UMB World Three-cushion Championship

The UMB World Three-cushion Championship is a professional carom billiards tournament in the discipline of three-cushion billiards, organized mostly annually by the Union Mondiale de Billard. Until 1953 it was organized by the UIFAB (Union Internationale des Federations d'Amateurs de Billard). During a dispute between the UMB and BWA (Billiards World Cup Association) the UMB decided not to organize the championship between 1988-1991. Instead the overall winner of the World Cup was announced as also the world champion.[1]:p785

From 1928 to 1958 and from 1985 to 1987, matches were played as a single frame with a run to 50 points (or 60 points between 1960 and 1984). From 1994 to 2011 the tournament was played in a set-system, the winner achieving the best of five. Since 2012 it has been changed back to a single frame with the run to 40 points.

Prize money and ranking points
2013 Award ceremony.
Ludo Dielis hands over the diamant-cue to the winner Frederic Caudron.
From Left to right: Vice world champion Filippos Kasidokostas, Caudron, Bronze medal winners Alexander Salazar and Dick Jaspers.

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RankPrizeRanking
points
Winner20.000 € x 1120
Runner-up12.000 € x 1081
3. & 4. Rank7.000 € x 2057
5. – 8. Rank4.000 € x 4039
9. – 16. Rank2.000 € x 8024
17. – 32. Rank1.500 € x 16012
33. – 48. Rank1.000 € x 1608
Total118.000 €

Tournament records timeline
General Average (GA)[1]
GANameYear
0,552 Edmond Soussa1928
0,720 Emile Zaman1929
0,755 Claudio Puigvert1935
0,859 Edward L. Lee1936
0,884 Augusto Vergez1938
0,922 José Bonomo1948
1,070 Pedro Leopoldo Carrera1952
1,089 René Vingerhoedt1958
1,307 Raymond Ceulemans1963
1,345 Raymond Ceulemans1966
1,478 Raymond Ceulemans1973
1,500 Raymond Ceulemans1976
1,679 Raymond Ceulemans1978
1,745 Raymond Ceulemans1986
2,015 Torbjörn Blomdahl1997
2,122 Torbjörn Blomdahl2010
2,123 Ma Minh Cam2017
2,352 Dick Jaspers2018
Special Average (SA)[1]
SANameYear
0,746 Emile Zaman1928
0,961 Emile Zaman1929
1,136 Claudio Puigvert1932
1,162 Augusto Vergez1938
1,562 Alfredo Fuentes1948
1,612 René Vingerhoedt1952
August Tiedtke1958
2,068 Raymond Ceulemans1963
2,500 Raymond Ceulemans1966
2,631 Raymond Ceulemans1986
2,812 Nobuaki Kobayashi1988
Torbjörn Blomdahl1991
Torbjörn Blomdahl1997
Torbjörn Blomdahl2001
3,461 Daniel Sánchez2005
4,500 Dick Jaspers2011
5,714 Kang Dong-koong2013
High Run (HR)[1]
HRNameYear
09 Edmond Soussa1928
10 Enrique Miró1931
Claudio Puigvert1932
12 Edmond Soussa1933
Alfred Lagache1938
Alfredo Fuentes1948
Bernard Siguret1952
August Tiedtke1953
13 Johann Scherz1958
14 Raymond Steylaerts1964
Raymond Ceulemans1974
15 Raymond Ceulemans1975
Raymond Ceulemans1980
Rini van Bracht1982
Avelino Rico1986
Torbjörn Blomdahl1991
Jozef Philipoom1995
Marco Zanetti1997
Daniel Sánchez1998
Raimond Burgman1998
Sang Chun Lee1999
Marco Zanetti2000
Eddy Merckx2010
17 Frédéric Caudron2012
Frédéric Caudron2013
18 Pedro Piedrabuena2014
19 Sameh Sidhom2015
Tonny Carlsen2018

List of champions

This is the list of UMB three-cushion billiards world champions, from 1928 to present.[1]:pp 799–853[4][5]

