1997 European Free Game Championship

27th Free Game European Championship 1997
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	European Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Chemnitz City Hall, Chemnitz
Opening:	June 26, 1997
Endgame:	June 29, 1997
Attendees:	27
Defending champion:	Martin Horn
Winner:	Arnim Kahofer
2nd finalist:	Fonsy Grethen
3rd place:	Martin Horn
Prize money:	European amateur championship
Records
Best GD:	178.44 Arnim Kahofer
Best ED:	400.00 Arnim Kahofer Fonsy Grethen Henri Tilleman Patrick Niessen Michael Mikkelsen 000000 000000 000000 000000
Maximum series (HS):	00400 Arnim Kahofer Fonsy Grethen Henri Tilleman Patrick Niessen Michael Mikkelsen 000000 000000 000000 000000
Venue on the map
Chemnitz
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The 1997 European Free Game Championship was the 27th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from June 26th to 29th, 1997 in Chemnitz . It was the seventh free game European championship in Germany.

history

With a class performance in the knockout phase, the Viennese Arnim Kahofer was able to win his first title on an international level. He defeated the defending champion Martin Horn one after the other in the semifinals and the multiple European champion Fonsy Grethen in the final in just one shot. For the first time, third place was not played out. There were two bronze medals. In the qualification this time no other German participant could qualify for the main round.

Tournament mode

Two qualifying rounds were played, in which the top seven players could qualify for the main tournament. The game distance was 250 points in the pre-qualification and 300 points in the main qualification. In the main tournament, the defending champion was added. Two groups of four players each were formed here. The best two players from each group qualified for the semi-finals. The game distance was 400 points.

In the event of an MP tie in the final table, the following order was taken:

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

Group stage

Final table group A
space	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Martin Horn	4: 2	1200	8th	150.00	200.00	395
2	Henri Tilleman	3: 3	1134	12	94.50	400.00	400
3	Brahim Djoubri	3: 3	801	11	66.75	133.33	265
4th	Michael Mikkelsen	2: 4	405	4th	101.25	400.00	400

Final table group B
space	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Fonsy Grethen	6-0	1200	6th	200.00	400.00	400
2	Arnim Kahofer	4: 2	806	7th	115.14	200.00	399
3	Patrick Niessen	2: 4	613	4th	153.25	400.00	400
4th	Stéphane Walthier	0: 6	185	7th	26.42	-	142

KO phase

	Semifinals								final
		MP	Pts.	Recording	ED	HS
	Martin Horn	0	1	1	1.00	1
										MP	Pts.	Recording	ED	HS
	Arnim Kahofer	2	400	1	400.00	400
									Arnim Kahofer	2	400	1	400.00	400
		MP	Pts.	Recording	ED	HS
									Fonsy Grethen	0	1	1	1.00	1
	Fonsy Grethen	2	400	4th	100.00	399
	Henri Tilleman	0	338	4th	84.50	280

Closing table

Legend

MP	Match Points (winner = 2; tie = 1; loser = 0)
Pts.	Achieved collisions
Recording	Required attempts
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)

Closing table

phase	space	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
final	1	Arnim Kahofer	8: 2	1606	9	178.44	400.00	400
	2	Fonsy Grethen	8: 2	1601	11	145.54	400.00	400
Semi- finals	3	Martin Horn	4: 4	1201	9	133.44	200.00	396
		Henri Tilleman	3: 5	1472	16	92.00	400.00	400
Group phase	5	Brahim Djoubri	3: 3	801	11	66.75	133.33	265
	6th	Patrick Niessen	2: 4	613	4th	153.25	400.00	400
	7th	Michael Mikkelsen	2: 4	405	4th	101.25	400.00	400
	8th	Stéphane Walthier	0: 6	185	7th	26.42	-	142
Tournament average : final round: 109.50

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Heinrich Weingartner: Billard . No. 75 . Vienna May 1995, p. 20-29 .
2. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 51-52 .