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 (UMB). Until 1953 it was organized by the UIFAB (Union Internationale des Federations d'Amateurs de Billard). During a dispute between the UMB and Billiards World Cup Association (BWA), the UMB decided not to organize the championship between 1988 and 1993. Instead the overall winner of the World Cup was announced as also the world champion.[1]: p785 

UMB World Three-cushion Championship
Tournament information
Organisation(s)UMB
FormatRound Robin / single-elimination
Recent edition2023
Current championVietnam Bao Phương Vinh

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
0,552Egypt Edmond Soussa1928
0,720Belgium Emile Zaman1929
0,755Spain Claudio Puigvert1935
0,859United States Edward Lee1936
0,884Argentina Augusto Vergez1938
0,922Argentina José Bonomo1948
1,070Argentina Pedro Leopoldo Carrera1952
1,089Belgium René Vingerhoedt1958
1,307Belgium Raymond Ceulemans1963
1,345Belgium Raymond Ceulemans1966
1,478Belgium Raymond Ceulemans1973
1,500Belgium Raymond Ceulemans1976
1,679Belgium Raymond Ceulemans1978
1,745Belgium Raymond Ceulemans1986
2,015Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl1997
2,122Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl2010
2,123Vietnam Ma Minh Cam2017
2,352Netherlands Dick Jaspers2018
2,463Turkey Tayfun Taşdemir2021
Special Average (SA)[1]
SANameYear
0,746Belgium Emile Zaman1928
0,961Belgium Emile Zaman1929
1,136Spain Claudio Puigvert1932
1,162Argentina Augusto Vergez1938
1,562Uruguay Alfredo Fuentes1948
1,612Belgium René Vingerhoedt1952
Germany August Tiedtke1958
2,068Belgium Raymond Ceulemans1963
2,500Belgium Raymond Ceulemans1966
2,631Belgium Raymond Ceulemans1986
2,812Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi1988
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl1991
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl1997
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl2001
3,461Spain Daniel Sánchez2005
4,500Netherlands Dick Jaspers2011
5,714South Korea Kang Dong-koong2013
High Run (HR)[1]
HRNameYear
09Egypt Edmond Soussa1928
10Spain Enrique Miró1931
Spain Claudio Puigvert1932
12Egypt Edmond Soussa1933
France Alfred Lagache1938
Uruguay Alfredo Fuentes1948
France Bernard Siguret1952
Germany August Tiedtke1953
13Austria Johann Scherz1958
14Belgium Raymond Steylaerts1964
Belgium Raymond Ceulemans1974
15Belgium Raymond Ceulemans1975
Belgium Raymond Ceulemans1980
Netherlands Rini van Bracht1982
Spain Avelino Rico1986
Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl1991
Belgium Jozef Philipoom1995
Italy Marco Zanetti1997
Spain Daniel Sánchez1998
Netherlands Raimond Burgman1998
United States Sang Lee1999
Italy Marco Zanetti2000
Belgium Eddy Merckx2010
17Belgium Frédéric Caudron2012
Belgium Frédéric Caudron2013
18United States Pedro Piedrabuena2014
19Egypt Sameh Sidhom2015
Denmark Tonny Carlsen2018
20Germany Martin Horn2021

