The UMB World Three-cushion Championship is a professional
carom billiards
Carom billiards, sometimes called carambole billiards, is the overarching title of a family of cue sports generally played on cloth-covered, billiard tables. In its simplest form, the object of the game is to score or "counts" by ' one's o ...
tournament in the discipline of
three-cushion billiards
Three-cushion billiards, also called three-cushion carom, is a form of carom billiards. The object of the game is to the off both while contacting the at least three times before contacting the second object ball. A point is scored for each su ...
, organized mostly annually by the
Union Mondiale de Billard
The Union Mondiale de Billard (French for World Union of Billiards) is the world governing body for carom (carambole) billiard games.
History
The organization was founded in Madrid, Spain on 1 June 1959, and is dedicated to promoting the mo ...
(UMB). Until 1953 it was organized by the UIFAB (Union Internationale des Federations d'Amateurs de Billard). During a dispute between the UMB and
Billiards World Cup Association
The Billiards World Cup Association (BWA) was a governing body for three-cushion carom billiards which organized and marketed the Three-Cushion World Cup from 1985 to 1999. It was subordinate to the World Association Union Mondiale de Billard (U ...
(BWA), the UMB decided not to organize the championship between 1988 and 1993. Instead the overall winner of the World Cup was announced as also the world champion.
From 1928 to 1958 and from 1985 to 1987, matches were played as a single frame with a run to 50 points (or 60 points between 1960 and 1984). From 1994 to 2011 the tournament was played in a set-system, the winner achieving the best of five. Since 2012 it has been changed back to a single frame with the run to 40 points.
Prize money and ranking points
Tournament records timeline
List of champions
This is the list of UMB three-cushion billiards world champions, from 1928 to present.
[Tournament Statistics]
Medals (1928-2022)
See also
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UMB Women's World Three-cushion Championship
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Three-Cushion World Cup
References
{{Main world championships
Three-cushion billiards competitions
World championships in carom billiards
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Recurring sporting events established in 1928
Annual sporting events