RUBEN LEGAZPI WINS THE FIRST KOZOOM CHALLENGE CUP
09/20/2021
Ruben Legazpi from Spain was victorious in a flawless tournament where he got the better of the three best players in the world, Marco Zanetti, Dick Jaspers, and Eddy Merckx in the final match. There was no shortage of surprises in this competition. In the first round, the two favourites made a false start losing their first match and went into the losers pool, Zanetti against Legazpi and Jaspers against Nelin. The young Frenchman Gwendal Marechal made a brilliant start beating Roland... »
ALL ITALIAN PODIUM AT THE GRAND PRIX OF NATIONS
09/20/2021
Amazing 5-Pins Invitational tournament in Calangianus, Sardinia region (Italy). Local Sardinian player Alessandro Mascia defeated all the opponent players with a clean sheet scoring (2-0). World and European champion Michelangelo Aniello was the runner-up, while podium was completed by the other two Italian players Gaetano Romeo and Massimo Caria. Great participation from foreign players. Remarkable among them Maxime Jublot from France who grab a wonderful 5th position. Now next step for... »
BC KLADNO 5 Pins Event 2021
08/30/2021
After 4 days of interesting competition, the BC Kladno 5-Pins event has come to the end. 64 matches were played in the group stage and 31 matches in the KO round. 41 players from 7 nations battled for the final victory. In the semifinals, the tension was high with two 3-2 scores, uncertain until the last inning. In the final, Thomas Hähne had a better start and then maintained this advantage and won over Max Gabel 4:1. For Max, it was already the second final participation in the... »
Dick Jaspers wins World 3-Cushion Grand Prix
07/19/2021
Dick Jaspers wins the World 3-Cushion Grand Prix organized by UMB and Five&Six in South Korea, two Koreans get second and third position, Hwang Bong-Ju and Kim Jung Tae, Torbjörn Blomdahl after a big tournament loses whith Kim and gets the fourth place. Dani Sanchez and Sung-Won Choi win scotch double tournament in the final against Dick Jaspers and Jung-Han Heo. Find all details on UMB website Pictures: UMB / Five&Six »
Raymund Swertz unbeaten in the Classic Race 71/2
07/11/2021
After three exciting days of competition in the Kozoom Studio in Andernos the Dutchman Raymund Swertz is the winner of the first Classic Race played in balkline 71/2. The current European Champion in this discipline did not disappoint the spectators, showing phenomenal speed of execution combined with great technical ability. He remains unbeaten with four consecutive victories, a general average of 61,80, highest runs of 213 and 188. Raymund achieved a personal record of 362 points... »
CEB Board 2021-2025
06/19/2021
Here is the CEB Board elected for 2021-2025: President: Diane Wild (CH) Vice-president: Carlos Borrell (ES) Secretary general: Jean-Pierre Guiraud (FR) Treasurer: Rainer Selgrath (DE) Sports director: Stefano Malacrita (IT) Youth director: Did Schintgen (LU) Assessors: Luca Marzio Garavaglia (IT) and Ümit Özkul (TR) During the 51st CEB General Assembly (by videoconference today), Gabrio Volante (IT) has been elected as CEB Honorary Member. »
Kozoom 3C Challenge Cup: Roland Forthomme wins last group.
06/05/2021
Roland Forthomme won last qualifying group of the Kozoom 3C Challenge Cup. He is now the third player from Belgium to take the last available ticket for the final round to be played in September. The Belgian had an impressive start in the first day by taking a good advantage on the other two competitors but finished the second day with only two sets ahead because of the strong counterattack by Polychronopoulos. The tension was high at the start of the third day but Roland made immediately clear... »
Marco Zanetti is the seventh finalist of the Kozoom 3C Challenge Cup.
05/28/2021
The italian maestro lead the group with 9 sets won after the two first daily session with his usual impressive game. Montes and Kahofer trailed at 5 and 2. Zanetti looked to be easily going to conquer the group. The third session suddenly became a thriller when Montes made a brilliant start winning 5 sets out of the first 6, only 1 went to Kahofer and 1 to Zanetti. The climax was reached in the very last set with the score board saying 10-10-3 but Zanetti did not leave a chance to the two... »
Gwendal Marechal on top of group G in Kozoom 3C Challenge Cup
05/22/2021
The young Frenchman Gwendal Marechal showed a brilliant performance in the three sessions of the latest group of the Kozoom 3C Challenge Cup, gaining his ticket for the final round. He started the first day with a surprising 4-4-0 (playing at 2,000 avg) against the world champion Torbjörn Blomdahl (2,241) and the German Ronny Lindemann who couldn't win one set. In the second day Marechal showed no fear at all and took the lead winning 5 sets and taking an advantage of 4 ahead of the... »
Kozoom 3C Challenge Cup: Dion Nelin is the winner in group E
05/18/2021
Dion Nelin is the winner of group E of the Kozoom 3C Challenge Cup and joins the other 5 group winners for the final round. The Danish player dominated the first day with a 6-1-1 score taking a decisive advantage. In the following 2 days the excitement grew as he faced counterattacks from the two opponents. Both Jose Maria Mas from Spain and the Frenchman Jérôme Barbeillon only succeeded in reducing the gap and in keeping the tension high but they did not treaten his... »