1978 World Binding Championship

9th binding world championship 1978
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UMB
Tournament details
Venue:	Halle van 't Belfort, Bruges
Opening:	April 20, 1978
Endgame:	April 23, 1978
Attendees:	8th
Defending champion:	Raymond Ceulemans
Winner:	Raymond Ceulemans
2nd finalist:	Francis Connesson
3rd place:	Johann Scherz
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	12.84 Raymond Ceulemans
Best ED:	66.66 Francis Connesson
Maximum series (HS):	199 Francis Connesson00
Venue on the map
Bruges
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The 1978 binding world championship was the ninth tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from April 20 to 24, 1978 in Bruges , in the Belgian province of West Flanders. It was the fourth binding world championship in Belgium.

history

The Belgian Raymond Ceulemans achieved the third cover success in a row . Once again he was unbeaten world champion. A Frenchman provided the highlight of this championship. Francis Connesson improved two world records, both held by Belgians. In the best individual average (BED) he improved the record of Ceulemans and Ludo Dielis from 28.57 to 66.66 . He improved the world record held by Dielis in the highest series (HS) from 168 to 199 . He achieved both records in the game against Johann Scherz who was third and won the sixth medal for Austria at a single-binding world championship.

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	14: 0	1400	109	12.84	22.22	102
2	Francis Connesson	12: 2	1342	108	12.42	66.66	199
3	Johann Scherz	8: 6	1096	147	7.45	11.76	56
4th	Ludo Dielis	6: 8	1338	131	10.21	18.18	79
5	Nobuaki Kobayashi	4:10	134	125	9.07	12.50	71
6th	Dieter Müller	4:10	1079	130	8.30	11.11	68
7th	Osvaldo Berardi	4:10	985	149	6.61	9.09	40
8th	Javier Arenaza	4:10	900	153	5.88	9.52	85
Tournament average: 8.81

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hans H. Graßmann: Billard Sport . No. 6 . Düren June 1978, p. 6-7 .
2. ^ J. Babut du Mares: Le Billard . No. 75 . Brussels May 1978, p. 9-10 .