European three-cushion championship

European three-cushion championship
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	Main tour
Tournament format:	Round robin / knock-out
Association / host:	UIFAB / FIB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	various
Playing time:	since 1932
Current title holder:	Dick Jaspers
Records
Most wins: 23
Raymond Ceulemans
Best GD: 2,500
Marco Zanetti 2013, Brandenburg an der Havel
Best ED: 5.625
Dick Jaspers 2008, Florange
Maximum series (HS): 28
Frédéric Caudron 2013, Brandenburg an der Havel
Position map
Due to the number of venues , these are not shown here. However, they can be accessed via the links in the top right.

The three-cushion European championship has been held in the three- cushion carom variant since 1932 . It usually takes place once a year. It has been organized by the European carom billiards association CEB ( Confédération Européenne de Billard ) since 1958 , previously by the Union Internationale des Fédérations des Amateurs de Billard (UIFAB) and Fédération Internationale de Billard (FIB).

history

Until the Second World War, European championships were only held in the disciplines cadre  45/2, cadre 45/1 and three- cushion, and that was rather irregular. Only after the war (1947) was a regular annual cycle introduced. The 1995/96 season was an exception. This had to do with the federation disputes between the world association Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) and the Billiards Worldcup Association (BWA). It also meant that the players under contract with the BWA were not allowed to participate in the European Championship from 1993 to 1997.

In the 1956/57 season there had already been two associations. The dispute over sports and management policy within the Union Internationale des Fédérations d'Amateurs de Billard (UIFAB) culminated in the re-establishment of the competing association Fédération Internationale de Billard (FIB) and the double European championships in the free game disciplines , Cadre 71 / 2 and three volume 1957. In the following year the disputes were settled and the UIFAB was again the sole European association. This merger was expressed through the re-establishment or renaming to Confédération Européenne de Billard (CEB) on July 12, 1958.

mode

The game was played from 1932 to 1958 and from 1985 to 1987 at a distance of 50 points and from 1960 to 1984 to 60 points. From 1988 the tournament was played in a set system up to 15 points (three winning sets). Starting in 2012, up to 30 points will be played in the preliminary round and up to 40 points from the round of 16.

From the 2012/13 season onwards, the European championships will be held every two years in Brandenburg an der Havel in a mammoth tournament with all disciplines.

Prize money and ranking points

	Prize money ( € )	Ranking points
winner	6,000	80
finalist	3,500	54
Semi-finalists	2,000	38
5th - 8th	1,000	26th
9-16	600	16
17th - 32nd	400	8th
P-qual	-	4th
All in all	28,700	-
(As of February 7, 2013)

Records

→ Main article : List of records in three cushion

Raymond Ceulemans at the 1985 World Cup in Amersfoort

The record winner is the Belgian Raymond Ceulemans with 23 titles, the current title holder is Torbjörn Blomdahl from Sweden.

European records can also be set at world championships, world cup tournaments, all-around tournaments and team competitions.

The best GD of a player at an EM was achieved by Marco Zanetti in 2013 with 2,500. The official European record stands at 2.777, set by Daniel Sánchez at the Three Cushion World Cup 2017 in Luxor, Egypt .

Dick Jaspers played the best game up to 40 points (40 in 8 recordings = 5,000) in 2012 in Istanbul. Torbjörn Blomdahl played up to 50 points in 1985 at the European team in Copenhagen and Raymond Ceulemans in 1986 at the World Cup in Las Vegas 2,631 ED. Raymond Ceulemans played up to 60 points at the European Championship in Dortmund in 1972, 2,857 ED. In the sentence system, the best performance is 5,625 ED, played by Dick Jaspers in Florange in 2008.

Dick Jaspers holds the official European record for the best individual average . Positioned in the German Billiard Bundesliga. On January 22nd, 2018 he scored 40 points in 10 shots, i.e. 10.00 , for his Bundesliga club 1. BC Magdeburg 1950.

Officially, there are no longer any prolonged series because sets are only played up to 15 points. Still, it should be mentioned that Dick Jaspers finished a sentence in Florange with 13 points, kicked out the next sentence in one shot, and started the following sentence with 6. That would be a prolonged series of 34 points. This has never happened in official tournaments in the long history of billiards. The official European record is held by Frédéric Caudron from Belgium with 28 points, placed at the three-cushion European Championship 2013 in Brandenburg an der Havel .

Tournament record development

With the set system, the best individual average (ED) is only scored in the game on 3 winning sets, without a set system on at least 40 points.

