1968 European Free Game Championships

14th European Free Game Championship 1968
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	European Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Palais des Congrés, Lorient
Opening:	November 28, 1968
Endgame:	1st December 1968
Attendees:	9 (10)
Defending champion:	Jean Marty
Winner:	José Gálvez
2nd finalist:	Antoine Schrauwen
3rd place:	Jean Marty
Prize money:	European amateur championship
Records
Best GD:	180.89 Jean Marty
Best ED:	500.00 José Gálvez Jean Marty Ludo Dielis 000000 000000
Maximum series (HS):	00500 José Gálvez Antoine Schrauwen Jean Marty Ludo Dielis 000000 000000 000000
Venue on the map
Lorient
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The Free Game European Championship 1968 was the 14th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from November 28th to December 1st, 1968 in Lorient . It was the third free game European championship in France.

history

At his first free European championship, the Spaniard José Gálvez won the title. For the first time the first three of the tournament each achieved a GD of over 100 points. The tournament started with ten players. After the first game against Heinrich Weingartner , the two-time winner Henk Scholte had to end the tournament due to illness. Ludo Dielis and Klaus Hose , two later European champions, qualified for the tournament for the first time.

mode

The game was played in a final round "everyone against everyone" up to 500 points.

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

Closing table

Closing table space Surname MP Pts Recording GD BED HS 1 José Gálvez 16: 0 4000 27 148.14 500.00 500 2 Antoine Schrauwen 13: 3 3911 32 122.21 250.00 500 3 Jean Marty 12: 4 3437 19th 180.89 500.00 500 4th Ludo Dielis 10: 6 2859 43 66.48 500.00 500 5 Klaus pants 8: 8 2391 45 53.13 100.00 494 6th Jean-Pierre Poupon 6:10 2267 46 49.28 125.00 453 7th Joop Roodenburg 4:12 2002 39 51.33 71.42 291 8th Heinrich Weingartner 3:13 1448 38 38.10 250.00 483 9 Alphonse Grethen 0:16 515 45 11.44 - 109 Tournament average : 68.35 Legend Abbr. meaning Pt. points scored Recording required recordings ED Single average GD General average VGD Relative general average BMD Best team average BED Best individual average BSD Best sentence average BEVD Best Individual Relative Average HS Maximum series MP Match points PP Lot of points GUV G ewonnen- U nentschieden- V erloren SV Sentence ratio 1st place (gold) 2nd place (silver) 3rd place (bronze) Best GD of the tournament / round Best VGD of the tournament / round Best ED of the tournament / round Best BVGD of the tournament / round Best HS of the tournament / round (It is possible that not all terms are used or some are not listed. These can be looked up in the list of collision terms .)

Individual evidence

1. ^ J. Babut du Mares: Le Billard . No. 41 . Brussels January 1969, p. 9-11 .
2. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 39 .