Jeremy Bury (above) the top favorite in the field of six French players proved why he was the early favorite and claimed the title in a stellar performance. Bury, ranled umber one in French three cushion billiards, was the triumphant winner of the recent French FFB Masters Billiard Tournamnent.
Dani Sánchez (2nd from right above) has captured the Spanish three cushion title for the 20th time in his career. He achieved this milestone in a superior final match against Ricardo Garcia. Sánchez won 40-14 in 13 innings and again left no doubt about his being the best Spanish billiard player ever.
Turkish billiard player Kenan Cantürk has become the new Swiss three-cushion champion. The championship was played in Lausanne, Switzerland in May 2021. Pictured above the three final players: Bouhaz, Cantürk (Winner) and Cetin.
He could hardly hold back his tears on the final podium at the Dutch championship, when the national anthem sounded through the arena. The wonderfully happy Brabant player Ludo Kools, the 53-year-old rookie at the Jumbo Masters, crowned a bizarre adventure on the final day with the Dutch three-cushion title. He was a brilliant winner, an unlikely champion, rewarded with a ticket for the World Championships in Korea.
The not even 30-year-old Spaniard David Zapata instantly is the best paid billiard player ever. Even the legendary Belgian Raymond Ceulemans, with his 21 world titles in three-cushion billiards, has never earned that much with his rich record of championships as what the not even world-famous Juan David Zapata was overjoyed with on the podium of the PBA Tour on Saturday 6 March 2021, in South Korea.
The Korean former world champion Sung-Won Choi (above, left) has won the second session of the UMB 4x10 Virtual Challenge after a strong final end rush. On the finish line, he beat the other Asian, Dinh Nai Ngo (above, right), by a two caroms margin: 75-73.
Frederic Caudron dominated the final match over Filippos Kasidokostas in a 4-0 victory that gave him his second PBA Championship win. The event known as the TS Shampoo PBA Championship was played over an extended period due to Covid restrictions. But even Caudron's mask could not hide the joy he felt in winning the tournament.
Continuiing the dominance of Vietnamese players during the strange Covid-safe 2020 billiards season, Ngo Dinh Nai was crowned champion of the UMB Virtual One Carom Challenge 3-cushion tournament on September 18. He beat number one seeded Belgian Roland Forthomme in an intense final to take the prize.