Artistic Billiards World Championship
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The Artistic Billiards World Championship was a carom billiards tournament in the discipline of artistic billiards, organized mostly by the Confédération International de Billard Artistique.
Raymond Steylaerts of Belgium won the tournament more times – 6 – than any other player. The current champion is Serdar Gümüş from Turkey.
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 been mainly be Europeans, more commonly Belgians.
| Year | Champion | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | August Tiedtke |  Germany |
| 1939 | René Vingerhoedt |  Belgium |
| 1957 | Joaquin Domingo |  Spain |
| 1963 | ||
| 1966 | ||
| 1970 | Raymond Steylaerts | Belgium |
| 1972 | Lee Corin | Belgium |
| 1974 | ||
| 1974 | Ricardo Fernandez | Spain |
| 1975 | Lee Corin | Belgium |
| 1979 | Raymond Steylaerts | Belgium |
| 1980 | ||
| 1983 | Lee Corin | Belgium |
| 1984 | Raymond Steylaerts | Belgium |
| 1985 | Jean Bessems |  Netherlands |
| 1986 | Raymond Steylaerts | Belgium |
| 1987 | ||
| 1988 | Jean Bessems | Netherlands |
| 1990 | Jean Reverchon |  France |
| 1991 | Frans Belderbos | Netherlands |
| 1992 | Jean Reverchon | France |
| 1993 | Xavier Fonellosa | Spain |
| 1995 | ||
| 1996 | Jean Reverchon | France |
| 2002 | Roberto Rojas |  Mexico |
| 2006 | Sander Jonen | Netherlands |
| 2008 | Haci Arap Yaman |  Turkey |
| 2009 | Eric Daelman | Belgium |
| 2011 | Sander Jonen | Netherlands |
| 2012 | Serdar Gümüş | Turkey |
