Top 7 professional Carom players

One more time, we are highlight some of the best billiard players in the world. First we talked about the top of Pool players, then about the Snooker players, and this time it is the turn of those who play on tables without pockets and dominate the bands better than anyone else: the Carom billiard players. Here are my 7 favorite champions still active.

1- Semih Sayginer

I discovered this Turkish player (Adapazari, 1964) and many other billiard players: watching his Magic Show trickshots. Since then it is one of my favorites for his play and his joker character. Semih Sayginer or "The Turkish prince" was 3-Cushion European champion in 1999 and in the World in 2003, competition disputed in Valladolid. Plays for FC Porto, is sponsored by Longoni and is ambassador of an online billiard game: Pool Elite.

2-Dani Sánchez

Undoubtedly one of the best players of Spanish pool of all times and one of the greatest in the world. The Catalan Dani Sanchez (Santa Coloma de Gramenet, 1974) has been and will be a reference for me, inside and outside the table. His serenity and tranquility to play is admirable; his game, just great. With an enviable track record is world renowned, three-time world champion (1998, 2005, 2010), several times champion of Spain and Europe, and twice champion of the World Games (2001 and 2005).

3- Frederic Caudron

It is the Belgian that boasts more medals: 159 metals in tournaments played since 1986. Caudron (Mons, 1968) has been champion of Europe and the world of virtually all forms of Carom (Cushion, Libre Cadre 47/2, Libre Cadre 71/2 3 Cushion) plus achieving other titles such as the recent Supercup in 2015 and reigning in the national tournaments of Belgium. "The Extraterrestrial" holds, along with three other players, the record in 3-Cushion: 28 caroms without fail.

4- Dick Jaspers

Netherlands does not only have amazing Pool players like Nick Van den Berg and Niels Feijen, but also has the same level at Carom. One example is Dick Jaspers (Sint Willebrord, 1965), four times European champion at 3-cushion, three times world champion and World Games champion in Taiwan 2009. His last two achievements have been the Grand Prix winning in January this year in his country and victory in the World Cup held in Egypt in March.

5-Torbjörn Blomdahl

You will have an almost unpronounceable name and virtually impossible to write well at first, but the Swedish leads the world rankings for 3 cushion. Blomdahl (Gothenburg, 1962) was four times world champion (although the last was in 1997), European champion on numerous occasions and also won a Masters Agipi in 2007. Besides that, he defends himself very well in 8-ball and 9 ball and is able to make hundreds in Straight Pool.

6-Sung-Won Choi

The carom is experiencing tremendous growth in Asia. Much of the explanation lies on the player Sung-Won Choi South Korea (Busan, 1977), world champion in 2014. Choi stands out for having achieved 9 medals in the last five years, including a Agipi Masters in 2010. He currently holds the second in the world ranking for 3 Cushion of UMB, 70 points away from Blomdahl.

7- Therese Klompenhouwer

And we close this ranking highlighting the current world champion  at 3 Cushion, the young Dutch Therese Klompenhouwer (Nijkerk, 1983). The lefty leads the world rankings of the UMB in 2014 after winning the world title in Turkey. In Holland no one is able to wrest the national competition since 2009 and last May won his sixth consecutive European Championship.

Do you want more? Do not miss this post with videos of the best 3 cushion game innings featured by these same players.

Now it’s your turn. What are your favorite Carom billiard players? Write it in the comments.