General average (GD) GD Surname year 0.717 Henk Robijns 1932 0.804 Alfred Lagache 1939 0.827 Roger Hanoun 1948 0.890 Alfred Lagache 1949 0.895 René Vingerhoedt 1951 1.023 René Vingerhoedt 1952 1.190 René Vingerhoedt 1954 1,238 Raymond Ceulemans 1963 1.420 Raymond Ceulemans 1965 1.538 Raymond Ceulemans 1969 1.621 Raymond Ceulemans 1971 1.808 Raymond Ceulemans 1991 2,314 Frédéric Caudron 2001 2.376 Torbjörn Blomdahl 2003 2,500 Marco Zanetti 2013

Single Average (ED) BED Surname year 0.925 Henk Robijns 1932 Jacques Davin 1935 1.041 Alfred Lagache 1939 1.111 Alfred Lagache 1947 1.219 Roger Hanoun 1948 Alfred Lagache 1949 1.428 René Vingerhoedt 1952 René Vingerhoedt 1953 1.515 René Vingerhoedt 1954 1.724 René Vingerhoedt 1958 1.764 Raymond Ceulemans 1964 1,818 Raymond Ceulemans 1965 2.068 Raymond Ceulemans 1965 2.222 Raymond Ceulemans 1969 2,400 Johann Scherz 1971 2.875 Raymond Ceulemans 1972 3,000 Tayfun Taşdemir 2002 3.461 Torbjörn Blomdahl 2003 Frédéric Caudron 2003 5.625 Dick Jaspers 2008

Maximum series (HS) HS Surname year 08th Otto Unshelm 1932 09 René Vingerhoedt 1939 12 Alfred Lagache 1948 15th Herman Popeijus 1955 Henny de Ruijter 1960 17th Raymond Ceulemans 1964 20th Raymond Ceulemans 1973 23 Nikos Polychronopoulos 2012 28 Frédéric Caudron 2013

Medal table and participating nations

space nation gold silver bronze total 1. Belgium 37 18th 27 82 2. Sweden 10 3 5 18th 3. Netherlands 9 9 18th 36 4th France 5 8th 7th 20th 5. Spain 4th 1 9 14th 6th Austria 2 11 5 18th 7th Turkey 2 2 5 09 8th. Italy 2 1 4th 07th 9. Switzerland 1 1 0 02 10. Greece 1 0 0 01 11. Germany 0 12 5 017th 12. Denmark 0 6th 5 011 13. Portugal 0 1 4th 05

All nations participating so far  Egypt  Belgium  Denmark  Germany  France  Finland  Greece  Israel  Italy  Croatia  Luxembourg  North Macedonia  Netherlands  Norway  Austria  Poland  Portugal  Russia  Sweden  Switzerland  Spain  Czech Republic  Turkey  Hungary  Cyprus

Tournament statistics

The GD indicates the general average of the respective player during the tournament.

