UMB World Championship
St. Wendell, Germany September 20-24, 2006

UMB/CEB World Cup
Hurgada, Egypt,
September 4-9, 2006

UMB/USBA INT'L OPEN
New York, USA,
August 12-20, 2006

UMB/CEB World Cup
Volos, Greece,
June 12- 20, 2006

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St. Wendell, Germany - The 59th World Championship will be held next September 20 till 24 In the City of St Wendell, Germany. This picturesque city is located near the southern border of Germany-France, about 100 miles SW of the city of Frankfurt and about 75 miles from Luxemburg.

This tournament is organized by the Union Mondiale de Billard which is the world-body for all Carom/Billiard games. This is the most prestigious 3-Cushion Billiard event in the world. In contrast to World Cup Events where participation is open to anyone for a fee, the World Championship participants have to win their right to participate by competing in their respective countries. Usually only the first and second place finishers in the national championships participate in another elimination round where they face all the champions of their respective Billiard Confederation.

There are several billiard confederations around the world. The European Confederation include all the european nations. The Pan American Confederation include all the countries within the Latin American continent, not including the United States of America who holds a Federation to itself. The Asian Carom Billiards Confederation include the Asian Countries and the Algerian, and Egyptian federations represent the African Continent.

The seeded players include last year's world champion and 23 of the top ranked players in the world according to the points accumulated in UMB events throughout the year. In addition, The European confederation holds 10 spots for the top 10 players of the European Confederation Championship. The Pan American Confederation holds an additional 6 spots, the Asian Region is entitled to send 4 participants, while the USA and the African Region hold 2 representatives each. The Hosting country (German Federation) holds two additional wild cards. The UMB is also entitled to include another wild card player.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES
September 20-24, 2006

The number of participants is limited to 48 players who are divided into 16 goups of 3 players each. The preliminary rounds are played to three out of best sets of 15 points. Only the first places of each group advance to the following round. The remaining 16 players go to a sudden death race to 3. The next round includes only the winners of the previous round until there is only one winner that is crowned "The World Champion".

To view the players list, please click here.