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2024 USBA National Championship
Venue: The Billiard House
Address: 2549 Yosemite Blvd #B, Modesto, CA 95354
Dates: April 25 to 28, 2024
USBA National Championship Eligibility
All players MUST be a member of the USBA
All players must be a US resident and have resided in the US for a minimum of two years prior to the start of the tournament
Players who compete under the flag of any federation/country other than the USBA/USA in UMB or other official tournaments are not eligible
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To Enter the Tournament Contact: charles@usba-carom.org
List of Players updated March 18, 2024
2024 National Qualifiers
Qualifiers are being scheduled now for January through March 2024
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Schedule of National Qualifiers
January 26 to 28, 2024 Tacoma, WA Elks Lodge #174 Link to Info COMPLETED
January 27, 2024 Milpitas, CA Jimmy's Billiards Link to Info COMPLETED
January 28, 2024 New York Carom Café Billiards Link to Info COMPLETED
February 3 to 4, 2024 Modesto, CA The Billiard House Link to Info COMPLETED
February 24, 2024 San Francisco Billiard Palacade Link to Info COMPLETED
March 30, 2024 Lauderhill, FL Carom Billiards Link to Info NEW JUST ADDED
Images: Jonathan Damian
Raymon Groot & Hugo Patino Head to Viersen for the World Team Championship
The 36th World Championship for National Teams will be contested from the 21st to the 24th of March 2024 at the Festhalle in Viersen, Germany. Sixteen two-man teams will compete and Raymon Groot and Hugo Patino will play for Team USA. Defending champions Turkey will be joined by Germany, Greece, Sweden, The Netherlands, France, Spain, Belgium, Colombia, Argentina, USA, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Egypt, and Jordan. The USA is in Qualification Group B along with Korea, Colombia, and Greece. The USA will face Korea in their first match scheduled for Thursday, March 21 at 4:00 PM German time. Groot will play Myung Woo Cho and Patino is matched up against Jung Han Heo.
Best of luck to Team USA!
The field of players at Billiard Palacade in San Francisco
Another Northern California Qualifier
Jesus Corona, David Lopez, & Leonardo Flores Qualify in San Francisco
Billiard Palacade in San Francisco hosted a qualifier on Saturday, February 24th and attracted a field of fifteen players to compete for spots in the Nationals. The top three players who qualified are Jesus Corona, David Lopez, and Leonardo Flores. Congratulations!
Another Weekend Another Qualifier
Vicke Pineda, Ricardo Carranco, Jim Semerci, & Francisco Bonilla Qualify in Modesto
Twenty-two players participated in the qualifier held at The Billiard House in Modesto, CA, the host room for the 2024 USBA National Championship. The tournament was held beginning on February 3rd and Vicke Pineda, Ricardo Carranco, Jim Semerci, & Francisco Bonilla topped the field to qualify for the nationals. Nice to see a big turnout and plenty of activity at the new room that is hosting the nationals this year.
Busy Weekend of Qualifiers: Tacoma, Milpitas, New York
Three USBA National Qualifiers were held the weekend of January 26 to 28.
Ertan Tarhan & Roderick VanderVaart Qualify in Tacoma
There was a field of twelve players at the Elks Lodge #174 in Tacoma, WA for the first of three qualifiers over the weekend. Jesus Quinonez finished 1st overall but he will not be able to participate at the Nationals so the two spots went to 2nd and 3rd place finishers Ertan Tarhan and Roderick VanderVaart.
Quoc Thinh Le, Vinh Nguyen, & Julio Cervantes Qualify in Milpitas
Sixteen players participated in the qualifier held at Jimmy’s Billiards in Milpitas with Quoc Thinh Le, Vinh Nguyen, and Julio Cervantes qualifying finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. The tournament was run by room owner Jim Semerci.
Carlos Mario Villegas & Harry Pena Qualify in New York
At Carom Café Billiards in New York there were ten players that competed in two Groups of 5 and Carlos Mario Villegas & Harry Pena finished at the top of the field to qualify for the Nationals.