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The APA conducts pool leagues and tournaments in the disciplines of eight-ball and nine-ball with a unified ruleset. The organization was founded in 1981 by professional pool players Terry Bell and Larry Hubbart, with roots dating back to the National Pool League (NPL), founded in 1979. The APA bills itself as the largest pool league in the ...
On the professional side, the Billiard Congress of America, which is the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) US-national affiliate, officially recognizes the UPA as the men's pro pool competition association for the United States, [2] making it the present counterpart of the Women's Professional Billiards Association (WPBA). On the amateur ...
In 1966, the Billiard Congress of America created its hall of fame to honor people who have been known to enrich the sport, containing two categories — "The Greatest Player", a category including players who played either internationally or nationally for 20 years or more and have won at least one national or international championship, and "The Meritorious Service", a category for players ...
In the summer of 1989, the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) began plans for a world championship tournament. The group sent invitations, rules, sports regulations and by-laws. Reception was positive, and a provisional Board was created. [1] In March 1990, the inaugural WPA World Nine-ball Championship was held in Bergheim, Germany. The ...
The tournament's original venue was Q-Master Billiards pool hall, in Norfolk, Virginia, which hosted the event, other than one year, from 1976 until 1988. [2] From 1997 to 2011, the U.S. Open Men's Division was held at the Chesapeake Conference Center in Chesapeake, Virginia. [2] Q-Masters is still involved in the tournament. [3]
A transgender pool champion is taking legal action against one of the sport’s governing bodies in England after she was banned from playing in women’s tournaments.. Harriet Haynes, who is ...
U.S. Open pool championships and U.S. Open pocket billiards championships are generic terms that may refer to various professional pool tournaments, not all of them affiliated with each other. "U.S. Open Pocket Billiards Championship" as a proper noun most often refers to the straight pool (14.1 continuous pool) championship, the oldest of the ...
The Valley National 8-Ball League Association (VNEA) [1] [2] is one of the world's largest amateur pool leagues.As of 2020, there are nearly 100,000 individual members [1] [2] [3] in some 1,400 weekly local leagues [1] [2] playing in over 10,000 pool halls, bars and other venues [1] [2] in around 400 different cities, towns and suburbs [3] in 36 U.S. states, [1] [2] and abroad.