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 France Reims Egypt Edmond Soussa 0,552 Netherlands Carel Koopman 0,493 Germany Otto Unshelm 0,489
02 1929 Belgium Brussels Egypt Edmond Soussa 0,604 Belgium Emile Zaman 0,720 Netherlands Arnoud Sengers 0,542
03 1930 Netherlands Amsterdam Netherlands Hendrik J. Robijns 0,587 Egypt Edmond Soussa 0,541 Netherlands Arnoud Sengers 0,542
04 1931 Spain Barcelona Spain Enrique Miró 0,551 Egypt Edmond Soussa 0,632 Netherlands Arnoud Sengers 0,571
05 1932 France Vichy Netherlands Hendrik J. Robijns 0,679 Spain Claudio Puigvert 0,698 Switzerland Franz Aeberhard 0,557
06 1933 Egypt Cairo Netherlands Hendrik J. Robijns 0,628 Egypt Edmond Soussa 0,593 Spain Claudio Puigvert 0,547
07 1934 Spain Barcelona Spain Claudio Puigvert 0,695 France Jacques Davin 0,590 France Jean Albert 0,508
08 1935 France Algiers France Alfred Lagache 0,656 Spain Claudio Puigvert 0,755 Belgium Emile Zaman 0,643
09 1936 United States New York United States Edward Lee 0,859 United States Eugene Deardorff 0,665 Egypt Edmond Soussa 0,631
10 1937 Germany Köln France Alfred Lagache 0,696 Germany August Tiedtke 0,680 Netherlands Arnoud Sengers 0,603
11 1938 Argentina Buenos Aires Argentina Augusto Vergez 0,884 Argentina Jean Fransisco Vergez 0,677 France Alfred Lagache 0,745
1939 to 1947: not held
12 1948 Argentina Buenos Aires Belgium Rene Vingerhoedt 0,877 Argentina Jose Bonomo 0,922 Argentina Augusto Vergez 0,819
1949 to 1951: not held
13 1952 Argentina Buenos Aires Argentina Pedro Leopoldo Carrera 1,070 Germany August Tiedtke 0,961 Argentina Carlos Friedenthal 0,943
14 1953 Belgium Antwerp Argentina Enrique Navarra 0,937 Belgium Rene Vingerhoedt 1,001 Argentina Pedro Leopoldo Carrera 0,921
1954 to 1957: not held
15 1958 Spain Barcelona Argentina Enrique Navarra 0,913 Belgium Rene Vingerhoedt 1,089 Germany August Tiedtke 0,921
1959: not held
16 1960 Argentina Buenos Aires Belgium Rene Vingerhoedt 0,961 Uruguay Carlos Monestier 0,811 Argentina José Bonomo 0,887
17 1961 Netherlands Amsterdam Peru Adolfo Suarez 0,997 Portugal Egidio Vieira 0,801 France Bernard Siguret 0,905
1962: not held
18 1963 Germany Neuss Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,307 Austria Johann Scherz 1,077 Argentina Enrique Navarra 0,817
19 1964 Belgium Ostend Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,231 Argentina Marcelo Lopez 1,040 France Roger Hanoun 0,939
20 1965 Netherlands Hilversum Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,290 Austria Johann Scherz 1,152 Japan Koya Ogata 1,127
21 1966 Argentina Buenos Aires Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,191 Argentina Enrique Navarra 1,006 Colombia Alfonso González 0,878
22 1967 Peru Lima Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,345 Peru Humberto Suguimizu 0,957 Japan Keizo Kubo 1,003
23 1968 Germany Düren Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,227 Japan Koya Ogata 0,910 Austria Johann Scherz 1,009
24 1969 Japan Tokyo Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,276 Japan Koya Ogata 0,992 Argentina Diego Martínez 0,906
25 1970 United States Las Vegas Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,164 Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 0,998 Austria Johann Scherz 0,876
26 1971 Netherlands Groningen Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,266 Netherlands Rini van Bracht 0,865 Netherlands Henny de Ruyter 0,814
27 1972 Argentina Buenos Aires Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,315 Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,025 Denmark Peter Thøgersen 0,902
28 1973 Egypt Cairo Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,478 Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 0,966 Peru Humberto Suguimizu 0,811
29 1974 Belgium Antwerp Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,312 Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,325 Japan Yoshio Yoshihara 1,130
