Free game world championship 1953

15th Free Game World Championship
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World Championship
Tournament format:	Round robin
Organizer:	UIFAB
Tournament details
Venue:	?, Vigo
Opening:	July 28, 1953
Endgame:	August 1, 1953
Attendees:	9
Defending champion:	Pedro Leopoldo Carrera
Winner:	Pedro Leopoldo Carrera
2nd finalist:	Joaquin Domingo
3rd place:	Clement van Hassel
Prize money:	Amateur World Championship
Records
Best GD:	077.26 Joaquin Domingo0
Best ED:	250.00 Joaquin Domingo Siegfried Spielmann0 0000000
Maximum series (HS):	00488 Clement van Hassel0
Venue on the map
Vigo
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The free game world championship in 1953 was the 15th UIFAB world championship in the free game. The tournament took place from July 28th to August 1st in Vigo , Spain.

history

The Argentine Pedro Leopoldo Carrera won his fourth consecutive world title in a number of disciplines within two years. In Vigo he remained unbeaten in the free game and was again deserved world champion. Vigo organized this world championship not only because of its good relations with Argentina, but also in honor of Carrera. Carrera's birthplace is Vigo. For the fifth time, Joaquin Domingo finished second in the free game. Behind third-placed Clément van Hassel, Siegfried Spielmann from Düsseldorf took a very good fourth place in his first world championship.

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

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	Pedro Leopoldo Carrera	16	4000	55	72.72	166.66	426
2	Joaquin Domingo	13	3863	50	77.26	250.00	484
3	Clement van Hassel	13	3586	70	51.22	125.00	488
4th	Siegfried Spielmann	8th	3439	109	31.55	250.00	469
5	Juan Butrón	6th	2275	104	21.87	71.42	421
6th	Klaus Nussberger	6th	2549	145	17.57	29.41	200
7th	Jorge Pinto	4th	1832	84	21.80	55.55	297
8th	Jacques Grivaud	4th	1887	104	18.14	55.55	269
9	José Iglesias Diaz	2	1800	117	15.38	11.62	162
Tournament average: 30.10

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Court: German Billard Newspaper . 31st year, no. 2 . Cologne August 1953, p. 11 .