List Of World Three-cushion Billiards Champions
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the World Three-Cushion Championship is a
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competition held in the
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. It was the most prestigious Three-cushion tournament up until the
UMB World Three-cushion Championship 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 (UMB). Until 1953 it was organized by the UIFAB (Union ...
popularized Three-cushion in Europe. The event was held in
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and from 1928 ran alongside the
UMB World Three-cushion Championship 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 (UMB). Until 1953 it was organized by the UIFAB (Union ...
, both as World Championship events. The
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(BCA) stopped sanctioned World Championship events in the early 60s as popularity for 3-Cushion began to decline in the U.S. The rest of the events where held in Mexico and Argentina and were sanctioned by the Pan-American Billiard Confederation (CPB), until ending in 1975. Alfredo de Oro is the most successful player having won the tournament on 20 occasions. The oldest player to win the tournament is Willie Hoppe at 64 years old at the time of his victory. The youngest player to win the tournament is Harold Worst at 24 years old at the time of his victory.


History

The first three-cushion billiards tournament took place at Mussey’s Billiard Hall in the United States in 1878. The winner was Leon Magnus, who received a cash prize of $75. However, fans of cue sports were not immediately taken with the new sport of three-cushion billiards. This lack of popularity resulted in a lull in the occurrence of additional tournaments in the United States for several years. In the subsequent decades, the tournament was held only once in 1899 and was won by William Catton. The popularity of three-cushion billiards increased with the introduction of the Lambert Trophy in 1907. To win this trophy, a player had to defeat others in a knockout-style tournament. Harry Cline was the first winner of the Lambert Trophy. Around this time, less formal tournaments also became popular, especially in the United States. These were designed for both amateur and professional players, with the winner receiving a trophy or cup. Tournaments took place in billiard parlours with proprietors using posters to advertise the tournament events.


Winners

In the 1870s, Wayman McCreery invented the game of
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. ;Sanctioned World Championship events


Top performers

* In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.


References

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