FOUR SEEDED PLAYERS STUMBLE
04/10/2025
Press Release, April 11th, 2025 (Day 4) EC Three Cushion National Teams and Individual | 8 - 13 April 2025 Four Seeded Players Stumble As the final round of the 3-Cushion Individual European Championships in Ankara, Türkiye began, the first minor and major surprises emerged. In the round of the last 32, for example, fourth-seeded Nikos Polychronopoulos was already eliminated. The Greek lost to France’s Mikael Devogelaere 33:50 after thirty innings. Team world champion... »
TÜRKIYE CROWNED TEAM EUROPEAN CHAMPION
04/08/2025
Press Release, 9 April 2025 (Day 2) EC Three Cushion National Teams and Individual | 8 - 13 April 2025 Türkiye Crowned Team European Champion What a thrilling final! At the 3-Cushion Team European Championship, Türkiye's second team claimed the European Championship title today. In a dramatic match, especially in the final phase, they triumphed 3:1 over Greece 1 in front of a packed crowd and home audience, celebrating victory on their home turf in Ankara. In the... »
TORBJÖRN BLOMDAHL AND TEAM GERMANY SET TO DEFEND THEIR EUROPEAN TITLES
04/06/2025
Press Release, 7 April 2025 EC Three Cushion National Teams and Individual | 8 - 13 April 2025 TORBJÖRN BLOMDAHL AND TEAM GERMANY SET TO DEFEND THEIR EUROPEAN TITLES In the picturesque Billiards Complex of the Turkish Billiards Federation in Ankara, two high-profile championships of the Confédération Européenne de Billard are set to take place. On 8 and 9 April, National Teams will battle for the European Championship title. The Individual Competition will... »
HISTORIC VICTORY FOR CHARLOTTE SØRENSEN IN DENMARK
04/03/2025
HISTORIC VICTORY FOR CHARLOTTE SØRENSEN IN DENMARK Charlotte couldn't dream for a better ending than winning the European gold in her home country in front of a crowdy venue. After a streak of 11 consecutive titles Therese Klompenhouwer had to pass the scepter of European Champion to her Danish colleague. For Charlotte Sørensen it's an historic win with both the World and European gold medals around her neck, as only Therese Klompenhouwer already did in the past. The... »
TURKISH 3-CUSHION WOMEN'S TEAM TAKES THE GOLD MEDAL WITH SCOTCH DOUBLE
03/31/2025
TURKISH 3-CUSHION WOMEN'S TEAM TAKES THE GOLD MEDAL WITH SCOTCH DOUBLE Guzin Mujde Karakasli and Gulsen Degener fulfilled their dream. After two consecutive silver medals in 2023 and 2024 they finally clinched the gold medal for their country in the European Championship 3-Cushion Ladies National Teams. Surprises and suspence didn't lack today in Aarhus. The final required a scotch double extension to decide the new champion. Degener first won his single against Le Bruyn but... »
MARCOS MORALES IS THE NEW U25 3-CUSHION CHAMPION
03/28/2025
MARCOS MORALES IS THE NEW U25 3-CUSHION CHAMPION The Spanish talent Marcos Morales showed his best today in Aarhus adding his name to the Rolls of Honor of this competition. The final was a world class match; Marcos closed the match to 40 points in 21 innings with a run of 8, leaving the Greek at 27. Earlier the two Germans got the bronze losing their respective semifinals: Seleventas outplayed Amir Ibraimov by 40-25 in 29 innings and Morales beat Aygün Cin by 40-33 in 39. Gold Medal:... »
DOUAI-CARVIN TAKES THE TITLE AWAY FROM DOUARNENEZ
03/24/2025
DOUAI-CARVIN TAKES THE TITLE AWAY FROM DOUARNENEZ What an exciting day we had in the Espace Jules Verne in Douarnenez! Today the semifinals of the Coupe d'Europe Classic were played as planned. The plot twist happened in the morning in the first semifinal when the Austria team of Wiener BA ruined the dream of the sixth title in a row for the home team of Douarnenez. Arnim Kahofer won his 1-Cushion match against Gregory Le Deventec while Raymund Swertz equalized with a win over Michael... »
AARHUS (DENMARK) IS PREPARING TO HOST THREE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
03/24/2025
AARHUS (DENMARK) IS PREPARING TO HOST THREE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS The second biggest city in Denmark is preparing to host three 3-Cushion European Championships: The European Championship 3-Cushion U25, March 28th to 30th. The European Championship 3-Cushion Ladies National Teams, April 1st and 2nd. The European Championship 3-Cushion Ladies, April 3rd to 5th. The venue is the so called DOKK1, a futuristic building which is a government building, a public library, a culture center with... »
FLORANGE: SPAIN DETHRONES TURKIYE IN ARTISTIC NATIONAL TEAMS
03/17/2025
FLORANGE: SPAIN DETHRONES TURKIYE IN ARTISTIC NATIONAL TEAMS A fantastic week of artistic billiard just reached the end in Florange. The representative of Spain is the new European Championship for teams interrupting the two years reigning of Turkiye. Sergio Sanchez and Hector Cuadrado took their revenge from the final they lost in the first edition of this championship in 2023 in Antalya, against the same Turkish duo: Haci Arap Yaman and Baris Cin. We could witness an exciting final,... »
VIERSEN: THE NETHERLANDS ARE ON TOP OF THE WORLD.
03/10/2025
VIERSEN: THE NETHERLANDS ARE ON TOP OF THE WORLD. The Dutch dream team (Jaspers & de Bruijn) conquered the gold medal of the 37th World Championship 3-Cushion National Teams in a quite full Viersen's Festhalle. For The Netherlands that is the fourth time with Dick Jaspers always in the duo since the first gold in 1998, for Jean Paul de Bruijn it is the first world gold. The same team took the bronze medal in 2023. It was not an easy task: Dick Jaspers won the single against... »