1974 World Binding Championship

6th binding world championship 1974
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Halle aux Draps, Tournai
Opening:	May 9, 1974
Endgame:	May 12, 1974
Attendees:	8th
Defending champion:	Raymond Ceulemans
Winner:	Ludo Dielis
2nd finalist:	Christ van der Smissen
3rd place:	Raymond Ceulemans
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	16:16 Ludo Dielis
Best ED:	28.57 Ludo Dielis
Maximum series (HS):	120 Ludo Dielis00
Venue on the map
Tournai
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The 1974 binding world championship was the sixth tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from 9 to 12 May 1974 in Tournai , in the Belgian province of Hainaut. It was the second binding world championship in Tournai.

history

Six years after the last single-binding world championship, also held in Tournai, the sixth edition took place. Again the Belgians showed their superiority in the cover. Only this time Ludo Dielis won . With 28.57 he set the world record for the best individual average (BED). The Dutchman Christ van der Smissen came second in front of the record world champion in three cushion Raymond Ceulemans . The tournament level was very high, which you can see from the good tournament average of 8.67.

mode

The game was played in a final round "everyone against everyone" up to 200 points.

Final round

Legend

MP	Match Points (winner = 2; tie = 1; loser = 0)
GD	General average
BED	Best individual average by a player
HS	Maximum series
	Best GD of the tournament
	Best ED of the tournament
	Best HS of the tournament
	1st place (gold)
	2nd place (silver)
	3rd place (bronze)

Closing table

space	Surname	MP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Ludo Dielis	12: 2	1261	78	16.16	28.57	120
2	Christ van der Smissen	11: 3	1315	127	10.35	22.22	118
3	Raymond Ceulemans	10: 4	1339	101	13.25	25.00	75
4th	Francis Connesson	9: 5	1263	130	9.71	14.28	60
5	Nobuaki Kobayashi	6: 8	1143	149	7.67	9.52	35
6th	Günter Siebert	6: 8	1041	144	7.22	11.76	59
7th	Osvaldo Berardi	2:12	697	147	4.74	5.00	30th
8th	Heinrich Weingartner	0:14	773	142	5.44	-	42
Tournament average: 8.67

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Otto Perée: Billiards Sports . No. 8 . Düren August 1974, p. 105-106 .
2. ^ J. Babut du Mares: Le Billard . No. 63 . Brussels July 1974, p. 4-5 .