World Billiards
| File:World Billiards Logo.jpg | |
| Sport | English billiards |
|---|---|
| Category | Sport governing body |
| Jurisdiction | International |
| Abbreviation | WBL |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Affiliation | WPBSA |
| President | Roxton Chapman |
| Chairman | Alan Chamberlain |
| Official website | |
| www | |
World Billiards (Limited) was founded in November 2011 as a subsidiary of the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association. It includes former members of EBOS (English-Billiards Open Series) and WPBSA, and is the governing body for English billiards.
As of 2012, the distinction between professional and amateur players was removed and the WPBSA World Professional Billiards Championship became simply the World Billiards Championship. Tournaments are now held in modern short multiple game format, long single game format and the more traditional timed format.
Promotional activities
Since 2012 World Billiards has organised the World Billiards Championship (English billiards) in Leeds, England plus around a dozen other world ranking tournaments per year. Apart from the World Championship, other major ranking tournaments include the Americas Cup in Winnipeg, Canada, the European Open in Carlow, Ireland, the New Zealand Open in Auckland, New Zealand and the UK Open in Leeds, England.
World Billiards Championships
| Date | Format | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Short[1] |  Rupesh Shah
|
6 |  Matthew Bolton
|
2 |
| Timed[2] | Pankaj Advani
|
1,895 |  Mike Russell
|
1,216 | |
| 2013 | Short[3] | David Causier
|
6 | Alok Kumar
|
1 |
| Long[4] |  Peter Gilchrist
|
1,500 | David Causier
|
1,085 | |
| 2014 | Short[5] | Pankaj Advani
|
6 | Peter Gilchrist
|
2 |
| Timed[6] | Pankaj Advani
|
1,928 | Robert Hall
|
893 | |
| 2015 | Short | David Causier
|
6 | Robert Hall
|
1 |
| Long | David Causier
|
1,500 | Peter Gilchrist
|
1,277 | |
| 2016 | Short | David Causier
|
8 | Dhruv Sitwala
|
6 |
| Timed |  TBC
|
TBC | TBC
|
TBC |
See also
- English billiards
- World Billiards Championship (English billiards)
- World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association
References
- ^ Subbaiah, Sunil. "Rupesh Shah wins second world title". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ "Pankaj Advani wins World Billiards title". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ Pathak, Vivek (25 October 2013). "David Causier, the new champion for World Billiards (Short format)". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ "IBSF Long up Billiards Championships Long up – Leeds / England 2013". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ "Advani stuns Gilchrist to clinch World Billiards title". The Times of India. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Advani: first ever player to bag billiards triple double". The Hindu. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.