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European Ladies Cup 3-Cushion and Libre - Rosmalen (NL) - 16-18 June 2017
06/17/2017
nformations and results:https://www.driebanden.nl/Ladiescup »
PORTO - FINAL Coupe d´Europe 3 CUSHION CLUB TEAMS
06/17/2017
Hosts FC Porto take the European trophy PORTO - The star-filled team of FC Porto has finally broken the second-place curse. They hosted and won the European Cup for club teams, the most prestigious prize in Europe when it comes to team play. Daniel Sánchez, Torbjörn Blomdahl, Rui Manuel Costa and Joao Ferreira were the four players responsible for the joy in Futebol Club the Porto, after the winning point had been made. Alipio Jorge, the club's president, embraced his players... »
European Ladies Cup 3-Cushion and Libre - Rosmalen (NL) - 16-18 June 2017
06/16/2017
Informations and results: https://www.driebanden.nl/Ladiescup »
PORTO - FINAL Coupe d´Europe 3 CUSHION CLUB TEAMS
06/13/2017
Hosts FC Porto take the European trophy PORTO - The star-filled team of FC Porto has finally broken the second-place curse. They hosted and won the European Cup for club teams, the most prestigious prize in Europe when it comes to team play. Daniel Sánchez, Torbjörn Blomdahl, Rui Manuel Costa and Joao Ferreira were the four players responsible for the joy in Futebol Club the Porto, after the winning point had been made. Alipio Jorge, the club's president, embraced his players... »
PORTO - FINAL Coupe d´Europe 3 CUSHION CLUB TEAMS
06/09/2017
PORTO - Porto has already made a name for itself, hosting many World Cup tournaments. Now, the arena of the Academia de Bilhar, in the famous Estadio Do Dragao, welcomes the best European club teams in the battle for the Coupe d' Europe from Friday 9 to Sunday 11 June. Top players such as Dani Sánchez, Torbjörn Blomdahl, Eddy Merckx, Murat Naci Coklu and Tayfun Tasdemir, will perform with their teams.The title holders are the Turks of Gaziantepspor, this time around without... »
EUROPEAN PODIUM, EDDY MERCKX THE BEST IN VIETNAM
05/29/2017
HO CHI MINH CITY – The podium at the end of the World Cup in Ho Chi Minh showed a complete European foursome. The Belgian Eddy Merckx was on top with the flower crown and took the trophy and the 8.000 euro prize. Therefore he showed in the Vietnamese million city that he is back on the main stage of the world’s billiards. Thanks to his victory in the final against Torbjörn Blomdahl (40-32 in 17 innings), Merckx saved his position on the ranking. The Belgian national anthem was... »
JAPANESE ORIE HIDA IS BACK AS THE WORLD'S BEST
05/14/2017
ZOERSEL - The 41-year-old Japanese Orie Hida was the first ever world champion in women's three-cushion. Thirteen years later she returned to the highest stage in Zoersel (Belgium) this Sunday afternoon. Her emotional feelings were intense and modest when the Japanese anthem sounded through the playing room. With her victory, she took her fourth world title in total. The Asian winner dethroned Dutch Therese Klompenhouwer after two titles. 20-year-young Korean Mi Rae Lee couldn’t deal with the... »
Serdar Gümüs defends his title on final day of the European Championships
05/08/2017
Today was the final day of the European Billiards Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel/Germany. Three more goldmedalist were searched and found.The Artisique-event was the closing event of this years Championship and the countless fans in the Stahlpalast and at home watching the livestream saw a revenge of the 2015-final between Serdar Gümüs (Turkey) and Walter Bax from Belgium.The goal was to win 3 sets while you have to solve 7 figures in each set. In the beginning both players... »
Raul Cuenca overruns Dave Christiani in a world class final
05/07/2017
What a great final in the Cadre 71/2-event between Raul Cuenca (Spain) and Dave Christiani from the Netherlands! The Dutch opened the match with a run of just eight balls as Cuenca came to the table for the first time. And for the last time…, because he ran the necessary 200 balls in one inning. As both had equal innings Christiani had no chance for a comeback anymore. So the Dutch had to be satisfied with the silver medal again. Two years ago the same happened to him as he fell short to his... »
Turkey are the Team-Champions
05/06/2017
The Turkish duo Tayfun Tasdemir and Can Capak are the new European Team Champions in 3-Cushion-Billiards. Today they won the title against the A-Team from the Netherlands. At the beginning the score was almost even but the Turks were ahead with a few points after seven innings. With the score at 17:11 in favour of Turkey they made a run of 13 points. After the short break the Dutch couldn’t make a comeback and after 14 innings they had to congratulate their opponents for the title... »