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Philippines are Predator World Teams Champions
The Philippines defeated Great Britain 3-0 in the final in Klagenfurt, Austria to be crowned 2022 Predator World Teams Champions, eight years after finishing runners-up the last time the event was staged.

Chou is New Predator World Women’s 10-Ball Champion
Chou Chieh-Yu is the 2022 Predator World Women’s 10-Ball Champion.

Dani Sánchez wins his 15th World Cup
The 2022 UMB Seoul World Cup will mostly be remembered for the two majestic semifinals on Sunday. The final was, unfortunately for the talented Korean Myeong Jong Cha, a one-sided affair with Sánchez in control from start to finish: 50-19 in 16 innings. The Spaniard is turning into the main “angstgegner” for world champion Dick Jaspers, who has now lost five in a row to Sánchez. The Dutchman, however, remains solidly in first place on the world ranking.

Liam Creates History with the Hat-Trick of Titles
Liam Davies from Wales has sensationalised the World of Snooker by achieving the rarest combination of winning all three titles for the World Junior Snooker category i.e. Under-16, Under-18 and Under-21 in the same year on the same tour. Today he defeated Antoni Kowalski of Poland 5-1 in the final to accomplish this task.

IBSF President Visits Thailand’s National Championship 2022 on Invitation as Guest of Honour
The IBSF President Mr. Mubarak Al-Khayarin visited Thailand’s National Championship 2022 where he was invited by Billiards and Snooker Association of Thailand (BSAT) as Guest of Honour.

Panchaya Lifts Her Maiden World Title
Panchaya Channoi of Thailand has now become the World Under-21 Women Snooker Champion after defeating Indian player and former World U16 Women Snooker Champion Anupama Ramachandran in an almost one-sided final played at the Sports Hall of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in Romania, Liam. This is Panchaya’s maiden world title.

Liam Davies Wins a Second Consecutive Title
After winning the World Under-16 snooker championship, Liam Davies of Wales has now sensationalized the world of snooker with his commendable win in the World Under-18 Snooker championship. Today in the final that was played at Sports Hall of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in Romania, Liam defeated the 2019 World Under-16 Snooker Champion Antoni Kowalski of Poland 4-3.

Chen Wins Predator Canada Open
Chia Hua Chen defeated Allison Fisher in a shootout for the second time this week to mark her return to international competition by winning the Predator Canada Open.

Liam Davies Wins the 2022 World U16 Snooker Championship
BUCHAREST: Liam Davies from Wales has won the World Under-16 Snooker Championship 2022. In the final, Liam knocked out Bulcsu Revesz of Hungary 4-2 in the best of seven frames, scoring three breaks of 54, 40 and 60 in the 1st, 2nd and the last frame i.e. 6th.

Important Announcement – Publication WC Veghel 2022
Publication WC Veghel, 2022.
To whom it may concern.
Considering that the World Cup of Seoul (Korea) 2022, ends on August 28th and that the participating players will be traveling back home in the period between 29th and 31st of August, the inscriptions for the World Cup of Veghel (The Netherlands), that will take place from 23 to 29 of October 2022, will be published on September 1st, 2022.
UMB.

Albin Ouschan Wins Inaugural European Open Title
Albin Ouschan has won the inaugural European Open Pool Championship at Hotel Esperanto, Fulda in Germany beating Shane Van Boening in the final 13-11 live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, DAZN in the USA, Canada, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland as well as on Viaplay in Scandinavia, Poland, and the Baltics and various other broadcasters worldwide including Matchroom.Live in relevant countries.

WCBS Championship
The World Confederation of Billiards Sports is delighted to announce that it will hold its inaugural WCBS Championship in Turkey from 17-23 July 2023. The venue will be the TBF Billiard Complex in Ankara.