Free game world championship 1931

4th Free Game World Championship
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	Casino Vichy, Vichy
Opening:	July 11, 1931
Endgame:	July 15, 1931
Attendees:	10
Defending champion:	Edmond Soussa
Winner:	Théo Moons
2nd finalist:	Edmond Soussa
3rd place:	René Gabriëls
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	061.74 Edmond Soussa
Best ED:	500.00 Edmond Soussa
Maximum series (HS):	00500 Edmond Soussa
Venue on the map
Vichy
← 1930	1932 →

The free game world championship in 1931 was the fourth UIFAB world championship in the free game. The tournament took place from July 11th to 15th in Vichy , France.

history

Although Edmond Soussa could not win his fourth Free Game World Championship in a row, he set new standards at this tournament. Despite two losses to Juan Butrón and Théo Moons , he was the star of the tournament. He improved all world records and was the first player to finish a game in one shot. Other players also stayed above the old world records. The winner Théo Moons and the Portuguese Alfredo Ferraz showed class performances and were better than the best performances from 1930. The only 19-year-old René Gabriëls from Belgium made an excellent impression at this tournament . He finished third in his first World Cup and lost the record game against Soussa 0: 500 in one shot.

Tournament mode

It was played in two groups of five players in a preliminary round in round robin mode. The last two in each group were eliminated. The remaining eight players played the world championship against each other in round robin mode. The games against the eliminated players were not counted in the final round. 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)

Preliminary group A

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Alfredo Ferraz	6th	1861	36	51.69	250.00	499
2	Edmond Soussa	6th	1571	36	43.63	71.42	272
3	Juan Butrón	4th	1138	64	17.78	71.42	326
4th	Louis Seville	2	657	55	11.94	11.90	125
5	Arnold Roth	0	832	67	12.41	---	107
Group average : 23.09

Preliminary group B

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Théo Moons	8th	2000	48	41.66	125.00	247
2	Jean Albert	6th	1867	72	25.93	33.33	223
3	René Gabriëls	4th	1370	53	25.84	71.42	180
4th	Emile Sicard	2	1699	65	26.13	26.31	308
5	Ludwig Meyer	0	795	42	18.92	---	200
Group average : 27.60

Closing table

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Théo Moons	14th	3500	85	41.17	250.00	489
2	Edmond Soussa	10	2902	47	61.74	500.00	500
3	René Gabriëls	8th	2370	73	32.46	125.00	287
4th	Jean Albert	8th	2447	82	29.84	71.42	279
5	Alfredo Ferraz	6th	2155	50	43.10	250.00	499
6th	Juan Butrón	6th	1936	74	26.16	125.00	498
7th	Emile Sicard	2	2099	98	21.41	18.51	250
8th	Louis Seville	2	1627	118	13.78	11.90	165
Tournament average: 30.36 (final round)
9	Ludwig Meyer	0	795	42	18.92	---	200
10	Arnold Roth	0	832	67	12.41	---	107
Tournament Average : 29.01 (Overall)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Court: German Billard Newspaper . 11th year, no. 10 . Cologne October 1931, p. 162-166 .