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The '''Billiards World Cup Association''' ('''BWA''') was a [[Sport governing body|governing body]] for [[three-cushion]] [[carom billiards]] which organized and marketed the [[Three-Cushion World Cup]] from 1985 to 1999. It was subordinate to the [[Union Mondiale de Billard]] (UMB).
After staging several [[three-cushion billiards]] championships, BWA met its demise in 2004 due to financial problems and failing relations with the UMB, leaving the latter as the only carom governing body.


== History ==
==BWA World Three-cushion Champions==
=== The idea ===
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In 1985, the "BC 1921 Elversberg", a German carom billiards club, ordered four new carambolage tables from the Belgian company ''Deque.'' They expected to be able to negotiate the price a few percent down, however ''Deque'' did not agree, but instead, made the suggestion that their official representative, [[Raymond Ceulemans]] could hold a demonstration at the inauguration. The club did not hesitate and accepted the offer, since it was rather uncommon to get the then 32-time world champion in three-cushion as a private entertainer.<ref name="Idea">{{Citation | author=Werner Bayer |author2=Heinrich Weingartner |author3=Klaus Bosel |author4=Marco Zanetti |author4-link=Marco Zanetti | editor=Werner Bayer-Siftung | title=Das Blaue Karree, The Blue Square - Fascination Billiards | year=2004 | pages=9–10 | ISBN=4-5209346-0-5}}</ref>
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! Year
! Winner
! Nationality
|-
| 1986
| rowspan=2|[[Raymond Ceulemans]]
| rowspan=2|{{Flagcountry|BEL}}
|-
| 1987
|-
| 1988
| [[Torbjörn Blomdahl]]
| {{Flagcountry|SWE}}
|-
| 1989
| [[Ludo Dielis]]
| {{Flagcountry|BEL}}
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| 1990
| Raymond Ceulemans
| {{Flagcountry|BEL}}
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| 1991
| rowspan=2|Torbjörn Blomdahl
| rowspan=2|{{Flagcountry|SWE}}
|-
| 1992
|-
| 1993
| [[Sang Chun Lee]]
| {{Flagcountry|USA}}
|-
| 1994
| rowspan=3|Torbjörn Blomdahl
| rowspan=3|{{Flagcountry|SWE}}
|-
| 1995
|-
|1996
|-
| 1997
| [[Dick Jaspers]]
| {{Flagcountry|NED}}
|-
| 1998
| Torbjörn Blomdahl
| {{Flagcountry|SWE}}
|-
| 1999
| Dick Jaspers
| {{Flagcountry|NED}}
|-
| 2000
| rowspan=2|Torbjörn Blomdahl
| rowspan=2|{{Flagcountry|SWE}}
|-
| 2001
|}


The show was held on 18 December 1985. For the first time, the club had specially built grandstands. The stands were full as Ceulemans and Klaus Bosel played. After the expected win of Ceulemans’ by more than 50 points, he entertained the crowd with some artistic trick shots before dinner.
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Since it was getting late and restaurants were no longer open, Bosel, Ceulemans, and Werner Bayer (former billiards club president) decided to go to Bosel's home, where Bosel's wife cooked for the guests. Midnight was approaching, it was Bosel's birthday and a bottle of champagne was opened, as the three sat together and talked about the future of three band billiards. Ceulemans said, much to the Bayer's amazement, that he still needed to work "properly " to make ends meet. Thus the idea was born to professionalize and market three-cushion billiards.<ref name="Idea" />
[[Category:Carom billiards organisations]]

