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UMB Bogotá World Cup
The schedule of play is posted here on the UMB website:
Matches are streamed live on Soop:
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Information is also available on Cuesco:
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DAY 2
Groot Draws With Crespo To Advance
Raymon Groot shooting to even the match.
Raymon Groot draws with Carlos Crespo both scoring 30 points in 31 innings. Both players scored a total of 60 points in 52 innings averaging 1.153, however, Groot wins the tiebreak with his high run of 10 compared with Crespo's 9. That puts Groot in 1st place in Group B so he will advance to the next round.
Groot Wins First Match In Fine Style
Raymon Groot about to score his 2nd point in a run of 10 to pull ahead in the match.
Raymon Groot scored 30 points in 21 innings to win his first match against Lucas Egert from Germany. Egert started with 5 in the first inning, ran 7 a few innings later but Groot kept scoring steadily keeping the match close. In the 12th inning it was 20-16 in favor of Egert when Groot managed to string together a run of 10 to take the lead at 26-20. From there Groot chipped away at the scoreline with single point innings but Egert could do no better allowing Groot to cross the finish line. Groot will face Spain's Carlos Crespo in his next match. Crespo also won his first match (against Egert) in 21 innings but Groot's run of 10 puts him 1st in the standings over Crespo for now (Crespo had a 9). The two will meet later in the day.
Victor Cuzzi on day 2.
Day 2 was not as fortunate as the first for Victor Cuzzi (the only USBA player to advance from the first day) who was defeated in his two matches, but overall a good showing from the talented player from Florida.
DAY 1
Victor Cuzzi Advances To The Next Round
No Luck For Other USBA Players
USBA Players (top to bottom): Victor Cuzzi, Seung Kwon Hong, John Park, Jovanny Ceballos and Edward Gomez.
Matches Begin & Edward Gomez Joins USBA Players In Bogotá
Edward Gomez is the 7th USBA player to compete in Bogotá.
Edward Gomez has now joined the USBA players competing in Bogotá. He was paired in the first round with S. K. Hong. Both players are regulars at Bergen Billiards in New Jersey, the site of the 2025 USBA National Championship coming up in April. S. K. Hong prevailed winning 30-21 in 31 innings.
Top L to R: Hugo Patiño, Raymon Groot, Seung Kwon Hong. Bottom L to R: Victor Cuzzi, John Park, and Jovanny Ceballos.
The UMB Bogotá World Cup kicks off the 2025 season beginning February 24th and running through March 2nd. Six players from the USBA will compete: Hugo Patiño, Jovanny Ceballos, Victor Cuzzi, Raymon Groot, Seung Kwon Hong, and John Park. Patiño will begin play in the PQ Round on the 26th. Groot starts a day earlier on the 25th in the PPQ Round and the rest of the players start in the PPPQ Round on the 24th, the first day of the tournament.
The schedule of play is posted here on the UMB website:
Matches are streamed live on Soop:
Full information on the UMB Website:
Information is also available on Cuesco:
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2025 USBA National Qualifier Results
Carom Café Billiards Billiards | February 6, 2025
Young Kyu Lee and Young Gull lee Qualify for the Nationals
For the second qualifier of the season, 10 players competed in 2 Groups of 5 at Carom Café Billiards in Flushing, NY. The winner of each group qualified based on W/L, Total Points, Head-to-Head. Young Kyu Lee led the way in Group A with a 4/0 Win/Loss record to secure his qulification spot. Bassem Salem finished 2nd at 3/1. In Group B it was Young Gull Lee who qualified with a record of 3/1. For 2nd place there were 3 players at 2/2 and Raymon Groot prevailed with the most points followed by Sang Jin lee and Eric Kwon.
Bergen Billiards | February 4, 2025
Quoc Tuan Vo, Oscar Pardo, and Kang Lee Qualify for the Nationals
Thirteen players competed in the first USBA National Qualifier for the 2025 season at Bergen Billiards, the host room for the National Championship. Players were divided into 3 groups of 4 or 5 players and the winner of each group qualified based on W/L, then average. Matches were played to 25 points. In Group A it was Quoc Tuan Vo who dominated with 3 wins averaging 1.271 finishing his matches in 16, 19, and 24 innings. Group B had 5 players and Oscar Pardo and Kenny Je both finished with 3 wins and 1 loss. Pardo's average of .850 placed him first above Je who averaged .730. Kang Lee, the host and owner of Bergen Billiards went undefeated in Group C with a grand average of 1.339. He finished his second round match in 9 innings averaging 2.778. It was his first time playing a match with no open innings.
More results coming soon as qualifiers are completed!
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Sang Lee 70th Anniversary Celebration at Carom Café Billiards
November 19–24, 2024
Live Stream by CaromSports
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Sponsors: Predator CRM, Simonis, Aramith, Verhoeven Biljarts, CaromSports, J Workshop Billiards, Spinhound, Carom Café Billiards, USBA
All 10 Tables Fixed View Live Stream at CaromTV
Alexander Salazar Wins the Sang Lee Celebration Open Tournament
Jun Tae Kim is Runner Up
Jose Juan Garcia and Pedro Piedrabuena Share 3rd Place
The Final Eight Players for the Quarterfinals
1 Pedro Piedrabuena
2 Jose Juan Garcia
3 Alexander Salazar
4 Jun Tae Kim
5 Hau Trung Do
6 Ricardo Carranco
7 Ly Van Dao
8 Huberney Catano
With Two Rounds Left Pedro Piedrabuena Leads the Field
Jun Tae Kim Makes His Debut
Alexander Salazar Shines with a Run of 21
Jun Tae Kim begins his warm up for the tournament. His matches begin tomorrow.
Hugo Patino & Pedro Piedrabuena Win the Scotch Doubles Tournament
Scotch Doubles Qualification Groups
Scotch Doubles Tuesday Schedule
Two Events
Scotch Doubles Tournament ($5,000.00 added)
Tournament Dates: November 19–20, 2024
Open Tournament ($15,000.00 added)
Tournament Dates: November 20–24, 2024
Tournament Venue: Carom Café Billiards – Flushing, NY 718 358 8585
Complete information in the link below:
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Raymon Groot & Hugo Patiño Advance to the Round of 32 Players
Both USA players finished second in their Group with 1 win and 1 loss each. Two players from each Group advanced to the finals so both Raymon and Hugo are in. Groot will face Eddy Merckx, who leads the players after the Qualification Groups averaging 3.200. Patiño plays his match against Marco Zanetti.
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Patiño & Groot Both Start Positive With Wins in the Group Stage at the World Championship
Patiño & Groot to Represent USBA at World Championship in Vietnam
Hugo Patiño.
Raymon Groot.
The UMB 76th 3-Cushion Worldchampionship will take place from the 25th till the 29th of September, 2024 in Binh Thuan, Vietnam. Raymon Groot and Hugo Patiño have qualified to represent the USBA. Both players finished 5th through 8th place at the Campeonatos Panamericanos de Tres Bandas 2024 held in June of this year which secured them a place in the Worldchampionship tournament.
The Worldchampionship is played with 48 players. The Qualification Round is 16 Groups (3 players in each Group) / 40 Points / Equal innings. Two players qualified per group. The Final is 32 Players (Knockout) / 50 Points / Without Equal innings.
In the Qualification Round, Groot is in Group I along with Marco Zanetti (IT) and Chang Hoon Seo (KR).
Patiño is in Group L Along with Haeng Jik Kim (KR) and Miguel Labrador (VE).
Qualification matches begin on the 25th and both USBA players have their first match scheduled for 3:00PM local time.
For more information on the 76th 3-Cushion Worldchampionship check the UMB website: