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The UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams is a professional

carom billiards Carom billiards, also called French billiards and sometimes 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 ...

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 s ...

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 The Union Mondiale de Billard (English language, English: ) is the world governing body for Carom billiards, carom (carambole) Cue sport, billiard games. History The organization was founded in Madrid, Spain on 1 June 1959, and is dedicated t ...

decided to keep the championships situated in

Viersen Viersen (; ) is the capital of the Viersen (district), district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Viersen is situated approximately 8 km north-west of Mönchengladbach, 15 km south-west of Krefeld and 20 km ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

and to organize these championships annually.

List of champions

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.

Medals (1981-2025)

External links

References

Official webpage
{{Main world championships Three-cushion billiards competitions World championships in carom billiards