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On Wednesday 3rd May during the Annual General Meeting in Madrid, the Executive Committee (ExCo) of the International World Games Association (IWGA) unveiled the program for the 12th edition of the Games.

Billiards Sports has been confirmed as one of the 30 official sports of The World Games 2025, to be held from 7th to 17th August 2025 in Chengdu, People’s Republic of China.

The WCBS is all set to host its first-ever Championship in Ankara, Turkey from 20-23 July 2023.

A 4-day competition will see 6 teams compete against each other across the disciplines of Carom, 10-Ball Pool, Heyball, and Snooker.

Zheng Yubo Wins 11th World Heyball Masters Grand Finals and Makes History!

In a thrilling and historic encounter, Zheng Yubo emerged as the champion of the 11th World Heyball Masters Grand Finals, defeating Tang Chunxiao in a race to 21. The match was filled with intense moments, with the players challenging each other, and the scores being level at 8-8 and 15-15. The match was played in front of a capacity crowd in the arena, showcasing the sport of Heyball to the world.

The European Billiards Championships in Antalya/Turkey came to a crowning conclusion today with the medal decisions in three team competitions.

European Champion in the Men’s 3-Cushion National Teams was Greece, while the Netherlands won a thriller in the Women’s final. Last but not the least, the team from Sinop Spor (Turkey) became European Champions in the 3-Cushion event for Club Teams on the Small Table.

After securing the endorsement from both WPA and ACBS, the Maldives pool tournament is now the Maldives Open 22-26 April 2023! This Championship is now a 10-Ball invitational event and offers the WPA World-Ranking points as well as new Asian-Ranking points!

Viersen, March 12nd 2023

In an emotional year for the country, Turkiye’s best 3-cushion players dug deep and gave it their all. Semih Sayginer and Tayfun Tasdemir were unstoppable in Viersen, where they gave their country the third World Title for National Teams in a row. The strong twosomes of Sweden, the Netherlands, and Spain had to settle for silver and bronze. 

Las Vegas, March 4th, 2023

He is the reigning world champion, and he appears to be gaining in strength year by year. In Las Vegas, Nevada, Tayfun Tasdemir claimed his third World Cup, beating Haeng Jik Kim in the final: 50-39 in 34.

The best Polish players participated in the anti-doping training conducted in Kielce by the Anti-Doping Director of WCBS, Marcin Krzemiński. The day before the individual Polish Men’s and Women’s Championships started, 40 people gathered at the Bińkowski Hotel.

Sharm El Sheikh, December 10th, 2022.

The billiard world knew that it was inevitable: Myung Woo Cho would one day win World Cups and maybe even world championships. The young fellow from South Korea showed so much talent and dedication, the reward simply had to come. It came today, in Sharm El Sheikh. 

Lausanne , November 20th 2022

Today the prestigious Lausanne Billard Masters ended in the world capital of sport in the Helvetic city.
After two days of competition, it was time for the finals, the African team from AMECC prevailed 50/34 over the AMERICAN team from CPB, conquering third place, in the Asian Final they defeated Europe, the team made up of CHO and SON prevailed also 50 / 34 to the Europeans KILIC AND KOGELBAUER.

This promotion tournament leaves a good feeling and we trust that these projects help promote young players.
We remind you that the Five&Six Youtube channel has the matches of this competition.

Darren Morgan from Wales has won the World Masters Snooker title 6th time in his career. Today in the final, he defeated former World Team Cup Champion Manan Chandra from India who was playing in the Masters’ category for the first time.

Wendy Jans once again claimed the World Women Snooker title that she lost in 2019. This is the 9th World title of her career.