Raymon Groot and Pedro Piedrabuena will represent the USA in the World Championship for National Teams.
The Winter Olympics will be ending in just over a weeks time on February 22 and if you are wondering where to get your next boost from watching your favorite US athletes compete as you are winding down from the Milano Cortina 2026 overload then perhaps book your ticket for the UMB 38th World Championship 3-Cushion for National Teams to be held from February 26 to March 1st in Viersen, Germany. Raymon Groot and Pedro Piedrabuena will be representing the USA in Viersen this year, both have earned that right by finishing 1st and 2nd respectively in the last edition of the USBA National Championship.
Sixteen teams will compete in four Groups in the Qualification Round. Groot and Piedrabuena (Team USA) are in Group D along with the teams from Spain (Rubin Legazpi and Sergio Jimenez), Korea (Myung Woo Cho and Wan Young Choi), and Egypt (Sameh Sidhom and Mahmoud Ayman). Matches begin on Thursday, February 26 at 12:00 PM local time. Team USA faces Korea in their first match. Raymon Groot will play Myung Woo Cho and Pedro Piedrabuena will be matched against Wan Young Choi.
Complete information can be found on the UMB website:
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Best of Luck to our Players from the USBA!