1985 World 3c Ceulemans vs. Koboyashi

[Dean_H]

1985 Worldchampionship 3C Heeswijk-Dinther. The Final Kobayashi vs Raymond Ceulemans:

Ceulmans is a smooth operator.

 

[Dean_H]

I found another match between these two gentleman. From the Kozoom tv channel on youtube:

 

[maldito]

one wonders just how good was Kobayashi above the rest- finishing like 7-8 times 2nd to Ceulemans.

 

[Bert van Manen]

one wonders just how good was Kobayashi above the rest- finishing like 7-8 times 2nd to Ceulemans.

http://files.umb-carom.org/Public/Docs/WorldChampionshipsmedalwinners.pdf
That should, to a degree, answer your question. Koba was indeed "the best of the rest" for a decade.