ZANETTI AND FORTHOMME WIN GROUPS C & D - KOZOOM CHALLENGE CUP
04/12/2022
Two more groups of the Kozoom 3C Challenge Cup are on stage: group C and D will play from 12th to 14th April. Group C: Marco Zanetti, Ruben Legazpi, Arnim Kahofer Group D: Nikos Polychronopoulos, Roland Forthomme, Dave Christiani. Games started today with first session of both groups. Six sets were played for each group. Day 1 - April 12th: In group C Marco Zanetti took a strong leading position winning 4 sets, Kahofer and Legazpi are chasing with 1 set won each. In... »
EUROYOUTH 2022: ALL THE TITLES.
04/10/2022
The much awaited Euro Youth 2022 come to the end. CEB wishes to thank all contributors to the success of this event. FIBiS, all national federations, the players that competed in a strong fair-play mood, the whole referee group and of course the Billiard Club Desio for its kindness and much appreciated collaboration. Here are the new European Junior Champions for the sport season 2021/2022. Biathlon U21... »
EURO YOUTH 2022: FIRST TITLE AND SEMIFINALS
04/08/2022
SATURDAY 9TH: In the EC Biathlon U21 semifinals Italy 2 and Denmark 1 teams prevailed respectively on France and Netherlands. In the final match team Denmark 1 (Mortensen/Soendergaard) had the better on the Italians defending champions Di Gabriele/Cucchiara for 200/152. Denmark got the first gold medal of this Euro Youth edition. In the EC 3C U21 Kogelbauer, Seleventas, Mayor, Sainz-Pardo, Akkoca, Kristiansen, Amir Ibraimov and Falangas were the winners in the last 1/6. They... »
EURO YOUTH 2022
04/05/2022
Thursday 7th April Euro Youth 2022 will be on the starting line after the cancellation of two editions in 2020 and 2021 because of the Covid crisis. The Italian Billiard Federation (FIBiS) will organize the competition in the city of Desio, few kilometres north of Milano, in the Billiard Club Desio. Five juniors CEB titles are at stake in Desio: 3-Cushion U21 5-Pin U21 Biathlon U21 National Teams Free Games U21 3-Cushion U17 (small tables) 51 players representing 11 CEB... »
JASPERS AGAIN!
04/03/2022
In the Las Vegas World Cup Dick Jaspers did it again. The Dutchman won his third big event in a row, the 27th World Cup in his career. It was 19 years ago when last World Cup took place in the Usa, that was in LasVegas back then. Sameh Sidhom from Egypt played the final against Jaspers. He took a small advantage at the start but soon he lost it, anyway he fought until the end showing an exciting end. Final result: 50-43 in 30/29 innings. Semifinal losers were Jeremy Bury (France) and... »
GOLD MEDAL FOR BERNARD BAUDOIN IN PAIPORTA
03/27/2022
The European Championship 1-Cushion is just finished in the Club Billar Paiporta. Bernard Baudoin, also known as the main sponsor of Kozoom, shown a flawless tournament and rushed to the gold medal. The silver medal was awarded to Arnim Kahofer from Austria, author of an excellent performance. The bronze medals went to the two semifinal losers: Xavier Leroy (France) and Nikolaos Gerassimopoulos playing for Greece. The Frenchman prevailed on some of the favorites players for... »
JASPERS AND NILSSON WON GROUP A&B OF THE KOZOOM 3C CHALLENGE CUP
03/24/2022
The first two groups of the Kozoom 3C Challenge Cup 2022 have their winners. In group A Dick Jaspers left no rooms for his two rivals. The Dutchman won by a large margin with 14 sets, Therese Klompenhouwer won 3 sets, only 1 set for the young Italian Alessio D'Agata, Jaspers averaged 2,695, Klompenhouwer 1,370, D'Agata 1,000. Best runs of 10, 8 and 5. In group B there was an hard and exciting head to head all along the three days between Costa and Nilsson, Nelin trailing. Only... »
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 1-CUSHION
03/24/2022
European Championships in classics disciplines is just around the corner and finally will start again tomorrow after the long Covid stop with the 1-Cushion EC in Paiporta (Valencia), Spain, organized by the Royal Spanish Billiard Federation and the Club Billar Paiporta. 22 players representing 8 nations are expected from 25th to 27th March 2022. Group games to 100 points are scheduled from March 25th to March 26th. The 8 group winners will play the quarter finals on Saturday 26th at... »
KOZOOM 3C CHALLENGE CUP 2022: GROUPS A & B
03/20/2022
Kozoom 3C Challenge Cup 2022 is ready to start in the Kozoom Studio in Andernos-les-Bains. The original format of the first edition is maintained, the three player of each group will play on one billiard at the same time. A special set of Aramith ball will be used. 8 qualification groups are planned, the 8 group winners will play a final round in a double KO format in September. The distance has been reduced to 18 sets to 10 points, who will win most of the sets will advance to the final... »
TURKEY DEFENDS HIS WORLD TITLE
03/13/2022
Turkey defends his world-title At the World 3-Cushion Team Championships in Viersen/Germany, Turkey successfully defended the title of 2019. The final between the Turks and the big surprise of the weekend, Team Colombia, saw very even games especially in the first half. On both tables, high series were missing. Only shortly before the obligatory 5-minute break, Can Capak could pull away against Huberney Catano of 23:16. On the TV table, Pedro Gonzalez scored five points in a row for the... »