Fédération Internationale de Billiards
| Fédération Internationale de Billiards | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 18./19. August 1956 |
| Place of foundation |
Grand Hotel d'Angleterre , Liege 
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| president | Georges Troffaes
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| Board | • W. Eeuwijk (Vice President) • LC Druart (General Secretary)
• Karlheinz Krienen (Sports Director)
• M. App (Commissaire)
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| Members | 4th |
| Association headquarters |
Liege
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| Official languages) | French German |
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The Federation Internationale de Billard (FIB) was the first continental European Association for billiards, at the time still exclusively for carom , other disciplines such as billiards or snooker were not popular enough. Snooker and English Billiards only played a role in the Commonwealth of Nations and was organized from England. The FIB was the predecessor association of the Confédération Européenne de Billard (CEB).
history
The year of foundation 1956
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The founding history of the FIB in the mid-1950s is marked by dissatisfaction with the situation of national independence and disputes between the Union Internationale des Fédérations des Amateurs de Billard (UIFAB) and some European and South American national associations, above all the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium Saarland, which was still independent at the time, but also the associations of South America, such as Argentina, are more than dissatisfied with the existing situation, such as the one about the organization of continental championships. The UIFAB had just 14 active members at the time, 10 European and four South American, the rest of the "members" was only on paper, paid no contributions and did not participate in the association. An attempt was made to reach an agreement with the UIFAB and to gain more independence and a say. But the aged and stubborn UIFAB board of directors around President Charles Faroux is unreasonable and wanted to keep the European Championships, which have been taking place since 1925, on their own. After the situation with the world federation proved to be in a mess, the strongest and most active federations, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Saarland decided to found their own European billiards federation. On August 18 and 19, 1956, they met in the Grand Hotel d'Angleterre in Liège, Belgium, for the founding meeting and the first general assembly. This was the second time that Belgium was involved in the establishment of a billiards association. The following delegates from the four national associations were present:
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Koninklijke Nederlandsche Biljartbond (KNB)
- W. Eeuwijk, President
- J. van Vlies, Vice President
- AWH van Haaren, Secretary General and Treasurer
- J. van Beim, board member
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German Billiards Association (SBB)
- Karlheinz Krienen, President
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Saarland Amateur Billiards Association (SABV)
- M. App, President
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Fédération Royale Belge de Billard-Amateurs (FRBBA)
- Georges Troffaes, President
- E. Laurent, vice president
- Ch. Pernicieux, Secretary General
- T. Lemaire, Treasurer
- LC Druart, General Secretary
A set of rules was discussed and decided. Among other things, this stipulated that UIFAB's mistakes and malpractice should be excluded and that it should be much more binding than that of UIFAB, where the members could often do their work more or less unreliably without fear of consequences. A stricter, tidier dress code was also issued, missing ties, open collars and rolled up shirt sleeves were no longer tolerated, just as associations that do not actively participate in associations, do not host championships and do not pay their membership fees. A recording would therefore be carefully and seriously checked in advance. A new board had to be elected. The Belgian Georges Troffaes was made President, the President of the DBB, Karlheinz Krienen, was appointed General Director of Sports, and he was also entrusted with the press and propaganda work. At the founding meeting, Krienen had already presented a developed paper in which he showed how he imagined the international sport of billiards. Krienen's ideas were very well received and approved. Vice-President was the Dutch W. Eeuwijk and the Saarland App was appointed Commissaire.
A total of 41 articles on the set of rules were resolved, there should be no admission fee, the membership fee was set at $ 10. In addition, the international tournament calendar for the coming 1956/57 season was set in which the FIB will host its own European championship (Cadre 47/2) for the first time. That year there was a double EM with the UIFAB EM. In November of the same year, the Saarland Billiards Association reunited with Germany and the DBB.
Renaming or re-establishment of the CEB in 1958
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After more and more member associations became dissatisfied with the UIFAB and left it, an expansion of the FIB was considered. This finally ended on July 12, 1958 in Geneva with the establishment of the Confédération Européenne de Billard (CEB).
There are different details about the number of founding members. In August 1958, the German Billard-Zeitung reported on 13 national associations (Egypt, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Greece and the Eastern Zone). The CEB itself lists 15 founding associations (without the Eastern Zone, but with Great Britain, Austria and Italy).
The board of the FIB went seamlessly over to the CEB and was supplemented by:
- A. Ventura, 2nd Vice President
- J. van Beim, Treasurer
- M. Bocognano, technical inspector
- K. Nussberger, technical inspector
Timeline
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Georges Troffaes: The establishment of the "Confédération Européenne de Billard" . to Liège on August 18 and 19, 1956. Ed .: Deutsche Billard-Zeitung. 1st edition. Self-published by the German Billiards Association (DBB), Cologne September 1956, p. 3-4 .
- ↑ Maurice Deveen: 1923 ... 1956 . Ed .: Deutsche Billard-Zeitung. 1st edition. Self-published by DBB, Cologne September 1956, p. 4 .
- ^ Georges Troffaes, LC Druart: Minutes of the founding meeting of the Fédération Internationale de Billard . Ed .: Deutsche Billard-Zeitung. 1st edition. Self-published by DBB, Cologne October 1956, p. 8-10 .
- ↑ Erich Spielmans: Karlheinz Krienen, President of the German Billiard Association, now also on the board of the Fédération Internationale de Billard FIB . Ed .: Deutsche Billard-Zeitung. 1st edition. Self-published by DBB, Cologne September 1956, p. 4-6 .
- ↑ a b Maurice Deveen: Karl Heinz Krienen was Délégué Sportiv the FIB . Ideas and actions. Ed .: Deutsche Billard-Zeitung. 1st edition. Self-published by DBB, Cologne September 1956, p. 6 .
- ^ Jakob Ullrich: Again in the community of the German Billard Association . Festive hours on the Saar on the occasion of the reorganization of the SABV into the DBB. Ed .: Deutsche Billard-Zeitung. 1st edition. Self-published by DBB, Cologne November 1956.
- ^ Karlheinz Krienen: General Assembly of the "Confédération Européenne de Billard" . 12-13 July 1958 in Geneva. Ed .: Deutsche Billard-Zeitung. 1st edition. Self-published by DBB, Cologne August 1958, p. 7 .
