Free game world championship 1928

1. Free game world championship
The participants on an excursion to the pyramids
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	?, Basel
Opening:	April 12, 1928
Endgame:	April 15, 1928
Attendees:	6th
Defending champion:	-
Winner:	Edmond Soussa
2nd finalist:	Rudolphe Agassiz
3rd place:	Emile Sicard
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	30.48 Edmond Soussa
Best ED:	45.45 Edmond Soussa
Maximum series (HS):	0274 Edmond Soussa0
Venue on the map
Basel
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The free game world championship in 1928 was the first UIFAB world championship in the free game. The tournament took place from April 12th to 15th in Basel , Switzerland.

history

After only cadre 45/2 and 45/1 world championships were held until 1926, the UIFAB decided at its general assembly in Cologne in 1927 to also allow other disciplines of billiards to participate in world championships. In Basel it was about the free game. The biggest all-rounder at the time, the Egyptian Edmond Soussa, was the big favorite. The Swiss Rudolphe Agassiz had won the national championship shortly before the world championship with the new Swiss record of 31.25 in the general average and also had good chances for the title. Due to a defeat against French Emile Sicard 458: 500 in a moderate 26 shots, his hopes were greatly reduced early in the tournament. In his match against Soussa he had no chance with his 215: 500 defeat in 14 shots. At the end of the tournament, the Egyptian won the world championship with all tournament records.

Tournament mode

The whole tournament was played in the round robin system. In the event of a tie, the following order will be applied:

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

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

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Edmond Soussa	10-0	2500	82	30.48	45.45	274
2	Rudolphe Agassiz	6: 4	2173	121	17.81	29.41	209
3	Emile Sicard	6: 4	2155	184	11.71	18.51	141
4th	Raimundo Vives	4: 6	1559	154	9.99	17.24	182
5	Hans Jenny	2: 8	1639	185	8.85	9.43	64
6th	Augustus David Brandts	2: 8	1415	186	7.60	8.47	92
Tournament average: 12.54

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Court: German Billard Newspaper . 8th year, no. 1 . Cologne May 1928, p. 9 .