World 3-Cushion News
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The world’s top five three-cushion billiard players will be among 149 players from 19 countries competing in the third World Cup of 2016 to be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from May 16 to 22. Torbjörn Blomdahl of Sweden, Daniel Sanchez of Spain, Dick Jaspers of the Netherlands and Frédéric Caudron & Eddy Merckx of Belgium will be joined by 34 players from Vietnam and 54 players from Korea the two largest country contingents.
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The 3-Cushion National Championship for Greece consists of four ranking tournaments held over the year. The final event was held May 3-8 and for the third time in a row Nikos Polychronopoulos has emerged triumphant to secure the Greek national 3-cushion championship.
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Robinson Morales was crowned 2016 national 3-cushion champion of Colombia in the event held in Bogota in April. Morales defeated Julian Torres 40-25 in 22 innings (1.818 average) in the final match to clinch the title. His grand average of 1.473 also lead the field. Overall the quality of play in the event was very high with several matches at a 2.0 average or better.
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Eddy Merckx the Belgian former World Champion and 5-time World Cup winner made it number six in the 2016 UMB World Cup in Luxor Eqypt. With relentless consistency throughout the tournament Merckx defeated opponent after opponent finally dispatching Jeremy Bury of France in the final match.