Eddy Merckx (billiards player) explained

Eddy Merckx (born 4 September 1968 in Reet, Belgium) is a Belgian professional three-cushion billiards player.[1] [2]

Career

Season 2006/07

In the year 2006, he beat Nikos Polychronopoulos 3–1 to win the world title in three cushions billiards.[3] [4] [5] In 2007, he added the European title in Salon de Provence in France, by beating the reigning champion Frédéric Caudron.[6]

Season 2011/12

On 8 October 2011, while playing in the German Bundesliga in Duisburg, Merckx defeated Won Kang 50–6 in six innings, a world record.[7] The inning breakdown was 4-9-26-7-0-4. The previous record for a 50-point game was nine innings, shared by Torbjorn Blomdahl, Frederic Caudron and Marco Zanetti.[8]

Season 2012/13

From 27 August to 1 September 2012 he played on the invitation tournament Cuvino Superprestige, which was held in the city of Lommel, Belgium. The Belgians where looking for the fifth time for their king of 3-cushion and in 2012 it was Merckx by beating world number one Frédéric Caudron in the final.[9] [10] Just a week later on 9 September 2012, he won his second UMB world title in Porto by defeating again Frédéric Caudron in the semis and Choi Sung-Won in the finals.[11] [12] Another week later he was playing in Suwon on the 3-Cushion World Cup and got on the third place together with Dick Jaspers from the Netherlands.[13] He was climbing up to third place of the world ranking due to his latest wins.[14]

Achievements

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Notes and References

  1. News: AGIPI Billiard Masters 2009 Aired Live . 21 January 2011 . Inside Pool . 11 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161231080632/http://www.insidepoolmag.com/200903/billiard-news/gipi-billiard-masters-2009-aired-live.html . 31 December 2016 . dead .
  2. Book: America, Billiard Congress of . Billiards : the official rules and records book . 2004 . Billiard Congress of America . Colorado Springs . 978-1-878493-14-9 . 2004. 185.
  3. http://www.umb.org/ausschreibung/upload/results/106/H.%20MT%201_2%20and%20Final.pdf Match results World championship 2006, 1/2-Final & Final
  4. http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/results/1269/matches.html Match results World championship 2006
  5. http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/results/1269/rankings.html Final Ranking World Championship 2006
  6. http://www.eurobillard.org/ausschreibung/upload/results/134/D.%20Final%20Ranking.pdf Final Ranking European Championship 2007
  7. Web site: Eddy Merckx plays a fabulous world record in bundesliga . 2024-02-04 . tv.kozoom.com . en.
  8. http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=248511 AZ-Billiards Forum
  9. http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/eddy-merckx-winner-with-a-cavendish-sprint.html Eddy Merckx winner with a Cavendish sprint
  10. http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/results/8311/rankings.html Final Ranking Superprestige 2012
  11. http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/results/6712/rankings.html Final Ranking World Championship 2012
  12. http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/eddy-merckx-in-a-stunning-rush-to-world-title.html Eddy Merckx in a stunning rush to world title
  13. http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/results/7453/rankings.html Final Rankings 3-Cushion World Cup 2012/2
  14. http://www.umb.org/sportbio/rangliste_ausgabe.php World Ranking (Edition 16/2012)
  15. http://www.kozoom.com/de/billard-karambol/players/merckx-eddy/palmares.html Achievements

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