THE SHOW CONTINUES TOMORROW IN AARHUS WITH THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS LADIES
03/31/2025
THE SHOW CONTINUES TOMORROW IN AARHUS WITH THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS LADIES Tomorrow the show in Aarhus will continue with two more European Championships. We will begin with the National Teams championship on April 1st and 2nd. 12 teams from 10 CEB National Federations will join, divided in 4 groups of 3. The semifinals and the final are planned on the second day. The Dutch team (Therese Klompenhouwer and Karina Jetten) is the defending champion. This is the third edition of this... »
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... »
THE CEB SUCCESSFULLY ORGANIZED A TRAINING CAMP IN OSLO, NORWAY.
03/05/2025
This weekend the CEB successfully organized a training camp in Oslo, Norway, thanks to the collaboration with the Norwegian Billiards Federation. The aim was to improve the general 3-cushion technical level and to introduce the 5-Pins game in the Nordic country. Martin Spoormans was the choosen coach who dedicated his wide expertise to the 14 participating players on a three days meeting in the Oslo Snooker & Carambole club. The camp was a success; the participants were enthusiastic and... »
BOGOTA: THREE FROM CEB ON THE PODIUM, T.L.TRAN (VN) WON
03/01/2025
UPDATE: In a thrilling final Vietnamese T.L.Tran won Tayfun Tasdemir. Dick Jaspers and Tolgahan Kiraz took home the bronze. Full details are available on UMB website. ***** The new World Cup season of 2025 kicked off in Bogotà, Colombia, with the first of the seven events in the UMB calendar. Four continents are interested and will host a stop of the great circus of 3-Cushion: Colombia, Vietnam, Turkiye, Portugal, Belgium, South Korea, Egypt. Right now the... »
HACI ARAP YAMAN WINS THE GRAND PRIX IN HIS HOME COUNTRY
01/22/2025
HACI ARAP YAMAN WINS THE GRAND PRIX IN HIS HOME COUNTRY Haci Arap Yaman increases his international palmares with the victory of this Grand Prix in his homeland, in Izmir. He was European Champion Individual in Antalya in 2023 and bronze medal in Ankara in 2024, he was also European Champion for National Teams in the first two editions of this championship in 2023 and 2024. Haci Arap Yaman and Bastien Panis (France) won their respective semifinal matches against the Belgians Steve Wilms... »
MARCOS MORALES WINS THE FIRST LONGONI NEXTGEN GP 2025
01/15/2025
MARCOS MORALES WINS THE FIRST LONGONI NEXTGEN GP 2025 In the morning of this final day the two semifinals were played. The first one finished on the razor edge with Tangui Duriez (France) taking the last point to win on Dutch Joris van't Zelfden (35-34 in 39/38 innings). The second semifinals was a Spanish clash. Marcos Morales outplayed his countryman Daniel Sainz-Pardo 35-26 in 35/34 innings. Later the final was played. Morales led the match from the start and Duriez couldn't keep... »