Ladies and Juniors come together in Turkey
09/12/2018
Izmir, Turkey’s third city, will be the center of the billiard world for a week. Two tournaments, both lasting three days, will be held back to back on the Anatolia coast. First, the Ladies World Championship, with Orie Hida from Japan as the defending champion, will be played on 18, 19 and 20 September. Immediately following it on 21, 22 and 23 September will be the Junior World Championship with Carlos Anguita from Spain defending his title. In the Ladies event, most eyes will... »
CEB Sport-Rules
08/30/2018
Dear Sport Friends, The CEB Sport-Rules are updated for the season 2018/2019 and published now on the CEB website. Main changes: - Youth: o Creation of EC Biathlon (3C, 5P) U21 national teams o EC Libre U19 is removed (only 4 nations in 2018) o Adaptation of the number of players (from 16 to 24 for the EC 3C U21, from 8 to 12 for EC 5P U21, etc) - ... »
Sport news
07/10/2018
Dear all, Sport News : - The inscriptions for the Word Championships 3C Ladies and U22 in Izmir (TR) are now open. Deadline: 17.August - CEB Board has decided, considering the success of the 2018 edition, to give, for the 3 coming seasons, the organization of Coupe d’Europe 3C (qualifications and final) to FC Porto. The official dates for 2019 (probably end of June) will be published very soon. - The “permissions to play” for Coupes d’Europe 2019... »
A double win for Europe in Porto
07/09/2018
The World Cup season started in Antalya, with a win for Frédéric Caudron. Quyet Chien Tran then won in his home city of Ho Chi Minh, and Jaspers captured Blankenberge. The fourth World Cup of 2018 was again a victory march for the best player in the world. He suffered a surprise defeat in Blankenberge at the hands of David Zapata, but in this event, there was no stopping him. A 2.380 general average, five convincing wins and a 20th World Cup victory for the nr. 1 player on the... »
Haeng Jik Kim defends his World Cup title in sunny Porto.
06/29/2018
From 2 – 8 July, the fourth World Cup of 2018 will take place in Porto, Portugal, a city that has already seen such high-quality 3-cushion this year. You may remember, the European Championship for club teams recently took place there and the Turks of FBN Tekstil BSK were triumphant. This time, it’s an individual tournament, and Porto traditionally gives us a win by one of the greats in the game. To refresh your memory: Haeng Jik Kim (2017), Caudron (2016), Blomdahl (2015) and... »
Official campaign to bring billiards to the Olympic Games Paris 2024
06/21/2018
https://www.change.org/p/bringing-billiards-to-the-olympic-games-2024 This is the official campaign to bring billiards as an additional sport to the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The World Confederation of Billiards Sports (WCBS) is running a campaign to prove the worthiness of billiard sport to the International Olympic Committee. On the 21st of March, 2018, The WCBS officially presented to the IOC the candidacy of billiards as an additional sport to the Paris Olympic Games 2024 in full... »
A European final day in Blankenberge
06/18/2018
After the Asian dominance in Ho Chi Minh city, the World Cup in Blankenberge (Belgium) was once again a European affair. Even though aces like Caudron, Blomdahl and Zanetti went out early, a Dutchman saved the day. Dick Jaspers, the best 3-cushion player in history to come from the Netherlands, had lost four World Cup finals in a row, and doubt was creeping in. Blankenberge 2018 may prove to be the turnaround for him: he beat Semih Sayginer in the final (40-33 in 17) to win his 23d career... »
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.... »