Théo Moons

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Théo Moons
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Personal details
birthday March 4, 1890
date of death January 11, 1962
nationality BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Achievements
Unless otherwise stated,
the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline.
World Championships:
1 × free game; 5 × cadre
Continental Championships:
3 × cadre
Other tournaments:
multiple Belgian champion

Théodore "Théo" Moons (March 4, 1890 , † January 11, 1962 ) was a Belgian carambola player and multiple world and European champion.

Honors

In November 2007 the Belgian Post issued a series of special stamps in which Moons was also honored for his achievements in billiards.

successes

Web links

Commons : Théo Moons  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Théo Moons. Kozoom , accessed March 21, 2017 (French).
  2. ↑ Special stamp "Théo Moons". Union Postale Universelle, November 12, 2007, accessed March 21, 2017 (French).
UMB Free Game World Championships and their winners
Pre-war tournaments

1928 Edmond Soussa • 1929 Edmond Soussa • 1930 Edmond Soussa • 1931 Théo Moons • 1932 Juan Butrón • 1933 Walter Joachim • 1934 Jean Albert • 1935 Jean Albert • 1936 Juan Butrón • 1937 Juan Butrón • 1938 Jean Albert • 1939 Alfredo FerrazEgypt 1922Egypt Egypt 1922Egypt Egypt 1922Egypt BelgiumBelgium Spain Second RepublicSecond Spanish Republic Nazi stateNazi state FranceFrance FranceFrance Spain Second RepublicSecond Spanish Republic Spain Second RepublicSecond Spanish Republic France 1946Fourth French Republic PortugalPortugal

War tournaments

No world championships were held between 1940 and 1948.

Post-war tournaments

1949 Clément van Hassel • 1950 Pedro Leopoldo Carrera • 1951–1952 no World Cup • 1953 Pedro Leopoldo Carrera • 1954–1963 no World Cup • 1964 José Gálvez Manzano • 1965–1968 no World Cup • 1969 Raymond CeulemansBelgiumBelgium ArgentinaArgentina ArgentinaArgentina Spain 1945Spain BelgiumBelgium

Due to the simplicity of the game and the orientation of the players on three cushion, the last World Cup was held in 1969. Raymond Ceulemans is forever the last and reigning world champion in this discipline.
Cadre-47/2 World Championships and their winners (until 1947 Cadre-45/2)
Pre-war tournaments
(Cadre-45/2)

1903 Lucien Rérolle • 1904 Louis Neves • 1905 Jean van Duppen • 1906 Jean van Duppen • 1907 B. Colette • 1908 E. Maquet • 1909 Pierre Sels • 1910 Pierre Sels • 1912 Charles Faroux • 1913 Pierre Sels • 1914 Pierre Sels FranceFrance FranceFrance BelgiumBelgium BelgiumBelgium BelgiumBelgium FranceFrance BelgiumBelgium BelgiumBelgium FranceFrance BelgiumBelgium BelgiumBelgium
War tournaments

No world championships were held during the First World War.

Interwar
tournaments (Cadre-45/2)

1919 Charles Faroux • 1920 Edouard Roudil • 1921 Arie Bos • 1922 Charles Darantière • 1923 Théo Moons • 1924 Albert Corty • 1925 Jan Dommering • 1926 Théo Moons • 1927 Théo Moons • 1928 Théo Moons • 1929 Théo Moons • 1930 Victor Luypaerts • 1931 Albert Poensgen • 1932 Albert Poensgen • 1933 Edmond Soussa • 1934 Gustave van Belle • 1935 Jacques Davin • 1936 René Gabriëls • 1937 René Gabriëls • 1938 René Gabriëls • 1939 René Gabriëls • FranceFrance FranceFrance NetherlandsNetherlands FranceFrance BelgiumBelgium FranceFrance NetherlandsNetherlands BelgiumBelgium BelgiumBelgium BelgiumBelgium BelgiumBelgium BelgiumBelgium German EmpireGerman Empire German EmpireGerman Empire Egypt 1922Egypt BelgiumBelgium FranceFrance BelgiumBelgium BelgiumBelgium BelgiumBelgium BelgiumBelgium

War tournaments

No world championships were held during World War II.

Post-war tournaments
(from 1949: Cadre-47/2)

1947 Piet van de Pol • 1949 Piet van de Pol • 1951 Pedro Leopoldo Carrera • 1962 Joseph Vervest • 1964 Joseph Vervest • 1967 Jean Marty • 1969 Antoine Schrauwen • 1973 Hans Vultink • 1974 Hans Vultink • 1978 Francis Connesson • 2003 Frédéric Caudron • NetherlandsNetherlands NetherlandsNetherlands ArgentinaArgentina BelgiumBelgium BelgiumBelgium FranceFrance BelgiumBelgium NetherlandsNetherlands NetherlandsNetherlands FranceFrance BelgiumBelgium

It took place annually until the Second World War, with a few exceptions, afterwards irregularly.
The 2003 World Cup will be the last due to the decreased interest in the game and Frédéric Caudron will be the last world champion in this discipline.
personal data
SURNAME Moons, Théo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moons, Théodore (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian carom player and multiple world and European champion
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1890
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1962