=== Founding ===
On 29 December 1985, the inaugural meeting was held at the hotel "Goldener Kopf" (English: "Golden Head") in [[Bad Säckingen]] near the German Swiss border. Fifteen people came to the establishing assembly. They decided that the seat of the BWA would be [[Geneva]] in order to be close to the UMB and the [[IOC]] Supporters included, among others, Georg Peltzer, senior director and descendant of [[Henry Simon Simonis]], founder of Simonis [[Billiard table#Cloth|Billiard cloth]] factory in 1680,<ref>{{cite web |title=A Brief History of Iwan Simonis and Cloth Production in Belgium |url=http://www.iwansimonis.com/en/page/5-a-brief-history |publisher=IwanSimonis.com |accessdate=2013-03-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005081641/http://www.iwansimonis.com/en/page/5-a-brief-history |archivedate=2013-10-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Reinhold Würth]], senior partner of the [[Würth|Würth Group]].<ref name="Founding">{{Citation | author= Werner Bayer |author2=Heinrich Weingartner |author3=Klaus Bosel |author4=Marco Zanetti |author4-link=Marco Zanetti | editor=Dr. Werner Bayer-Siftung | title=Das Blaue Karree, The Blue Square - Fascination Billiards | year=2004 | page=18 | ISBN=4-5209346-0-5}}</ref>

== References ==
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Latest revision as of 08:08, 28 January 2023

Billiards World Cup Association
Merged intoUnion Mondiale de Billard (UMB)
SuccessorUnion Mondiale de Billard (UMB)
Formation29 December 1985 (1985-12-29)
FounderDr. Werner Bayer †
Dissolved31 December 1999; 24 years ago (1999-12-31)
HeadquartersGeneva
Region
Switzerland
President
Dr. Werner Bayer †

The Billiards World Cup Association (BWA) was a governing body for three-cushion carom billiards which organized and marketed the Three-Cushion World Cup from 1985 to 1999. It was subordinate to the Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB).

History

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The idea

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In 1985, the "BC 1921 Elversberg", a German carom billiards club, ordered four new carambolage tables from the Belgian company Deque. They expected to be able to negotiate the price a few percent down, however Deque did not agree, but instead, made the suggestion that their official representative, Raymond Ceulemans could hold a demonstration at the inauguration. The club did not hesitate and accepted the offer, since it was rather uncommon to get the then 32-time world champion in three-cushion as a private entertainer.[1]

The show was held on 18 December 1985. For the first time, the club had specially built grandstands. The stands were full as Ceulemans and Klaus Bosel played. After the expected win of Ceulemans’ by more than 50 points, he entertained the crowd with some artistic trick shots before dinner.

Since it was getting late and restaurants were no longer open, Bosel, Ceulemans, and Werner Bayer (former billiards club president) decided to go to Bosel's home, where Bosel's wife cooked for the guests. Midnight was approaching, it was Bosel's birthday and a bottle of champagne was opened, as the three sat together and talked about the future of three band billiards. Ceulemans said, much to the Bayer's amazement, that he still needed to work "properly " to make ends meet. Thus the idea was born to professionalize and market three-cushion billiards.[1]

Founding

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On 29 December 1985, the inaugural meeting was held at the hotel "Goldener Kopf" (English: "Golden Head") in Bad Säckingen near the German Swiss border. Fifteen people came to the establishing assembly. They decided that the seat of the BWA would be Geneva in order to be close to the UMB and the IOC Supporters included, among others, Georg Peltzer, senior director and descendant of Henry Simon Simonis, founder of Simonis Billiard cloth factory in 1680,[2] and Reinhold Würth, senior partner of the Würth Group.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Werner Bayer; Heinrich Weingartner; Klaus Bosel; Marco Zanetti (2004), Werner Bayer-Siftung (ed.), Das Blaue Karree, The Blue Square - Fascination Billiards, pp. 9–10, ISBN 4-5209346-0-5
  2. ^ "A Brief History of Iwan Simonis and Cloth Production in Belgium". IwanSimonis.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  3. ^ Werner Bayer; Heinrich Weingartner; Klaus Bosel; Marco Zanetti (2004), Dr. Werner Bayer-Siftung (ed.), Das Blaue Karree, The Blue Square - Fascination Billiards, p. 18, ISBN 4-5209346-0-5
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