CEB SPORT NEWS: LONGONI NEXT GEN
09/11/2023
Click here for the full web version. LONGONI EXCLUSIVE SPONSORSHIP FOR YOUTH RENEWED CEB is very happy to announce the renewal of the Longoni sponsorship for the season 2023/2024, to continue developing and growing youth billiards together. Longoni will continue to be the main and exclusive CEB sponsor for the whole range of youth activities. The biggest change for the season 2023/24 is the focus on 3-cushion, with no... »
VIETNAM ON TOP OF THE WORLD: GOLD FOR BAO AND SILVER FOR TRAN. TASDEMIR GOT THE BRONZE.
09/10/2023
The World Championship 3-Cushion had an unpredictable ending. The young outsider Phuong Vinh Bao (28 years old) from Vietnam is the new world champion. He won the final against his more famed and favorite compatriot Quyet Chien Tran who took home the silver medal. Thirds on the podium Myung Woo Cho (South Korea) and Tayfun Tasdemir (Turkiye). The World Players Ranking had undergone significant changes: Marco Zanetti is now number 1, Dick Jaspers lost the leading position after a very long time... »
ANKARA, WORLD CAPITAL OF BILLIARD
09/04/2023
ANKARA, WORLD CAPITAL OF BILLIARD The exceptional Turkish Billiards Federation headquarters in Golbasi (Ankara) is ready to host a marathon of 4 UMB World Individual Championships in a row. The show will start in 2 days. The first one in the schedule is the World Championship 3-Cushion Individual (September, 6th to 10th). It will be followed by World Championship 3-Cushion Ladies (12th to 14h) and Juniors U22 (15th to 17th). Last in the schedule is the World Championship Artistic (29th to... »
CEB SPORT NEWS
09/03/2023
Click here for the full web version. 1. CURRENTLY OPEN REGISTRATIONS The registrations for the World Championships 5-Pins Ladies and National Teams in Hall in Tirol (Austria) are currently open on CEB website. 2. CALENDAR NEWS 5-Pins and Biathlon The European Championships Biathlon and 5-Pins "All-in-one" will take place in Calangianus (Italy) in January 2024, 13th to 21st. CEB Board has created a new EC: The European Championship Biathlon National... »
CEB 3-CUSHION TRAINING CAMP FOR WOMEN
09/02/2023
This weekend it’s time for another 3-cushion training camp for women, with Therese Klompenhouwer returning as head coach. 6 women gathered at the club in De Ploeg, Belgium, for two days of practicing and socializing. The camp is a great way for the athletes to prepare for the new season and for some of them also the World Championship 3-cushion Ladies that will take place in Turkey in just a couple of weeks. The camp had 6 spots available and they were quickly filled. Due to the big... »
ITALIAN THOMAS PRIMON CONQUESTS KLADNO 5-PINS EVENT
08/27/2023
The Italian top player Thomas Giovanni Primon wins the BC Kladno 5-Pins Event, for the second time in three editions of the tournament that is willing to become a two-year classic. Primon prevailed over the Belgian Peter Debaes by 4-0 in the final. A good result also for the Belgian after the win of the Coupe d’Europe with his club team, DOS Roeselare, in Ikast in June. Primon never lost a single set during all the event, and this is a clear sign of his strenght. Third position... »
BC KLADNO 5-PINS EVENT 2023
08/22/2023
The third edition of the well known 5-Pins event is organized by the Billiard Club Kladno and the Czech Billiard Federation. The event is ready to start in the Billiard Club Kladno, in the city of Kladno (Czech Republic). Forty 5-Pins players from all over Europe, included 3 women, will join this tournament that is the closing event of the CEB sport season 2022-2023. 10 groups of 4 are set up in the qualification rounds, followed by a Knock-out stage. The qualification rounds will start... »
WORLD 3-CUSHION SURVIVAL 2023: POLYCHRONOPOULOS WINS
08/20/2023
The first World 3-Cushion Survival by Afreeca TV ended today. Nikos Polychronopoulos (Greece) conquered his first victory in the popular survival format in Seoul, South Korea, taking home the first prize of $ 50000. Tayfun Tasdemir (Turkiye) finished second. In the women section Therese Klopenhouwer (The Netherlands) reached the third place in a final poule with 3 Koreans. First place went to Lee Shin Young. More info on UMB website. »
NATHAN DURIEZ WINS LAST LONGONI NEXTGEN GRAND PRIX
08/06/2023
The final day of the Longoni NextGen Circuit 2022-2023 in the Campomarte billiard club in Brescia was really exciting. We celebrate today the podium of this last 3-cushion event and the overall standings for this season. In the first semifinal Burak Hashas had few difficulties against Amir Ibraimov, beating him by 35-20 in 40 innings. In the second semifinal Nathan Duriez performed an excellent match winning on Seymen Ozbas by 35-25 in 31. The final was an extremely tense and tactical... »
LONGONI NEXTGEN, LAST ACT FOR 2022-2023
08/02/2023
The last appointment of the Longoni NextGen circuit for this sport season is going to happen this weekend in Brescia (Italy) in the ASD Campomarte, organized by the Italian Federation of Billiard and Bowling (FISBB). The second 3-Cushion Grand Prix U21 is ready to start. The venue had to be changed last minute because of the severe storm that last week damaged the already planned premises of the ASD Cittadino Billiards. Three wild cards for the next European Championship 3-Cushion... »