Seventy six of the world best players have desended to NYC to participate in the richest 3-cushion billiard event ever to be staged on American soil.
The event is being held in honor of Sang Chun Lee, the 12-time USBA National Champion who passed away last October due to stomach cancer.
Included in the field are 10-time World Champion, Torbjorn Blomdahl of Sweden, 6-time World Champion, Dick Jaspers of Holland, 3-time and current World Champion, Daniel Sanchez of Spain, 1-time World Champion, Semih Sayginer of Turkey, 35-time World Champion, Raymond Ceulemans of Belgium and 1-time World Champion, Marco Zanetti of Italy. Over seventeen different countries are respresented in the international field of competition.
The coveted Carom Cup perpetual trophy of the $100,000 Sang Lee
International Open is presented by Jana water.
The official cloth sponsor of the event was Iwan Simonis.
The official table sponsor of the tournament, Elitte Professional, made its United States debut of its "Spider" design at this prestigious event.
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