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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.
World Championships 2022 – Team Snooker, 6Reds and Billiards
The IBSF announces the World Championships 2022 for the disciplines of Team Snooker, 6Reds and English Billiards. These championships will be played for the categories which are Team Snooker for Masters and Men, 6Reds for Men and Women and English Billiards Men (150-Up) as per the following:
WCBS Elects New Board Members at its General Assembly in Birmingham, Alabama
At its recently concluded General Assembly on 16th July, 2022, WCBS has elected its new President and Board Members. Mr. Farouk El Barki (UMB representative) from Egypt was unanimously elected as the new President until the next General Assembly in 2026.
Ms. Diane Wild from Switzerland will continue for another term as Secretary-General of WCBS.
Cheung Is Snooker Gold Medalist
Cheung Ka Wai won Hong Kong’s only Gold medal of The World Games Birmingham 2022 when he defeated Egypt’s Abdelrahman Shahin 3-1 in the snooker final.
Jaspers Dazzles on his Way to World Games Gold
Dick Jaspers of the Netherlands has had a long and storied career in the billiards disciple of carom three-cushion, having won the World and European Three-cushion Championships as well as the Three-Cushion World Cup five times.
Filler Lands Men’s Pool Gold At The World Games
Joshua Filler achieved a career dream as he beat Sanjin Pehlivanovic 11-8 to win the Men’s Pool Gold medal at The World Games in Birmingham, Alabama.
Fisher Golden in Women’s Pool Finals
Great Britain’s Kelly Fisher arrived at this week’s World Games in Birmingham wanting to feel the event’s full experience – staying in the athlete’s village with competitors from other countries and rubbing elbows with those athletes all week.
Ivanovskaia Snatches Victory from Defeat’s Jaws to Advance to World Games Semifinal
Thursday night, Rubilen Amit of the Philippines stunned Germany’s Pia Filler with a pressure-packed, come-from-behind 9-8 victory, winning three consecutive racks to secure a spot in the quarterfinals.
Filler Beats Van Boening At The World Games
Joshua Filler out-broke Shane van Boening to inflict a painful 11-3 defeat on the reigning World Champion as the German progressed to the men’s pool semi-finals at The World Games with an ominous message for the rest of the field; he’s only interested in winning gold.