Three Cushion Billiard News
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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:
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John Cristiano, Owner of Landmark Room Guys & Dolls in NJ Passes
John Cristiano: October 11, 1953 to June 14, 2024
John Cristiano, the owner of Guys & Dolls Billiards in Belleville, New Jersey passed away on Friday, June 14 in his home in Nutly, NJ. John was 70 years of age. Guys & Dolls was a family business which John took over some thirty years ago.
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CAMPEONATOS PANAMERICANOS DE TRES BANDAS 2024
Six Players to Represent the USBA in Buenos Aires
USA Players in Argentina (left to right) Tae Kyu Lee, Jesus Corona, John Park, Raymon Groot, Pedro Piedrabuena, Hugo Patino.
Current US National Champion Hugo Patino leads Team USA during the opening ceremony.
Final Ranking | Final Thoughts
Overall, it was a great success for Team USA at the 2024 Panamerican Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the Club Social y Deportivo Unión located in Quilmes. The USBA was well represented by Hugo Patino, Pedro Piedrabuena, Tae Kyu Lee, John Park, Raymon Groot, and Jesus Corona. All players competed in both the Individual and Team Championships. Andrew Janquitto was the official USBA Delgate and accompanied Team USA during the competition and was responsible for all the organization for the Team prior to departure. Travel cost for the players was offset by the recently established Travel Fund set up and organized by player and USBA Board Member Jesus Corona. Once again, thank you to our Travel Fund Sponsors.
Results Individual
William Villanueva from Venezuela wins the final over Daniel Morales from Colombia with a sclore of 50 to 48. 3rd place finishers were José Juan García from Colombia and Javier Vera from Mexico. The USA's Raymon Groot and Hugo Patiño finished 5th-8th place both securing a spot in the UMB World Championship to be held in Vietnam in September. Pedro Piedrabuena lost in the round of 16 and John Park in the round of 32.
Results Team
Colombia's Huberney Cataño & Pedro González win gold in the Panamerican Team Championship. The silver medal went to Javier Vera & Christian Hernández from Mexico. USA's Hugo Patiño & Pedro Piedrabuena were bronze medalists along with Ramón Rodriguez & Cristopher Tévez from Peru. The USA's Tae Kyu Lee & John Park finished 8th and Raymon Groot & Jesús Corona finished 10th.
It was truely exciting following along throughout the tournament as Team USA made a wonderful showing. All the players provided some thrilling moments and, as a whole, the USBA should be exultant that we have high quality players representing us at international competitions.
Bravo to all!
USA A Bronze Medalist in Team Competition
Colombia A is Panamerican Team Champion
