6.58
55	2008	Carvin	Frédéric Caudron	13.92	Xavier Gretillat	7.49	Henri Tilleman	11.11
							Michel van Silfhout	7.95
56	2009	Wijchen	Frédéric Caudron	16.81	Wolfgang Zenkner	12.83	Xavier Gretillat	12.63
							Alain Remond	9.75
57	2010	Llinars del Vallès	Wolfgang Zenkner	12.03	Xavier Gretillat	10.75	Alain Remond	12.71
							Bernard Villiers	8.27
58	2011	Haarlo	Frédéric Caudron	11.80	Michel van Silfhout	7.15	Alain Remond	18.16
							Henri Tilleman	14.21
59	2012	Cervera	Frédéric Caudron	16.81	Jean Paul de Bruijn	12.13	Joan Espinasa	9.70
							Bernard Baudoin	10.60
60	2013	Brandenburg on the Havel	Frédéric Caudron	11.76	Bernard Villiers	8.34	Alain Remond	6.91
							Jean Paul de Bruijn	18.33
61	2015	Brandenburg on the Havel	Frédéric Caudron	14.73	Nicolas Gerasimopoulos	7.34	Arnim Kahofer	8.89
							Bernard Villiers	8.71
62	2017	Brandenburg on the Havel	Frédéric Caudron	17.50	Jean Paul de Bruijn	15.71	Raymund Swertz	10.12
							Raul Cuenca	6.35
63	2019	Brandenburg on the Havel	Dave Christiani	8.00	Eddy Leppens	8.47	Willy Gerimont	4.21
							Johann Petit	12.34
64	2020	Paiporta

Web links

• Official homepage of the CEB

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