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The Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) is the governing body for 3-Cushion Billiards in the world. Each year (since 1996) a series of World Cup tournaments have been held where the world's top players have met to compete. Here you will find a list of former champions by year (and series) including their home country, the location where the tournament was held and the winner's tournament average.
YEAR | WINNER / COUNTRY | TOURNAMENT LOCATION | AVERAGE |
1986/1 | Raymond Ceulemans / Belgium | Paris, France | 1.157 |
1986/2 | Nobuaki Kobayashi / Japan | Antwerp, Belgium | 1.515 |
1986/3 | Egidio Vieira / Portugal | Berlin, Germany | 1.098 |
1986/4 | Nobuaki Kobayashi / Japan | Valkenburg, Netherlands | 1.643 |
1987/1 | Raymond Ceulemans / Belgium | Paris, France | 1.303 |
1987/2 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Antwerp, Belgium | 1.728 |
1987/3 | Junichi Komori / Japan | Berlin, Germany | 1.364 |
1987/4 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Valkenburg, Netherlands | 1.500 |
1988/1 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Paris, France | 1.360 |
1988/2 | Nobuaki Kobayashi / Japan | Antwerp, Belgium | 1.507 |
1988/3 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Berlin, Germany | 1.764 |
1988/4 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Palma, Spain | 1.298 |
1988/5 | Laurent Boulanger / Belgium | Valkenburg, Netherlands | 1.395 |
1988/6 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Tokyo, Japan | 1.947 |
1989/1 | Richard Bitalis / France | Deurne, Belgium | 1.311 |
1989/2 | Ludo Dielis / Belgium | Berlin, Germany | 1.466 |
1989/3 | Raymond Ceulemans / Belgium | Palma, Spain | 1.280 |
1989/4 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Las Vegas, United States | 1.558 |
1989/5 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Yokohama, Japan | 1.406 |
1990/1 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Antwerp, Belgium | 1.671 |
1990/2 | Raymond Ceulemans / Belgium | Paris, France | 1.521 |
1990/3 | Ludo Dielis / Belgium | Berlin, Germany | 1.644 |
1990/4 | Raymond Ceulemans / Belgium | Norrköping, Sweden | 1.648 |
1990/5 | Marco Zanetti / Italy | Palma, Spain | 1.760 |
1990/6 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Tokyo, Japan | 1.632 |
1991/1 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Gent, Belgium | 1.758 |
1991/2 | Sang Chun Lee / United States | Berlin, Germany | 1.492 |
1991/3 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Palma, Spain | 1.616 |
1991/4 | Raymond Ceulemans / Belgium | Seoul, South Korea | 1.356 |
1991/5 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Tokyo, Japan | 1.712 |
1992/1 | Rini van Bracht / Netherlands | Oosterhout, Netherlands | 1.488 |
1992/2 | Sang Chun Lee / United States | Gent, Belgium | 1.578 |
1992/3 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Berlin, Germany | 1.796 |
1992/4 | Raymond Ceulemans / Belgium | Orléans, France | 1.492 |
1992/5 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Tokyo, Japan | 2.204 |
1992/6 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Palma, Spain | 1.658 |
1993/1 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Oosterhout, Netherlands | 1.462 |
1993/2 | Sang Chun Lee / United States | Istanbul, Turkey | 1.524 |
1993/3 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Berlin, Germany | 1.681 |
1993/4 | Raymond Ceulemans / Belgium | Tokyo, Japan | 1.461 |
1993/5 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Bolzano, Italy | 1.904 |
1994/1 | Sang Chun Lee / United States | Gent, Belgium | 1.181 |
1994/2 | Koen Ceulemans / Belgium | Cairo, Egypt | 1.231 |
1994/3 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Istanbul, Turkey | 1.758 |
1994/4 | Christoph Pilss / Austria | Oosterhout, Netherlands | 1.402 |
1994/5 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Halle (Saale), Germany | 2.007 |
1994/6 | Jorge Theriaga / Portugal | Dongen, Netherlands | 1.409 |
1994/7 | Semih Saygıner / Turkey | Gent, Belgium | 1.567 |
1995/1 | Andreas Efler / Switzerland | Vejle, Denmark | 1.377 |
1995/2 | Daniel Sánchez / Spain | Athens, Greece | 1.456 |
1995/3 | Rini van Bracht / Netherlands | Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg | 1.376 |
1995/4 | Daniel Sánchez / Spain | Porto, Portugal | 1.366 |
1995/5 | Hans Laursen / Denmark | Hooglede, Belgium | 1.247 |
1995/6 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Oosterhout, Netherlands | 1.807 |
1995/7 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Halle (Saale), Germany | 1.824 |
1995/8 | Raymond Ceulemans / Belgium | Antwerp, Belgium | 1.757 |
1995/9 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Istanbul, Turkey | 2.308 |
1996/1 | Jorge Theriaga / Portugal | Antalya, Turkey | 1.295 |
1996/2 | Dion Nelin / Denmark | Porto, Portugal | 1.489 |
1996/3 | Ludo Dielis / Belgium | Hooglede, Belgium | 1.347 |
1996/4 | Francis Forton / Belgium | Athens, Greece | 1.228 |
1996/5 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Oosterhout, Netherlands | 1.690 |
