Free game world championship 1939

12th Free Game World Championship
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne
Opening:	March 29, 1939
Endgame:	April 2, 1939
Attendees:	9
Defending champion:	Jean Albert
Winner:	Alfredo Ferraz
2nd finalist:	Jean Galmiche
3rd place:	Juan Butrón
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	106.36 Alfredo Ferraz
Best ED:	500.00 Alfredo Ferraz Jean Galmiche Leo Dekner 000000 000000
Maximum series (HS):	998 Alfredo Ferraz000
Venue on the map
Lausanne
← 1938	1949 →

The free game world championship in 1939 was the twelfth UIFAB world championship in the free game. The tournament took place from March 29th to April 2nd in Lausanne , Switzerland .

history

The Portuguese Alfredo Ferraz was the first player to achieve an average of more than 100 in a World Cup in the free game. The new world record in the general average (GD) has been 106.36 since Lausanne . After many good placings and records that he had achieved in previous world championships, it was his first title. The performances of other players were also of a high standard. After the annexation of Austria, Leo Dekner and Eduard Leutgeb had to take part in the tournament as Germans.

Tournament mode

Round robin mode was played with nine participants. 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
Abbr.	meaning
Pt.	points scored
Recording	required recordings
ED	Single average
GD	General average
VGD	Relative general average
BMD	Best team average
BED	Best individual average
BSD	Best sentence average
BEVD	Best Individual Relative Average
HS	Maximum series
MP	Match points
PP	Lot of points
GUV	G ewonnen- U nentschieden- V erloren
SV	Sentence ratio
	1st place (gold)
	2nd place (silver)
	3rd place (bronze)
	Best GD of the tournament / round
	Best VGD of the tournament / round
	Best ED of the tournament / round
	Best BVGD of the tournament / round
	Best HS of the tournament / round
(It is possible that not all terms are used or some are not listed. These can be looked up in the list of collision terms .)

Closing table

space	Surname	MP	Pts.	Recording	GD	BED	HS
1	Alfredo Ferraz	14th	3510	33	106.36	500.00	998
2	Jean Galmiche	12	3728	60	62.13	500.00	983
3	Juan Butrón	12	3084	66	46.72	250.00	500
4th	Constant Cote	10	3152	57	55.29	166.66	494
5	Charles Inaebnit	8th	2774	86	32.25	166.66	497
6th	Leo Dekner	8th	2521	80	31.51	500.00	975
7th	Jan Sweering	4th	1573	70	22.47	50.00	193
8th	James Romy	2	1007	49	20.55	83.33	405
9	Eduard Leutgeb	0	1997	121	16.50	---	269
Tournament average : 37.53

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Court: German Billard Newspaper . 19th year, no. 5 . Wuppertal-Barmen May 1939, p. 67-68 .