CAMPEONATOS PANAMERICANOS DE TRES BANDAS 2024

Six Players to Represent the USBA in Buenos Aires

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USA Players in Argentina (left to right) Tae Kyu Lee, Jesus Corona, John Park, Raymon Groot, Pedro Piedrabuena, Hugo Patino.

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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

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Colombia A is Panamerican Team Champion

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Mexico Wins Semifinal Match Against USA A

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USA A Defeats USA B Advances to Semifinals

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USA A and USA B Advance to Final 8 in Teams

The two USA teams face each other in the Quarterfinals.

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William Villanueva from Venezuela is Panamerican Champion

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William Villanueva from Venezuela defeated Colombia's Daniel Morales 50 to 48 to become the 2024 Panamerican Champion.

USA A 3-1 Over Peru B

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USA C Splits with Ecuador in the Team Championship

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USA B Splits with Colombia A in the Team Championship

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Individual (Últimos) Semifinal Results

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Group Standings

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USA A Scores Maximun 4 Points Against Venezuela B

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USA C Splits with Argentina D

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USA B Scores 3 Points in 1st Team Match

In the first round of the tournament for National Teams USA team B scored 3 out of 4 points against Chile B. Tae Kyu Lee tied his match against Cristian Rubilar and John Park was victorius in his match with Peter Sarmiento. There are 6 groups of 3 teams. The winners of each group advance plus the two best 2nd place finishers.

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Tournament for National Teams Begins

The USBA will field three teams in the  27th Team (XXVII Por Equipos) championships. The three teams are: USA A Pedro Piedrabuena & Hugo Patino; USA B Tae Kyu Lee & John Park; and USA C Raymon Groot & Jesus Corona.

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Groot & Patiño's Bid Ends in Round of 8

Raymon Groot and Hugo Patiño both lost in the round of 8 players. However, by reaching the last 8 they have secured themselves a spot in the UMB Wolrd Championship. Groot lost to William Villanueva of Venezuela, the score was 40 to 22 in 24 innings. Patiño lost to Colombia's José Juan García 40 to 34 in 38 innings.

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Groot & Patiño Advance to Round of 8, Pedro Knocked Out

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Pedro Piedrabuena Advances with Win over Cataño

Pedro Piedrabuena defeated Colombia's Huberney Cataño with a score of 40 to 14 in 18 innings. Finishing in 18 innings is the best game in the finals so far. Colombia's Andrés Lizarazo has the high run with a 16 scored in his first round match. Pedro will face Colombia's Daniel Morales in the next round. Hugo will meet Andrés Lizarazo and Raymon Groot will be matched with Juan Pablo Sisterna from Argentina.

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Patiño Advances with Win over Aveiga

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Groot Upsets No. 1 Seed, Park Falls in Round of 32

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Raymon Groot on his way to victory.

Raymon Groot upsets no. 1 seed Luis Angel Martinez 40-38 in the round of 32 players in the finals of the Panamerican Championship. Unfortunately, John park lost to Erick Téllez 40-34 which ends his bid. The USA players will also compete in the Team competition so there is still more to come for TEAM USA.

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Groot, Park, Patino, & Piedrabuena Advance to the Finals

Four of the six USBA players have advanced to the final 32. They now play knockout (single elimination) and matches with be to 40 points. Raymon Groot faces Luis Angel Martinez from Colombia, John Park will play Erick Tellez from Costa Rica, Hugo will play Ecuador's Luis Aveiga, and Pedro Piedrabuena is matched up against Huberney Catano from Colombia.

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Hugo Patino in Action

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Tae Kyu Lee in Action

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Raymon Groot in Action

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John Park and Pedro Piedrabuena Both 2 Wins & 1 Loss in Phase 2

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Raymon Groot Advances

Despite having won 2 matches in his group of 4 players, Jesus Corona unfortunately did not advance. Raymon Groot moves on and the USA has five players stiil in contention. The groups with Pedro Piedrabuena and John Park have finished some matches, the other groups will play later in the day.

 

 

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Raymon Groot and Jesus Corona Win First Matches

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USA players Raymon Groot and Jesus Corona win their opening round matches in the qualifcation rounds. An eyewitness account attests that both USA players struggled but emerged victorious. Hugo Patino, Pedro Piedrabuena, Tae Kyu Lee, John Park skip the qualification round.

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Tournament Dates: 16 to 22 June, 2024

Top players from the 2024 USBA National Championship will compete at the 2024 Panamerican Championships to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina June 16 to the 22nd. Hugo Patino, Pedro Piedrabuena, Tae Kyu Lee, John Park, Raymon Groot, and Jesus Corona have booked their passage.

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Hugo Patino, 2024 USBA National Champion.

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Pedro Piedrabuna, 2024 USBA Nationals Runner Up.

The US players will compete in the 32nd Individual (XXXII Categoría Máxima) and the 27th Team (XXVII Por Equipos) championships. Additionally, there are events for Juniors and Ladies in 3-cushion.

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Tae Kyu Lee, 2024 USBA Nationals 3rd place finisher.

Hugo and Pedro have been paired for one team and Tae Kyu and John Park will be the pairing for a second team. If space permits, Raymon and Jesus will compete as a third team.

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John Park, 2024 USBA Nationals 5th place finisher.

The event will be held at the Club Social y Deportivo Unión located in Quilmes, Argentina and is hosted by the Federación Argentina de Aficionados al Billar (FAAB) and the Confederación Panamericana de Billar (CPB).

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Raymon Groot, 2024 USBA Nationals finalist.

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Jesus Corona, 2024 USBA Nationals finalist and USBA Board of Director.

Full information can be found on the website of the Confederación Panamericana de Billar:

https://cpbillar.net/archivos/1973

Official Announcement:

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Travel support for the players has been offset by the USBA Travel Fund established this past spring and coordinated by Jesus Corona.

https://usba-carom.org/recent-news/588-usba-travel-fund

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