UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams

The UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams is a professional carom billiards tournament in the discipline of three-cushion billiards where nations are represented by a team of two players. After the first three editions, which took place in various nations and were not scheduled regularly, the Union Mondiale de Billard decided to keep the championships situated in Viersen, Germany and to organize these championships annually.

Overview 1 – Viersen 2013
Overview 2 – Viersen 2013
Overview 3 – Festhalle Viersen

List of champions

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Below is the list of winning nations since 1981. From 2004 on, no third-place match was played and the third place was shared by the two semi-final losing teams.

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1981   Mexico City   Japan
Nobuaki Kobayashi
Junichi Komori
1.237   Belgium
Raymond Ceulemans
Ludo Dielis
1.232   France
Edigio Vierat
Richard Bitalis
0.953
1985   Bordeaux   Japan
Nobuaki Kobayashi
Junichi Komori
1.311   Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Lennart Blomdahl
1.058   United States
Frank Torres
Allen Gilbert
1.103
1987   Madrid   Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Lennart Blomdahl
1.017   United States
Frank Torres
Allen Gilbert
0.960   Japan
Joji Kai
Yoshio Yoshihara
1.074
1990   Viersen   Japan
Joji Kai
Yoshio Yoshihara
1.114   Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Lennart Blomdahl
1.177   Germany
Christian Rudolph
Günter Siebert
1.064
1991   Viersen   Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Lennart Blomdahl
1.246   Denmark
Tonny Carlsen
Hans Laursen
1.044   Germany
Hans-Jürgen Kühl
Christian Rudolph
1.118
1992   Viersen   Japan
Nobuaki Kobayashi
Junichi Komori
1.218   United States
Sang Lee
Frank Torres
1.159   Portugal
Manuel Ribeiro
Jorge Theriaga
1.096
1993   Viersen   Germany
Maxime Aguirre
Christian Rudolph
1.104   Netherlands
Dick Jaspers
Louis Havermans
1.120   Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Lennart Blomdahl
1.182
1994   Viersen   Germany
Maxime Aguirre
Christian Rudolph
1.252   Portugal
Ribeiro
Jorge Theriaga
1.073   Germany
Johann Schirmbrand
Christian Zöllner
1.004
1995   Viersen   Denmark
Dion Nelin
Jacob Haack-Sørensen
1.145   Sweden
Lennart Blomdahl
Mats Noren
1.133   Portugal
Manuel Fradinho
Jorge Theriaga
1.073
1996   Viersen   Denmark
Hans Laursen
Dion Nelin
1.181   Japan
Reiji Ichinose
Joji Kai
1.067   Spain
José Quetglas
Dani Sánchez
1.199
1997   Viersen   Germany
Christian Rudolph
Johann Schirmbrand
1.156   Austria
Andreas Efler
Gerhard Kostistansky
1.210   Japan
Tatsuo Arai
Reiji Ichinose
1.014
1998   Viersen   Netherlands
Raimond Burgman
Dick Jaspers
1.540   Spain
Javier Minguell
Dani Sánchez
1.182   Germany
Martin Horn
Christian Rudolph
1.321
1999   Viersen   Netherlands
Raimond Burgman
Dick Jaspers
1.478   Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Michael Nilsson
1.489   Germany
Martin Horn
Christian Rudolph
1.245
2000   Viersen   Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Michael Nilsson
1.553   Netherlands
Raimond Burgman
Dick Jaspers
1.430   Denmark
Dion Nelin
Jacob Haack-Sørensen
1.214
2001   Viersen   Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Michael Nilsson
1.546   Germany
Martin Horn
Christian Rudolph
1.444   Denmark
Tonny Carlsen
Dion Nelin
1.255
2002   Viersen   Germany
Martin Horn
Christian Rudolph
1.381   Netherlands
Anno de Kleine
Dick Jaspers
1.503   Turkey
Tayfun Taşdemir
Adnan Yüksel
1.258
2003   Viersen   Turkey
Semih Sayginer
Tayfun Taşdemir
1.412   Greece
Filippos Kasidokostas
Nikos Polychronopoulos
1.400   Netherlands
Anno de Kleine
Dick Jaspers
1.707
Year Location Gold Silver Losing semi-finalists
2004   Viersen   Turkey
Semih Sayginer
Tayfun Taşdemir
1.514   Belgium
Frédéric Caudron
Peter de Backer
1.362   Spain
Alfonso Legazpi
Dani Sánchez
1.302
  France
Jérémy Bury
Jean Christoph Roux
1.164
2005   Viersen   Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Michael Nilsson
1.414   Netherlands
