The Modern Pentathlon World Cup in 2001 , also called Pentathlon World Cup was the 16th tournament in the discipline of Karambolagebillards and found in the 20 to 25 March 2001 Vienna instead. It was the second pentathlon world championship in Austria and the second in Vienna.
67 years after the pentathlon world championship in Wie, another world championship in pentathlon was held in Vienna. The tournament took place on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Billiard Sports Association Austria . It was probably the last world championship in pentathlon. The winner was Fonsy Grethen from Luxembourg . With seven wins and two draws against Martin Horn and Arnim Kahofer , he won undefeated and deserves the title. Martin Horn is the fifth German to win a medal in this all-around competition of billiards. Dave Christiani won the seventh medal for the Netherlands as third.
mode
The whole tournament was played in round robin mode.
From 1965 the 'Portuguese table' was used to calculate the VGD. The various disciplines are calculated using a formula. A newly revised Portuguese table from October 1977 was used. The distances in Vienna were shortened again and Cadre 47/2 was played again.
Free game : distance 200 points
Cadre 47/2 : distance 150 points
Binding : Distance 75 points
Cadre 71/2 : distance 125 points
3 cushion : distance 25 points
The pentathlon was also played in this sequence.
In the final table, the match points achieved were evaluated before the game points and the VGD. Games that ended in a draw were rated with 2: 2 game points.