PORTO - WORLD CUP 2017
07/10/2017
Haeng Jik Kim can do it all. Porto - What more is there in the future of Haeng Jik Kim? In Porto, he added a first World Cup victory to his already impressive resume: four junior world titles and an Asian Confederational title. We might as well say it: the young man is almost destined to become world champion soon. Truth be told, the draw in Porto did help. Many favorite players (Jaspers, Caudron, Zanetti) were eliminated early, and Kim could fairly comfortably win his first few... »
CEB Info N°1
07/09/2017
English The new CEB board met in Lausanne for their first meeting on 1 and 2 July 2017. It benefits from the skills and experience of Johny Houtsch as "Office Manager". Important decisions were taken, in line with the mandates program, including: The need to organize annual European Championships in all disciplines, 3C Individual, 3C National Team, Classics (cadres 47/2, 71/2 and one cushion), Artistic, Women 3C and Free game. Applications can now be sent to the CEB for the... »
European Ladies Cup 3-Cushion and Libre - Rosmalen (NL) - 16-18 June 2017
06/19/2017
ROSMALEN - She lost her world title recently, but that has not affected her spirit. Therese Klompenhouwer is still one of the best female players in the world, and she proved it during the European Ladies Cup in Rosmalen this week. At this CEB event, there was no competition from Japanese or Korean players, so Klompenhouwer dealt with familiar faces. Surprisingly, the experienced ladies (Degener, Le Bruyn, Jetten) could not make an impression, and younger candidates made it to the... »
ESPA 5-PINS FOR CLUB TEAMS – ROESELARE (BELGIUM) – 08-11/06/2017
06/17/2017
The Swiss Club DIAMANTE LUGANO wins for the 4th consecutive year the International Tournament ESPA 5-PINS for CLUB TEAMS held in Roeselare (Belgium) on June 8-11, 2017, against sixteen Teams coming from many European contries. The Swiss Dream Team composed by three World Champions Matteo Gualemi, Gustavo Torregiani, Giampiero Rosanna plus Sandro Giachetti, Ivan Franzese and Orazio Aime, after a qualifying round without problems, has struggled a lot in the last final match against the German... »
PORTO - FINAL Coupe d´Europe 3 CUSHION CLUB TEAMS
06/15/2017
PORTO - Porto has already made a name for itself, hosting many World Cup tournaments. Now, the arena of the Academia de Bilhar, in the famous Estadio Do Dragao, welcomes the best European club teams in the battle for the Coupe d' Europe from Friday 9 to Sunday 11 June. Top players such as Dani Sánchez, Torbjörn Blomdahl, Eddy Merckx, Murat Naci Coklu and Tayfun Tasdemir, will perform with their teams. The title holders are the Turks of Gaziantepspor, this time... »
EUROPEAN LADIES CUP – 16 to 18 JUNE
06/13/2017
ROSMALEN - The southern Dutch city of Rosmalen has become one of the billiard hotspots in the country, hosting both national and international events. From 16 - 18 June, the tables in De Hazelaar will be reserved for the European Ladies Cup, a two-headed tournament with both 3-cushion and free game prizes to be won. In the 3-cushion discipline, 16 ladies from 10 different countries will compete. The free game event is a bit smaller, with 8 participants. Number one seed in the 3-cushion event... »
A new CEB board has been elected today
05/20/2017
The new president is Diane Wild - Switzerland. The new Secretary General is Pierre Reynaert - France. A new assessor is Benny Van Goethem - Belgium. The CEB Board is constitued by Did Schintgen – Jean Pierre Guiraud - Diane Wild – Benny Van Goethem – Carlos Borrell – Rainer Selgrath – Gabrio Volante – Pierre Reynaert. During this congress, the new discipline Eurokegel was provisory accepted for two years, in order to be confirmed in 2019. The new... »
Billiards was the big winner in Brandenburg
05/08/2017
BRANDENBURG - A ten day marathon came to an end on Sunday, and the Stahlpalast closed its doors. No fewer than 500 billiard players had made an appearance, more than 800 matches had been played. Belgium came out on top of the medal list, as the most successful country. In the opening days, all eyes were on the 3-cushion individual, probably the most prestigious European title to be won every other year. A young and talented Spaniard, David Martinez, found himself in the company of three big... »