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ENTRIES OPEN HERE FOR FILLERS’ JUNIOR OPEN – ENTER HERE The Fillers’ Junior Open returns to the World Nineball Tour alongside the European Open Pool Championship in Fulda, Germany from August 9-10. $10,000 prize fund on offer Tournament to take place on August 9-10 Opportunity opens to all juniors aged 17 and under The Fillers’ Junior Open will offer a prize fund of $10,000, with 32 spots ...

Ali Carter got his 2024/25 campaign off to the perfect start by beating Jackson Page 3-1 in the final of the season-opening the BetVictor Championship League in Leicester. Carter, age 44, has shown excellent form over the past two seasons, winning the 2023 German Masters as well as reaching two other finals, and now takes his career tally of ranking titles to six, level with Ken Doherty, Stephen M...

Matchroom’s World Nineball Tour has partnered with Wyoming-based competitive billiards mobile app Salotto to launch an exciting new feature: “Golden Tickets.” Salotto is a mobile app designed to connect pool players for in-person 1v1 matches of pool, facilitating scoring, results submission to rating organizations, and now, the introduction of Golden Tickets. From July 10, players can partic...

Three-time world champion Mark Williams and Welsh Open runner-up Martin O’Donnell advanced to Stage 3 at the BetVictor Championship League Ranking edition on Monday night at the Mattioli Arena, Leicester, with two more players set to complete the line-up from Tuesday’s action. The pair will join Long Zehuang, Dave Gilbert, Ali Carter and Scott Donaldson in the final day of action, available to...

The countdown starts for Team Asia vs Team Europe Eklent Kaçi and Aloysius Yapp are the first players confirmed to star in the inaugural Reyes Cup, in partnership with Puyat Sports Inc. and Sky Sports as the broadcaster for the UK and Ireland. The Reyes Cup will follow the same four-day team format as the Mosconi Cup, pitting the best of Team Asia against Team Europe. The 2024 World Pool Champion...

Vinnie Calabrese defeated Ben Foster 5-4 in the final of the first WPBSA Q Tour Asia-Pacific event of the season at the Pot Black Snooker Centre in North Perth, Australia. Results A dominant performance from Calabrese saw the former World Snooker Tour (WST) professional reach the final without dropping a single frame before overcoming Foster in dramatic fashion by winning the last two frames of th...

The first event of the 2024/25 WPBSA Q Tour Asia-Pacific series gets underway on Friday 28 June at Pot Black Snooker Centre in North Perth, Australia. Draw Results Player List A total of 44 cueists from the region will compete in the event, known as the West Coast International, which is the first of five events making up the newly-expanded Asia-Pacific series. Among those in the action will be fo...

Former world champion Ken Doherty has been awarded an Invitational Tour Card which will allow him to compete on the World Snooker Tour for the next two seasons. Ireland’s Doherty has been ever-present on the tour since 1990. He would have been relegated at the end of last season having finished 79th in the world rankings, but has accepted the Invitational Tour Card which gives him the chance to ...

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association Group of organisations (WPBSA) has today announced the continued expansion of WPBSA Q Tour Global, the series which provides an elite pathway for talented snooker players around the world to earn their place on the World Snooker Tour. View full information about WPBSA Q Tour Global 2024/25 The announcement follows the biggest-ever Q Tour sea...

The 2023/24 WDBS season reached its conclusion last weekend with the fourth staging of the Champion of Champions at the Landywood Snooker Club in England. View tournament results from all eight groups The unique tournament saw two leading players from each disability classification group qualify to contest long-format best of 11 frame finals across each of the eight main classification groups, enc...

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) has today announced updated anti-doping procedures to apply to its amateur and development organisations across the WPBSA Group from the start of the 2024/25 season. This does not relate to the professional World Snooker Tour which has existing procedures organised by the WPBSA. As part of our commitment for our sport to be IOC compliant, from the start of this season random drug tests will take place at events organised...

Fedor Gorst has reached the top of the World Nineball Tour rankings after being crowned World Pool Champion at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal City Sports Hall in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Gorst ascended from No. 2 to No. 1 on the World Nineball Tour, bolstered by a record-breaking first prize of $250,000. His total earnings acquired from ranking events now stand at $398,411, the highest amount ever ach...

Peter Gilchrist defeated Rob Hall 1500-1373 to win the 2024 Pacific International Championship in Melbourne, Australia. Results The victory saw Gilchrist defend the title that he also won in 2023 as he won his second ranking event crown of the year at the Yarraville Snooker Club. A total of 36 cueists from four nations embarked on Australia’s second most-populous city for the level five ranking ...

The 2024/25 season gets underway on Monday with the BetVictor Championship League ranking event. Both Tables 1 and 2 will be broadcast around the world with Table 1 available on Matchroom.Live in the UK. Fans in Germany, Spain, Italy, Canada, Japan, USA & Brazil will be able to watch on DAZN. See where to watch in your country here. The event will see 128 of the world’s top players competing at the Mattioli Arena, Leicester from 10 June – 3 July (please note that this event is played...

In this episode of Taom Time, I chat with the 2015 World Snooker Champion Stuart Bingham. I f ou nd out where the nickname “Ball Run” came from . I t’s not what I originally thought. Nine years after his World Title win, how did it feel to reach the semis again ? T he Basildon boy do es good talks about his adventures in the American and Chinese pool, and he gives us a tour of his snooker ro...

Fedor Gorst was crowned the 2024 World Pool Champion after defeating Eklent Kaçi at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal City Sports Hall in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in partnership with the Saudi Arabian Billiard & Snooker Federation (SABSF) and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Sport. RESULT Fedor Gorst vs Eklent Kaçi 15-14 Gorst capitalised on winning the lag, securing an early 3-0 lead against Eklent Kaçi...

Eklent Kaçi and Fedor Gorst will contest the finale of the World Pool Championship at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal City Sports Hall in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Semi Final Results Eklent Kaçi vs Johann Chua: 11-6 Fedor Gorst vs Wojciech Szewczyk 11-8 In partnership with the Saudi Arabian Billiard & Snooker Federation (SABSF) and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Sport, the crown jewel of the World Nine...

Shane Van Boening and Joshua Filler have been eliminated, while Fedor Gorst, Eklent Kaçi, Johann Chua, and Wojciech Szewczyk advance to the semi-final at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal City Sports Hall in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In partnership with the Saudi Arabian Billiard & Snooker Federation (SABSF) and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Sport, the crown jewel of the World Nineball Tour will be avail...