IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Back-To-Back Tournaments!
2027 USBA National Championship
March 13–16, 2027
Venue: Carom Billiards
Address: 5141 N University Drive, Lauderhill, FL 33351
Tournament runs Saturday through Tuesday
New Policies for the USBA National Championship & Qualifiers
Entry Fee
The Entry Fee for Players who win a Qualifier is $350
The Entry Fee for Players who have played in a Qualifier (but do not win) is $350
The Entry Fee for Players who have not played in a Qualifier (Open Entries) is $550
ALL Past National Champions will pay a reduced Entry Fee of $120
The Top 4 Finishers from the previous year’s tournament will pay a reduced Entry Fee of $120
(EXCEPTION: The Top 4 Finishers from the 2026 USBA National Championship will have their Entry Fee waived for the 2027 USBA National Championship but will pay the $10 Sanction Fee, then in every year thereafter The Top 4 Finishers from the previous year’s tournament will pay a reduced Entry Fee of $120)
Complete USBA National Championship Information
Qualifiers
The suggested entry fee for Players to participate in a qualifier is $120
($110 Entry Fee + $10 Sanction Fee = $120 Total/per Player)
ALL Past National Champions are exempt from playing in a Qualifier and are not eligible to participate in a Qualifier
The Top 4 Finishers from the previous year’s tournament are exempt from playing in a Qualifier and are not eligible to participate in a Qualifier
Complete USBA National Championship Qualifier Information
Back-To-Back Tournaments!
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2027 USBA 2nd International Open at Carom Billiards
March 17–21, 2027
Venue: Carom Billiards
Address: 5141 N University Drive, Lauderhill, FL 33351
Tournament runs Wednesday through Sunday
Complete Tournament Information Here
Back-To-Back Tournaments!
SAVE THE DATES!
2027 USBA National Qualifiers
Qualifier Rules and Guidelines
Information coming soon
Still popular in multi-discipline tournaments around the worldOne-cushion was historically called cushion caroms. Unlike straight rail and balkline, a point in one-cushion requires that the cue ball touch at least one cushion in addition to contacting the two object balls.
Over time as the quality of play evolved in the various carom disciplines, so too did the games themselves in order to slow down the scoring onslaught and the tedium created by unlimited runs. And as did each of the other carom games, eventually the popularity of one-cushion gave way to the present day favorite three cushion billiards in the United States.
Throughout its history, the U.S. title in one-cushion (while it was more commonly known as cushion caroms) has only been held by six players: Joseph Dion, William Sexton, Maurice Daly, George Slosson and the indomitable Willie Hoppe, who held it for 11 years from 1933 to 1944.
Today, cushion caroms is rarely played in the U.S., but it still enjoys popularity in Europe where it is featured as one of the five games making up the annual billiards pentathlons, the other four games being 47.1 balkline, straight rail, 71.2 balkline and three-cushion billiards.
