UMB World Three-cushion Championship
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The UMB World Three-cushion Championship is a professional carom billiards tournament in the discipline of three-cushion billiards, organized mostly annually by the Union Mondiale de Billard. Years ago, there were similar world championships held by other organizations in different places, but they were short-lived, leaving the UMB event as the only remaining event of its kind.[clarify]
Prize money for the 2007 event totalled €35,200 (US$49,600), with 1st place taking €4,800 ($6,750).
[edit] List of champions
This is the list of UMB World Three-cushion billiards Champions, from 1928 to 2007 (years not shown are years in which the event was not held). The winners have been mainly be Europeans, more commonly Belgians.
| Year | Champion | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Edmound Sousa |  Egypt |
| 1929 | ||
| 1930 | Henk Robijns |  Netherlands |
| 1931 | Henrique Miro |  Spain |
| 1932 | Henk Robijns | Netherlands |
| 1933 | ||
| 1934 | Claudio Puigvert | Spain |
| 1935 | Alfred Lagache |  France |
| 1936 | Edward Lee |  United States |
| 1937 | Alfred Lagache | France |
| 1938 | Augusto Vergez |  Argentina |
| 1949 | Rene Vingerhoedt | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
| 1952 | Pedro Carrera | Argentina |
| 1953 | Enrique Navarra | Argentina |
| 1958 | ||
| 1960 | Rene Vingerhoedt | Belgium |
| 1961 | Alfredo Suarez |  Peru |
| 1963 | Raymond Ceulemans | Belgium |
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| 1974 | Nobuaki Kobayashi |  Japan |
| 1975 | Raymond Ceulemans | Belgium |
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| 1981 | Ludo Dielis | Belgium |
| 1982 | Rini van Bracht | Netherlands |
| 1983 | Raymond Ceulemans | Belgium |
| 1984 | Nobuaki Kobayashi | Japan |
| 1985 | Raymond Ceulemans | Belgium |
| 1986 | Avelino Rico | Spain |
| 1987 | Torbjörn Blomdahl |  Sweden |
| 1988 | ||
| 1989 | Ludo Dielis | Belgium |
| 1990 | Raymond Ceulemans | Belgium |
| 1991 | Torbjörn Blomdahl | Sweden |
| 1992 | ||
| 1993 | Rini van Bracht | Netherlands |
| 1995 | Jozef Bel Philipoom | Belgium |
| 1996 | Christian Rudolph |  GER |
| 1997 | Torbjörn Blomdahl | Sweden |
| 1998 | Daniel Sánchez | Spain |
| 1999 | Frédéric Caudron | Belgium |
| 2000 | Dick Jaspers | Netherlands |
| 2001 | Raymond Ceulemans | Belgium |
| 2002 | Marco Zanetti |  Italy |
| 2003 | Semih Saygıner |  Turkey |
| 2004 | Dick Jaspers | Netherlands |
| 2005 | Daniel Sánchez | Spain |
| 2006 | Eddy Merckx | Belgium |
| 2007 | Ryuuji Umeda | Japan |
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