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.... »
European referee rules
11/28/2018
Dear all, The European referee rules are on our website: https://www.eurobillard.org/medias/admin/e-referee-rules.pdf The changes are underlined in yellow. Pierre REYNAERT CEB Secretary General »
Merckx wins sixth edition of “Lausanne”
11/25/2018
The Olympic city Lausanne is host to one of the best invitational tournaments of the year: the Lausanne Billard Masters. It has always had good winners: 2013 and 2014 Zanetti, 2015 and 2017 Jaspers, 2016 Sánchez. Beating Eddy Merckx in a final: that is one of the hardest things to do in 3-cushion. The Belgian champion, recently winner of the Seoul World Cup, also won the sixth edition of the Lausanne Billard Masters, beating Murat Naci Coklu on the Sunday afternoon: 40-33 in 17... »
The sixth Lausanne Billiard Masters is about to kick off
11/20/2018
From 23 to 25 November, the Casino de Montbenon will once again be host to the Lausanne Billard Masters. It is the sixth edition of this prestigious invitational tournament, and it has had a world class winner in all the previous years. To refresh your memory: Zanetti won in 2013 and 2014, Jaspers in 2015 and 2017, and Sánchez in 2016. This year, play will be in three flights of four players, leading up to a knock-out final eight. The local (Swiss) player is Michel Boulaz, who... »
Kasidokostas amazes, Cho runs 24 but Merckx wins.
11/19/2018
One of the hardest things to do in modern 3-cushion, is beat Eddy Merckx. The Belgian world record holder (50 in 6) has these tournaments where he is simply invincible, no matter how kind or cruel the balls run for him. It was one of those weeks in Seoul, where the Belgian won the sixth World Cup of the 2018 season, the tenth in his career. In the final, he beat Greece’s Filippos Kasidokostas: 40-19 in 19. For a few days, this was the week of Kim Bong Chul, the fairly unknown Korean... »
Europe’s best are still favorite in Seoul
11/12/2018
How long can the golden generation hold on to their dominance in 3-cushion? They are in their late forties and fifties, and the Asians keep getting stronger. The Korea National Training Center is host to the sixth World Cup of the year, the 176th in history. From 12 – 18 November, around 150 billiard players will once again try to win the highest honor in 3-cushion. Fourteen players are seeded according to the ranking: Caudron, Merckx, Haeng Jik Kim, Zanetti, Jaspers, Jung... »
Euro League 5-Pins Club Teams 2018
11/12/2018
Third Tournament November 8-10 ADS Black Jack has won the 3rd tournament held in Morangis beating 4-1 in the final match the Swiss team Diamante Lugano after a fantastic comeback in the semifinal against ADS Trick Shot. 3rd position shared by Club Campania Berna and ADS Trick Shot. Final Stage November 11 Last step of Euroleague 2018 among the best 4 Teams of the ranking after the 3 tournaments. The Italian Team ADS Trick Shot Billiards (Quarta, Sagnella, D’Agostino,... »
Horn wins, Semih impresses, Caudron still leads
10/29/2018
The Korean army may grow larger, the Vietnamese may play brilliantly, but the European stars keep on winning in the end. It was no different this Sunday on the French coast, where Martin Horn won in a manner familiar to the Germans: in the very last minute. He was absent from the circuit for a few years, but his game has not suffered. Horn came from behind to beat the world number one Frédéric Caudron (40-34 in 25) in the semi, then won a tense battle against Jae Ho Cho... »