REGROUPED EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026
11/14/2023
According to the decision, voted by the national federations during the CEB General Assembly 2023, the regrouped CEB Championships, from now on, will take place every 3 years. The next edition will be between March and June 2026. Of course, all European championships, including Euro Youth, are still organized every season. A call for bids is organized to give all national federations the chance to organize this event, which will be a mega sporting event and an opportunity to meet... »
WC 5-PINS HALL IN TIROL: DOUBLE VICTORY FOR THE ITALIANS
11/08/2023
UPDATE SUNDAY 12th: In the Ladies championship the Italians took the jackpot reaching the semifinals with all the 3 representatives. Fourth semifinalist is Danish. Semifinals: ROMITI (IT) vs BIONDOLILLO (IT) PULCINI (IT) vs KOEFOED (DK). Later it was Daniela Romiti, to crown herself the first World Champions 5-Pins Ladies ever, against her compatriot Maria Cristina Pulcini, silver medal. Bronze medals for Lucia Biondolillo and Charlotte Koefoed. In the... »
SEOUL WORLD CUP: EDDY MERCKX WON THE FINAL AGAINST M.W.CHO, ZANETTI IS THIRD
11/06/2023
UPDATE SUNDAY 12th: The podium in Seoul: First place: Eddy Merckx (BE) Runner up: M,W,Cho (KR) Third places: Marco Zanetti (IT) and Y.S.Jeong (KR) ******* Shortly after Veghel the fifth UMB World Cup started today in Seoul (South Korea) with the PPPQ rounds. Last World Cup of this year will follow in Egypt in December, closing the 2023 cycle. The last 32 main tournament is planned on November 10th. Zanetti, Blomdahl, Jaspers, Merckx, Tasdemir, Bury and Horn are the CEB... »
VEGHEL WORLD CUP: JASPERS WINS, 4 EUROPEANS ON THE PODIUM
10/23/2023
The fourth UMB World Cup in 2023 is already at its second day in Veghel, The Netherlands. The first PPPQ round has gone and PPQ are ongoing today. The last 32 main tournament is scheduled on Thursday 26th, KO rounds will take place on 27th and 28th. Afreeca TV is live-streaming the whole event. Dick Jaspers performed an high class tournament in front of his own crowd: he set a new average record for a World Cup final match to 50 points: 50-22 in 12 innings (4,166) against the German... »
MARCO ZANETTI AND MICHELANGELO ANIELLO WON THE INTERNATIONAL BIATHLON-TEAMS CUP OPEN IN CALANGIANUS (ITALY)
09/29/2023
Sunday, October 1st The EXPO of Calangianus was ready this morning to show the final stage of this amazing competition. In the morning session the two semifinals were planned. On the main TV table the all-Italian team of Marco Zanetti and Michelangelo Aniello faced Luc Tran Thanh (Viet Nam) and Daniel Lopez (Italy). Zanetti made immediately clear his intentions scoring the 25 points of the carom fraction in only 6 innings, his opponent could only score 11 points. Consequently the road... »
FIRST EVER INTERNATIONAL BIATHLON-TEAMS CUP OPEN
09/26/2023
INTERNATIONAL BIATHLON TEAMS CUP OPEN The Calangianus EXPO in Sardinia, where the last 5-Pins World Championship was played, is ready to host the first ever world biathlon team cup. The event is organized by the Italian Federation (FISBB) under the auspices of CEB and UMB and with the patronage of the Sardinia authorities. The 32 teams are made up by players coming from 4 continents and will clash over 4 days of competitions. Each team is composed by one 3-cushion player and one 5-pins... »
ARTISTIC WC: DAVID GONZALEZ (MX) TAKES THE GOLD, SILVER FOR TRAN (FR), BRONZE FOR AHRENS (DE) AND CIN (TR)
09/23/2023
The final four are known after 4 days of an exciting and spectacular competition in the beautiful headquarters of TBF. David Gonzalez (MX), Thomas Ahrens (DE), Kevin Tran (FR) and Baris Cin (TR). Today in the semifinals Gonzalez won over Ahrens and Tran had the better of Cin. In the final match David Gonzalez faced Kevin Tran and finally it was the Mexican who prevailed on the Frenchman winning the gold medal for his country at his first appearance in a World Championship. Silver... »
UMB PROMOTING 3-CUSHION IN CHINA
09/22/2023
Dick Jaspers and Tayfun Tasdemir are protagonists of the UMB 3-Cushion Master Exhibition Event in Shangai, China, 23rd and 24th September. Daily sessions starting at 14.00 local time. Read more here for full info and live streaming: »
ANOTHER WORLD GOLD FOR ASIA, SILVER AND BRONZE FOR CEB YOUNG ATHLETES
09/16/2023
UPDATE: The new World Junior Champion is Myeong Gyu Ho from Korea. He won an extremely tense match against Amir Ibraimov (Germany) who takes home a silver medal. It was an uncertain match until the last shots. 35-33 in 37 inning was the final score. The two semifinals were both world class exciting matches with very high averages. Ibraimov won Burak Hashas by 35 to 23 in 21 while Ho won Daniel Sainz Pardo (Spain) by 35-20 in 15 innings. Burak Hashas (Turkiye) and Daniel Sainz... »
ASIAN LADIES ON THE TOP STEPS OF THE PODIUM. BRONZE MEDAL FOR MIRJAM PRUIM (NL).
09/14/2023
Korean Lee Shin Young is the new World Champion at the expenses of Japanese Yuko Nishimoto who got the silver medal. Mirjam Pruim (The Netherlands) and Kim Haeun (Korea) take home a bronze medal. Therese Klompenhouwer, five times world champion, did not shine as we are used to see and found a fierce and skilled opponent. She was eliminated in the quarter finals by the new World Champion. Read more on UMB website. »