1996/6 | Raimond Burgman / Netherlands | Daegu, South Korea | 1.379 |
1996/7 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Antwerp, Belgium | 1.524 |
1996/8 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Istanbul, Turkey | 1.651 |
1997/1 | Christian Rudolph / Germany | Seoul, South Korea | 1.000 |
1997/2 | Yilmaz Özcan / Turkey | Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy | 1.376 |
1997/3 | Dion Nelin / Denmark | Porto, Portugal | 1.575 |
1997/4 | Eddy Merckx / Belgium | Hooglede, Belgium | 1.343 |
1997/5 | Christian Rudolph / Germany | Herne, Germany | 1.410 |
1997/6 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Oosterhout, Netherlands | 1.662 |
1997/7 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Antalya, Turkey | 1.805 |
1997/8 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Antwerp, Belgium | 1.583 |
1998/1 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Barendrecht, Netherlands | 2.089 |
1998/10 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Roermond, Netherlands | 1.658 |
1998/2 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Bussum, Netherlands | 1.983 |
1998/3 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Lisbon, Portugal | 1.660 |
1998/4 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Hooglede, Belgium | 2.033 |
1998/5 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Corfu, Greece | 1.568 |
1998/6 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Bogotá, Colombia | 1.523 |
1998/7 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Torremolinos, Spain | 1.486 |
1998/8 | Daniel Sánchez / Spain | Oosterhout, Netherlands | 1.773 |
1998/9 | Semih Saygıner / Turkey | Antalya, Turkey | 1.649 |
1999/1 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Seoul, South Korea | 1.103 |
1999/2 | Sang Chun Lee / United States | Las Vegas, United States | 1.625 |
1999/3 | Marco Zanetti / Italy | Berlin, Germany | 2.082 |
1999/4 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Kemer, Turkey | 2.055 |
1999/5 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Oosterhout, Netherlands | 1.815 |
2000/1 | Semih Saygıner / Turkey | Bogotá, Colombia | 1.404 |
2000/2 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Oosterhout, Netherlands | 1.893 |
2001/1 | Semih Saygıner / Turkey | Bogotá, Colombia | 1.452 |
2001/2 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Las Vegas, United States | 2.050 |
2001/3 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Kuşadası, Turkey | 1.497 |
2001/4 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Lugo, Spain | 1.794 |
2001/5 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Oosterhout, Netherlands | 1.725 |
2002/1 | Not held | Not held | Not held |
2003/1 | Semih Saygıner / Turkey | Las Vegas, United States | 1.606 |
2004/1 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Barendrecht, Netherlands | 2.076 |
2004/2 | Semih Saygıner / Turkey | Athens, Greece | 2.000 |
2004/3 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Seville, Spain | 1.668 |
2004/4 | Daniel Sánchez / Spain | Hurghada, Egypt | 1.277 |
2004/5 | Daniel Sánchez / Spain | Antwerp, Belgium | 1.938 |
2005/1 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Sluiskil, Netherlands | 2.181 |
2005/2 | Roland Forthomme / Belgium | Hurghada, Egypt | 1.636 |
2005/3 | Eddy Merckx / Belgium | Barendrecht, Netherlands | 2.062 |
2005/4 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Istanbul, Turkey | 1.786 |
2006/1 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Sluiskil, Netherlands | 1.925 |
2006/2 | Daniel Sánchez / Spain | Porto, Portugal | 1.505 |
2006/3 | Roland Forthomme / Belgium | Volos, Greece | 1.907 |
2006/4 | Daniel Sánchez / Spain | Hurghada, Egypt | 1.741 |
2006/5 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Istanbul, Turkey | 1.787 |
2007/1 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Sluiskil, Netherlands | 1.925 |
2007/2 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Manisa, Turkey | 1.862 |
2007/3 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Corfu, Greece | 1.755 |
2007/4 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Porto, Portugal | 2.153 |
2007/5 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Hurghada, Egypt | 1.468 |
2007/6 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Mexico City, Mexico | 1.880 |
2007/7 | Daniel Sánchez / Spain | Seoul, South Korea | 1.992 |
2008/1 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Sluiskil, Netherlands | 1.948 |
2008/2 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Porto, Portugal | 1.992 |
2008/3 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Irapuato, Mexico | 1.729 |
2008/4 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Suwon, South Korea | 1.782 |
2008/5 | Daniel Sánchez / Spain | Hurghada, Egypt | 1.779 |
2008/6 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Alcalá de Guadaíra, Spain | 1.770 |
2009/1 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Sluiskil, Netherlands | 1.695 |
2009/2 | Martin Horn / Germany | Antalya, Turkey | 1.626 |
