United States Billiard Association

United States Billiards Association
Abbreviation	USBA
Type	Non-profit Institution
Purpose	Carom Billiards Sanctioning Organization
Website	www.usba.net

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.

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.

USBA National Three-Cushion Championship

Year	Location	Winner	Avg.
1968	California	Allen Gilbert	0,729
1969	California	Bill Hynes	0,710
1970	California	Allen Gilbert	0,870
1971	California	Allen Gilbert	0,818
1972	Oregon	Eddie Robin	0.846
1973	Oregon	John Bonner	0,685
1974	California	Frank Torres	0,750
1975	California	John Bonner	0,725
1976	California	George Ashby	0,995
1977	California	Allen Gilbert	0,934
1978	California	Frank Torres	0,835
1979	California	Eddie Robin	0,889
1980	California	Harry Sims	0,848
1981	California	George Ashby	0,929
1982	California	Carlos Hallon	0,929
1983	California	Harry Sims	1,054
1984	California	George Ashby	1,018
1985	California	Frank Torres	1,094
1986	California	Carlos Hallon	0,953
1987	California	Frank Torres	1,074
1988	New York	Allen Gilbert	N/A
1989	Florida	Carlos Hallon	1,104
1990	New York	Sang Lee	1,471
1991	California	Sang Lee	1,464
1992	Illinois	Sang Lee	1,591
1993	California	Sang Lee	1,489
1994	Illinois	Sang Lee	1,536
1995	New York	Sang Lee	1,835
1996	California	Sang Lee	1,552
1997	New York	Sang Lee	1,492
1998	California	Sang Lee	1,478
1999	Florida	Sang Lee	1,503
2000	Washington	Sang Lee	1,216
2001	Georgia	Sang Lee	1,756
2002	California	Pedro Piedrabuena	1,190
2003	Michigan	Hugo Patino	1,223
2004	New York	Pedro Piedrabuena	1,438
2005	Washington	Sonny Cho	1,142
2006	Florida	Mazin Shooni	1,268
2007	California	Pedro Piedrabuena	1,438
2008	Kentucky	Miguel Torres	0,970
2009	New York	Hugo Patino	1,185
2010	Washington	Jae Hyung Cho	1,201
2011	Nevada	Pedro Piedrabuena	1,469
2012	Nevada	Pedro Piedrabuena	1,497
2013	New Jersey	Pedro Piedrabuena	1,318
2014	Texas	Pedro Piedrabuena	1,892
2015	New York	Pedro Piedrabuena	1,448
2016	California	Hugo Patino	1,473
2017	Arizona	Pedro Piedrabuena	1,584
2018	Arizona	Miguel Torres	1,037
2019	Texas	Hugo Patino	1,481
2020	New York	Tae Kyu Lee	1,221
2021	New York	Pedro Piedrabuena	2,000
2022	Illinois	Pedro Piedrabuena	1,429
2023	Florida	Pedro Piedrabuena	1,584
2024	California	Hugo Patino	1,404