European Free Game Championship 1980
19th European Free Game Championship 1980 |
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Tournament dates | |
Tournament type: | European Championship |
Tournament format: | Round robin |
Organizer: | CEB |
Tournament details | |
Venue: | Circulo de las Artes, Lugo |
Opening: | May 22, 1980 |
Endgame: | May 25, 1980 |
Attendees: | 7 (8) |
Defending champion: | Ludo Dielis |
Winner: | Willy Wesenbeek |
2nd finalist: | Georges Bourezg |
3rd place: | Jan Armouts |
Prize money: | European amateur championship |
Records | |
Best GD: | 194.61 Jan Armouts |
Best ED: | 500.00 Jan Armouts |
Maximum series (HS): | 590 Jan Armouts |
Venue on the map | |
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The 1980 European Free Game Championship was the 19th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from May 22nd to 25th, 1980 in Lugo . It was the fifth free game European championship in Spain.
history
With a solid performance, Willy Wesenbeek continued the Belgian tradition of European champions in the free game with the tenth title. Behind the French Georges Bourezg, the best player of the tournament, the Dutch Jan Armouts, finished third with all his best performances. After a weak start, Düsseldorf's Dieter Wirtz finished fifth with victories against Arouts, Tuset and Mastny. Ontonio Oddo from Italy, qualified as the eighth participant, had to cancel the tournament at short notice due to illness. It was the last tournament in which up to 500 points were played.
mode
The game was played in a final round "everyone against everyone" up to 500 points. In the event of a tie in a recording, each player received two match points. Extended series were counted.
- MP = match points
- GD = general average
- HS = maximum series
Closing table
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Individual evidence
- ^ Hans H. Graßmann: Billard Sport . 58th year, no. 7 . Düren July 1980, p. 5-6 .
- ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 41 .