2024 USBA National Championship
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Players’ Meeting, Wednesday April 24, 7:00PM
Dress Code: Polo Shirt Long Sleeves OR Short Sleeves (any color), Black Trousers
Venue: The Billiard House
Address: 2549 Yosemite Blvd #B, Modesto, CA 95354
Dates: April 25 to 28, 2024
SAVE THE DATE!
A Travel Fund has been established to help offset the cost for USBA players to travel to international tournaments. This money will be allocated to send the top finishers from the USBA National Championship to compete in the: CPB Panamerican Championship, UMB World Championship, and UMB World Cup Tournaments, as funds are available.
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Images: Jonathan Damian
Raymon Groot & Hugo Patino Head to Viersen for the World Team Championship
The 36th World Championship for National Teams will be contested from the 21st to the 24th of March 2024 at the Festhalle in Viersen, Germany. Sixteen two-man teams will compete and Raymon Groot and Hugo Patino will play for Team USA. Defending champions Turkey will be joined by Germany, Greece, Sweden, The Netherlands, France, Spain, Belgium, Colombia, Argentina, USA, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Egypt, and Jordan. The USA is in Qualification Group B along with Korea, Colombia, and Greece. The USA will face Korea in their first match scheduled for Thursday, March 21 at 4:00 PM German time. Groot will play Myung Woo Cho and Patino is matched up against Jung Han Heo.
Best of luck to Team USA!
Team USA congratulations after the first match.
Groot Tops Cho and it's All Square in Group B after the First Matches
It was Korea vs USA and Colombia vs Greece in Group B for the first matches and both ended in draws for the teams. Jung Han Heo prevailed over Hugo Patino but Raymon Groot leveled the match with a determined effort to finish 40-39 in 31 innings over Myung Woo Cho (who currently holds the #1 position on the UMB Wolrd Players Ranking). Huberney Catano was the winner for Colombia and Demitrios Seleventas scored the win for Greece so all four teams are level with 1 match point after the first round. Korea leads on average followed by USA, Colombia, and then Greece.
Team USA in action.
The final 8 players in the Florida Qualifier at Carom Billiards.
Florida Qualifier Completes the Cycle
Hernan Patarroyo, Julian Molina, Julio Rincon, & Andres Garcia Qualify in Florida
Sixteen players showed up to compete in the Qualifier at Carom Billiards in Lauderhill, Florida on March 30th. They playerd 2 groups of 8 players, round robin with matches to 20 points. The top four from each group advanced to a single elimination for a spot in the Nationals. Hernan Patarroyo led the way in Group A with no losses followed by Jorge Hernandez, Leonardo Aguilar, and Julio Rincon. In Group B it was David Ramirez on top followed by Julian Molina, Andres Garcia, and Eder Zapata.
Here are the scores for the final matches:
Hernan Patarroyo (20) vs Eder Zapata (17)
Jorge Hernández (16) vs Andres García (20)
Leonardo Aguilar (17) vs Julian Molina (20)
Julio Rincón (20) vs David Ramirez (17)
Another Northern California Qualifier
The field of players at Billiard Palacade in San Francisco
Jesus Corona, David Lopez, & Leonardo Flores Qualify in San Francisco
Billiard Palacade in San Francisco hosted a qualifier on Saturday, February 24th and attracted a field of fifteen players to compete for spots in the Nationals. The top three players who qualified are Jesus Corona, David Lopez, and Leonardo Flores. Congratulations!
Another Weekend Another Qualifier
Vicke Pineda, Ricardo Carranco, Jim Semerci, & Francisco Bonilla Qualify in Modesto
Twenty-two players participated in the qualifier held at The Billiard House in Modesto, CA, the host room for the 2024 USBA National Championship. The tournament was held beginning on February 3rd and Vicke Pineda, Ricardo Carranco, Jim Semerci, & Francisco Bonilla topped the field to qualify for the nationals. Nice to see a big turnout and plenty of activity at the new room that is hosting the nationals this year.
Busy Weekend of Qualifiers: Tacoma, Milpitas, New York
Three USBA National Qualifiers were held the weekend of January 26 to 28.
Ertan Tarhan & Roderick VanderVaart Qualify in Tacoma
There was a field of twelve players at the Elks Lodge #174 in Tacoma, WA for the first of three qualifiers over the weekend. Jesus Quinonez finished 1st overall but he will not be able to participate at the Nationals so the two spots went to 2nd and 3rd place finishers Ertan Tarhan and Roderick VanderVaart.
Quoc Thinh Le, Vinh Nguyen, & Julio Cervantes Qualify in Milpitas
Sixteen players participated in the qualifier held at Jimmy’s Billiards in Milpitas with Quoc Thinh Le, Vinh Nguyen, and Julio Cervantes qualifying finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. The tournament was run by room owner Jim Semerci.
Carlos Mario Villegas & Harry Pena Qualify in New York
At Carom Café Billiards in New York there were ten players that competed in two Groups of 5 and Carlos Mario Villegas & Harry Pena finished at the top of the field to qualify for the Nationals.
