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Artistic Billiards World Championship

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The Artistic Billiards World Championship is a carom billiards tournament in the discipline of artistic billiards, organized by the Confédération International de Billard Artistique.

Raymond Steylaerts of Belgium has won the tournament six times, more than any other player. The current champion is David González from Mexico.

List of champions

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This is the list of Artistic Billiards World Champions since 1937 (years not shown are years in which the event was not held). The winners have mainly been European, and more commonly Belgian.

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1937 France Paris Germany August Tiedtke France Richard Kron Belgium René Vingerhoedt
1939 France Marseille Belgium René Vingerhoedt Belgium M. van de Kerckhove France Richard Kron
1957 Spain Murcia Spain Joaquín Domingo France Roger de Becker Spain Francisco Munte
1963 France Lyon Spain Joaquín Domingo Belgium Raymond Steylaerts Spain Francisco Munte
1966 Spain Madrid Spain Joaquín Domingo Argentina Carlos Tosi Belgium Raymond Steylaerts
1970 Argentina La Plata[1] Belgium Raymond Steylaerts Argentina Carlos Tosi Spain Ricardo Fernández
1972 Belgium Deurne Belgium Léo Corin Spain Claudio Nadal Belgium Raymond Steylaerts
1973 France Lyon Belgium Léo Corin Spain Ricardo Fernández Belgium Raymond Steylaerts
1974 Belgium Sint-Niklaas Spain Ricardo Fernández Belgium Florent de Jonghe Belgium Léo Corin
1975 Belgium Mol Belgium Léo Corin Spain Valentín Almerich Spain Joaquín Domingo
1979 Netherlands Den Haag Belgium Raymond Steylaerts Spain Ricardo Fernández Belgium Léo Corin
1980 France Maubeuge Belgium Raymond Steylaerts Belgium Léo Corin Netherlands Cees van Oosterhout
1983 France Paris Belgium Léo Corin Spain Ricardo Fernández Mexico Roberto Rojas
1984 Netherlands Heeswijk-Dinther Belgium Raymond Steylaerts Netherlands Jean Bessems Belgium Léo Corin
1985 Netherlands Sluis Netherlands Jean Bessems France Francis Connesson France Maurice Coyret
1986 Mexico Acapulco Belgium Raymond Steylaerts Japan Tadashi Mashida Netherlands Frans Belderbos
1987 Germany Mönchengladbach Belgium Raymond Steylaerts France Jean Reverchon Netherlands Jean Bessems
1988 Austria Stockerau Netherlands Jean Bessems Belgium Léo Corin Netherlands Jan Brunnekreef
1990 Spain Barcelona France Jean Reverchon Mexico Roberto Rojas Spain Xavier Fonellosa
1991 Germany Bad Bergzabern Netherlands Frans Belderbos France Madou Touré Austria Andreas Horvath
1992 France Épernay France Jean Reverchon Spain Xavier Fonellosa Austria Andreas Horvath
1993 Netherlands Grubbenvorst Spain Xavier Fonellosa Germany Thomas Ahrens France Jean Reverchon
1995 Spain Zaragoza Spain Xavier Fonellosa France Jean Reverchon Belgium Raymond Steylaerts
1996 France Pithiviers France Jean Reverchon Spain Xavier Fonellosa Netherlands Ger Holka
2002 France Faches-Thumesnil Mexico Roberto Rojas Germany Thomas Ahrens Spain Xavier Fonellosa
Spain Jaume Norberto
2006 Netherlands Amsterdam Netherlands Sander Jonen Belgium Walter Bax France Madou Touré
Germany Thomas Ahrens
2008 Belgium Schelle Turkey Hacı Arap Yaman Spain Xavier Fonellosa Netherlands Ruud de Vos
Turkey Serdar Gümüş
2009 Turkey Kastamonu Belgium Eric Daelman Turkey Hacı Arap Yaman Belgium Walter Bax
Netherlands Martin van Rhee
2011 France Florange Netherlands Sander Jonen Germany Bernd Singer Japan Nobuyasu Sakai
Belgium Walter Bax
2012 Turkey Samsun Turkey Serdar Gümüş Netherlands Erik Vijverberg Turkey Hacı Arap Yaman
Belgium Eric Daelman
2023 Turkey Ankara Mexico David González France Kevin Tran Turkey Barış Çin
Germany Thomas Ahrens
2024 Turkey Hacı Arap Yaman Turkey Barış Çin Turkey Serdar Gümüş
Spain Héctor Cuadrado

References

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  1. ^ "1970 World Championship". tv.kozoom.com. Retrieved 29 May 2023.