MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR !
12/21/2020
Dear all, CEB would like to thank the federations, players, referees, partners and friends. This year of the pandemic has been the most challenging in our history but, working together, we will come through this crisis. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a safe, happy and prosperous New Year ! The CEB Board »
CEB - NEW COMPETITIONS IN 2021 !
12/15/2020
CEB announces new competitions in 2021 CEB is pleased to announce some very interesting news concerning brand new competitions that will take place in the first half of 2021. Those innovative formats involve both 3-Cushion, with "Kozoom 3-Cushion Challenge Cup" and classic disciplines with "Classic Race Challenge". These two new competitions will be organised in a secure environment with no pandemic risk and will be produced by Kozoom for a high quality... »
UMB - IMPORTANT OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
06/22/2020
Lausanne, June 22nd, 2020 PBA Complaint against UMB - EU-Commission closed the case. Today, UMB received the official notification from the European Commission confirming that the EU-file - AT.40674 - regarding the complaint submitted in September 2019, by the Professional Billiard Association (PBA), the Korean Billiard Players Association (KBPA) and twenty-two (22) individually named Billiard Players against UMB, has been dismissed and closed. UMB... »
IMPORTANT CEB STATEMENT
04/22/2020
Considering the pandemic situation with Coronavirus, CEB and the concerned organizing federations have decided to cancel all CEB championships and camps (training camps, referee camps) until the end of the season (31.August 2020). In order to give to the organizers, impacted by these cancellations, the opportunity to postpone their event already next season, the CEB Board has decided to move the alternation with the regrouped European... »
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... »