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UMB World Three-Cushion Championship

Editions
80
1928–2026
Distinct champions
32
from 16 countries
Host
20
52 cities
Reigning champion
Eddy Merckx
3 titles · last lost the title in 2013

Records

Time on the throne

21yrs
Raymond Ceulemans6 reigns

Longest gap between titles

18yrs
Torbjorn Blomdahl1997 → 2015

Youngest champion

≈ 24 y/o
Dani SanchezRezé, France · 1998 · age by year (exact dates missing)

Oldest champion

≈ 64 y/o
Raymond CeulemansLuxembourg · 2001 · age by year (exact dates missing)

Champion age

≈ 39.1y/o
1920s → 2020s

average over 71 titles

Kings of the event

Most titles
🇸🇪 Torbjorn Blomdahl7Titles
R🇧🇪 Raymond Ceulemans21Titles
🇳🇱 Dick Jaspers5Titles
#PlayerTitlesFinals
4Dani Sanchez46
5Frederic Caudron44
6Eddy Merckx36
7Hendrik J. Robijns33
8Nobuaki Kobayashi212
9Edmond Soussa25
10Marco Zanetti24
11Rini van Bracht24
12René Vingerhoedt24
13Ludo Dielis23
14Enrique Navarra23
15Alfred Lagache22

Who wins next?

Next-edition outlook · simulated from Elo-3C

  1. 1
    Myung Woo ChoElo 2050
    13%
  2. 2
    Eddy MerckxElo 1981
    8.9%
  3. 3
    Dick JaspersElo 1936
    6.9%
  4. 4
    Dani SanchezElo 1908
    5.9%
  5. 5
    Bao Phuong VinhElo 1907
    5.8%

Share within this competition's 20 players with a reliable Elo: pairwise Elo-3C strength, normalised (Bradley–Terry). Elo only — no form, head-to-head or bracket.

Elo-3C board

UMB World Three-Cushion Championship

135/140 reliable|through 27/09/2026

  1. 1Myung Woo Cho2050▼20
    • Form68▼
    • Consistency83%
    • AVG1.831
    • This event29 matches · 23–6+87
    • Rank#1
  2. 2Eddy Merckx1981▲25
    • Form68▲
    • Consistency84%
    • AVG1.811
    • This event39 matches · 31–7+124
    • Rank#2▲1
  3. 3Dick Jaspers1936▼18
    • Form53▼
    • Consistency87%
    • AVG1.921
    • This event33 matches · 23–7−21
    • Rank#11▼3
  4. 4Dani Sanchez1908
    • Consistency89%
    • AVG1.898
    • This event11 matches · 7–3−13
    • Rank#3505▼2
  5. 5Bao Phuong Vinh1907▼5
    • Form68▬
    • Consistency81%
    • AVG1.744
    • This event21 matches · 18–3+103
    • Rank#5▲6
  6. 6Frederic Caudron1898▼9
    • Form61▼
    • Consistency89%
    • AVG1.865
    • This event12 matches · 10–2+53
    • Rank#7▼5
  7. 7Marco Zanetti1895▼25
    • Form65▼
    • Consistency86%
    • AVG1.856
    • This event32 matches · 23–8+13
    • Rank#9▼2
  8. 8Martin Horn1891▼7
    • Form64▼
    • Consistency85%
    • AVG1.617
    • This event29 matches · 20–9−1
    • Rank#4
  9. 9Sameh Sidhom1885▼10
    • Form65▬
    • Consistency86%
    • AVG1.617
    • This event31 matches · 21–8+44
    • Rank#3▲3
  10. 10Jung Han Heo1877▲20
    • Form62▬
    • Consistency85%
    • AVG1.650
    • This event25 matches · 14–11−29
    • Rank#12
  11. 11Berkay Karakurt1851▼21
    • Form76▲
    • Consistency85%
    • AVG1.695
    • This event15 matches · 7–8−36
    • Rank#8▼3
  12. 12Peter Ceulemans1827▼11
    • Form69▼
    • Consistency87%
    • AVG1.531
    • This event12 matches · 6–4−12
    • Rank#10
  13. 13Tayfun Tasdemir1824▼9
    • Form55▼
    • Consistency84%
    • AVG1.765
    • This event35 matches · 27–8+139
    • Rank#6▲3
  14. 14Ruben Legazpi1805▼12
    • Form60▼
    • Consistency85%
    • AVG1.579
    • This event23 matches · 14–8+45
    • Rank#16▲1
  15. 15Glenn Hofman1803▼12
    • Form56▼
    • Consistency88%
    • AVG1.588
    • This event4 matches · 2–2−2
    • Rank#13▲2
  16. 16Tran Thanh Luc1801▼9
    • Form56▼
    • Consistency84%
    • AVG1.568
    • This event14 matches · 9–5+29
    • Rank#14▼1
  17. 17Tran Quyet Chien1798▼8
    • Form52▼
    • Consistency86%
    • AVG1.680
    • This event26 matches · 19–6+38
    • Rank#18▲1
  18. 18Thai Hong Chiem1793▼9
    • Form62▬
    • Consistency85%
    • AVG1.514
    • This event16 matches · 7–8−18
    • Rank#17▼1
  19. 19Kim Jun Tae1786
    • Consistency87%
    • AVG1.616
    • This event8 matches · 2–6−87
    • Rank#233▲2
  20. 20Tolgahan Kiraz1772▲10
    • Form62▼
    • Consistency83%
    • AVG1.421
    • This event11 matches · 5–6−19
    • Rank#22▼1

