Cadre 45/2 World Championship 1937
30. Cadre 45/2 World Championship |
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Tournament dates | |
Tournament Type: | World Cup |
Tournament Format: | Round robin |
Aligner: | UIFAB / KNBB |
Tournament details | |
Venue: | Salle de l’Harmonie, Groningen ![]() |
Opening: | 18. March 1937 |
Endgame: | 21. March 1937 |
Participants: | 8 |
Titleholder: | ![]() |
Winner: | ![]() |
2. Finalist: | ![]() |
3. Place: | ![]() |
Prize money: | World Amateur Championship |
Records | |
Best GD: | 35.59 ![]() |
Best ED: | 50.00 ![]() |
Highest Series (HS): | 02160German![]() |
Venue on the map | |
← 1936 | 1938 → |

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The Cadre 45/2 World Championship 1937 was the 30th World Championship played in Cadre 45/2 till 1947 and from 1948 in Cadre 47/2. The tournament took place from 18 to 21 March 1937 in Groningen. It was after 1934 the second Cadre 45/2 World Championship in Groningen.
History
The new and old world champion in Cadre 45/2 is René Gabriëls. He improved the world record set by Albert Poensgen in 1933 in Cologne in the general average over a tournament (GD) clearly from 28.59 to 35.59. The tournament highest series with 216 was played by Walter Joachim from Berlin.
Tournament mode
It was played in round robin system up to 400 points. In case of a tie in MP (except in case of a tie in points for the winner) the score will be decided in the following order:
- MP = Match points
- GD = General average
- HS = Highest series
Final table
MP | Match Points (Winner = 2; Draw = 1; Loser = 0) |
Pts. | Achieved caroms |
Rec. | Required tests |
GD | General average |
BED | Best individual average of a player |
HS | Highest series |
Best GD of the tournament | |
Best ED of the tournament | |
Best HS of the tournament | |
1. Place (Gold) | |
2. Place (Silver) | |
3. Place (Bronze) |

De Harmonie in Groningen
Place | Name | MP | GD | BED | HS | ||
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1 | ![]() |
12:2 | 35,59 | 50,00 | 207 | ||
2 | ![]() |
8:6 | 21,73 | 40,00 | 150 | ||
3 | ![]() |
8:6 | 20,19 | 40,00 | 137 | ||
4 | ![]() |
8:6 | 18,59 | 36,36 | 147 | ||
5 | ![]() |
8:6 | 18,39 | 26,66 | 130 | ||
6 | ![]() |
4:10 | 17,62 | 26,66 | 216 | ||
7 | ![]() |
4:10 | 13,35 | 18,18 | 127 | ||
8 | ![]() |
4:10 | 13,29 | 16,00 | 98 | ||
Tournament average: 18.82 |
Individual references
- Cadre 45/2 and 47/2 World Championship
- Carom event 1937
- Billiards tournament in Groningen