No.	year	place	winner	GD	place 2	GD	place 3	GD
01	1932	Amsterdam	Franz Aeberhard	0.659	Henk Robijns	0.717	Claudio Puigvert	0.613
02	1935	Amsterdam	Alfred Lagache	0.704	Jacques Davin	0.686	Emile Zaman	0.595
03	1939	Angoulême	Alfred Lagache	0.804	Aria Bos	0.714	Alfredo Ferraz	0.574
04th	1947	Brussels	Alfred Lagache	0.773	René Vingerhoedt	0.756	Claudio Puigvert	0.644
05	1948	Madrid	Joaquín Domingo	0.793	Roger Hanoun	0.835	René Vingerhoedt	0.718
06th	1949	Angoulême	Alfred Lagache	0.890	René Vingerhoedt	0.733	Marcel Lacroix	0.634
07th	1950	Amsterdam	Bert Wevers	0.584	Bernard Siguret	0.673	Leonard Dessart	0.652
08th	1951	Antwerp	René Vingerhoedt	0.895	Alfred Lagache	0.640	Leonard Dessart	0.702
09	1952	Lausanne	René Vingerhoedt	1.023	August Tiedtke	0.807	Jan Brockhuizen	0.731
10	1953	Madrid	René Vingerhoedt	1.008	August Tiedtke	0.796	Antonio Ventura	0.680
11	1954	Mannheim	René Vingerhoedt	1.190	Walter Lütgehetmann	0.863	Pierre Fauconnier	0.877
12	1955	Amsterdam	René Vingerhoedt	1.017	Herman Popeijus	0.884	Walter Lütgehetmann	0.813
13	1956	Saarbrücken	René Vingerhoedt	0.831	August Tiedtke	0.784	Pierre Fauconnier	0.763
14th	1957/1 1	Lisbon	Bernard Siguret	0.677	Jaime Pimenta	0.636	Johann Scherz	0.666
15th	1957/2 1	Antwerp	René Vingerhoedt	0.800	August Tiedtke	0.815	Raymond Steylaerts	0.638
16	1958	Cannes	Johann Scherz	0.902	August Tiedtke	0.863	René Vingerhoedt	0.946
17th	1959	Hilversum	René Vingerhoedt	1.041	August Tiedtke	0.935	Bernard Siguret	0.854
18th	1960	Dusseldorf	René Vingerhoedt	1.105	August Tiedtke	0.992	Laurent Boulanger	0.994
19th	1961	Trieste	Johann Scherz	1,000	Henny de Ruijter	0.796	Raymond Ceulemans	0.928
20th	1962	Kaatsheuvel	Raymond Ceulemans	1.159	Johann Scherz	1.015	Herman Popeijus	0.890
21st	1963	Brussels	Raymond Ceulemans	1.202	Johann Scherz	1.007	Raymond Steylaerts	0.952
22nd	1964	Copenhagen	Raymond Ceulemans	1.197	Johann Scherz	0.876	Raymond Steylaerts	0.843
23	1965	Vienna	Raymond Ceulemans	1.160	Johann Scherz	1.053	Roger Hanoun	0.922
24	1966	Lisbon	Raymond Ceulemans	1.420	Johann Scherz	0.872	Jan Doggen	0.801
25th	1967	Angoulême	Raymond Ceulemans	1.253	Fernand van Barel	0.971	Johann Scherz	0.924
26th	1968	Madrid	Raymond Ceulemans	1,379	Johann Scherz	1.125	Laurent Boulanger	1.150
27	1969	The hague	Raymond Ceulemans	1.538	Laurent Boulanger	1.174	Johann Scherz	1.069
28	1970	Tournai	Raymond Ceulemans	1.366	Johann Scherz	1.010	August Tiedtke	0.809
29	1971	Geel	Raymond Ceulemans	1.621	Johann Scherz	1.142	Laurent Boulanger	1.041
30th	1972	Dortmund	Raymond Ceulemans	1.501	Peter Thøgersen	0.907	Rini van Bracht	0.961
31	1973	Crosne	Arnold de Paepe	0.940	Ludo Dielis	0.949	Roland Dufetelle	0.869
32	1974	Eeklo	Raymond Ceulemans	1.527	Ludo Dielis	1.111	Richard Bitalis	1.019
33	1975	Rotterdam	Raymond Ceulemans	1.406	Rini van Bracht	0.982	Laurent Boulanger	1.274
34	1976	Valencia	Raymond Ceulemans	1.563	Ludo Dielis	0.993	Johann Scherz	1.091
35	1977	Lausanne	Raymond Ceulemans	1,310	Ludo Dielis	1.074	Johann Scherz	1.016
36	1978	Copenhagen	Raymond Ceulemans	1.476	Peter Thøgersen	1.071	Ludo Dielis	1.060
37	1979	Düren	Raymond Ceulemans	1.369	Johann Scherz	1.059	Egidio Vierat	1.029
38	1980	Helsingborg	Raymond Ceulemans	1.571	Johann Scherz	0.979	Christ van der Smissen	1.113
39	1981	Vienna	Raymond Ceulemans	1,382	Raymond Steylaerts	0.808	Piet de Jong	0.773
40	1982	postage	Raymond Ceulemans	1,365	Johann Scherz	1.125	Ludo Dielis	1.184
41	1983	Dunkirk	Raymond Ceulemans	1.333	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.104	Egidio Vierat	1.045
42	1984	Lions	Rini van Bracht	1.193	Egidio Vierat	0.978	Günter Siebert	1.054
43	1985	Amersfoort	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.327	Rini van Bracht	1.080	Raymond Ceulemans	1.262
44	1986	Bad Mondorf	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.218	Avelino Rico	1.027	Jorge Theriaga	1.084
45	1987	Waalwijk	Raymond Ceulemans	1.411	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.261	Ludo Dielis	1.156
46	1988	Vejle	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.506	Raymond Ceulemans	1.476	Christ van der Smissen	1.202
47	1989	Viersen	Lennart Blomdahl	1,099	Richard Bitalis	1,324	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.225
