CEB Statement
07/16/2019
Déclaration Le comité de la CEB a pris acte de la décision de suspension par l’UMB des joueurs ayant participé au Tournoi PBA du mois de juin 2019 et adhère à cette décision. En plus des conséquences sur les championnats continentaux, ces sanctions auront aussi des conséquences sur les compétitions organisées exclusivement par la CEB (Coupes d’Europe notamment). Conformément à ses... »
The world champion adds a 25th World Cup
07/07/2019
After a week of team play in the “stadium of dragons”, Porto switched to individual 3-cushion on the highest level. Where the first week was mostly a showcase for Frédéric Caudron, the world number two, the second week belonged to the world number one. Dick Jaspers needed a few miraculous escapes to get to the final of the Porto World Cup, and his opponent Haeng Jik Kim even had a 33-35 lead. The Dutchman had the best finish: 40-36 in 21 innings. Jaspers stays in firm... »
BC Baulois and Frédéric Caudron steal the show in Porto
07/01/2019
After a long week of qualification matches and final group matches, the last day of the European Team Championship had the four strongest foursomes in the semifinals. Hosts FC Porto, with Jaspers, Sánchez, Rui Costa and Ferreira were in with a chance, as were title defenders FBN Tekstil from Turkey (Tasdemir, Coklu, Capak and Salman). The two dangerous outsiders were BK Gröndal from Sweden (Nelin, Knudsen, Haack-Sörensen and Lohse), and of course BC Baulois from France, with... »
Coupe d’Europe in Porto followed by World Cup.
07/01/2019
It’s a regular stop on the World Cup tour, and a popular one with the players. Who wouldn’t want to spend a few days in the beautiful and historic city of Porto, and play billiards in the famed “Pavillon Dragon Calxa”? This will be the eleventh time (since 1995) the Portuguese hosts welcome a World Cup. To refresh your memory: the first WC of 2019 was won by Tayfun Tasdemir (Antalya), the second by Frédéric Caudron (Ho Chi Minh) and the third by... »
Coupe d’Europe 3-Cushion 2019 - PORTO
06/26/2019
C Created 60 years ago, the Coupe d’Europe 3-Cushion is still organized by FC Porto this year. All the best players in Europe are there, in order to win this prestigious trophy. Qualifications, from the 26 to the 28th of June, with 21 teams Final round: on the 29th and 30th of June. All results here https://www.eurobillard.org/events/coupe-deurope-3-cushion-qualifications-and-final-124.html Live, for all games, on www.kozoom.com »
Palazon, the junior champion, is now a World Cup winner.
06/24/2019
On the last day of the Blankenberge World Cup, the odds were on three different players: Jung Han Heo, Torbjörn Blomdahl and Martin Horn. The Korean had impressed with his win over Caudron in 14 innings, and he looked in better control of his nerves than ever. The German had brought his “La Baule” game to Belgium, and looked a candidate for his third World Cup. The Swede had eliminated Jaspers and was eager to climb a few spots on the ranking. A new victory would be his... »
Who will follow Tayfun Tasdemir and Frédéric Caudron?
06/15/2019
Ocean views are what make Blankenberge a tourist attraction all year long. But next week. most tourists will be billiard lovers who look the other way: to the Casino where the world’s best play 3-cushion. The 2019 World Cup season opened in Antalya, where Tayfun Tasdemir was the winner over Jae Ho Cho. That event was followed by Ho Chi Minh, where Frédéric Caudron beat his countryman Roland Forthomme in the final. The season is still young, but... »
ESPA 2019 5-Pins tournament in ROESELARE (BE)
06/14/2019
The 6th edition of ESPA 19 at 5-Pins In Roeselare (BE) ended with the victory of CRB Léopold (BE) with the following players: Trentino Ismael - Carbognin Giovanni Garavaglia Luca - Memmi Gianluca Cosci Mickele - Carbognin Giovanni At the second place the local team DOS1 (BE) with the players Primon Thomas - Henriksen Kim Debaes Peter - Mostery Peter The... »
WC 5-Pins 2019 - Qualification Tournament Procedure
06/11/2019
Attached all needed informations for the "players registration at the qualification tournament" to be played in Italy in order to qualify the 8 players from CEB Federations to be add to the seeded players in the WC Main Tournament at Pistoia on 16-20 October 2019. WC 5-Pins 2019 - Qualification Tournament Procedure »
Formidable Caudron wins his 21st World Cup
05/26/2019
Did we have to travel all the way to Vietnam to find out? Whether we did, or stayed at home to watch it all on Kozoom: The Ho Chi Minh tournament once again taught us two basic truths about our sport. Here they are: Of all the 3-cushion countries in the world, Belgium is the best. And of all the Belgians, Caudron is the best. The Ho Chi Minh tournament has only been on the calendar for five years, but it never fails to deliver high quality 3-cushion and surprising results. In this 2019... »