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The Valley National 8-Ball League Association (VNEA) [1] [2] is one of the world's largest amateur pool leagues. As of 2020 [update] , 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The championship was a BCA-sanctioned event, with champions listed as such in BCA's Billiards: The Official Rules and Records Book. BCA was involved in the events' promotion to varying degrees over the years, as was the Billiard Education Foundation (which operates the Junior National Nine-ball Championships , sometimes held jointly with 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 ...
The tour attracted the top pool players in the world. It differed from the many nine-ball tournaments, as all IPT events were eight-ball matches. [2] The company was based in Hinsdale, Illinois. [3] Many pool enthusiasts were initially skeptical, but the first event was successful, and at the time was the biggest tournament in billiards history ...
ACS logo. The American CueSports Alliance (abbreviated ACS) is a non-profit league-sanctioning body for cue sports in the United States.They produce national billiards tournaments on an annual basis, in areas such as eight-ball and nine-ball.
The United States Billiard Association or USBA is the governing body for all professional carom billiards tournaments in the United States, especially three-cushion billiards. Each year since 1968, the USBA and its predecessor organization the Billiard Federation of the USA has held a tournament to crown the national champion.