Torbjörn Blomdahl

Swedish billiards player

Torbjörn Blomdahl

Medal record
Men's three-cushion billiards
Representing  Sweden
UMB World Championship
|  1987 Cairo  | Three-cushion
|  1988 Tokyo  | Three-cushion
|  1991 Tokyo  | Three-cushion
|  1992 Palma  | Three-cushion
|  1997 Grubbenvorst  | Three-cushion
|  2015 Bordeaux  | Three-cushion
|  2019 Randers  | Three-cushion
|  1986 Las Vegas  | Three-cushion
|  1989 Yokohama  | Three-cushion
|  1990 Tokyo  | Three-cushion
|  1993 Gent  | Three-cushion
|  1998 Rezé  | Three-cushion
|  1999 Bogotá  | Three-cushion
|  2008 Sankt Wendel  | Three-cushion
|  2014 Seoul  | Three-cushion
|  2003 Valladolid  | Three-cushion
World Cup
|  1994 World Cup  | Three-cushion
|  1995 World Cup  | Three-cushion
|  1996 World Cup  | Three-cushion
|  1998 World Cup  | Three-cushion
|  2001 World Cup  | Three-cushion
|  2007 World Cup  | Three-cushion
|  2011 World Cup  | Three-cushion
|  2013 World Cup  | Three-cushion
CEB European Championship
|  1985 Amersfoort  | Three-cushion
|  1986 Mondorf-les-Bains  | Three-cushion
|  1988 Vejle  | Three-cushion
|  1990 Norrköping  | Three-cushion
|  1991 Dordrecht  | Three-cushion
|  1998 Aubagne  | Three-cushion
|  2001 Odense  | Three-cushion
|  2005 Porto  | Three-cushion
|  2015 Brandenbutg  | Three-cushion
|  2024 Ankara  | Three-cushion
|  1983 Dunkirk  | Three-cushion
|  1987 Waalwijk  | Three-cushion
|  2008 Florange  | Three-cushion
|  1989 Viersen  | Three-cushion
|  2002 Izmir  | Three-cushion
|  2004 Ölüdeniz  | Three-cushion
|  2009 Odense  | Three-cushion
|  2011 Porto  | Three-cushion
World Games
|  2009 Kaohsiung | Individual

Torbjörn Blomdahl (born 26 October 1962 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish professional carom billiards (and to a lesser extent pool) player from Helsingborg, Sweden who plays for FC Porto. He is a seven time World Champion in three-cushion billiards, having won the titles in 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2015 and in 2019.

## Background

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Torbjörn Blomdahl was born in Gothenburg but at age 11 he moved to Helsingborg. He is the son of three-cushion player Lennart Blomdahl, who was a driving force behind the local billiards club Borgen på Söder. It was here Blomdahl learned to play three-cushion with his father as the teacher. His international breakthrough was at the European championships in Copenhagen in 1984. Starting in 1989 he was ranked the best three-cushion player in the world.

Blomdahl has been a resident of Backnang, Germany since 1994.

## Cue sports career

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Blomdahl has won a total of 7 world UMB three-cushion world titles, placing him second to only Raymond Ceulemans who won 21. He is also the only Swede to ever be world champion. He's made 6 successful defenses, won 8 CEB European three-cushion titles which he defended successfully 4 times, and won 18 Swedish titles. His highest run is 26 and once made 50 points in 9 innings (5.555 average).

Other tournaments Blomdahl won include the 2004 Carom Café International Tournament against Ramon Rodriguez[1] and the first Sang Lee International Open, in 2005, by defeating Turkey's Semih Saygıner.[2] In 2008 Blomdahl won the money-rich Agipi Masters tournament at the expense of Dick Jaspers.

Blomdahl has also excelled at pocket billiards, once defeating Korean pro Young Hwa-jeong and Filipino pro pool player Efren Reyes in both three-cushion, nine ball, and eight ball. He's also run 100 in straight pool.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Torbjorn Blomdahl wins the 2004 Carom Café International Tournament". AZ Billiards.com. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
2. ^ 2005 Sang Lee International Open (PDF) Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "Blomdahl is King of Pool & Billiards in Korea". AZ Billiards.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02.

## External links

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* Great shots by Torbjörn Blomdahl
* Torbjörn Blomdahl's High Run of 15 Points at 2007 Sang Lee International Open

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UMB World Three-cushion Champions

