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Revision as of 04:02, 28 September 2007

The UMB World Three-cushion Championship is a carom billiards tournament. Years ago, there were similar world championships held by other organizations in different places. But they were shortlived leaving the UMB event as the only world championship for three-cushion billiards.[clarification needed]

Prize money of the event as of 2007 totalled €35,200 ($49,595) with the winner taking €4,800 ($6,762).

List of Champions

This is the list of Union Mondiale de Billard World Three-cushion billiards Champions from 1928 to 2006 (years not shown are years in which the event was not held).

Year Champion Nationality
1928 Edmound Sousa  Egypt
1929
1930 Henk Robijns  Netherlands
1931 Henrique Miro  Spain
1932 Henk Robijns  Netherlands
1933
1934 Claudio Puigvert  Spain
1935 Alfred Lagache  France
1936 Edward Lee  United States
1937 Alfred Lagache  France
1938 Augusto Vergez  Argentina
1949 Rene Vingerhoedt  Belgium
1952 Pedro Carrera  Argentina
1953 Enrique Navarra  Argentina
1958
1960 Rene Vingerhoedt  Belgium
1961 Alfredo Suarez  Peru
1963 Raymond Ceulemans  Belgium
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974 Nobuaki Kobayashi  Japan
1975 Raymond Ceulemans  Belgium
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981 Ludo Dielis  Belgium
1982 Rini van Bracht  Netherlands
1983 Raymond Ceulemans  Belgium
1984 Nobuaki Kobayashi  Japan
1985 Raymond Ceulemans  Belgium
1986 Avelino Rico  Spain
1987 Torbjörn Blomdahl  Sweden
1988
1989 Ludo Dielis  Belgium
1990 Raymond Ceulemans  Belgium
1991 Torbjörn Blomdahl  Sweden
1992
1993 Rini van Bracht  Netherlands
1995 Jozef Bel Philipoom  Belgium
1996 Christian Rudolph  GER
1997 Torbjörn Blomdahl  Sweden
1998 Daniel Sánchez  Spain
1999 Frédéric Caudron  Belgium
2000 Dick Jaspers  Netherlands
2001 Raymond Ceulemans  Belgium
2002 Marco Zanetti  Italy
2003 Semih Saygıner  Turkey
2004 Dick Jaspers  Netherlands
2005 Daniel Sánchez  Spain
2006 Eddy Merckx  Belgium

Tournament victories by nation

Rank Country Wins Most victories Most recent champion
1 Belgium 28 Raymond Ceulemans (21) Eddy Merckx
2 Netherlands 7 Henk Robijns (3) Dick Jaspers (2004)
3 Spain 5 Daniel Sanchez (2) Daniel Sanchez (2005)
Sweden 5 Torbjorn Blomdahl (5) Torbjorn Blomdahl (1997)
5 Argentina 4 Enrique Navarra (2) Enrique Navarra (1958)
6 Japan 2 Nobuaki Kobayashi (2) Nobuaki Kobayashi (1984)
France 2 Alfred Lagache (2) Alfred Lagache (1937)
Egypt 2 Edmound Sousa (2) Edmound Sousa (1929)