UMB World Three-cushion Championship
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Tournament information | |
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Organisation(s) | UMB |
Format | Round Robin / single-elimination |
Recent edition | 2023 |
Current champion | ![]() |
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
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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/2013_3-cushion_World_Championship-Day_5-Award_ceremony-47_%28XS%29.jpg/250px-2013_3-cushion_World_Championship-Day_5-Award_ceremony-47_%28XS%29.jpg)
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.
Rank | Prize | Ranking points |
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Winner | 40.000 € x 1 | 120 |
Runner-up | 20.000 € x 1 | 081 |
3. & 4. Rank | 12.000 € x 2 | 057 |
5. – 8. Rank | 6.000 € x 4 | 039 |
9. – 16. Rank | 3.000 € x 8 | 024 |
17. – 32. Rank | 2.000 € x 16 | 012 |
33. – 48. Rank | 1.000 € x 16 | 08 |
Total | 118.000 € |
Tournament records timeline
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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. |
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01 | 1928 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,552 | ![]() | 0,493 | ![]() | 0,489 |
02 | 1929 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,604 | ![]() | 0,720 | ![]() | 0,542 |
03 | 1930 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,587 | ![]() | 0,541 | ![]() | 0,542 |
04 | 1931 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,551 | ![]() | 0,632 | ![]() | 0,571 |
05 | 1932 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,679 | ![]() | 0,698 | ![]() | 0,557 |
06 | 1933 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,628 | ![]() | 0,593 | ![]() | 0,547 |
07 | 1934 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,695 | ![]() | 0,590 | ![]() | 0,508 |
08 | 1935 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,656 | ![]() | 0,755 | ![]() | 0,643 |
09 | 1936 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,859 | ![]() | 0,665 | ![]() | 0,631 |
10 | 1937 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,696 | ![]() | 0,680 | ![]() | 0,603 |
11 | 1938 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,884 | ![]() | 0,677 | ![]() | 0,745 |
1939 to 1947: not held | ||||||||
12 | 1948 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,877 | ![]() | 0,922 | ![]() | 0,819 |
1949 to 1951: not held | ||||||||
13 | 1952 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,070 | ![]() | 0,961 | ![]() | 0,943 |
14 | 1953 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,937 | ![]() | 1,001 | ![]() | 0,921 |
1954 to 1957: not held | ||||||||
15 | 1958 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,913 | ![]() | 1,089 | ![]() | 0,921 |
1959: not held | ||||||||
16 | 1960 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,961 | ![]() | 0,811 | ![]() | 0,887 |
17 | 1961 | ![]() | ![]() | 0,997 | ![]() | 0,801 | ![]() | 0,905 |
1962: not held | ||||||||
18 | 1963 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,307 | ![]() | 1,077 | ![]() | 0,817 |
19 | 1964 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,231 | ![]() | 1,040 | ![]() | 0,939 |
20 | 1965 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,290 | ![]() | 1,152 | ![]() | 1,127 |
21 | 1966 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,191 | ![]() | 1,006 | ![]() | 0,878 |
22 | 1967 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,345 | ![]() | 0,957 | ![]() | 1,003 |
23 | 1968 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,227 | ![]() | 0,910 | ![]() | 1,009 |
24 | 1969 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,276 | ![]() | 0,992 | ![]() | 0,906 |
25 | 1970 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,164 | ![]() | 0,998 | ![]() | 0,876 |
26 | 1971 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,266 | ![]() | 0,865 | ![]() | 0,814 |
27 | 1972 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,315 | ![]() | 1,025 | ![]() | 0,902 |
28 | 1973 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,478 | ![]() | 0,966 | ![]() | 0,811 |
29 | 1974 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,312 | ![]() | 1,325 | ![]() | 1,130 |
30 | 1975 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,308 | ![]() | 0,922 | ![]() | 1,206 |
31 | 1976 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,500 | ![]() | 1,305 | ![]() | 1,238 |
32 | 1977 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,372 | ![]() | 1,187 | ![]() | 1,176 |
33 | 1978 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,679 | ![]() | 1,205 | ![]() | 1,067 |
34 | 1979 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,384 | ![]() | 1,135 | ![]() | 1,067 |
35 | 1980 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,460 | ![]() | 1,217 | ![]() | 1,192 |
36 | 1981 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,222 | ![]() | 1,426 | ![]() | 1,271 |
37 | 1982 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,043 | ![]() | 1,146 | ![]() | 1,086 |
38 | 1983 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,447 | ![]() | 1,332 | ![]() | 1,258 |
39 | 1984 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,388 | ![]() | 1,278 | ![]() | 1,151 |
40 | 1985 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,541 | ![]() | 1,364 | ![]() | 1,071 |
41 | 1986 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,010 | ![]() | 1,205 | ![]() | 1,745 |
42 | 1987 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,099 | ![]() | 0,933 | ![]() | 0,778 |
43 | 1988 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,594 | ![]() | 1,224 | ![]() | 1,293 |
44 | 1989 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,342 | ![]() | 1,389 | ![]() | 1,312 |
