United States Billiard Association

The United States Billiard Association or USBA is the governing body for all professional carom billiards tournaments in the United States, especially three-cushion billiards.

United States Billiards Association
AbbreviationUSBA
TypeNon-profit Institution
PurposeCarom Billiards Sanctioning Organization
Websitewww.usba.net

The United States Billiard Association (USBA) each year since 1968 the USBA and its predecessor organization the Billiard Federation of the USA has held a tournament to crown the National Champion. In 1989 the USBA was formed by the merger of BFUSA and American Billiard Association (ABA). Below is a list of champions by year including the location and the winner's tournament average.

USBA National Three-Cushion Championship
YearLocationWinnerAvg.
1968California Allen Gilbert0,729
1969California Bill Hynes0,710
1970California Allen Gilbert0,870
1971California Allen Gilbert0,818
1972Oregon Eddie Robin0.846
1973Oregon John Bonner0,685
1974California Frank Torres0,750
1975California John Bonner0,725
1976California George Ashby0,995
1977California Allen Gilbert0,934
1978California Frank Torres0,835
1979California Eddie Robin0,889
1980California Harry Sims0,848
1981California George Ashby0,929
1982California Carlos Hallon0,929
1983California Harry Sims1,054
1984California George Ashby1,018
1985California Frank Torres1,094
1986California Carlos Hallon0,953
1987California Frank Torres1,074
1988New York Allen GilbertN/A
1989Florida Carlos Hallon1,104
1990New York Sang Lee1,471
1991California Sang Lee1,464
1992Illinois Sang Lee1,591
1993California Sang Lee1,489
1994Illinois Sang Lee1,536
1995New York Sang Lee1,835
1996California Sang Lee1,552
1997New York Sang Lee1,492
1998California Sang Lee1,478
1999Florida Sang Lee1,503
2000Washington Sang Lee1,216
2001Georgia Sang Lee1,756
2002California Pedro Piedrabuena1,190
2003Michigan Hugo Patino1,223
2004New York Pedro Piedrabuena1,438
2005Washington Sonny Cho1,142
2006Florida Mazin Shooni1,268
2007California Pedro Piedrabuena1,438
2008Kentucky Miguel Torres0,970
2009New York Hugo Patino1,185
2010Washington Jae Hyung Cho1,201
2011Nevada Pedro Piedrabuena1,469
2012Nevada Pedro Piedrabuena1,497
2013New Jersey Pedro Piedrabuena1,318
2014Texas Pedro Piedrabuena1,892
2015New York Pedro Piedrabuena1,448
2016California Hugo Patino1,473
2017Arizona Pedro Piedrabuena1,584
2018Arizona Miguel Torres1,037
2019Texas Hugo Patino1,481
2020New York Tae Kyu Lee1,221
2021New York Pedro Piedrabuena2,000
2022Illinois Pedro Piedrabuena1,429

Top performers
Rank Name Winner
1 Sang Lee 12
2 Pedro Piedrabuena 11
3 Allen Gilbert 5
4 Frank Torres 4
Hugo Patino
5 Carlos Hallon 3
George Ashby
6 Harry Sims 2
John Bonner
Miguel Torres
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