Free game European championship 1958

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10th Free Game European Championship 1958
Tournament dates
Tournament type: European Championship
Tournament format: Round robin
Organizer: CEB
Tournament details
Venue: Sports hall Schöneberg,
Berlin GermanyGermany
Opening: April 10, 1958
Endgame: April 13, 1958
Attendees: 10
Defending champion: BelgiumBelgium Joseph Vervest
Winner: BelgiumBelgium Joseph Vervest
2nd finalist: BelgiumBelgium Clement van Hassel
3rd place: GermanyGermany Siegfried Spielmann
Prize money: European amateur championship
Records
Best GD: 106.06 Joseph VervestBelgiumBelgium
Best ED: 500.00 Joseph Vervest Jorge Pinto BelgiumBelgium
000000PortugalPortugal
Maximum series (HS): 00995 Joseph VervestBelgiumBelgium
Venue on the map
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The free game European championship in 1958 was the 10th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from April 10th to 13th, 1958 in Berlin . It was the second free-game European championship in Germany.

history

Joseph Vervest from Antwerp once again underlined his outstanding qualities in the free game in Berlin. He was unbeaten for the fourth time as free game European champion. He caught up with his compatriot Clement van Hassel , who took second place. The German champion Siegfried Spielmann was also on the podium again , but he had to acknowledge the superiority of the Belgians.

mode

The game was played in two preliminary round groups with five players "everyone against everyone" up to 500 points. The top four in each group made it to the finals. Results of the eliminated players were not included in the final round and did not count towards the final ranking. Extended series were counted.

  1. MP = match points
  2. GD = general average
  3. HS = maximum series

Preliminary 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)
Final table group A
space Surname MP Pts Recording GD BED HS
1 BelgiumBelgium Joseph Vervest 8-0 2000 12 166.66 500.00 998
2 GermanyGermany Siegfried Spielmann 6: 2 1514 22nd 68.81 100.00 416
3 PortugalPortugal Jorge Pinto 4: 4 1511 35 43.17 55.55 486
4th SpainSpain Salvador Orti Velez 2: 6 959 35 27.40 41.66 250
5 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Klaus Nussberger 0: 8 614 40 15.35 - 175
Final table group B
space Surname MP Pts Recording GD BED HS
1 BelgiumBelgium Clement van Hassel 8-0 2000 30th 66.66 125.00 446
2 FranceFrance Jean Galmiche 6: 2 1772 71 24.95 33.33 229
3 NetherlandsNetherlands Philippe Beekman 4: 4 1459 61 23.91 50.00 446
4th GermanyGermany Norbert Witte 2: 6 1382 46 30.04 83.33 317
5 SpainSpain Joaquin Domingo 0: 8 664 35 18.97 - 190

Finals

Closing table
space Surname MP Pts Recording GD BED HS
1 BelgiumBelgium Joseph Vervest 14: 0 3500 33 106.06 500.00 995
2 BelgiumBelgium Clement van Hassel 12: 2 3015 40 75.37 250.00 489
3 GermanyGermany Siegfried Spielmann 8: 6 2032 41 49.56 125.00 480
4th NetherlandsNetherlands Philippe Beekman 8: 6 2478 91 27.23 125.00 381
5 PortugalPortugal Jorge Pinto 6: 8 2190 56 39.10 500.00 986
6th FranceFrance Jean Galmiche 6: 8 1985 100 19.85 29.41 225
7th GermanyGermany Norbert Witte 2:12 1966 70 28.08 50.00 182
8th SpainSpain Salvador Orti Velez 0:14 1564 67 23.34 - 170
9 SpainSpain Joaquin Domingo 0: 8 664 35 18.97 - 190
10 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Klaus Nussberger 0: 8 614 40 15.35 - 175
Tournament average : total: 37.27 final round: 37.76

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Karlheinz Krienen: Billard-Zeitung . 35th year, no. 11 . Mönchengladbach May 1958, p. 3-8 .
  2. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 36 .