* 1928-29: Soussa (EGY)
* 1930: Robijns (NED)
* 1931: Miró (ESP)
* 1932-33: Robijns (NED)
* 1934: Puigvert (ESP)
* 1935: Lagache (FRA)
* 1936: Lee (USA)
* 1937: Lagache (FRA)
* 1938: Vergez (ARG)
* 1939-47: not held
* 1948: Vingerhoedt (BEL)
* 1949-51: not held
* 1952: Carrera (ARG)
* 1953: Navarra (ARG)
* 1954-57: not held
* 1958: Navarra (ARG)
* 1959: not held
* 1960: Vingerhoedt (BEL)
* 1961: Suarez (PER)
* 1962: not held
* 1963-73: Ceulemans (BEL)
* 1974: Kobayashi (JPN)
* 1975-80: Ceulemans (BEL)
* 1981: Dielis (BEL)
* 1982: Van Bracht (NED)
* 1983: Ceulemans (BEL)
* 1984: Kobayashi (JPN)
* 1985: Ceulemans (BEL)
* 1986: Rico (ESP)
* 1987-88: Blomdahl (SWE)
* 1989: Dielis (BEL)
* 1990: Ceulemans (BEL)
* 1991: Blomdahl (SWE)
* 1992-93: not held
* 1994: Van Bracht (NED)
* 1995: Philipoom (BEL)
* 1996: Rudolph (GER)
* 1997: Blomdahl (SWE)
* 1998: Sánchez (ESP)
* 1999: Caudron (BEL)
* 2000: Jaspers (NED)
* 2001: Ceulemans (BEL)
* 2002: Zanetti (ITA)
* 2003: Saygıner (TUR)
* 2004: Jaspers (NED)
* 2005: Sánchez (ESP)
* 2006: Merckx (BEL)
* 2007: Umeda (JPN)
* 2008: Zanetti (ITA)
* 2009: Kasidokostas (GRE)
* 2010: Sánchez (ESP)
* 2011: Jaspers (NED)
* 2012: Merckx (BEL)
* 2013: Caudron (BEL)
* 2014: Choi (KOR)
* 2015: Blomdahl (SWE)
* 2016: Sánchez (ESP)
* 2017: Caudron (BEL)
* 2018: Jaspers (NED)
* 2019: Torbjörn Blomdahl (SWE)
* 2020: Not held
* 2021: Dick Jaspers (NED)
* 2022: Tayfun Taşdemir (TUR)

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UMB World Three-cushion National Team Champions

* 1981: Japan (Kobayashi, Komori)
* 1982–84: not held
* 1985: Japan (Kobayashi, Komori)
* 1986: not held
* 1987: Sweden (L. Blomdahl, T. Blomdahl)
* 1988–89: not held
* 1990: Japan (Kai, Yoshihara)
* 1991: Sweden (L. Blomdahl, T. Blomdahl)
* 1992: Japan (Kobayashi, Komori)
* 1993: Germany (Aguirre, Rudolph)
* 1994: Germany (Aguirre, Rudolph)
* 1995: Denmark (Haack-Sørensen, Nelin)
* 1996: Denmark (Laursen, Nelin)
* 1997: Germany (Rudolph, Schirmbrand)
* 1998: Netherlands (Burgman, Jaspers)
* 1999: Netherlands (Burgman, Jaspers)
* 2000: Sweden (T. Blomdahl, Nilsson)
* 2001: Sweden (T. Blomdahl, Nilsson)
* 2002: Germany (Horn, Rudolph)
* 2003: Turkey (Saygıner, Taşdemir)
* 2004: Turkey (Saygıner, Taşdemir)
* 2005: Sweden (T. Blomdahl, Nilsson)
* 2006: Sweden (T. Blomdahl, Nilsson)
* 2007: Sweden (T. Blomdahl, Nilsson)
* 2008: Sweden (T. Blomdahl, Nilsson)
* 2009: Sweden (T. Blomdahl, Nilsson)
* 2010: Turkey (Çoklu, Yüksel)
* 2011: Turkey (Çenet, Taşdemir)
* 2012: Belgium (Caudron, Merckx)
* 2013: Belgium (Caudron, Merckx)
* 2014: Belgium (Caudron, Merckx)
* 2015: Belgium (Caudron, Merckx)
* 2016: Netherlands (Jaspers, Erp)
* 2017: South Korea (Choi, Kim)
* 2018: South Korea (Choi, Kang)
* 2019: Turkey (Çenet, Çoklu)

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The season runs from January to December, not to be confused with the regular season from August to July.

* 1986, 1987 Raymond Ceulemans
* 1988 Torbjörn Blomdahl
* 1989 Ludo Dielis
* 1990 Raymond Ceulemans
* 1991, 1992 Torbjörn Blomdahl
* 1993 Sang Chun Lee
* 1994, 1995 Torbjörn Blomdahl
* 1995 Dani Sánchez
* 1996 Torbjörn Blomdahl,  Dani Sánchez
* 1997 Dick Jaspers,  Christian Rudolph
* 1998 Torbjörn Blomdahl
* 1999 Dick Jaspers
* 2001 Torbjörn Blomdahl
* 2004 Dani Sánchez
* 2005 Frédéric Caudron
* 2006 Dani Sánchez
* 2007 Torbjörn Blomdahl
* 2008 Dick Jaspers
* 2009 Frédéric Caudron
* 2010 Dick Jaspers
* 2011, 2013 Torbjörn Blomdahl
* 2014 Frédéric Caudron
* 2015 Dani Sánchez
* 2016 Dick Jaspers
* 2017 Kim Haeng-jik
* 2018 Frédéric Caudron
* 2019 Dick Jaspers
* 2022 Dick Jaspers

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