No. Year Venue Winner Avg. 2nd Avg. 3rd Avg.
01 1928 Reims Edmond Soussa 0,552 Carel Koopman 0,493 Otto Unshelm 0,489
02 1929 Brussels Edmond Soussa 0,604 Emile Zaman 0,720 Arnoud Sengers 0,542
03 1930 Amsterdam Hendrik J. Robijns 0,587 Edmond Soussa 0,541 Arnoud Sengers 0,542
04 1931 Barcelona Enrique Miró 0,551 Edmond Soussa 0,632 Arnoud Sengers 0,571
05 1932 Vichy Hendrik J. Robijns 0,679 Claudio Puigvert 0,698 Franz Aeberhard 0,557
06 1933 Cairo Hendrik J. Robijns 0,628 Edmond Soussa 0,593 Claudio Puigvert 0,547
07 1934 Barcelona Claudio Puigvert 0,695 Jacques Davin 0,590 Jean Albert 0,508
08 1935 Algiers Alfred Lagache 0,656 Claudio Puigvert 0,755 Emile Zaman 0,643
09 1936 New York Edward L. Lee 0,859 Eugene Deardorff 0,665 Edmond Soussa 0,631
10 1937 Köln Alfred Lagache 0,696 August Tiedtke 0,680 Arnoud Sengers 0,603
11 1938 Buenos Aires Augusto Vergez 0,884 Jean Fransisco Vergez 0,677 Alfred Lagache 0,745
1939 to 1947: not held
12 1948 Buenos Aires Rene Vingerhoedt 0,877 Jose Bonomo 0,922 Augusto Vergez 0,819
1949 to 1951: not held
13 1952 Buenos Aires Pedro Leopoldo Carrera 1,070 August Tiedtke 0,961 Carlos Friedenthal 0,943
14 1953 Antwerp Enrique Navarra 0,937 Rene Vingerhoedt 1,001 Pedro Leopoldo Carrera 0,921
1954 to 1957: not held
15 1958 Barcelona Enrique Navarra 0,913 Rene Vingerhoedt 1,089 August Tiedtke 0,921
1959: not held
16 1960 Buenos Aires Rene Vingerhoedt 0,961 Carlos Monestier 0,811 José Bonomo 0,887
17 1961 Amsterdam Adolfo Suarez 0,997 Egidio Vieira 0,801 Bernard Siguret 0,905
1962: not held
18 1963 Neuss Raymond Ceulemans 1,307 Johann Scherz 1,077 Enrique Navarra 0,817
19 1964 Ostend Raymond Ceulemans 1,231 Marcelo Lopez 1,040 Roger Hanoun 0,939
20 1965 Hilversum Raymond Ceulemans 1,290 Johann Scherz 1,152 Koya Ogata 1,127
21 1966 Buenos Aires Raymond Ceulemans 1,191 Enrique Navarra 1,006 Alfonso González 0,878
22 1967 Lima Raymond Ceulemans 1,345 Humberto Suguimizu 0,957 Keizo Kubo 1,003
23 1968 Düren Raymond Ceulemans 1,227 Koya Ogata 0,910 Johann Scherz 1,009
24 1969 Tokyo Raymond Ceulemans 1,276 Koya Ogata 0,992 Diego Martínez 0,906
25 1970 Las Vegas Raymond Ceulemans 1,164 Nobuaki Kobayashi 0,998 Johann Scherz 0,876
26 1971 Groningen Raymond Ceulemans 1,266 Rini van Bracht 0,865 Henny de Ruyter 0,814
27 1972 Buenos Aires Raymond Ceulemans 1,315 Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,025 Peter Thøgersen 0,902
28 1973 Cairo Raymond Ceulemans 1,478 Nobuaki Kobayashi 0,966 Humberto Suguimizu 0,811
29 1974 Antwerp Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,312 Raymond Ceulemans 1,325 Yoshio Yoshihara 1,130
30 1975 La Paz Raymond Ceulemans 1,308 Rini van Bracht 0,922 Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,206
31 1976 Ostend Raymond Ceulemans 1,500 Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,305 Junichi Komori 1,238
32 1977 Tokyo Raymond Ceulemans 1,372 Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,187 Yoshio Yoshihara 1,176
33 1978 Las Vegas Raymond Ceulemans 1,679 Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,205 Junichi Komori 1,067
34 1979 Lima Raymond Ceulemans 1,384 Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,135 Yoshio Yoshihara 1,067
35 1980 Buenos Aires Raymond Ceulemans 1,460 Yohio Yoshihara 1,217 Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,192
36 1981 Cairo Ludo Dielis 1,222 Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,426 Johann Scherz 1,271
37 1982 Guayaquil Rini van Bracht 1,043 Yohio Yoshihara 1,146 Carlos Hallon 1,086
38 1983 Aix-les-Bains Raymond Ceulemans 1,447 Richard Bitalis 1,332 Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,258
39 1984 Krefeld Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,388 Ludo Dielis 1,278 Raymond Ceulemans 1,151
40 1985 Heeswijk-Dinther Raymond Ceulemans 1,541 Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,364 Junichi Komori 1,071
41 1986 Las Vegas Avelino Rico 1,010 Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,205 Raymond Ceulemans 1,745
42 1987 Cairo Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,099 Frank Torres 0,933 Arturo Bone 0,778
