CAUDRON AND P.CEULEMANS REACHED THE SEMIFINALS IN VEGHEL
10/23/2024
UPDATE: VEGHEL SEMIFINALS ARE SET. Frederic Caudron and Peter Ceulemans will defend the old continent honor in the Veghel World Cup semifinals tomorrow, October 26th. Two Vietnamese will be the opponents. For the records 3 out of the 4 semifinalists were not seeded players, only the Vietnamese Q.C.Tran started in the last 32. The schedule in local time: 10:30 TTT Nguyen vs F.Caudron 12:30 P.Ceulemans vs Q.C. Tran ***************************** VEGHEL WORLD CUP 2024. The... »
THE CEB ANNOUNCES THE FIRST CEB-REFEREE CERTIFICATION
10/03/2024
THE EXAMINATION DAY. Our thanks to the Hellenic Federation of Precision Sports for the magnificent preparation and coordination carried out for the 1st CEB-Referees Certification held on October 4th and 5th, which allowed us to hold the training camp on the first day and the CEB-Referee Certification exams on the second, both in the magnificent facilities of the Trisponto Billiard Club of Athens, closed both days for all club members and visitors so that the 8 participants and the instructor... »
ANDREA RAGONESI AND EMANUEL CUCCHIARA ARE THE NEW WORLD 5-PINS CHAMPIONS
09/30/2024
ANDREA RAGONESI AND EMANUEL CUCCHIARA ARE THE NEW WORLD 5-PINS CHAMPIONS The great event in Venaria Reale reached its final act yesterday night. Earlier in the afternoon the young Emanuel Cucchiara, reigning CEB U21 5-Pins champion, graduated as the first ever World 5-Pins Junior Champion after an exciting match against the CPB U21 champion from Argentina, Santino Lopez, with the score of 3-2. Flavio Piccolomini and Massimo Montechiesa took the bronze medals. The last match of the senior... »
THE 3C WORLD TITLE STAYS IN ASIA: M.W.CHO (26, SOUTH KOREA) IS THE NEW CHAMPION, T.L.TRAN TAKES THE SILVER. BRONZE FOR MERCKX AND JASPERS.
09/28/2024
THE 3C WORLD TITLE STAYS IN ASIA: M.W.CHO (26, SOUTH KOREA) IS THE NEW CHAMPION, T.L.TRAN TAKES THE SILVER. BRONZE FOR MERCKX AND JASPERS. Asia won a challenge that seemed both a continental and generational clash. Like in 2023 the final was an Asian affair. European stronghold had to surrender in the semifinals after an exciting tournament. M.W.Cho is the new World Champion, T.L.Tran (Vietnam) takes the silver. Eddy Merckx (Belgium) and Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) got the bronze... »
CEB OFFICIAL NEWS
09/18/2024
CEB OFFICIAL NEWS - 18 September 2024 Web version (English and French), click here. From now on the former CEB Sport News takes the name of "CEB OFFICIAL NEWS". This is an official CEB communication. All the recipients are kindly requested to take it into account for what they are concerned. 1. CONGRATULATIONS With great pleasure we congratulate with the CEB representatives in the recent World Championships... »
SEYMEN OZBAS TAKES THE WORLD JUNIORS TITLE IN BLOIS
09/13/2024
SEYMEN OZBAS TAKES THE WORLD JUNIORS TITLE A golden season for the young Turkish Talent. After the European title Seymen Ozbas clinched the World gold too. He performed a flawless tournament, he scored the best avg of the tournament (1,507) and he finally defeated the silver medalist Jo Yeongyun in the final match. Bronze medals for Amir Ibraimov (Germany) and Marcos Morales (Spain). All results on UMB website and here below. Photo courtesy: AfreecaTV Group results. Qualification... »
CHARLOTTE SØRENSEN IS THE NEW 3-CUSHION WORLD CHAMPION LADIES
09/11/2024
CHARLOTTE SØRENSEN IS THE NEW 3-CUSHION WORLD CHAMPION LADIES Last year in Ankara three Asians were on the podium and only one European got the bronze. Now Europe took its revenge and the outcome is reversed. The new World Champion 3-Cushion Ladies was crowned today after an exciting quality match. The Dane Charlotte Sørensen climbed on the top step of the podium after a narrow victory (30-29 in 27/26 innings, high run of 8 for both) against Therese Klompenhouwer... »
FRENCH CITY OF BLOIS IS READY TO HOST THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 3-CUSHION LADIES AND JUNIORS
09/08/2024
In Blois, France, the 15th World Championship 3-cushion Juniors and the 12th World Championship 3-Cushion Ladies are on their starting blocks. The 2 events will take place one after the other in the Complexe Sportif Éric Tabarly, from 10th to 15th September, organized by the French Billiard Federation under the auspices of UMB and CEB. Both fields are filled by the best 24 athletes from all over the world and will play with the same format: 8 groups of 3 followed by a direct... »
PREDATOR GP 3-CUSHION LADIES: KARINA JETTEN (NL) ON THE TOP
08/27/2024
PREDATOR GP 3-CUSHION LADIES: KARINA JETTEN (NL) ON THE TOP Today it was Karina's day in Herstal. In the second semifinal she had to recover a very hard match against the Danish Sørensen; Jetten needed a strong comeback and a victory on the finish line (30-29). Earlier in the first semifinal Klompenhouwer had less problems to win against Turkish Degener (30-15). The final was an all-Dutch affair but it was not going as you could have expected. In the middle of the match Karina... »
WORLD 3-CUSHION SURVIVAL: CHO WINS, MERCKX IS RUNNER UP, TASDEMIR AND HOFMAN SHARE THE THIRD PLACE
08/23/2024
A World 3-Cushion Survival event took place in Seoul, South Korea. Nikos Polychronopoulos was the winner of the last one in 2023. Cho Myung Woo wins, Eddy Merckx is the runner up, Tayfun Tasdemir and Glenn Hofman share the third place. Therese Klompenhouwer got the third place in the Ladies event won by Jeong Hyun Park. Find out all the information, results and live streaming on UMB website. »