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UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams 
Summary
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.
List of champions edit
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 |  ColumbiaPedro Gonzalez Huberney Cataño |
1.410 | Spain Dani Sánchez Rubén Legazpi |
1.610 |
| South Korea Seo Chang-hoon Kim Haeng-jik |
1.402 | ||||||
| 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
|
 VietnamTrần 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) edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 9 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | Turkey | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Belgium | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Germany | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | Denmark | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Spain | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 11 |  United States | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | France | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (16 entries) | 36 | 36 | 55 | 127 | |
External links edit
Media related to World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams at Wikimedia Commons
References edit
- Official webpage