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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Organisation(s) | UMB |
| Format | Round Robin /single-elimination |
| Recent edition | 2025 |
| Current champion |  Therese Klompenhouwer |
TheUMB World Three-cushion Championship is a professionalThree-cushion billiards championship first held in 1999 for female players, with themen's event being contested since 1928.[1]: pp 799–853
The list of winners is shown below.[2]
| Year | Location | Winner | GA | Runner-up | GA | Semi-finalist | GA | Semi-finalist | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Heemstede |  Orie Hida | 1,080 | Gerrie Geelen | 0,723 |  Maggy Bley | 0,517 |  Natascha Al-Mamar | 0,387 | |
| 2002 | Gandia | Orie Hida | 0,857 | Ayako Maehara | 0,572 | Kazumi Hida | 0,652 |  Gülşen Degener | 0,581 | |
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| 2004 | Valencia | Orie Hida | 0,718 | Gerrie Geelen | 0,578 | Akane Imaizumi | 0,600 | Ayako Maehara | 0,715 | |
| 2006 | Hoensbroek | Orie Hida | 0,815 | Therese Klompenhouwer | 0,701 | Gülşen Degener | 0,601 | Ayako Maehara | 0,878 | |
| 2008 | Sivas | Orie Hida | 0,947 | Karina Jetten | 0,523 | Gülşen Degener | 0,543 |  Park Su-ah | 0,480 | |
| 2012[3] | Tokyo | Natsumi Higashiuchi | 0,753 | Yuko Nishimoto | 0,773 | Ayaka Fukumoto | 0,693 | Namiko Hayashi | 0,633 | |
| 2014 | Sinop | Therese Klompenhouwer | 1,102 | Yuko Nishimoto | 0,733 | Lee Shin-young | 0,660 | Danielle le Bruijn | 0,605 | |
| 2016 | Guri | Therese Klompenhouwer | 1,122 | Lee Mee-rae | 0,825 | Yuko Nishimoto | 0,677 | Orie Hida | 0,881 | |
| 2017 | Zoersel | Orie Hida | 0,868 | Lee Mee-rae | 0,640 | Gülşen Degener | 0,703 |  Marianne Mortensen | 0,601 | |
| 2018 | Izmir | Therese Klompenhouwer | 0,887 | Orie Hida | 1,082 |  Sruong Pheavy | 0,884 | Gülşen Degener | 0,729 | |
| 2019 | Valencia | Therese Klompenhouwer | 1,125 | Orie Hida | 0,981 | Sruong Pheavy | 0,696 | Ayako Sakai | 0,664 | |
| 2022 | Heerhugowaard | Therese Klompenhouwer | 1,393 | Han Jieun | 0,776 | Yuko Nishimoto | 0,605 | Noriko Fukao | 0,596 | |
| 2023 | Ankara | Lee Shin-young | 0,894 | Yuko Nishimoto | 0,882 | Kim Hae-un | 0,782 | Mirjam Pruim | 0,570 | |
| 2024 | Blois | Charlotte Sørensen | 0,821 | Therese Klompenhouwer | 1,069 | Karina Jetten | 0,675 |  Nguyễn Hoàng Yến Nhi | 0,616 | |
| 2025 | Cartagena | Therese Klompenhouwer | 1,111 | Kim Ha-eun | 0,961 | Choi Bo-mi | 0,675 | Nguyễn Thị Liên | 0,616 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 7 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | South Korea | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 15 | 15 | 30 | 60 | |