1977 World Binding Championship

8th binding world championship 1977
Raymond Ceulemans , Nobuaki Kobayashi and Emile Wafflard (from left)
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Asterlo sports hall, Rotterdam
Opening:	April 28, 1977
Endgame:	May 1, 1977
Attendees:	8th
Defending champion:	Raymond Ceulemans
Winner:	Raymond Ceulemans
2nd finalist:	Christ van der Smissen
3rd place:	Emile Wafflard
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	13.71 Raymond Ceulemans
Best ED:	18.18 Raymond Ceulemans
Maximum series (HS):	97 Raymond Ceulemans000
Venue on the map
Rotterdam
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The 1977 binding world championship was the eighth tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from April 28 to May 1, 1977 in Rotterdam , in the Dutch province of Zuid-Holland. It was the first binding world championship in the Netherlands.

history

For the first time, Dieter Müller, a German, had the chance to win a medal at a world championship. Before the last round, the undefeated and already established world champion Raymond Ceulemans had to play against Christ van der Smissen and Müller against Emile Wafflard . With a win of his own and an expected win by Ceulemans, he would be vice world champion. But it turned out differently. Van der Smissen won surprisingly clearly with 200: 158 in 14 shots against Ceulemans and Müller just lost against Wafflard with 191: 200 in 18 shots. As a small consolation, he was able to improve the German record in the general average (GD) to 8.54 .

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	Raymond Ceulemans	12: 2	1358	99	13.71	18.18	97
2	Christ van der Smissen	11: 3	1303	134	9.72	14.28	59
3	Emile Wafflard	9: 5	1271	148	8.58	12.50	65
4th	Dieter Müller	8: 6	1179	138	8.54	10.00	47
5	Johann Scherz	6: 8	1083	122	8.87	15.38	70
6th	Nobuaki Kobayashi	4:10	828	128	6.46	11.76	59
7th	Osvaldo Berardi	4:10	1024	177	5.78	6.06	47
8th	Piet Vet	2:12	1063	172	6.18	7.69	37
Tournament average: 8.14

Photo gallery

Some of the participants

Piet Vet (NLD)

Johann Scherz (AUT)

Raymond Ceulemans and Christ van der Smissen

Web links

Commons : 1977 World Binding Championship  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hans H. Graßmann: Billard Sport . No. 6 . Düren June 1977, p. 6-7 .
2. ^ J. Babut du Mares: Le Billard . No. 73 . Brussels August 1977, p. 4-5 .