Run-Up to the 2016 USBA 3-Cushion National Championship
The United States Billiard Association, the governing body for 3-Cushion Billiards in the US, sponsors a National Championship tournament every year. This year's event is scheduled to take place March 16-20 at Million Dollar Billiards in North Hollywood, California. As the tournament approaches, a series of qualifying events will take place at 3-Cushion Billard rooms throught the country. Players who qualify by winning or placing in the events will receive paid entry into the championship tournament.
In addition to the players who qualify through tournament competition, the National Championship roster includes seeded players who have won or participated in prior championship events. We will track the seeded and qualifying players as the big day approaches. (Click the "Read More" link below to see the current list of qualifying players and how they made it to the tournament. We have also added the list of players who paid the entry to play in the National Championship. Finally, be sure to click on the links to the stories on all the events and enjoy the photo gallery of the players that follows.)
UPDATE: For complete charts, schedules, rankings and results for the entire tournament in one gallery. Click here - Nationals charts
Qualifying & Entered Players for the
2016 USBA 3-Cushion National Championship
| PLAYERS | QUALIFIED FROM w/ LINKS |
| Pedro Piedrabuena | National Champion (1 confirmed) |
Young Gull Lee Miguel Torres Sonny Cho | 2015 National Championship (2 confirmed) |
Jae Hyung Cho Hugo Patino Mazin Shooni Carlos Hallon Frank Torres George Ashby | (4 confirmed) |
Rob Spicknall Ertan Tarhan Jesus Quinonez Neal Olson | (4 confirmed) |
Joe DeAmato Bob Page Eric Spencer | (1 confirmed) |
Ellis Lawrence Mercedez Gonzalez Victor Cuzzi | (2 confirmed) |
Eric Kwon Michael Kang | (1 confirmed) |
| Allen Castillo | Milpitas California January 31, 2016 (1 confirmed) |
Felipe Razon Alfredo Sanches Thang Le Olegario Gallo | Chicago Illinois February 14, 2016 (2 confirmed) |
| Francisco Palafox Ricardo Carranco Vicky Pineda Carlos Alvarez Hillario Augustin Billal Khalifa | Burbank California Februrary 28, 2016 (6 confirmed) |
Larry Hundley Carlos Ramos Camilo Medina Ron Hopkins Kyung S Kim Paul Feltman Sr Paul Feltman Jr Raye Raskin Paul Frankel Charles Brown Baldomero Tejeda Hector Ocampo Jose Rodriguez Jose Lizarraga Justin Lee Sabino Manriquez | Paid Entries (16 confirmed) |
Names with a strike-through will not be attending. 40 Players confurmed as of March 16, 2016.
National Championship Players Gallery
Click any image to start the slideshow of all of our players in the 2016 USBA 3-Cushion National Championship Tournament
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Pedro Piedrabuena Pedro Piedrabuena - Miguel Torres & Young Gull Lee Miguel Torres & Young Gull Lee
- Sonny Cho Sonny Cho
- Jae Hyung CHo Jae Hyung CHo
- Hugo Patino Hugo Patino
- Mazin Shooni Mazin Shooni
- Carlos Hallon Carlos Hallon
- Frank Torres Frank Torres
- George Ashby George Ashby
- Olson-Quinonez-Tarhan-Spicknall Olson-Quinonez-Tarhan-Spicknall
- DeAmato-Page-Spencer DeAmato-Page-Spencer
- Ellis Lawrence Ellis Lawrence
- Mercedes Gonzalez Mercedes Gonzalez
- Victor Cussi Victor Cussi
- Eric Kwon Eric Kwon
- Michael Kang Michael Kang
- Allen Castillo Allen Castillo
- Felipe Razon & Alfredo Sanches Felipe Razon & Alfredo Sanches
- Thang Le Thang Le
- Olegario Gallo Olegario Gallo
- 6 Qualifers From Burbank 6 Qualifers From Burbank
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