43 1988 6 x World Cup Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,594 Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,224 Raymond Ceulemans 1,293
44 1989 5 x World Cup Ludo Dielis 1,342 Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,389 Raymond Ceulemans 1,312
45 1990 6 x World Cup Raymond Ceulemans 1,527 Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,619 Ludo Dielis 1,300
46 1991 5 x World Cup Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,504 Raymond Ceulemans 1,518 Dick Jaspers 1,498
1992 and 1993: not held
47 1994 Aalborg Rini van Bracht 1,149 Edgar Bettzieche 1,038 Brian Knudsen 1,194
48 1995 Grubbenvorst Jozef Philipoom 1,494 John Tijssens 1,210 Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,345
49 1996 Hattingen Christian Rudolph 1,025 Daniel Sánchez 1,277 Gerhard Kostistansky 0,982
50 1997 Grubbenvorst Torbjörn Blomdahl 2,015 Raimund Burgman 1,453 Marco Zanetti 1,684
51 1998 Rezé Daniel Sánchez 1,594 Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,797 Christian Rudolph 1,155
52 1999 Bogotá Frédéric Caudron 1,538 Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,769 Dick Jaspers 1,614
53 2000 Saint-Étienne Dick Jaspers 1,773 Tonny Carlsen 1,502 Marco Zanetti 1,590
54 2001 Luxembourg Raymond Ceulemans 1,696 Marco Zanetti 1,866 Luis Miguel Ávila 1,260
No. Year Venue Winner Avg. Finalist Avg. Semi-finalists Avg.
55 2002 Randers Marco Zanetti 1,732 Dion Nelin 1,519 Dick Jaspers 1,687
Ramón Rodríguez 1,453
56 2003 Valladolid Semih Saygıner 1,868 Filippos Kasidokostas 1,268 Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,833
Marco Zanetti 1,211
57 2004 Rotterdam Dick Jaspers 1,907 Filippos Kasidokostas 1,399 Nikos Polychronopoulos 1,437
Jacob Haack-Sørensen 1,442
58 2005 Lugo Daniel Sánchez 1,838 Jean Paul de Bruijn 1,566 Eddy Leppens 1,551
Peter de Backer 1,367
59 2006 Sankt Wendel Eddy Merckx 1,767 Nikos Polychronopoulos 1,456 Peter de Backer 1,577
Dick Jaspers 1,783
60 2007 Cuenca Ryuuji Umeda 1,426 Daniel Sánchez 1,805 Dick Jaspers 1,484
Ramón Rodríguez 1,091
61 2008 Sankt Wendel Marco Zanetti 1,871 Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,631 Peter de Backer 1,481
Jérémy Bury 1,478
62 2009 Lausanne Filippos Kasidokostas 1,869 Eddy Merckx 1,703 Eddy Leppens 1,598
Marco Zanetti 1,612
63 2010 Sluiskil Daniel Sánchez 1,715 Eddy Leppens 1,678 Choi Sung-won 1,718
Javier Palazon 1,375
64 2011 Lima Dick Jaspers 1,917 Marco Zanetti 1,551 Javier Palazón 1,454
Daniel Sánchez 1,808
65 2012 Porto Eddy Merckx 1,983 Choi Sung-won 1,365 Frédéric Caudron 1,711
Marco Zanetti 1,515
66 2013 Antwerp Frédéric Caudron 1,951 Filippos Kasidokostas 1,923 Alexander Salazar 1,433
Dick Jaspers 1,822
67 2014 Seoul Choi Sung-won 2,000 Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,850 Seo Hyun-min 1,350
Jean Paul de Bruijn 1,269
68 2015 Bordeaux Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,764 Kang Dong-koong 1,621 Eddy Merckx 1,940
Dani Sánchez 1,817
69 2016 Bordeaux Daniel Sánchez 1,983 Kim Haeng-jik 2,043 Semih Saygıner 1,618
Eddy Leppens 1,792
70 2017 Santa Cruz Frédéric Caudron 2,089 Eddy Merckx 1,828 Minh Cam Ma 2,123
Marco Zanetti 1,673
71 2018 Cairo Dick Jaspers 2,352 Jérémy Bury 2,022 Nguyễn Quốc Nguyên 1,629
Semih Saygıner 1,568
72 2019 Randers Torbjörn Blomdahl 2,121 Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến 1,606 Sameh Sidhom 1,535
Semih Saygıner 1,934

References
  1. Haase, Dieter; Weingartner, Heinrich (2009). Enzyklopädie des Billardsports. Wien: Verlag Heinrich Weingartner. ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3.
  2. "Official Rules and Reglementation for 3-Cushion World Championship Singles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  3. "General Information" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-28. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
  4. "World Three-cushion Championships". Artistik Billard Sportunion Austria. Retrieved 8 March 2013. (dead link)
  5. Tournament Statistics (dead link)
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