TAYFUN TASDEMIR IS THE NEW WORLD CHAMPION
11/09/2022
The new World Champion is Tayfun Tasdemir! In Donghae City (South Korea) Tayfun Tasdemir won the Gold medal for Turkey in the 74th UMB World Championship 3-Cushion. The podium was an all-European one: Ruben Legazpi from Spain was defeated in the final and got the Silver medal. Bronze medals were awarded to Eddy Merckx (Belgium) and Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) who was the defending champion and who remains the leader of the world ranking. Tayfun, thanks to this victory, is now third in... »
BLOMDAHL RETURNS TO VICTORY IN VEGHEL
10/24/2022
Torbjörn Blomdahl (Sweden) returns to a World Cup victory. Three Europeans and one Korean on the podium in Veghel. Second place for Choong Bok Lee (South Korea). Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) and Daniel Sanchez (Spain) share the third place. Read more on the UMB website. Pics: Ton Smilde Facebook page of the event. »
EDDY MERCKX WINS THE SECOND EDITION OF THE KOZOOM CHALLENGE CUP
10/01/2022
Congratulations to Eddy Merckx (Belgium), winner of the second edition of the Kozoom Challenge Cup! The exciting final round is just finished in the Espace Brémontier in Arès in Gironde, France. The format was a double KO. The eight finalists, winners of the qualification groups were: 1 Dick Jaspers (Netherlands), world number 1. 14 sets, overall average 2.695 2 Lütfi Cenet (Turkey) No. 22 in the world, 11 sets, 1.541 3 Eddy Merckx (Belgium), No. 10 in the world,... »
BURAK HASHAS CROWNED WITH THE 3-CUSHION WORLD JUNIOR GOLD
09/25/2022
No doubt that 2022 was a brilliant year for the young talented Turkish player. After the European gold U17 3-Cushion on small tables here comes the title that all players hope for. Burak Hashas, 16 years old from Istanbul, is the new 3-cushion World Junior Champion in Heerhugowaard (Netherlands). Burak made a flawless final against the silver medalist, the Greek Dimitrios Seleventas that couldn't react to an early run of 8 followed by an exciting run of 12 in the 11th... »
THE ITALIAN ANDREA QUARTA IS THE NEW 5-PINS WORLD CHAMPION
09/24/2022
For the second time in his career Andrea Quarta is crowned 5-Pins World Champion. The Italian had a clear victory for 4 sets to 0 against the silver medalist Ricardo Dieguez from Argentina. Bronze medals for other two Italians: the former world champion Davide Ciro Rizzo and Severino Marchioretto both eliminated respectively by Quarta and Dieguez in the semifinals. The final took place in front of a crowded and cheering venue in the city of Calangianus (Sardinia). Plenty of fans and... »
FIFTH WORLD GOLD FOR THERESE KLOMPENHOUWER
09/22/2022
Therese Klompenhouwer wins her fifth World gold this afternoon in Heerhugowaard (The Netherlands) in front of his own fans. She set up a record of world gold medals winnig five times out of 10 editions of this World Championship. The final ended with a score of 30 to 16 in 22 innings against the young Korean Ji Eun Han that got the silver medal. The Dutch Queen of 3-cushion dominated the tournament and was never in a real danger of losing a single match. In the whole tournament... »
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 3-CUSHION LADIES & JUNIORS, HEERHUGOWAARD (NL)
09/19/2022
The centre of the 3-Cushion world this week is going to be in Heerhugowaard in The Netherlands where the 10th World Championship 3-Cushion Ladies and the 13th World Championship 3-Cushion Juniors (U22) will take place one after the other. KNBB is in charge of the organization under the auspices of UMB. The first to go on the scene from tomorrow 20th is the Ladies tournament. Therese Klompenhouwer is the defending Champion and favorite for this event. She will try to win her fifth world... »
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 5-PINS INDIVIDUAL OPEN, CALANGIANUS (ITALY)
09/19/2022
The 25th World Championship 5-Pins Individual Open is ready to start in the Padiglione Fieristico Expo of Calangianus, a city in the Italian region of Sardinia. A total of 64 players are joining this competition: 48 players have been nominated by the respective National Federations while 16 players had to survive through international qualifications held here in Calangianus few days ago and in South America. In the main tournament 8 groups have been formed and the best 4 from each group will... »
QUALIFICATIONS TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 5-PINS IN CALANGIANUS (ITALY)
09/15/2022
The European qualifications to the UMB World Championship 5-Pins Individual Open are underway in Calangianus, in the Sardinia region in Italy. Italian Billiard Federation oversees the event. 384 athletes from CEB federations are fighting for 8 places in the main tournament that will take place from 20th to 24th September. Informations and updates: click here for the Italian Billiard Federation dedicated website. Live score and links to video straming: click here. »
SECOND TRAINING CAMP FOR LADIES
09/08/2022
This weekend, the CEB is organizing a second 3-cushion training camp for ladies, with veteran professional player Martin Horn from Germany as head coach. The camp will be held in Wedel, Germany on Sep 9-11, with 6 participants: Irena Michálková from Czech Republic, Arzu Gok from Turkey, Karina Jetten from the Netherlands, Monika Steinberger from Austria, Martine Goetkint from Belgium and Yenny Bajtner from Sweden. "I am very proud that the CEB gives me the trust to be the... »