30 1975 Bolivia La Paz Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,308 Netherlands Rini van Bracht 0,922 Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,206
31 1976 Belgium Ostend Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,500 Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,305 Japan Junichi Komori 1,238
32 1977 Japan Tokyo Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,372 Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,187 Japan Yoshio Yoshihara 1,176
33 1978 United States Las Vegas Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,679 Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,205 Japan Junichi Komori 1,067
34 1979 Peru Lima Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,384 Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,135 Japan Yoshio Yoshihara 1,067
35 1980 Argentina Buenos Aires Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,460 Japan Yoshio Yoshihara 1,217 Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,192
36 1981 Egypt Cairo Belgium Ludo Dielis 1,222 Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,426 Austria Johann Scherz 1,271
37 1982 Ecuador Guayaquil Netherlands Rini van Bracht 1,043 Japan Yohio Yoshihara 1,146 United States Carlos Hallon 1,086
38 1983 France Aix-les-Bains Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,447 France Richard Bitalis 1,332 Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,258
39 1984 Germany Krefeld Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,388 Belgium Ludo Dielis 1,278 Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,151
40 1985 Netherlands Heeswijk-Dinther Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,541 Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,364 Japan Junichi Komori 1,071
41 1986 United States Las Vegas Spain Avelino Rico 1,010 Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,205 Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,745
42 1987 Egypt Cairo Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,099 United States Frank Torres 0,933 Mexico Arturo Bone 0,778
43 1988 Japan Tokyo Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,594 Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,224 Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,293
44 1989 Japan Yokohama Belgium Ludo Dielis 1,342 Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,389 Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,312
45 1990 Japan Tokyo Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,527 Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,619 Belgium Ludo Dielis 1,300
46 1991 Japan Tokyo Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,504 Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,518 Netherlands Dick Jaspers 1,498
(**) 1992 Spain Palma Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,716 Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,412 United States Sang Lee 1,511
(**) 1993 Belgium Gent United States Sang Lee 1,355 Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,601 Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,464
47 1994 Denmark Aalborg Netherlands Rini van Bracht 1,149 Germany Edgar Bettzieche 1,038 Denmark Brian Knudsen 1,194
48 1995 Netherlands Grubbenvorst Belgium Jozef Philipoom 1,494 Netherlands John Tijssens 1,210 Japan Nobuaki Kobayashi 1,345
49 1996 Germany Hattingen Germany Christian Rudolph 1,025 Spain Daniel Sánchez 1,277 Austria Gerhard Kostistansky 0,982
50 1997 Netherlands Grubbenvorst Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 2,015 Netherlands Raimond Burgman 1,453 Italy Marco Zanetti 1,684
51 1998 France Rezé Spain Daniel Sánchez 1,594 Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,797 Germany Christian Rudolph 1,155
52 1999 Colombia Bogotá Belgium Frédéric Caudron 1,538 Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,769 Netherlands Dick Jaspers 1,614
53 2000 France Saint-Étienne Netherlands Dick Jaspers 1,773 Denmark Tonny Carlsen 1,502 Italy Marco Zanetti 1,590
