FBN Tekstil BSK dethrones FC Porto
06/11/2018
After a long week in the Estadio Do Dragao, the Turkish foursome of Tekstil BSK were crowned the new European team champions. Tayfun Tasdemir, Murat Naci Coklu, Can Capak and Gokhan Salman were the strongest team on a final day with four teams left, and each of those had an honest chance of winning the event. The surprising opponent of the Turks in the final was SIS Schoonmaak from The Hague, Netherlands. Tekstil’s players had higher rankings, two of the Turks are World Cup winners no... »
Gülsen Degener surprise winner of the 2018 Ladies Cup
06/11/2018
Turkish national champion Gülsen Degener is the winner of the 2018 Ladies Cup, held in Rosmalen (the Netherlands). The 50-year old player upset the pre-tournament favorite Therese Klompenhouwer, beating her in a quality final: 30 – 24 in 28 innings. Degener has won many second and third places on the international stage, but usually had to concede the win to either Orie Hida or Therese Klompenhouwer. This time however, she rose to the occasion and played a tactically superior... »
Third World Cup of 2018 takes place on the Belgian coast.
06/09/2018
The Belgian seaside city of Blankenberge will provide the backdrop for the third World Cup of 2018, from 11 – 17 June. Just to refresh your memory: the first was in Antalya, Turkey, where Caudron was victorious, and the second was in Ho Chi Minh City, with Quyet Chien Tran as the winner. Blankenberge is not a new name in billiards, on the contrary. Belgian players have gathered in the Blankenberge casino to compete for their national titles in a multi-discipline event for twenty years.... »
Porto is Europe’s billiard capital for a week
06/07/2018
From 6 – 10 June, the beautiful city of Porto (Portugal) will host the 60th edition of the Coupe d’ Europe, the most prestigious prize that can be won by club teams from CEB countries. For the first time, the qualification rounds are not scattered all over Europe; they take place in the same venue as the final. That location is the Academia de Bilhar FC Porto, inside the Stadio Do Dragao, where eight tables await the players. The organizing club (FC Porto) is also the... »
“De Hazelaar” welcomes female European 3-cushion stars.
06/07/2018
The well-known Sports Center De Hazelaar in Rosmalen (the Netherlands) will host the 2018 European Ladies Cup 3-cushion, from 8 – 10 June. It will be the last event in this format: from 2019, the women will once again participate in a women’s championship at the Brandenburg multi-EC. This tournament in Rosmalen, even if it has no European title attached, carries enough weight. The participating federations can earn their place in the upcoming Women’s World Championship in... »
First tournament of the Euro league 5-Pins 2018
06/05/2018
From 1st to 3rd of June in ROESELARE (Belgium) We entered with great expectations in the implementation of this new competition and we were not disappointed. The participating clubs had sent the strongest of their sportsmen, going as far as to take the example to the 3-cushion and to engage the best possible elements in other countries. Four former world champions and many high-quality athletes were on hand and showed the many spectators their skills. There were still surprises. See the... »
Vietnam shakes up the 3-cushion establishment
05/28/2018
The Ho Chi Minh City World Cup was an astounding success, from the point of view of the home country. Three Vietnamese players were in the semifinals, with just one European: the reigning world champion Frédéric Caudron. The starring roles were for Quyet Chien Tran, Dinh Nai Ngo and Nguyen Quoc Nguyen, as they sent a message to Western Europe. It read: Vietnam, next to Korea, is now a leading power in the world of 3-cushion. It was Quyet Chien Tran who won twice on... »
Information about Training-Camps for juniors 3-cushion players
05/22/2018
CEB and UMB are organizing 3-cushion training sessions for european juniors. Please find in the attachment the information about these Training weeks organized in Murcia / Spain. As you can see, nearly all the fees are taken in charge. In case of interest, contact your National Federation and Dietmar Schintgen. You will be contacted in the first june week. For all supplementary question, don’t hesitate to contact me:... »
All eyes will be on Ho Chi Minh City next week
05/15/2018
The second World Cup of 2018 will start on 21 May, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. A surprising number of strong European players will travel to the far east, to participate in this event. Just to name a few: Palazon and Martinez from Spain, Horn and Jaeschke from Germany, Michael and Tonny Carlsen from Denmark, Hofman and de Bruijn from the Netherlands, Capak, Uymaz, Cenet, Tasdemir, Bulut, Alp and Sayginer from Turkey, Leppens and Forthomme from Belgium, Kahofer from Austria, Kasidokostas,... »
Turkish World Cup is Belgian triumph
04/30/2018
The first man on the ranking list was also the last man standing. When all is said and done, Caudron is simply the best, as he proved once again in the Antalya World Cup of 2018. His dominance of global 3-cushion was underlined in a week of heavy scoring: Caudron’s pace was 2.739 over 5 matches, and that was only an inning short of the world record. Europe kept the Asian challenge in check: the podium had a Belgian, a Turk, a Spaniard and a Korean. The reigning world champion and leader... »