Blog entry from 2024-11-27
4 tournaments and more than 100 matches LIVE until the end of the year
Our current competition cycle has been running since 16 September with the 7th editions of the Home Tour evergreens three cushion and five pins. For the first time, classic technical disciplines are also included, with a one cushion and a balkline 47/2 tournament making their Tour debut. Until 10 December 2024, a total of 22 players will compete in these four events and 109 matches at 13 venues in four countries. They will play for a total prize money of € 1050. As usual, we will of course broadcast all matches LIVE, in full HD and free of charge on our streaming platform.
To the streaming platform and the broadcast calendar
The Home Tour Infinity Series is an international carom billiard tournament series for individual players, whose prize money competitions in various disciplines are played online via the MWS system at various MWS locations worldwide. The tournaments take place over a period of several weeks, during which all matches are played. Fixed dates are set for the individual matches, which mark the last possible time for a match to be played. Players can bring forward their match dates before the respective fixed date by free agreement.
Three Cushion Home Tour Infinity Series #7:
- Three cushion singles, general class. Round robin, 10 participants, 45 matches. € 300 prize money. Match distance 25 points / max. 30 innings.
- According to the current ELO ranking, Andreas Efler is the clear favourite for the title, ahead of Georg Schmied and Zoran Gajs.
HT 3C #7 tournament page with all results
Five Pins Home Tour Infinity Series #7:
- Five pins singles, general class. Round robin, 8 participants, 28 matches. € 250 prize money. Match distance best of 3 sets (2 winning sets), sets to 60 points.
- According to the current ELO ranking, Gerardo Innarella is the slight favourite for the title, ahead of Jimmy Riml and Ernest Driessen.
HT 5P #7 tournament page with all results
Balkline 47/2 Home Tour Infinity Series #1:
- Balkline 47/2 singles, general class. Round robin, 6 participants, 15 matches. € 250 prize money. Match distance 150 points / max. 30 innings.
- As this is the first time the competition is being held, there are no ranking references yet. Jimmy Riml is considered the slight favourite.
- The tournament is meanwhile already over, Riml was able to live up to his role as favourite and won the competition with the highest possible number of victories and all tournament bests.
HT 47/2 #1 tournament page with all results
One Cushion Home Tour Infinity Series #1:
- One cushion singles, general class. Round robin, 7 participants, 21 matches. € 250 prize money. Match distance 75 points / max. 30 innings.
- As this is the first time the competition is being held, there are no ranking references yet. Markus Dömer is considered the clear favourite.
- Tournament favorite Dömer was able to win the competition early and confidently, with the highest possible number of victories and a points average more than twice as high as his closest rivals, he was already the clear winner of the tournament before it ended.
HT 1C #1 tournament page with all results
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Review of Home Tour tournaments #6: Efler wins three cushion, Innarella triumphs in the five pins competition
The résumé of the Home Tour three cushion and five pins tournaments #6 is mixed. On the one hand, both competitions were exciting right up to the end and ended with extremely close podium decisions. On the other hand, unfortunately not all matches could be played, which led to walkover results and always comes with a bitter aftertaste. The first appearance of the German junior star Amir Ibraimov in an MWS tournament was eagerly awaited, starting in the three cushion competition as a promising title contender (more on this in Reigning Junior World Championship runner-up Ibraimov challenges Home Tour record champion Efler). In the end, things turned out differently. Despite beating record champion Andreas Efler, it was not enough for Ibraimov to make it onto the podium, partly because the 2023 World Junior Vice Champion had to forfeit two of his games without a fight.
In the concurrently held five pins tournament, another prominent player, Ernst-Jan Driessen, was caught off guard. Due to technical problems with his Dutch MWS location in Helmond, some of his games had to be rated as uncontested draws. The dominator of the previous five pins tournaments also conceded two match defeats and thus missed out on reaching the podium.
