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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's three-cushion billiards | ||
Representing  Belgium | ||
| World Games | ||
 | 2013 Cali | Individual |
 | 2022 Birmingham | Individual |
| World Championship | ||
 | 2006 Sankt Wendel | Three-cushion |
| 2012 Porto | Three-cushion |
| 2009 Lausanne | Three-cushion |
| European Championship | ||
| 2007 Salon-de-Provence | Three-cushion |
| 2009 Sankt Wendel | Three-cushion |
Eddy Merckx (born 4 September 1968 in Reet, Belgium) is a Belgian professional three-cushion billiards player. [1] [2]
In the year 2006, he beat Nikos Polychronopoulos 3–1 to win the world title in three cushions billiards. [3] [4] [5] In 2007, he added the European title in Salon de Provence in France, by beating the reigning champion Frédéric Caudron. [6]
On 8 October 2011, while playing in the German Bundesliga in Duisburg, Merckx defeated Won Kang 50–6 in six innings, a world record. [7] The inning breakdown was 4-9-26-7-0-4. The previous record for a 50-point game was nine innings, shared by Torbjorn Blomdahl, Frederic Caudron and Marco Zanetti. [8]
From 27 August to 1 September 2012 he played on the invitation tournament Cuvino Superprestige, which was held in the city of Lommel, Belgium. The Belgians where looking for the fifth time for their king of 3-cushion and in 2012 it was Merckx by beating world number one Frédéric Caudron in the final. [9] [10] Just a week later on 9 September 2012, he won his second UMB world title in Porto by defeating again Frédéric Caudron in the semis and Choi Sung-Won in the finals. [11] [12] Another week later he was playing in Suwon on the 3-Cushion World Cup and got on the third place together with Dick Jaspers from the Netherlands. [13] He was climbing up to third place of the world ranking due to his latest wins. [14]
Raymond Ceulemans is a Belgian billiards player who won 21 UMB three-cushion World Championship titles, more than any other player. Along with 48 European titles and 61 national titles. His nickname is "Mr 100". He was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 2001, one of the first non-Americans to receive the honour.
Semih Saygıner, nicknamed Mr. Magic or The Turkish Prince, is a Turkish world champion professional carom billiards player specialized in three-cushion event.
Dingeman Jacobus Johannes "Dick" Jaspers is a Dutch professional carom billiards player who specializes in the three-cushion event.
Three-cushion billiards, also called three-cushion carom, is a form of carom billiards. The object of the game is to carom the cue ball off both object balls while contacting the railcushions at least three times before contacting the second object ball. A point is scored for each successful carom. In most shots the cue ball hits the object balls one time each, although hitting them any number of times is allowed as long as both are hit. The cue ball may contact the cushions before or after hitting the first object ball. It does not have to contact three different cushions as long as it has been in contact with any cushion at least three times in total.
The World Union of Billards is the world governing body for carom (carambole) billiard games.
Marco Zanetti is an Italian professional three-cushion billiards player and a two-time world champion from Bolzano, Italy.
Daniel Sánchez Gálvez is a Spanish professional carom billiards player who plays for FC Porto a club he has represented for the last 21 years.
Frédéric Caudron is a Belgian professional three-cushion billiards player, nicknamed "L'Extraterrestre". He won the UMB World Three-cushion Championship in 1999 and 2013. He also won the Sang Lee International Open two consecutive times, the CEB European Championship twice, as well as 53 Belgian national titles. His highest three cushions run is 28 and his best game average is 6.666.
The Verhoeven Open is a three-cushion billiards tournament held in Flushing, Queens in the US state of New York. The event is sanctioned by the Union Mondiale de Billard and the United States Billiard Association. The event was known as Sang Lee International Open between 2005 and 2008.
The CEB European Three-cushion Championship is three-cushion billiards tournament organized by the Confédération Européenne de Billard. Held since 1932, it is one of longest-running tournaments in the sport. The 2007 event offered a total purse of €18,500 (US$26,134) with €4,000 ($5,651) for the winner.
Eddy Leppens is a Belgian professional three cushion billiards player.
The Crystal Kelly Cup or Crystal Kelly Tournament was a prestigious, generously funded carom billiards invitational tournament in the discipline of three-cushion, which has been held at different venues from 1994 to 2011, a total of 18 times, mostly in Monte Carlo and Nice.
The AGIPI Billiard Masters was a three-cushion billiards tournament which was held annually in Schiltigheim, France between 2008 and 2013.
The Three-Cushion World Cup is an international tournament series in three-cushion billiards, which is held every year since 1986 between three and ten times a year.
Choi Sung-won is a South Korean professional billiards player.
Christian Rudolph is a German carom billiards player and multiple world champion in three-cushion billiards. He is the son of carom billiards champion Ernst Rudolph.
In 2018, championships were held across three continents to determine the best players in major cue sports, including snooker, pool, and English billiards. While these are mostly single player sports, some matches and tournaments are held as either doubles or as team events. The snooker season runs between May and April; the pool and billiards seasons run through the calendar year.
Nikos Polychronopoulos is a Greek professional Carom billiards player from Athens. In 1999, he won Junior UMB World Three-cushion Championship.
Avelino Rico is a Spanish carom billiards player. He won at the UMB World Three-cushion Championship in 1986, having a match against Torbjörn Blomdahl and Raymond Ceulemans. Rico also placed second at the CEB European Three-cushion Championship in 1986. He participated at the Spanish Championships, receiving ten wins.
Dion Nelin is a Danish carom billiards player. He won twice at the Three-Cushion World Cup from 1996 to 1997. Nelin got into second place three times and third place five times at the Three-Cushion World Cup from 1995 to 2000. He placed second place at the UMB World Three-cushion Championship in 2002. Nelin was preferred as a best ranked player in Danish, according to the cited Kozoom article. Dan Johansen had helped out Nelin. He spend his summer with a working job, in which Nelin was participant of the Danish Championship.
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