Artistic Billiards World Championship

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

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

References

• CIBA Online: World Championships