Jean Paul de Bruijn
Dick Jaspers
1.377   Belgium
Eddy Leppens
Eddy Merckx
1.471
  Germany
Martin Horn
Christian Rudolph
1.050
2006   Viersen   Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Michael Nilsson
1.421   Germany
Martin Horn
Christian Rudolph
1.412   Netherlands
Raimond Burgman
Dick Jaspers
1.647
  Turkey
Semih Sayginer
Adnan Yüksel
1.531
2007   Viersen   Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Michael Nilsson
1.537   Denmark
Tonny Carlsen
Brian Knudsen
1.217   Netherlands
Raimond Burgman
Dick Jaspers
1.526
  Germany
Martin Horn
Christian Rudolph
1.164
2008   Viersen   Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Michael Nilsson
1.664   Netherlands
Raimond Burgman
Dick Jaspers
1.593   South-Korea
Choi Sung-won
Kim Kyung-roul
1.584
  Spain
Ricardo García
Dani Sánchez
1.549
2009   Viersen   Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Michael Nilsson
1.769   Belgium
Roland Forthomme
Eddy Merckx
1.588   Germany
Martin Horn
Christian Rudolph
1.607
  South-Korea
Kang Dong-gung
Kim Kyung-roul
1.560
2010   Viersen   Turkey
Murat Naci Çoklu
Adnan Yüksel
1.689   Spain
Rubén Legazpi
Dani Sánchez
1.456   Netherlands
Raimond Burgman
Dick Jaspers
1.831
  South-Korea
Choi Sung-won
Kim Kyung-roul
1.516
2011   Viersen   Turkey
Lütfi Cenet
Tayfun Taşdemir
1.510   Belgium
Eddy Leppens
Eddy Merckx
1.652   Netherlands
Raimond Burgman
Dick Jaspers
1.570
  Germany
Stefan Galla
Martin Horn
1.250
2012   Viersen   Belgium
Frédéric Caudron
Eddy Merckx
1.884   Germany
Stefan Galla
Martin Horn
1.504   Spain
Javier Palazón
Dani Sánchez
1.640
  Denmark
Thomas Andersen
Tonny Carlsen
1.282
2013   Viersen   Belgium
Frédéric Caudron
Eddy Merckx
1.640   Germany
Martin Horn
Christian Rudolph
1.371   Turkey
Murat Naci Çoklu
Tayfun Taşdemir
1.580
  South-Korea
Heo Jung-han
Kim Kyung-roul
1.397
2014   Viersen   Belgium
Frédéric Caudron
Eddy Merckx
2.295   Netherlands
Dick Jaspers
Barry van Beers
1.486   Germany
Martin Horn
Steffan Galla
1.412
  Turkey
Tayfun Taşdemir
Tolgahan Kiraz
1.314
2015   Viersen   Belgium
Frédéric Caudron
Eddy Merckx
1.968   South Korea
Heo Jung-han
Cho Jae-ho
1.867   Turkey
Tayfun Taşdemir
Adnan Yüksel
1.427
  Netherlands
Dick Jaspers
Barry van Beers
1.693
2016   Viersen   Netherlands
Dick Jaspers
Jean van Erp
1.675   Turkey
Semih Saygıner
Lütfi Çenet
1.491   Belgium
Frédéric Caudron
Eddy Merckx
1.700
  Austria
Arnim Kahofer
Andreas Efler
1.287
2017   Viersen   South Korea
Choi Sung-won
Kim Jae-guen
1.515   Belgium
Frédéric Caudron
Roland Forthomme
1.701   Netherlands
Dick Jaspers
Jean van Erp
1.923
  France
Jérôme Barbeillon
Cédric Melnytschenko
1.260
2018   Viersen   South Korea
Choi Sung-won
Kang Dong-koong
1.920   Austria
Arnim Kahofer
Andreas Efler
1.273   Turkey
Semih Sayginer
Tayfun Taşdemir
1.394
  Denmark
Tonny Carlsen
Thomas Andersen
1.472
2019   Viersen   Turkey
Murat Naci Çoklu
Lütfi Çenet
1.803   Netherlands
Raimond Burgman
Dick Jaspers
1.529   South Korea
Kim Haeng-jik
Cho Jae-ho
1.431
  Belgium
Frédéric Caudron
Eddy Merckx
1.713
2022   Viersen   Turkey
Tayfun Taşdemir
Can Çapak
1.729   Columbia
Pedro Gonzalez
Huberney Cataño
1.410   Spain
Dani Sánchez
Rubén Legazpi
1.610
  Germany
Martin Horn
Ronny Lindemann
1.211
2023   Viersen   Turkey
Semih Sayginer
Tayfun Taşdemir
1.818   Sweden
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Michael Nilsson
1.680   Spain
Dani Sánchez
Rubén Legazpi
1.578
  Netherlands
Dick Jaspers
Jean Paul de Bruijn
1.512
2024   Viersen   Vietnam
Trần Quyết Chiến
Bao Phương Vinh
1.695   Spain
Rubén Legazpi
Sergio Jiménez
1.347   Japan
Ryuuji Umeda
Takao Miyashita
1.206
  United States
Raymon Groot
Hugo Patino
1.180

Medals (1981-2024)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Sweden95115
2  Turkey71614
3  Belgium45312
4  Germany441018
5  Japan4138
6  Netherlands37818
7  Denmark2248
8  South Korea2169
9  Vietnam1001
10  Spain0369
11  United States0224
12  Austria0213
13  Portugal0123
14  Colombia0101
  Greece0101
16  France0033
Totals (16 entries)363655127
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References

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