Edmond Soussa

Edmond Soussa (11 October 1898 – 29 May 1989) was an Egyptian carom billiards player in various disciplines and 11-time world champion.

Edmond Soussa was the first major amateur billiards star of the late 1920s and mid-30s after the end of the professional world championships in the United States of America.

The following year he won three-time world championship titles in the disciplines three-cushion billiards, straight rail and balkline 47.1.

He dominated the carom scene during the upcoming years and has won a total of eleven world and two European titles.

Werner Bayer, founder of the World Cup convinced him to design a trophy for this tournament series.

Edmond Soussa at the 1930 World Three-cushion Championship in Amsterdam
Soussa (right) at the 1930 World Three-cushion Championship in Amsterdam, together with Enrique Miro (ESP), Arnoud Sengers (NDL), Otto Unshelm (DEU), Armando Martinez Sagi (ESP) (from left).