45 | 1990 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,527 | ![]() | 1,619 | ![]() | 1,300 |
46 | 1991 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,504 | ![]() | 1,518 | ![]() | 1,498 |
(**) | 1992 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,716 | ![]() | 1,412 | ![]() | 1,511 |
(**) | 1993 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,355 | ![]() | 1,601 | ![]() | 1,464 |
47 | 1994 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,149 | ![]() | 1,038 | ![]() | 1,194 |
48 | 1995 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,494 | ![]() | 1,210 | ![]() | 1,345 |
49 | 1996 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,025 | ![]() | 1,277 | ![]() | 0,982 |
50 | 1997 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,015 | ![]() | 1,453 | ![]() | 1,684 |
51 | 1998 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,594 | ![]() | 1,797 | ![]() | 1,155 |
52 | 1999 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,538 | ![]() | 1,769 | ![]() | 1,614 |
53 | 2000 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,773 | ![]() | 1,502 | ![]() | 1,590 |
54 | 2001 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,696 | ![]() | 1,866 | ![]() | 1,260 |
No. | Year | Venue | Winner | Avg. | Finalist | Avg. | Semi-finalists | Avg. |
55 | 2002 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,732 | ![]() | 1,519 | ![]() | 1,687 |
![]() | 1,453 | |||||||
56 | 2003 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,868 | ![]() | 1,268 | ![]() | 1,833 |
![]() | 1,211 | |||||||
57 | 2004 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,907 | ![]() | 1,399 | ![]() | 1,437 |
![]() | 1,442 | |||||||
58 | 2005 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,838 | ![]() | 1,566 | ![]() | 1,551 |
![]() | 1,367 | |||||||
59 | 2006 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,767 | ![]() | 1,456 | ![]() | 1,577 |
![]() | 1,783 | |||||||
60 | 2007 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,426 | ![]() | 1,805 | ![]() | 1,484 |
![]() | 1,091 | |||||||
61 | 2008 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,871 | ![]() | 1,631 | ![]() | 1,481 |
![]() | 1,478 | |||||||
62 | 2009 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,869 | ![]() | 1,703 | ![]() | 1,598 |
![]() | 1,612 | |||||||
63 | 2010 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,715 | ![]() | 1,678 | ![]() | 1,718 |
![]() | 1,375 | |||||||
64 | 2011 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,917 | ![]() | 1,551 | ![]() | 1,454 |
![]() | 1,808 | |||||||
65 | 2012 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,983 | ![]() | 1,365 | ![]() | 1,711 |
![]() | 1,515 | |||||||
66 | 2013 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,951 | ![]() | 1,923 | ![]() | 1,433 |
![]() | 1,822 | |||||||
67 | 2014 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,000 | ![]() | 1,850 | ![]() | 1,350 |
![]() | 1,269 | |||||||
68 | 2015 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,764 | ![]() | 1,621 | ![]() | 1,940 |
![]() | 1,817 | |||||||
69 | 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,983 | ![]() | 2,043 | ![]() | 1,618 |
![]() | 1,792 | |||||||
70 | 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,089 | ![]() | 1,828 | ![]() | 2,123 |
![]() | 1,673 | |||||||
71 | 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,352 | ![]() | 2,022 | ![]() | 1,629 |
![]() | 1,568 | |||||||
72 | 2019 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,121 | ![]() | 1,606 | ![]() | 1,535 |
![]() | 1,934 | |||||||
2020: not held (COVID-19-Pandemic) | ||||||||
73 | 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,864 | ![]() | 1,826 | ![]() | 2,051 |
![]() | 1,949 | |||||||
74 | 2022 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,244 | ![]() | 1,638 | ![]() | 1,841 |
![]() | 1,859 | |||||||
75 | 2023 | ![]() | ![]() | 1,594 | ![]() | 1,635 | ![]() | 1,556 |
![]() | 1,561 | |||||||
76 | 2024 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
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(**) unofficially
Medals (1928-2023)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 31 | 10 | 16 | 57 |
2 | ![]() | 10 | 6 | 13 | 29 |
3 | ![]() | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
4 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
6 | ![]() | 3 | 14 | 12 | 29 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
8 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
9 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
10 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
12 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
14 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
16 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
19 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
21 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
23 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (23 entries) | 76 | 77 | 98 | 251 |
See also
- CEB European Three-cushion Championship
- UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams
- Three-Cushion World Cup
- UMB Women's World Three-cushion Championship
References
- ^ a b c d e Haase, Dieter; Weingartner, Heinrich (2009). Enzyklopädie des Billardsports. Wien: Verlag Heinrich Weingartner. ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3.
- ^ "Official Rules and Reglementation for 3-Cushion World Championship Singles" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- ^ "General Information" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-04. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ "World Three-cushion Championships". Artistik Billard Sportunion Austria. Retrieved 8 March 2013. [dead link]
- ^ Tournament Statistics [dead link]
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