2006 US NATIONALS TOURNAMENT RESULTS

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Miami, Florida - Taking advantage of the spring like weather that Florida offers in the month of February, the United States Billiard Association has designated Miami as "The Place" to hold this year's Nationals. The event will be held at New Wave Billiards in Miami, Florida. The preliminary matches will begin Wednesday, February 8 until Friday 10. The final matches will start after a player's meeting right after the preliminary matches and will run until Sunday, February 12 of the current year.

The best forty players in the country have already arranged to meet the most ferocious 3-Cushion billiard competitors in the USA. The top five payers from last year's Nationals, Sonny Cho, current National Champion, Pedro Piedrabuena, current Runner Up, Michael Kang, Mazin Shooni and Roberto Arana (Third, fourth and fifth place finishers) will be seeded into five different groups of eight or more players each.

The main objective of the tournament is to select the this year's Champion and Runner Up who will represent the USA in the UMB world Championship to be held in Egypt next September.

From New Wave Billiards
To the World Championship

Players who won a qualifying position at the regional qualifying tournaments held across the country include Adrian Viguera (sixth place finisher 2005) who went undefeated at the Downer's Grove, Illinois Central Regional qualifier. Another qualifier in the Central Section held at Jilly's of Marshalltown, Iowa, was won by Doug Brink from the Kansas City, Missouri area.

The Tacoma Elks Club held a qualifier for the North Western Section. Because of the larger number of competitors, three players secured their spots at the Nationals.

World Class Billiards of Peabody Massaschusets qualified two additional players from the North Eastern Section. Bob Page, and David VanLockeren.

Two USBA Qualifiers were held at the Executive Inn Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. The 2006 Derby City Classic - The first qualifier was won by Tom Rossman. The honors for the second qualifier went to Bob Letherby.

The South Eastern qualifier held at Carom Pocket Billiards in Fort Lauderdale, Florida guaranteed two additional spots. The qualifiers are Carlos Hallon and Don Sperber.

Khalil Diab won the Northern California qualifier. The winners of the qualifying rounds along with the rest of the players in the tournament conform the elite of the United States 3-Cushion Billiards.

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We will keep you informed with the results. You can click here to view a full table of the participants.