Free game European championship 1999

28th European Free Game Championship 1999
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	European Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	?, Venlo
Opening:	May 25, 1999
Endgame:	May 30, 1999
Attendees:	44
Defending champion:	Arnim Kahofer
Winner:	Fonsy Grethen
2nd finalist:	Martin Horn
3rd place:	• Thomas Nockemann • Patrick Niessen
Prize money:	European amateur championship
Records
Best GD:	222.22 Fonsy Grethen
Best ED:	400.00 Fonsy Grethen Martin Horn Thomas Nockemann Patrick Niessen 000000 000000 000000
Maximum series (HS):	00400 Fonsy Grethen Martin Horn Thomas Nockemann Patrick Niessen 000000 000000 000000
Venue on the map
Venlo
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The 1999 European Free Game Championship was the 28th tournament in this discipline of carom billiards and took place from May 25th to 30th, 1999 in Venlo . It was the third free game European championship in the Netherlands.

history

Fonsy Grethen from Luxembourg won his third European title in the free game with aplomb. Ex-European champion Martin Horn came in second . He only lost twice against the new title holder, but was only able to prevail in the semifinals in extra time against Thomas Nockemann from Bochum. Nockemann took third place together with the Belgian Patrick Niessen.

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. Third place was no longer played out. There were two bronze medals.

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	Fonsy Grethen	6-0	1200	4th	300.00	400.00	400
2	Martin Horn	4: 2	800	7th	114.28	400.00	400
3	Arnim Kahofer	2: 4	426	10	42.60	100.00	296
4th	Jordi Amell	0: 6	328	7th	46.85	-	318

Final table group B
space	Surname	MP	Pt.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Thomas Nockemann	4: 2	879	4th	219.75	400.00	400
2	Patrick Niessen	4: 2	812	5	162.40	400.00	400
3	Dave Christiani	4: 2	800	6th	133.33	200.00	397
4th	Michel van Silfhout	0: 6	320	7th	45.71	-	162

KO phase

	Semifinals								final
		MP	Pts.	Recording	ED	HS
	Fonsy Grethen	2	400	4th	100.00	213
										MP	Pts.	Recording	ED	HS
	Patrick Niessen	0	326	4th	81.50	326
									Fonsy Grethen	2	400	1	200.00	400
		MP	Pts.	Recording	ED	HS
									Martin Horn	0	105	1	105.00	105
	Thomas Nockemann	0	400/0	2	200.00	400
	Martin Horn	2	400/ 40	2	200.00	400

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	Fonsy Grethen	10-0	2000	9	222.22	400.00	400
	2	Martin Horn	6: 4	1305	10	130.50	400.00	400
Semi- finals	3	Thomas Nockemann	4: 4	1279	6th	213.16	400.00	400
		Patrick Niessen	4: 4	1138	9	126.44	400.00	400
Group phase	5	Dave Christiani	4: 2	800	6th	133.33	200.00	397
	6th	Arnim Kahofer	2: 4	426	10	42.60	100.00	296
	7th	Jordi Amell	0: 6	328	7th	46.85	-	318
	8th	Michel van Silfhout	0: 6	320	7th	45.71	-	162
Tournament average : final round: 118.68

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Heinrich Weingartner: Billard . No. 117 . Vienna August 1999, p. 13-15 .
2. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 1 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 52-53 .