DOUARNENEZ VALDYS WINS COUPE D'EUROPE CLASSIC FOR CLUBS.
03/15/2020
Douarnenez Valdys complete their trilogy. Mixed emotions ruled in the home of Douarnenez Valdys, where the home team won the third Coupe d’ Europe in a row, beating the other French team of BC Oissel in the final. In the midst of the Covid 19 crisis, this billiard event was finished without spectators. Douarnenez has quietly become the “new Etikon”, the Dutch team that ruled this event for years. In 2020, the threesome of Raymund Swertz, Marek Faus and Greg le Deventec... »
DOUARNENEZ TO HOST COUPE D'EUROPE
03/10/2020
The European Championship for club teams in the technical disciplines is commonly known as the “Coupe d’Europe”, and it is the most prestigious prize in its kind. This weekend, Douarnenez Valdys (France) will host three days of excellence in 47/2, 71/2 and 1-cushion, from 13-15 March. Six teams will compete, and they are split up in two groups of three. Each team consists of three players, one in each discipline. For 47/2, the match length is 250 points, for 71/2 it is 200... »
SANCHEZ WINS BOTH CEB AND UMB GOLD
02/23/2020
As strong as the Vietnamese, Korean and Turkish players have become, the golden generation of Western-European 3-cushion stars will not give up. Two of the best were in the final of the Antalya World Cup. The opening event of the 2020 cycle had three Vietnamese players in the last eight, but a Spaniard ran off with first prize. Antalya was his home for two weeks. Not only did Dani Sánchez win the CEB European team title, with his compadre Ruben Legazpi, he also won the UMB World... »
SPAIN IS THE NEW EUROPEAN CHAMPION FOR NATIONAL TEAM!
02/16/2020
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP NATIONAL TEAMS 2019/2020, ANTALYA Spain takes the title in the Scotch-Double. Today's final of the 3-Cushion European Championship for National Teams in Antalya/Turkey was as exciting as a thriller. The hosts with Semih Sayginer and Murat Naci Coklu met Daniel Sanchez and Ruben Legazpi from Spain. The duel between Sayginer and Sanchez turned out to be a great game at the highest level. Already in the second inning Sanchez scored seven for a 9:2-lead, but Sayginer... »
FIRST WORLD CUP FOR 2020: ANTALYA - TURKEY
02/16/2020
Immediately following two CEB events, the European Championships for Ladies and the European Championship for National teams, the Turkish city of Antalya will host the first UMB World Cup of 2020. As it was in 2019, the 2020 cycle will have seven World Cups to decide who follows Dick Jaspers as the overall WC winner of the year. Antalya will be followed by World Cups in Ho Chi Minh City, Porto, Guri, Veghel, Cheongju and Sharm El Sheikh. Fourteen players have been seeded for the... »
EC NATIONAL TEAMS 2019/2020, ANTALYA
02/14/2020
Magazine Media Page - Photo Galleries and Newsletters EC National Teams Results DAY 2 - Host-nation Turkey reaches semi-finals. Today the participants of tomorrow's semifinals were determined at the European 3-Cushion National Team Championships in Antalya. Before that, decisive group matches were scheduled, which provided a few surprises. For example defending champion Belgium 1 dropped out of the tournament due to another draw against the second team of the Netherlands. Eddy... »
THERESE KLOMPENHOUWER WINS THE GOLD MEDAL
02/13/2020
Magazine Media Page - Photo Galleries and Newsletters EC Ladies Results Therese Klompenhouwer wins the gold medal Therese Klompenhouwer is the old and new Women’s 3-Cushion European Champion. At the championships in Antalya, Turkey, the Dutchwoman won the final against her compatriot Karina Jetten with 30:20 after 21 innings. At the beginning of the final, both players were equal, with Jetten even taking a slight lead of 11:8 after ten innings. Only a few moments later,... »
EC 3-CUSHION LADIES AND NATIONAL TEAMS: MEDIA PAGE AND RESULTS
02/04/2020
Magazine Media Page - Photo Galleries and Newsletters EC Ladies Results EC National Teams Announcement In the week leading up to the UMB World Cup in Antalya, the CEB takes center stage in the same location. From February 11th – 13th, the European 3-cushion championship for ladies will take place in Antalya/Turkey, and from February 13th – 16th, it’s the European 3-cushion championship for national teams. Both events will take place in the Limak Atlantis Resort &... »
CONTINENTAL CUP: A TRIUMPH FOR THE ASIAN EIGHT
12/23/2019
The 2019 Continental Cup, the Ryder Cup of 3-cushion, produced one of the most shocking upsets in history, when the eight players from Asia defeated their eight European opponents by an enormous margin: 600 – 451. It was an even bigger win than the one recorded last year in France, when the inaugural Continental Cup was won by Europe, 600 – 483. No European player looked for excuses. “We were simply outplayed in most matches, they were better.” It was true, and... »
CONTINENTAL CUP: THE REMATCH
12/17/2019
It’s eight against eight, it’s Europe against Asia: the Continental Cup is to 3-cushion what the Ryder Cup is to golf and the Mosconi Cup to pool. Last year, the inaugural edition of this event, held in Eysines, France, was emphatically won by the European team: 600 – 483 in 328 innings (1.829 – 1.472). Naturally, the event now moves to the other continent. Seoul, South Korea will host the second edition, now named “e-BEST CONTINENTAL CUP”. The... »