1986 European Free Game Championship

20th European Free Game Championship 1986
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	European Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	?, Lyon
Opening:	May 1, 1986
Endgame:	May 4th 1986
Attendees:	12
Defending champion:	Willy Wesenbeek
Winner:	Fonsy Grethen
2nd finalist:	Raimond Burgman
3rd place:	Georges Bourezg
Prize money:	European amateur championship
Records
Best GD:	218.18 Fonsy Grethen
Best ED:	400.00 Fonsy Grethen Raimond Burgman Georges Bourezg Franz Stenzel Peter Bracke Harrie van de Ven George Sakkas 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000
Maximum series (HS):	00400 Fonsy Grethen Raimond Burgman Georges Bourezg Franz Stenzel Peter Bracke Harrie van de Ven George Sakkas 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000
Venue on the map
Lyon
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The 1986 European Free Game Championship was the 20th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from May 1st to 4th, 1986 in Lyon . It was the fourth European Free Game Championship in France.

history

A lot of young players determined this European Championship. In the final, 25-year-old Fonsy Grethen from Luxembourg and 21-year-old Raimond Burgman from the Netherlands faced each other. Burgmann won his first four games all in one shot. Grethen started the tournament with three matches in two shots and then followed three times with one shot and deservedly became the new European champion. The local Georges Bourezg won the "small" final against Franz Stenzel. The German champion Heinz Janzen from Bottrop disappointed across the board and only finished eleventh.

mode

The game was played in three preliminary round groups. The two best in the group and the two best thirds reached the quarter-finals. Then knockout round. Places three to eight were played out. The game length was 400 points.

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	Fonsy Grethen	6-0	1200	6th	200.00	200.00	394
2	George Sakkas	4: 2	803	6th	133.33	200.00	395
3	Willy Wesenbeek	2: 4	436	8th	54.50	100.00	391
4th	Armin Grimm	0: 6	137	8th	17.12	-	64

Final table group B

space	Surname	MP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Harrie van de Ven	5: 1	1200	5	240.00	400.00	400
2	Franz Stenzel	3: 3	914	5	182.80	400.00	400
3	Peter Bracke	3: 3	854	6th	142.33	400.00	400
4th	Marc Massé	3: 3	889	8th	111.12	200.00	395

Final table group C

space	Surname	MP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Raimond Burgman	6-0	1200	3	400.00	400.00	400
2	Georges Bourezg	4: 2	933	7th	133.28	2500.00	384
3	Miguel Espona	2: 4	443	9	49.22	66.66	174
4th	Heinz Janzen	0: 6	271	11	24.63	-	239

KO round

	Quarterfinals game to 400 points								Semi-final game on 400 points								Final game to 400 points
		MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS
	Raimond Burgman	2	400	1	400.00	400
										MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS
	Willy Wesenbeek	0	225	1	225.00	225
									Raimond Burgman	2	400	4th	100.00	?
		MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS
									Georges Bourezg	0	122	4th	30.50	?
	George Sakkas	0	22nd	2	11.00	?
																		MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS
	Georges Bourezg	2	400	2	200.00	?
																	Raimond Burgman	0	11	3	3.66	?
		MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS
																	Fonsy Grethen	2	400	3	133.33	?
	Harrie van de Ven	0	345	2	172.50	?
										MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS
	Franz Stenzel	2	400	2	200.00	?
									Franz Stenzel	0	0	1	0.00	0
		MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	HS
									Fonsy Grethen	2	400	1	400.00	400
	Fonsy Grethen	2	400	1	400.00	400
	Peter Bracke	0	4th	1	4.00	4th

Placement games

space	Surname	MP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	HS
Game for 7th place
7th	George Sakkas	2-0	400	1	400.00	400.00	400
8th	Willy Wesenbeek	0: 2	0	1	0.00	-	0
Play for 5th place
5	Peter Bracke	2-0	400	2	200.00	200.00	?
5	Harrie van de Ven	0: 2	3	2	1.50	-	?
3rd place match
3	Georges Bourezg	2-0	400	1	400.00	400.00	400
4th	Franz Stenzel	0: 2	3	1	3.00	-	3

Closing table

space	Surname	Games	MP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Fonsy Grethen	6th	12: 0	2400	11	218.18	400.00	400
2	Raimond Burgman	6th	10: 2	2011	11	182.81	400.00	400
3	Georges Bourezg	6th	8: 4	1855	11	132.50	400.00	400
4th	Franz Stenzel	6th	5: 9	1317	9	146.33	400.00	400
5	Peter Bracke	5	5: 7	1258	9	139.77	400.00	400
6th	Harrie van de Ven	5	5: 5	1548	9	172.00	400.00	400
7th	George Sakkas	5	6: 4	1225	9	136.11	400.00	400
8th	Willy Wesenbeek	5	2: 8	661	10	66.10	100.00	391
9	Miguel Espona	3	2: 4	443	9	49.22	66.66	174
10	Marc Massé	3	3: 3	889	8th	111.12	200.00	395
11	Heinz Janzen	3	0: 6	271	11	24.63	-	239
12	Armin Grimm	3	0: 6	137	8th	17.12	-	64
Tournament average : 118.77

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} José Pisart: Le Billard . No. 100 . Gent August 1986, p. 16-18 .
2. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 42 .