2009/3 | Eddy Merckx / Belgium | Matosinhos, Portugal | 1.751 |
2009/4 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Suwon, South Korea | 1.950 |
2009/5 | Jozef Philipoom / Belgium | Hurghada, Egypt | 1.443 |
2010/1 | Kim Kyung-roul / South Korea | Antalya, Turkey | 1.601 |
2010/2 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Suwon, South Korea | 2.153 |
2010/3 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Matosinhos, Portugal | 1.476 |
2010/4 | Filipos Kasidokostas / Greece | Hurghada, Egypt | 1.860 |
2011/1 | Eddy Merckx / Belgium | Trabzon, Turkey | 1.655 |
2011/2 | Daniel Sánchez / Spain | Matosinhos, Portugal | 1.834 |
2011/3 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Suwon, South Korea | 1.736 |
2011/4 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Vienna, Austria | 2.420 |
2011/5 | Adnan Yüksel / Turkey | Hurghada, Egypt | 1.757 |
2012/1 | Sung-Won Choi / South Korea | Antalya, Turkey | 1.581 |
2012/2 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Suwon, South Korea | 2.370 |
2012/3 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Hurghada, Egypt | 1.826 |
2013/1 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Antalya, Turkey | 1.834 |
2013/2 | Dong-koong Kang / South Korea | Guri, South Korea | 2.000 |
2013/3 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Corinth, Greece | 2.739 |
2013/4 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Medellín, Colombia | 1.941 |
2013/5 | Eddy Merckx / Belgium | Hurghada, Egypt | 2.222 |
2014/1 | Jae-Ho Cho / South Korea | Istanbul, Turkey | 2.150 |
2014/2 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Luxor, Egypt | 2.272 |
2014/3 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Porto, Portugal | 1.923 |
2014/4 | Eddy Merckx / Belgium | Guri, South Korea | 1.980 |
2014/5 | Marco Zanetti / Italy | Hurghada, Egypt | 1.834 |
2015/1 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Luxor, Egypt | 2.247 |
2015/2 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | Porto, Portugal | 2.000 |
2015/3 | Tayfun Taşdemir / Turkey | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 2.298 |
2015/4 | Daniel Sánchez / Spain | Guri, South Korea | 2.739 |
2015/5 | Murat Naci Çoklu / Turkey | Istanbul, Turkey | 1.612 |
2015/6 | Frédéric Caudron / Belgium | Hurghada, Egypt | 2.197 |
2016/1 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Bursa, Turkey | 2.325 |
2016/2 | Eddy Merckx / Belgium | Luxor, Egypt | 1.801 |
2016/3 | Frederic Caudron / Belgium | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 1.980 |
2016/4 | Frederic Caudron / Belgium | Porto, Portugal | 2.197 |
2016/5 | Jeremy Bury / France | Guri, Korea | 2.020 |
2016/6 | Murat Naci Çoklu / Turkey | La Baule, France | 1.980 |
2016/7 | Jung-Han Heo / Korea | Hurghada, Egypt | 1.680 |
2017/1 | Frederic Caudron / Belgium | Bursa, Turkey | 2.105 |
2017/2 | Daniel Sánchez / Spain | Luxor, Egypt | 2.812 |
2017/3 | Eddy Merckx / Belgium | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 1.923 |
2017/4 | Haeng-Jik Kim / South Korea | Porto, Portugal | 1.680 |
2017/5 | Haeng-Jik Kim / South Korea | Cheongju, Korea | 1.923 |
2017/6 | Torbjörn Blomdahl / Sweden | La Boule, France | 2.020 |
2017/7 | Eddy Merckx / Belgium | Hurghada, Egypt | 2.257 |
2018/1 | Frederic Caudron / Belgium | Antalya, Turkey | 2.739 |
2018/2 | Quyet Chien Tran / Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 2.000 |
2018/3 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Blankenberg, Belgium | 2.061 |
2018/4 | Frederic Caudron / Belgium | Porto Portugal | 2.380 |
2018/5 | Martin Horn / Germany | La Baule, France | 2,020 |
2018/6 | Eddy Merckx / Belgium | Seoul, Korea | 2.000 |
2018/7 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Hurghada, Egypt | 2.040 |
2019/1 | Tayfun Tasdemir / Turkey | Antalya, Turkey | 1.758 |
2019/2 | Frederic Caudron / Belgium | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 2.368 |
2019/3 | Javier Palazon / Spain | Blankenberge, Belgium | 1.666 |
2019/4 | Dick Jaspers / Netherlands | Porto, Portugal | 2.029 |
2019/5 | Haeng-Jik Kim / Korea | Veghel, Netherlands | 1.956 |
2019/6 | Eddy Merckx / Belgium | Guri, Korea | 2.044 |
2019/7 | Marco Zanetti / Italy | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 2.718 |
2020/1 | Dani Sanchez / Spain | Antalya, Turkey | 1.980 |
2020/2 | *** May 2020 *** | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ??? |
For more information on the UMB World Cup series browse the Wikipedia page.
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The Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) is the governing body for 3-Cushion Billiards in the world. Each year since 1928 (with few interruptions) the UMB has held a World Championshop tournament to determine the world's best player. Here you will find a list of former champions by year including their home country, the location where the tournament was held and the winner's tournament average.
The current world champion is Tayfun Tasdemir of Turkey.
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