Free game world championship 1938

11th Free Game World Championship
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	Siège de la SABM, Marseille
Opening:	February 26, 1938
Endgame:	March 2, 1938
Attendees:	10
Defending champion:	Juan Butrón
Winner:	Jean Albert
2nd finalist:	Alfredo Ferraz
3rd place:	Constant Cote
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	033.98 Jean Albert
Best ED:	250.00 Alfredo Ferraz
Maximum series (HS):	0500 Alfredo Ferraz0
Venue on the map
Marseille
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The free game world championship in 1938 was the eleventh UIFAB world championship in the free game. The tournament took place from February 26th to March 2nd in Marseille , France.

history

For the third time after 1934 and 1935 the Frenchman Jean Albert won the world championship in the free game. He remained undefeated. In Marseille, however, the performance remained far below that of previous years. The reason cannot be seen from the documents handed down. It was probably the material. As in 1933, the Portuguese Alfredo Ferraz came second, ahead of Constant Côte, who defended his third place from the previous year. Ex-world champion Walter Joachim from Berlin finished fourth.

Tournament mode

It was played in two groups of five players in a preliminary round in round robin mode. The last of 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	Jean Albert	8th	2000	58	34.48	55.55	278
2	Constant Cote	6th	1856	71	26.14	29.41	182
3	Jean Galmiche	4th	1414	98	14.42	15.62	91
4th	Charles Inaebnit	2	1232	126	9.77	7.46	101
5	James Romy	0	1328	135	9.83	---	100
Group average: 16.04

Preliminary group B

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Walter Joachim	8th	2000	113	17.69	29.41	169
2	Alfredo Ferraz	6th	1857	60	30.95	83.33	472
3	Jan Sweering	4th	1811	136	13.31	14.70	138
4th	Gerd Thielens	2	1224	86	14.23	20.83	121
5	Leo Dekner	0	1147	105	10.92	---	205
Group average : 16.07

Closing table

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Jean Albert	14th	3500	103	33.98	55.55	371
2	Alfredo Ferraz	10	3292	101	32.59	250.00	500
3	Constant Cote	10	3015	108	27.91	35.71	239
4th	Walter Joachim	10	3237	162	19.98	29.41	212
5	Jan Sweering	5	2793	167	16.72	41.66	220
6th	Jean Galmiche	4th	2597	136	19.09	22.72	210
7th	Gerd Thielens	2	1961	145	13.52	16.66	93
8th	Charles Inaebnit	1	2062	156	13.21	20.83	210
Tournament average: 20.83 (final round)
Tournament average: 18.56 (overall)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Court: German Billard Newspaper . 18th year, No. 3 . Wuppertal-Barmen March 1938, p. 50 .