The UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams is a professional carom billiards tournament in the discipline of three-cushion billiards where nations are represented by a team of two players. After the first three editions, which took place in various nations and were not scheduled regularly, the Union Mondiale de Billard decided to keep the championships situated in Viersen, Germany and to organize these championships annually.
Below is the list of winning nations since 1981. From 2004 on, no third-place match was played and the third place was shared by the two semi-final losing teams.
Year | Location | scope=col colspan=2 style="width:200px; background: gold;" | Gold | scope=col colspan=2 style="width:200px; background: silver;" | Silver | Bronze | |
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1981 | ![]() | ![]() Nobuaki Kobayashi Junichi Komori | 1.237 | ![]() Raymond Ceulemans Ludo Dielis | 1.232 | ![]() Edigio Vierat Richard Bitalis | 0.953 |
1985 | ![]() | ![]() Nobuaki Kobayashi Junichi Komori | 1.311 | ![]() Torbjörn Blomdahl Lennart Blomdahl | 1.058 | ![]() Frank Torres Allen Gilbert | 1.103 |
1987 | ![]() | ![]() Torbjörn Blomdahl Lennart Blomdahl | 1.017 | ![]() Frank Torres Allen Gilbert | 0.960 | ![]() Joji Kai Yoshio Yoshihara | 1.074 |
1990 | Viersen | ![]() Joji Kai Yoshio Yoshihara | 1.114 | ![]() Torbjörn Blomdahl Lennart Blomdahl | 1.177 | Germany Christian Rudolph Günter Siebert | 1.064 |
1991 | Viersen | ![]() Torbjörn Blomdahl Lennart Blomdahl | 1.246 | Denmark Tonny Carlsen Hans Laursen | 1.044 | Germany Hans-Jürgen Kühl Christian Rudolph | 1.118 |
1992 | Viersen | ![]() Nobuaki Kobayashi Junichi Komori | 1.218 | ![]() Sang Lee Frank Torres | 1.159 | Portugal Manuel Ribeiro Jorge Theriaga | 1.096 |
1993 | Viersen | Germany Maxime Aguirre Christian Rudolph | 1.104 | Netherlands Dick Jaspers Louis Havermans | 1.120 | ![]() Torbjörn Blomdahl Lennart Blomdahl | 1.182 |
1994 | Viersen | Germany Maxime Aguirre Christian Rudolph | 1.252 | Portugal Ribeiro Jorge Theriaga | 1.073 | Germany Johann Schirmbrand Christian Zöllner | 1.004 |
1995 | Viersen | Denmark Dion Nelin Jacob Haack-Sørensen | 1.145 | ![]() Lennart Blomdahl Mats Noren | 1.133 | Portugal Manuel Fradinho Jorge Theriaga | 1.073 |
1996 | Viersen | Denmark Hans Laursen Dion Nelin | 1.181 | ![]() Reiji Ichinose Joji Kai | 1.067 | ![]() José Quetglas Dani Sánchez | 1.199 |
1997 | Viersen | Germany Christian Rudolph Johann Schirmbrand | 1.156 | ![]() Andreas Efler Gerhard Kostistansky | 1.210 | ![]() Tatsuo Arai Reiji Ichinose | 1.014 |
1998 | Viersen | Netherlands Raimond Burgman Dick Jaspers | 1.540 | ![]() Javier Minguell Dani Sánchez | 1.182 | Germany Martin Horn Christian Rudolph | 1.321 |
1999 | Viersen | Netherlands Raimond Burgman Dick Jaspers | 1.478 | ![]() Torbjörn Blomdahl Michael Nilsson | 1.489 | Germany Martin Horn Christian Rudolph | 1.245 |
2000 | Viersen | ![]() Torbjörn Blomdahl Michael Nilsson | 1.553 | Netherlands Raimond Burgman Dick Jaspers | 1.430 | Denmark Dion Nelin Jacob Haack-Sørensen | 1.214 |
2001 | Viersen | ![]() Torbjörn Blomdahl Michael Nilsson | 1.546 | Germany Martin Horn Christian Rudolph | 1.444 | Denmark Tonny Carlsen Dion Nelin | 1.255 |
2002 | Viersen | Germany Martin Horn Christian Rudolph | 1.381 | Netherlands Anno de Kleine Dick Jaspers | 1.503 | ![]() Tayfun Taşdemir Adnan Yüksel | 1.258 |
2003 | Viersen | ![]() Semih Sayginer Tayfun Taşdemir | 1.412 | Greece Filippos Kasidokostas Nikos Polychronopoulos | 1.400 | Netherlands Anno de Kleine Dick Jaspers | 1.707 |
Year | Location | scope=col colspan=2 style="width:200px; background: gold;" | Gold | scope=col colspan=2 style="width:200px; background: silver;" | Silver | Losing semi-finalists | |
2004 | Viersen | ![]() Semih Sayginer Tayfun Taşdemir | 1.514 | ![]() Frédéric Caudron Peter de Backer | 1.362 | ![]() Alfonso Legazpi Dani Sánchez | 1.302 |
