10/05/2026
Just a few days after Güzin Müjde Karakaşlı claimed the Women’s World Championship title, Team Longoni is once again on top of the world.
Following Frédéric Caudron’s World Championship victory in 2025, Eddy Merckx has now brought another Three-Cushion World Championship title to Team Longoni.
In the final in Blois, Eddy defeated Vietnam’s Phuong Vinh Bao, the 2023 World Champion, 50–39 in 19 innings, sealing an outstanding performance and another unforgettable chapter in his career.
For Eddy, this is the third World Championship title of his remarkable career, following his victories in 2006 and 2012. A prestigious achievement that further strengthens his place among the great names in the history of carom billiards, alongside champions such as Dick Jaspers and his fellow Belgian Frédéric Caudron, both members of Team Longoni.
Eddy plays with an EmmeSei butt and a Luna Nera pure graphite shaft, developed by Team Longoni specifically for three-cushion billiards.
Thank you, Eddy, for this outstanding achievement and for bringing yet another prestigious World Championship title to Team Longoni!
Congratulations, Champion!
Go Eddy!
Photos courtesy of Ton Smilde