48	1990	Norrkoping	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.435	Dick Jaspers	1.389	Paul Stroobants	1.158
49	1991	Dordrecht	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,772	Dick Jaspers	1.513	Raymond Ceulemans	1.808
50	1992	Cairo	Raymond Ceulemans	1.293	Francis Connesson	1.232	Marco Zanetti	1,135
51	1993	Corbeil-Essonnes	Rini van Bracht	1,231	Maximo Aguirre	0.958	Paul Stroobants	1,213
52	1994	Odense	John Tijssens	1.097	Andreas Efler	0.996	Dion Nelin	1,231
No.	year	place	winner	GD	place 2	GD	Semi-finalists	GD
53	1995	Prague	Jozef Philipoom	1.203	Hans Laursen	1.083	Jorge Theriaga	1.151
							John Tijssens	1.050
54	1997	Bad Mondorf	Daniel Sánchez	1,579	Jean-Christophe Roux	1,311	Dion Nelin	1.353
							Peter de Backer	1.171
55	1998	Aubagne	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,429	Martin Horn	1.378	Dick Jaspers	1,583
							Daniel Sánchez	1.524
56	1999	postage	Semih Saygıner	1.571	Dion Nelin	1.355	Jorge Theriaga	1.333
							Dick Jaspers	1,448
57	2000	Madrid	Daniel Sánchez	1.544	Semih Saygıner	1.568	Eddy Leppens	1.285
							Raimond Burgman	1,200
58	2001	Odense	Torbjörn Blomdahl	2.235	Tonny Carlsen	1.326	Dion Nelin	1.447
							Dick Jaspers	1,839
59	2002	Izmir	Frédéric Caudron	1.730	Tonny Carlsen	1.497	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.481
							Jacob Haack Sørensen	1.397
60	2003	Goynuk	Dick Jaspers	1,834	Frédéric Caudron	1,864	Marco Zanetti	1.984
							Martin Horn	1.468
61	2004	Oludeniz	Murat Naci Çoklu	1.652	Martin Horn	1.358	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.669
							Daniel Sánchez	1.493
62	2005	postage	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.643	Frédéric Caudron	1.333	Dick Jaspers	1,920
							Brian Knudsen	1.413
63	2006	Antalya	Frédéric Caudron	1.937	Semih Saygıner	1,922	Daniel Sánchez	1,772
							Dick Jaspers	1,698
64	2007	Salon-de-Provence	Eddy Merckx	1.714	Frédéric Caudron	1,962	Daniel Sánchez	1.608
							Dick Jaspers	1,860
65	2008	Florange	Dick Jaspers	2.169	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.557	Marco Zanetti	1.317
							Roland Forthomme	1.391
66	2009	Odense	Daniel Sánchez	1,864	Frédéric Caudron	1.760	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.529
							Tayfun Taşdemir	1.388
67	2010	St. Wendel	Dick Jaspers	2.168	Eddy Merckx	1.581	Marco Zanetti	2.007
							Tayfun Taşdemir	1.428
68	2011	postage	Dick Jaspers	1.715	Eddy Merckx	1.518	Torbjörn Blomdahl	1.655
							Frédéric Caudron	1.631
69	2012	Istanbul	Filipos Kasidokostas	1,798	Raimond Burgman	1.465	Martin Horn	1,682
							Murat Naci Çoklu	1,587
70	2013	Brandenburg on the Havel	Marco Zanetti	2,500	Christian Rudolph	1.465	Frédéric Caudron	1,869
							Glenn Hofman	1.059
71	2015		Torbjörn Blomdahl	1,739	Eddy Merckx	2,417	Dick Jaspers	1.646
							Adnan Yüksel	1.405
72	2017		Marco Zanetti	1,980	Frédéric Caudron	1.933	Dick Jaspers	1.807
							David Martinez	1.229
73	2019		Dick Jaspers	2,352	Marco Zanetti	1,948	Murat Naci Çoklu	1,873
							Ruben Legazpi	1.666
74	2021	Berlicum

^{1 In} 1957, two European championships were held by the rival and quarreling associations Union Internationale des Fédérations d'Amateurs de Billard (UIFAB) and Fédération Internationale de Billard (FIB). Since the players could only belong to one association at a time, the field of participants at the respective European championships was very different.

Web links

Commons : Three-Cushion European Championship  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• EM results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Prize money and ranking points. (PDF; 110 kB) Archived from the original on February 7, 2013 ; Retrieved February 7, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Bert van Manen: And then there were three ... BC De Deken, January 2013, archived from the original on November 19, 2016 ; accessed on November 19, 2016 (English).  
3. ^ Heinrich Weingartner, Dieter Haase: Encyclopedia of Billiards . Results from 1932 - 2008. 1st edition. tape 2 . Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 855-915 .

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