World 3-Cushion News
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Three cushion billiards may be the most popular of the carom games here at 3CushionBilliards.com but it is only one of many challenging disciplines that will be on display as the 2017 European Championships recently completed in Brandenburg, Germany. The sport of carom billiards continues to remain popular in the European countries as witnessed by the many junior players who have come to test their skills alongside some of the world's must illustrious stars.
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Dani Sanchez proved why he is the current World Champion and 2016 Player of the Year by winning the UMB World Cup in Luxor, Egypt in a record-setting performance. Dick Jaspers, the current world number one on the UMB ranking was runner-up. The final match score of 40-28 in 10 innings gave Sanchez the title and lifted his general average for the event to 2.777, a record for the best average by a winner. This surpassed the previous record of 2.739 jointly held by Dani and Torbjorn Blomdahl. The 80 ranking points Sanchez earns moved him into second place in the world with 396 points, only ten behind Jaspers at 406.
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The second UMB World Cup of the 2017 season was won by Dani Sanchez of Spain. This is Part 1 of our full coverage of the event through the qualification rounds. Part 2 of our coverage, the main event through the final, can be found here - Dani Sanchez Wins World Cup in Luxor, Eqypt.
Set in the historic city of Luxor, Egypt and running from March 26 through April 1, six Gabriels tables were the battlefield for the combatants in the beautiful Sonesta St George Hotel ballroom. Unlike previous World Cup events that were fully inscribed, only 124 players were on the list of players this time. Nonetheless, the top 14 players in the world all confirmed and would first appear on the fifth day when the main tournament commenced. Multiple qualification rounds in 3-man round robin groups preceded, whittling the field of hopeful challengers down to just 15 who would join the top players and three wildcard entries for the 32-man single elimination format that determined the champion.
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Nguyen Quoc Nguyen has vaulted on to the world stage and cemented the reputation of 3-cushion billiards in Vietnam by winning the 2017 Asian Federation Championship. The final four consisted of three players from Vietnam and only one from the Korean contingent. Pictured above (L to R): Sung-Won Choi (Korea), Champion Nguyen Quoc Nguyen (Vietnam), Runner-up Anh Vu Duong (Vietnam) and Ngo Dinh Nai (Vietnam) who shared equal third place honors with Choi..