Free game world championship 1949

13th Free Game World Championship
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	?, Madrid
Opening:	May 26, 1949
Endgame:	May 29, 1949
Attendees:	8th
Defending champion:	Alfredo Ferraz
Winner:	Clement van Hassel
2nd finalist:	Joaquin Domingo
3rd place:	Piet van de Pol
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	062.60 Clément van Hassel0
Best ED:	250.00 Clément van Hassel0
Maximum series (HS):	00499 Rafael Garcia0
Venue on the map
Madrid
← 1939	1950 →

The free game world championship in 1949 was the 13th UIFAB world championship in the free game. The tournament took place from May 26th to 29th in Madrid , Spain.

history

At the first World Cup after the Second World War, the free game was played for the first time with the larger corner swipe, which made the game a little more difficult. Since the general skill level had also improved, the effects were not so great. The winner was the Belgian Clément van Hassel. His general average (GD) of 62.60 is therefore also rated as a new world record. The same was true for the other top performances. As in his two previous appearances, the Spaniard Joaquin Domingo came in second . The Dutch cadre specialist Piet van de Pol secured third place. Defending champion Alfredo Ferraz , weakened by an illness, only finished last in the tournament. The world championship was marked by enormous audience interest. When there was a large crowd, there were not enough seats in the tournament hall.

Tournament mode

Round robin mode was played with eight 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

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	Clement van Hassel	12	3005	48	62.60	250.00	428
2	Joaquin Domingo	10	2840	76	37.36	166.66	497
3	Piet van de Pol	8th	2898	78	37.15	83.33	327
4th	Rafael Garcia	8th	2248	70	32.11	100.00	499
5	Ernst Reicher	8th	2524	96	26.29	41.66	240
6th	Jean Galmiche	6th	2389	90	26.54	71.42	249
7th	Klaus Nussberger	4th	1594	113	14.10	20.00	155
8th	Alfredo Ferraz	0	1246	110	11.32	---	131
Tournament average: 27.53

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Court: German Billard Newspaper . 26th year, no. 2 . Cologne June 1949, p. 15-16 .