the World Three-Cushion Championship is a billiards competition in the Americas. It was the most prestigious Three-cushion tournament up until the UMB World Three-cushion Championship popularized Three-cushion in Europe and Asia. The event was held in United States and from 1928 ran alongside the UMB World Three-cushion Championship, both as World Championship events. The Billiard Congress of America (BCA) stopped sanctioned World Championship events in the early 60s as popularity for 3-Cushion began to decline in the U.S. The rest of the events where held in Mexico and Argentina and were sanctioned by the Pan-American Billiard Confederation (CPB), until ending in 1975. Alfredo de Oro is the most successful player having won the tournament on 20 occasions. The oldest player to win the tour