UMB Women's World Three-cushion Championship

UMB Women's World Three-cushion Championship
Tournament information
Organisation(s)UMB
FormatRound Robin / single-elimination
Recent edition2024
Current championDenmark Charlotte Sørensen

The UMB World Three-cushion Championship is a professional Three-cushion billiards championship first held in 1999 for female players, with the men's event being contested since 1928.[1]: pp 799–853 

Results

The list of winners is shown below.[2]

Year Location Winner GA Runner-up GA Semi-finalist GA Semi-finalist GA
1999 Heemstede Japan Orie Hida 1,080 Netherlands Gerrie Geelen 0,723 Belgium Maggy Bley 0,517 Austria Natascha Al-Mamar 0,387
2002 Gandia Japan Orie Hida 0,857 Japan Ayako Maehara 0,572 Japan Kazumi Hida 0,652 Turkey Gülşen Degener 0,581
World Three-cushion Championship
2004 Valencia Japan Orie Hida 0,718 Netherlands Gerrie Geelen 0,578 Japan Akane Imaizumi 0,600 Japan Ayako Maehara 0,715
2006 Hoensbroek JapanOrie Hida 0,815 Netherlands Therese Klompenhouwer 0,701 Turkey Gülşen Degener 0,601 Japan Ayako Maehara 0,878
2008 Sivas Japan Orie Hida 0,947 Netherlands Karina Jetten 0,523 Turkey Gülşen Degener 0,543 South Korea Park Su-ah 0,480
2012[3] Tokyo Japan Natsumi Higashiuchi 0,753 Japan Yuko Nishimoto 0,773 Japan Ayaka Fukumoto 0,693 Japan Namiko Hayashi 0,633
2014 Sinop Netherlands Therese Klompenhouwer 1,102 Japan Yuko Nishimoto 0,733 South Korea Lee Shin-young 0,660 Belgium Danielle le Bruijn 0,605
2016 Guri Netherlands Therese Klompenhouwer 1,122 South Korea Lee Mee-rae 0,825 Japan Yuko Nishimoto 0,677 Japan Orie Hida 0,881
2017 Zoersel Japan Orie Hida 0,868 South Korea Lee Mee-rae 0,640 Turkey Gülşen Degener 0,703 Denmark Marianne Mortensen 0,601
2018 Izmir Netherlands Therese Klompenhouwer 0,887 Japan Orie Hida 1,082 Cambodia Sruong Pheavy 0,884 Turkey Gülşen Degener 0,729
2019 Valencia Netherlands Therese Klompenhouwer 1,125 Japan Orie Hida 0,981 Cambodia Sruong Pheavy 0,696 Japan Ayako Sakai 0,664
2022 Heerhugowaard Netherlands Therese Klompenhouwer 1,393 South Korea Han Jieun 0,776 Japan Yuko Nishimoto 0,605 Japan Noriko Fukao 0,596
2023 Ankara South Korea Lee Shin-young 0,894 Japan Yuko Nishimoto 0,882 South Korea Kim Hae-un 0,782 Netherlands Mirjam Pruim 0,570
2024 Blois Denmark Charlotte Sørensen 0,821 Netherlands Therese Klompenhouwer 1,069 Netherlands Karina Jetten 0,675 Vietnam Nguyễn Hoàng Yến Nhi 0,616

Medals (1999-2022)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan761124
2 Netherlands55212
3 South Korea1337
4 Denmark1012
5 Turkey0055
6 Belgium0022
 Cambodia0022
8 Austria0011
 Vietnam0011
Totals (9 entries)14142856

See also

References

  1. ^ Haase, Dieter; Weingartner, Heinrich (2009). Enzyklopädie des Billardsports. Wien: Verlag Heinrich Weingartner. ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3.
  2. ^ Bello, Sal. "UMB Ladies World Champions". 3-Cushion Billiards. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Japan Dominates Women's World Championship". USBA. Retrieved 27 August 2021.