By country

CountryTitlesChampions
Belgium336
Netherlands103
Spain74
Sweden71
Argentina43
Japan32
United States22
Türkiye22
South Korea22
Egypt21
France21
Italy21

Hosts

HostEditions
FranceBordeaux (2), Reims, Vichy, Algiers9
NetherlandsAmsterdam (2), Grubbenvorst (2), Hilversum, Groningen9
BelgiumAntwerp (3), Ostend (2), Brussels, Gent8
GermanySankt Wendel (2), Köln, Neuss, Düren7
ArgentinaBuenos Aires (7)7
EgyptCairo (5), Sharm El Sheikh6
SpainBarcelona (3), Palma, Valladolid, Lugo6
JapanTokyo (5), Yokohama6
United StatesLas Vegas (3), New York4
DenmarkRanders (2), Aalborg3
PeruLima (3)3
South KoreaSeoul, Donghae2

Home-soil titles

By decade

DecadeEditionsDominant
2020s6Dick Jaspers (1) · Tayfun Tasdemir (1) · Bao Phuong Vinh (1)
2010s10Dani Sanchez (2) · Dick Jaspers (2) · Frederic Caudron (2)
2000s10Dick Jaspers (2) · Marco Zanetti (2) · Raymond Ceulemans (1)
1990s10Torbjorn Blomdahl (3) · Raymond Ceulemans (1) · Sang Lee (1)
1980s10Raymond Ceulemans (3) · Ludo Dielis (2) · Torbjorn Blomdahl (2)
1970s10Raymond Ceulemans (9) · Nobuaki Kobayashi (1)
1960s9Raymond Ceulemans (7) · René Vingerhoedt (1) · Adolfo Suárez (1)
1950s3Enrique Navarra (2) · Pedro Leopoldo Carrera (1)
1940s1René Vingerhoedt (1)
1930s9Hendrik J. Robijns (3) · Alfred Lagache (2) · Enrique Miró (1)
1920s2Edmond Soussa (2)

Runners-up who never won

PlayerFinals lost
Yoshio Yoshihara2
Koya Ogata2
Johann Scherz2
August Tiedtke2
Tran Thanh Luc1
Tran Quyet Chien1
Ruben Legazpi1
Murat Naci Coklu1
Nguyen Duc Anh Chien1
Jeremy Bury1

Repeated finals

PairingFinalsW–L
Raymond CeulemansNobuaki Kobayashi
1970, 1972–1974, 1976–1979, 1985		98–1
Raymond CeulemansTorbjorn Blomdahl
1990–1992		31–2
Frederic CaudronEddy Merckx
2017, 2025		22–0
Ludo DielisNobuaki Kobayashi
1981, 1984		21–1
Raymond CeulemansRini van Bracht
1971, 1975		22–0
Raymond CeulemansKoya Ogata
1968, 1969		22–0
Raymond CeulemansJohann Scherz
1963, 1965		22–0
Enrique NavarraRené Vingerhoedt
1953, 1958		22–0

Source: Figures from sourced results on 3C. · en.wikipedia.org · english.vov.vn · umb-carom.org