Despite these incidents, other athletes delivered top sporting performances and deservedly finished at the top. Andreas Efler celebrated his 20th Home Tour triumph and Gerardo Innarella of Switzerland won his first Tour title – we offer them both our warmest congratulations!
The podium of the Home Tour three cushion tournament #6:
- Efler, Andreas (AT / Hinterbrühl): 14 match points, AVG 1.279, HR 11 | € 150 prize money
- Schmied, Georg (AT / Rosenburg-Mold): 14 match points, AVG 0.914, HR 7 | € 90 prize money
- Gajs, Zoran (AT / Vienna): 14 match points, AVG 0.911, HR 6 | € 60 prize money
HT 3C #6 tournament page with all results
The podium of the Home Tour five pins tournament #6:
- Innarella, Gerardo (CH / Basel): 8.5 wins, set delta +8, sets 12:4 | € 150 prize money
- Driessen, Ernest (PL / Turek): 8 wins, set delta +7, sets 13:6 | € 90 prize money
- Riml, Jimmy (AT / Innsbruck): 8 wins, set delta +4, sets 12:8 | € 60 prize money
HT 5P #6 tournament page with all results
Release of new ELO regulations, new player profiles with performance trends
ELO rating systems, which originally come from chess and have now been adapted for many other sports, try to reflect the playing strengths of the players as objectively as possible. For each match, the playing strengths of the players are put in relation to each other in order to calculate the athletes' probability of victory. Playing strengths are measured in ranking points — the more points a player has, the stronger he/she is and the higher he/she is in the rankings. These probabilities are used to calculate the ranking points that can be awarded in a match. The winner gains ranking points, the loser loses ranking points.
If two similarly strong players play against each other, then the gain of points for the winner as well as the loss of points for the loser are in the middle point range. If a clearly weaker player according to ranking list points wins against a clearly better one, then the weaker player gains a lot of ranking points and the stronger one has to give up a lot of ranking points. If a player who is clearly stronger according to ranking list points wins against a clearly weaker player, then the stronger player gains very few ranking points and the weaker player has to lose very few ranking points.
A separate ELO ranking is maintained for each discipline, incorporating all MWS Home Tour individual events from September 2022 and other selected MWS individual tournaments – as specified in the respective tournament invitations. What is new is that a new ranking list will be published for the respective discipline after each completed tournament (instead of after every 3 tournaments as before). The admission criteria were relaxed when the new regulations came into force, so that a player now only needs a minimum of 5 matches in the 3 most recent tournaments to be listed as active in this ranking and thus be able to participate in the bonus distribution – all other players are listed as passive and are thus excluded from the bonus distribution. The entry ranking score of a player is 5000 points in the discipline-specific first tournament of this player.
To the complete ELO rankings and the new ELO regulations
Top 3 of the ELO three cushion ranking
- Efler, Andreas (AT / Hinterbrühl): 5539 points
- Röstel, Norbert (DE / Berlin): 5409 points
- Canturk, Kenan (CH / Zurich): 5357 points
Top 3 of the ELO five pins ranking:
- Monteforte, Aniello (DE / Stuttgart): 5397 points
- Driessen, Ernst-Jan (NL / Helmond): 5256 points
- Innarella, Gerardo (CH / Basel): 5208 points
Statistics, charts, point developments and trends are available for each player individually and can be accessed by clicking on a player.
To the overview of all players listed in the ELO rankings
A separate bonus pot is kept for each discipline ranking, starting from Three Cushion Home Tour #7, Five Pins Home Tour #7, One Cushion Home Tour #1 and Balkline 47/2 Home Tour #1. When this pot reaches € 250,- it is distributed among the top-ranked players in that ranking according to the following key: 1st place: 30% | 2nd place: 25% | 3rd place: 20% | 4th place: 15% | 5th place: 10%. In addition, there is a cross-discipline youth development pot. The height of the bonuses that go into a discipline bonus pot and the youth development pot is regulated in the respective tournament announcement.
