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The IBSF Executives announce the World Underage Snooker Championships 2022 for the Under-16, Under-18 Men and the Under-21 Men & Women categories from 14th August till 27th August 2022 at Bucharest, Romania. These championships are being hosted by the Federatia Romana de Snooker (FRS).

Joshua Filler has won the inaugural 2022 UK Open Pool Championship at the Copper Box Arena, London beating Francisco Sanchez Ruiz in the final 13-7 live on Sky Sports in the UK, Matchroom Pool Facebook in the USA, Canada, Spain, and Italy, Viaplay in Scandinavia, and the Baltics, as well as Matchroom. Live in selected territories.

From May 13 to 15, the 1st Confederal Championship of the AMECC, the African and Middle Eastern Carom Confederation, was held in Cairo. The event was played in 3-Cushion Individuals and Teams with the participation of 24 players from 9 countries, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria.

Joshua Filler has won the 2022 World Pool Masters beating Lo Ho Sum in the final at the Europa Point Sports Complex, Gibraltar live on Sky Sports, DAZN, Viaplay, and Matchroom. Live in selected countries for the first time.

The International Billiards and Snooker Federation in association with Federatia Romana de Snooker (FRS) are pleased to announce the 2022 World Junior Snooker Championship’s calendar of events for the U16, U18 and U21 categories.

Shane Van Boening is the champion of the world after beating Albin Ouschan in the 2022 World Pool Championship final at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes. Coverage live on Sky Sports in the UK/Ireland, DAZN in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria as well as Viaplay and networks worldwide.

Albin Ouschan got off to the perfect start as he began the defence of his World Pool Championship title at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland and DAZN in the USA, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy as well as other networks worldwide.

Things weren’t looking so great for Wojciech Szewczyk Friday evening. In fact, they were looking downright bad. 

Facing defending champion Eklent Kaci in the semifinals of the World 10-Ball Championships, the 31-year-old from Poland had just watched his opponent break-and-run to build a 9-7 lead in a race to 10.

In a way, Eklent Kaci’s biggest victory of 2021 was the fact that he made it to Las Vegas at all. 

The big Albanian had spent more time in his home country than he had hoped, missing a spring Matchroom event in England when his teammate couldn’t get a visa in time then missing a handful of additional events while waiting nearly three months for his “expedited” visa. Once he finally secured the proper credentials, Kaci was denied the opportunity to board his flight to the United States on August 29due to a reservation mix-up and was forced to skip the Diamond Las Vegas Open. 

Poland’s Wiktor Zielinski received the full U.S. Pro Billiard Series experience on Saturday night. 

Playing on the final day of the Alfa Las Vegas Open, he shut out Switzerland’s Dimitri Jungo 4-0 in the first set of the quarterfinals only to have Jungo defeat him by the same 4-0 score in the following frame. He survived back-to-back shootouts, first against Jungo and then against Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer Mika Immonen in the semifinals. And in the finals against Aloysius Yapp, he looked like he’d miss his chance to snag the opening set only to have a fortunate roll toss it right back into his lap. 

The last World Cup on the American continent was held in Medellin, Colombia in 2013. Nineteen years ago, in 2003, it was the last time a World Cup was held in the USA. That was also in Las Vegas, Nevada. Semih Sayginer was the winner back then.

It’s good news for billiards to have a prestigious tournament in this hemisphere. After all, we are a global sport. And let’s not forget: the roots of the 3-cushion game lie in the United States.

Wu Kun-Lin had been close to the finish line in a handful of major events in recent years only to stumble when he reached the finish line. 

So, when he reached the last day of September’s Diamond Las Vegas Open, Wu was resolute to finish the job this time. So determined, that the 22-year-old found himself walking around the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, host facility for the tournament, giving himself pep talks to try and remain composed.