54 2001 Luxembourg Luxembourg Belgium Raymond Ceulemans 1,696 Italy Marco Zanetti 1,866 Mexico Luis Miguel Ávila 1,260
No. Year Venue Winner Avg. Finalist Avg. Semi-finalists Avg.
55 2002 Denmark Randers Italy Marco Zanetti 1,732 Denmark Dion Nelin 1,519 Netherlands Dick Jaspers 1,687
Peru Ramón Rodríguez 1,453
56 2003 Spain Valladolid Turkey Semih Saygıner 1,868 Greece Filippos Kasidokostas 1,268 Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,833
Italy Marco Zanetti 1,211
57 2004 Netherlands Rotterdam Netherlands Dick Jaspers 1,907 Greece Filippos Kasidokostas 1,399 Greece Nikos Polychronopoulos 1,437
Denmark Jacob Haack-Sørensen 1,442
58 2005 Spain Lugo Spain Daniel Sánchez 1,838 Netherlands Jean Paul de Bruijn 1,566 Belgium Eddy Leppens 1,551
Belgium Peter de Backer 1,367
59 2006 Germany Sankt Wendel Belgium Eddy Merckx 1,767 Greece Nikos Polychronopoulos 1,456 Belgium Peter de Backer 1,577
Netherlands Dick Jaspers 1,783
60 2007 Ecuador Cuenca Japan Ryuuji Umeda 1,426 Spain Daniel Sánchez 1,805 Netherlands Dick Jaspers 1,484
Peru Ramón Rodríguez 1,091
61 2008 Germany Sankt Wendel Italy Marco Zanetti 1,871 Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,631 Belgium Peter de Backer 1,481
France Jérémy Bury 1,478
62 2009 Switzerland Lausanne Greece Filippos Kasidokostas 1,869 Belgium Eddy Merckx 1,703 Belgium Eddy Leppens 1,598
Italy Marco Zanetti 1,612
63 2010 Netherlands Sluiskil Spain Daniel Sánchez 1,715 Belgium Eddy Leppens 1,678 South Korea Choi Sung-won 1,718
Spain Javier Palazon 1,375
64 2011 Peru Lima Netherlands Dick Jaspers 1,917 Italy Marco Zanetti 1,551 Spain Javier Palazón 1,454
Spain Daniel Sánchez 1,808
65 2012 Portugal Porto Belgium Eddy Merckx 1,983 South Korea Choi Sung-won 1,365 Belgium Frédéric Caudron 1,711
Italy Marco Zanetti 1,515
66 2013 Belgium Antwerp Belgium Frédéric Caudron 1,951 Greece Filippos Kasidokostas 1,923 Colombia Alexander Salazar 1,433
Netherlands Dick Jaspers 1,822
67 2014 South Korea Seoul South Korea Choi Sung-won 2,000 Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,850 South Korea Seo Hyun-min 1,350
Netherlands Jean Paul de Bruijn 1,269
68 2015 France Bordeaux Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 1,764 South Korea Kang Dong-koong 1,621 Belgium Eddy Merckx 1,940
Spain Dani Sánchez 1,817
69 2016 France Bordeaux Spain Daniel Sánchez 1,983 South Korea Kim Haeng-jik 2,043 Turkey Semih Saygıner 1,618
Belgium Eddy Leppens 1,792
70 2017 Bolivia Santa Cruz Belgium Frédéric Caudron 2,089 Belgium Eddy Merckx 1,828 Vietnam Minh Cam Ma 2,123
Italy Marco Zanetti 1,673
71 2018 Egypt Cairo Netherlands Dick Jaspers 2,352 France Jérémy Bury 2,022 Vietnam Nguyễn Quốc Nguyên 1,629
Turkey Semih Saygıner 1,568
72 2019 Denmark Randers Sweden Torbjörn Blomdahl 2,121 Vietnam Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến 1,606 Egypt Sameh Sidhom 1,535
Turkey Semih Saygıner 1,934
2020: not held (COVID-19-Pandemic)
73 2021 Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh Netherlands Dick Jaspers 1,864 Turkey Murat Naci Çoklu 1,826 Italy Marco Zanetti 2,051
Germany Martin Horn 1,949
74 2022 South Korea Donghae City Turkey Tayfun Taşdemir 2,244 Spain Ruben Legazpi 1,638 Belgium Eddy Merckx 1,841
Netherlands Dick Jaspers 1,859
75 2023 Turkey Ankara Vietnam Bao Phương Vinh 1,594 Vietnam Trần Quyết Chiến 1,635 Turkey Tayfun Taşdemir 1,556
South Korea Cho Myung-Woo 1,561

(**) unofficially

Medals (1928-2023)
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Belgium31101657
2 Netherlands1061329
3 Sweden78116
4 Spain75517
5 Argentina44614
6 Japan3141229
7 France23510
8 Egypt2327
9 Italy22711
10 Turkey2147
11 Greece1416
12 Germany1348
13 South Korea1337
14 United States1225
 Vietnam1225
16 Peru1135
17 Austria0246
18 Denmark0235
19 Portugal0101
 Uruguay0101
21 Colombia0022
 Mexico0022
23  Switzerland0011
Totals (23 entries)767798251

See also

References
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