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EURO GP ARTISTIQUE - Victory for M. Hammen
11/28/2016
The « Société des Amateurs de Billard de Marseille », with the collaboration of the French federation of billard, organized from November 24 to 27 the Euro Grand Prix of Billiard Artistique, a competition in which a total number of 27 players took part in, and that 14 of those belonged to the French federation, 3 belonged to the Turkish, 3 to the Belgian, 3 to the Spanish, 2 to the Hungarian,1 to the Dutch, and 1 who belonged to the Austrian. The same organizers have... »
ARTISTIC PLAYERS MEET IN EURO GRAND PRIX MARSEILLE
11/22/2016
MARSEILLE - The European top players in artistic billiards meet each other at the CEB Grand Prix in Marseille this week. The Turk Serdar Gümüs, who leads the European ranking ahead of Walter Bax from Belgium and Jean Reverchon from France, is one of the major contenders for the victory in the tournament, which is played in the billiard room SABM, Rue Pavillon in Marseille. Serdar Gümüs, who defends his European title in Brandenburg next year, has a 21 points advantage over Walter Bax on... »
Fourth world title for Dani Sanchèz
11/20/2016
BORDEAUX – Pride and satisfaction were the dominant emotions at the closing of the 2016 Bordeaux World Championship. The organization by Kozoom, the hospitality by the Palais des Congrès, the performance by a player from the home country, France’s Jerome Barbeillon, all met the expectations that were raised by this same event in 2015. To symbolize the situation modern 3-cushion is in, the final was played by an established player from Europe and a major talent from Asia. The experience,... »
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN BORDEAUX WITH 27 EUROPEANS
11/15/2016
The 69th UMB World championship three-cushion, that started today, 15 November at the Palais des Congrès in Bordeaux, not only provides a stage for 48 of the best players in the world from 25 different countries. In the French port city, famous for its wines, also called 'La Belle Endormie', the sleeping beauty, battle will take place for the most coveted and adored title in billiards in the next five days. The tournament, organized by Kozoom international, gets an unprecedented tv coverage... »
New Ranking for Three Cushion and Three Cushion Ladies published (copy 1)
11/02/2016
After the Worldcup Three Cushion in La Baule (F) CEB has published the new ranking Three Cushion. »
Murat Naci Coklu winner after final with eight Europeans
10/30/2016
LA BAULE - The European generation of top players is not ready to hand over their dominance to the Asians, not just yet. All the Korean and Vietnamese contenders were eliminated in the first and second round of the La Baule World Cup, and the quarterfinals consisted of two Turks, a Dutchman, a Swede, an Italian, a Greek, a Spaniard and a Frenchman. Maybe the absence of Belgian players in the quarters was just as remarkable: Leppens, Merckx and Forthomme did not make it, and even the world nr. 1... »
RAYMUND SWERTZ TRIUMPHS IN EURO GRAND PRIX 47/2
10/23/2016
RONCHIN – The Dutchman Raymund Swertz is the glorious winner of the Euro Grand Prix balk-line 47/2, this weekend played in the French Ronchin. The tournament turned out into an exciting final match. Raymund Swertz and the Czech Marek Faus played a draw in regular time. The first extension also finished without a winner, at the end of the second shoot-out Raymund Swertz could take the title with one carom against 0. The Dutch player, like Marek Faus one of the best balk-line specialists in... »
France (CEB) is back on the international stage
10/20/2016
France is more present on the international 3-cushion stage than it has ever been. The successful World championship of 2015 (Bordeaux) will be followed by the World Cup tournament in La Baule this month, with the second edition of the World championship in Vordeaux soon after. The La Baule event will take place from 24 to 30 October, near the Atlantic coast. Can anybody stop Jérémy Bury’s winning streak? France's most prominent player looked almost invincible in the summer, reaching the... »
CEB Grand Prix Cadre 47/2 starts next weekend
10/19/2016
RONCHIN/NANTES – The audience that likes to watch three cushion and balk-line can look forward to a great program in France this weekend. Today, Thursday, 20 October is the start of the European Grand Prix 47/2 in Ronchin near to Lille, a tournament with international specialists. In addition, a national three-cushion tournament is played in Nantes this weekend from Friday to Sunday. The matches in Ronchin will be broadcast live on kozoom.com from Friday 14.00. No less than 42 players from... »
World championship in Bordeaux with 26 Europeans
10/15/2016
BORDEAUX – The high point of the three cushion season is approaching: the World championship. From 15 to 19 November, Bordeaux will again host the most prestigious event in our sport, as it did last year. Who can forget that thrilling 2015 final, that gave Torbjörn Blomdahl the title after 40-40 draw and a shootout against Dong Koong Kang? The Palais des Congres is the venue for the 2016 final, and the UMB (world federation of billiards) has announced the 48 players who will participate in... »