![]() Jérémy Bury Jean Christoph Roux | 1.164 | ||||||
2005 | Viersen | ![]() Torbjörn Blomdahl Michael Nilsson | 1.414 | Netherlands Jean Paul de Bruijn Dick Jaspers | 1.377 | ![]() Eddy Leppens Eddy Merckx | 1.471 |
Germany Martin Horn Christian Rudolph | 1.050 | ||||||
2006 | Viersen | ![]() Torbjörn Blomdahl Michael Nilsson | 1.421 | Germany Martin Horn Christian Rudolph | 1.412 | Netherlands Raimond Burgman Dick Jaspers | 1.647 |
![]() Semih Sayginer Adnan Yüksel | 1.531 | ||||||
2007 | Viersen | ![]() Torbjörn Blomdahl Michael Nilsson | 1.537 | Denmark Tonny Carlsen Brian Knudsen | 1.217 | Netherlands Raimond Burgman Dick Jaspers | 1.526 |
Germany Martin Horn Christian Rudolph | 1.164 | ||||||
2008 | Viersen | ![]() Torbjörn Blomdahl Michael Nilsson | 1.664 | Netherlands Raimond Burgman Dick Jaspers | 1.593 | ![]() Choi Sung-won Kim Kyung-roul | 1.584 |
![]() Ricardo García Dani Sánchez | 1.549 | ||||||
2009 | Viersen | ![]() Torbjörn Blomdahl Michael Nilsson | 1.769 | ![]() Roland Forthomme Eddy Merckx | 1.588 | Germany Martin Horn Christian Rudolph | 1.607 |
![]() Kang Dong-gung Kim Kyung-roul | 1.560 | ||||||
2010 | Viersen | ![]() Murat Naci Çoklu Adnan Yüksel | 1.689 | ![]() Rubén Legazpi Dani Sánchez | 1.456 | Netherlands Raimond Burgman Dick Jaspers | 1.831 |
![]() Choi Sung-won Kim Kyung-roul | 1.516 | ||||||
2011 | Viersen | ![]() Lütfi Cenet Tayfun Taşdemir | 1.510 | ![]() Eddy Leppens Eddy Merckx | 1.652 | Netherlands Raimond Burgman Dick Jaspers | 1.570 |
Germany Stefan Galla Martin Horn | 1.250 | ||||||
2012 | Viersen | ![]() Frédéric Caudron Eddy Merckx | 1.884 | Germany Stefan Galla Martin Horn | 1.504 | ![]() Javier Palazón Dani Sánchez | 1.640 |
Denmark Thomas Andersen Tonny Carlsen | 1.282 | ||||||
2013 | Viersen | ![]() Frédéric Caudron Eddy Merckx | 1.640 | Germany Martin Horn Christian Rudolph | 1.371 | ![]() Murat Naci Çoklu Tayfun Taşdemir | 1.580 |
![]() Heo Jung-han Kim Kyung-roul | 1.397 | ||||||
2014 | Viersen | ![]() Frédéric Caudron Eddy Merckx | 2.295 | Netherlands Dick Jaspers Barry van Beers | 1.486 | Germany Martin Horn Steffan Galla | 1.412 |
![]() Tayfun Taşdemir Tolgahan Kiraz | 1.314 | ||||||
2015 | Viersen | ![]() Frédéric Caudron Eddy Merckx | 1.968 | ![]() Heo Jung-han Cho Jae-ho | 1.867 | ![]() Tayfun Taşdemir Adnan Yüksel | 1.427 |
Netherlands Dick Jaspers Barry van Beers | 1.693 | ||||||
2016 | Viersen | Netherlands Dick Jaspers Jean van Erp | 1.675 | ![]() Semih Saygıner Lütfi Çenet | 1.491 | ![]() Frédéric Caudron Eddy Merckx | 1.700 |
![]() Arnim Kahofer Andreas Efler | 1.287 | ||||||
2017 | Viersen | ![]() Choi Sung-won Kim Jae-guen | 1.515 | ![]() Frédéric Caudron Roland Forthomme | 1.701 | ![]() Dick Jaspers Jean van Erp | 1.923 |
![]() Jérôme Barbeillon Cédric Melnytschenko | 1.260 | ||||||
2018 | Viersen | ![]() Choi Sung-won Kang Dong-koong | 1.920 | ![]() Arnim Kahofer Andreas Efler | 1.273 | ![]() Semih Sayginer Tayfun Taşdemir | 1.394 |
Denmark Tonny Carlsen Thomas Andersen | 1.472 | ||||||
2019 | Viersen | ![]() Murat Naci Çoklu Lütfi Çenet | 1.803 | Netherlands Raimond Burgman Dick Jaspers | 1.529 | ![]() Kim Haeng-jik Cho Jae-ho | 1.431 |
![]() Frédéric Caudron Eddy Merckx | 1.713 | ||||||
2022 | Viersen | ![]() Tayfun Taşdemir Can Çapak | 1.729 | ![]() Pedro Gonzalez Huberney Cataño | 1.410 | ![]() Dani Sánchez Rubén Legazpi | 1.610 |
Germany Martin Horn Ronny Lindemann | 1.211 | ||||||
2023 | Viersen | ![]() Semih Sayginer Tayfun Taşdemir | 1.818 | ![]() Torbjörn Blomdahl Michael Nilsson | 1.680 | ![]() Dani Sánchez Rubén Legazpi | 1.578 |
![]() Dick Jaspers Jean Paul de Bruijn | 1.512 | ||||||
2024 | Viersen | Vietnam Trần Quyết Chiến Bao Phương Vinh | 1.695 | ![]() Rubén Legazpi Sergio Jiménez | 1.347 | ![]() Ryuuji Umeda Takao Miyashita | 1.206 |
![]() Raymon Groot Hugo Patino | 1.180 |
See main article: world championships.