A changing of the guards in Antalya
02/18/2019
The first World Cup of the 2019 cycle has rocked and amazed the world of 3-cushion. On the final day, two Turks, a Vietnamese and a Korean player were left standing. All the favorites had been eliminated early, and the world ranking was shaken up. Tayfun Tasdemir had the steady hand and the sharp focus on Sunday afternoon, when it mattered most: he beat Korea’s Jae Ho Cho in the final. The earlier days had seen several highlights. Martin Horn ended a match with a run of 18. Nikos... »
EC 2019 in Brandenburg an der Havel
02/12/2019
The clock is ticking! The opening shot of this year’s European Billiards Championships is going to be made in two month in Brandenburg an der Havel. This major billiards event unites all popular billiards disciplines in one big Championship hold biennially. More than 500 athletes from 20 nations are going to compete for the European titles. The sports enthusiastic city right outside the borders of Berlin hosted the competition 3 times before in 2013, 2015 and 2017. Since the... »
2019 World Cup season opens in Turkey
02/03/2019
Antalya, Turkey will be the kickoff for the new World Cup cycle of 2019. From 11 – 17 February, the Turkish Riviera hosts the world’s best players in the 178th World Cup played since 1986. The Turkish federation has given wildcards to Lütfi Cenet and Birol Uymaz, the UMB wildcard was awarded to Pedro Piedrabuena. Seeded players in Antalya are Jaspers, Caudron, Merckx, Sayginer, Zanetti, J.H. Cho, Tran, Bury, N.Q. Nguyen, J.H. Heo, Sidhom, Tasdemir, Coklu and S.W. Choi.... »
WORLD TEAM TROPHY – BILLIARDS (carom, pool & snooker)
01/31/2019
11&12 March 2019, Roissy (France) Following a most successful official campaign launch at the Eiffel Tower on 30th November 2018, the WCBS, FFB (French Billiard Federation) and Billard 2024 will co-host a team event in Roissy, near Paris called “World Team Trophy”. This event will showcase our three disciplines with each team being composed by 1 snooker player, 1 pool player and 1 carom player (3 cushion). This presentation is a demonstration... »
Sport News – Brandenburg 2019
12/21/2018
Sport News – Brandenburg 2019 : Information about Brandenburg 2019 (18 European Championships - from the 25th of April in the evening to the 5th of May) is now published in the CEB calendar. General information about Brandenburg (location, hotel, general timetable): https://www.eurobillard.org/events/european-championships-2019-94.html Inscriptions will be open on the 8th of January 2019 – Deadline: 24th of February 2019. Happy End-of-Year... »
Coupe d’Europe Classic Teams
12/21/2018
Coupe d’Europe Classic Teams According to the results of the 2 Qualifications, here are the groups of the Final in Douarnenez (FR) at the end of March (all details on https://www.eurobillard.org/events/coupe-deuope-classic-teams-final-131.html ) Group A: Douarnenez (FR), Merklinde (DE) and Chartres(FR) Group B : Bochum (DE), Oissel (FR) and De Picardie (NL) Detailed results of the... »
Asia on the rise, Europe still in charge
12/17/2018
The golden generation of 3-cushion players from Europe is getting on a bit, in age. But they refuse to give up the throne. Eight players in their fifties and forties, all from Europe, showed eight players in their forties, thirties and twenties, all from Asia that there is still a gap to be closed. In a race to 600 points, the players from Korea and Vietnam were beaten 600 – 483. Asia averaged 1.472, Europe 1.829. The tournament in Eysines near Bordeaux was a splendid... »
The Ceulemans Cup: it’s Europe against Asia
12/12/2018
Golf fans love the Ryder Cup, pool fans consider the Mosconi Cup the highlight of the year. Now, 3-cushion lovers can look forward to a similar event. In the first edition of the “Ceulemans Cup”, from 14 – 16 December, eight European players will compete with eight Asians. The location is Eysines near Bordeaux, France. This initiative is another collaboration between the UMB and Kozoom, following the 3CC and Survival tournaments. All matches of the three-day... »
Jaspers adds a World Cup win to his world title, leads the ranking.
12/09/2018
In twelve years of “Hurghada” tournaments, Dick Jaspers had never managed to win. He broke that bad tradition this Saturday afternoon. The final World Cup of the season was won by the Dutchman, who beat his main rival Frédéric Caudron in a nervous final: 40 – 34 in 21 innings. The two best players in the world can both look back on a wonderful year: Caudron won the World Cup cycle for 2018, Jaspers won the world title and both players won two World... »
Caudron wins the 2018 cycle, but who will win Hurghada?
11/29/2018
The seventh and last tournament in the World Cup cycle of 2018 will take place in the familiar surroundings of Hurghada, Egypt. The venue, Sheraton Somabay, is new to billiards, Hurghada certainly isn’t. This is the 12th time already, that the world’s best billiard players come to “the place where it all began”. The overall World Cup win for the season is no longer at stake: Frédéric Caudron will win it, regardless of the results in Hurghada.... »