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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 ...
The United States Billiard Media Association (USBmA) was organized in January 2007 [19] to elect "billiard media members to the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame Board". [19] This media-focused suborganization also lists other goals in its materials, including "elevating the visibility and status of billiards in the media at large" as ...
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 ...
Mid-Michigan 8-Man Football League; Mid-State Activities Conference South; North Central Thumb 8-Man League; North Star League; Northern Michigan Football Conference; Northwest Conference; Red Arrow Conference; Skii Valley Conference; Southern Central Athletic Association; Southern Michigan 8-Man Football League; Southern Michigan Football ...
The World Cup of Pool is an annual international single-elimination tournament for doubles teams in nine-ball pool competition. The Philippines holds the record for World Cup wins, winning the title on four occasions. In 2023, they also became the first unseeded country to win the tournament. [1] [2]
Carom billiards tables are typically 10 feet (3.0 m). Regulation pool tables are 9-foot (2.7 m), though pubs and other establishments catering to casual play will typically use 7-foot (2.1 m) tables which are often coin-operated, nicknamed bar boxes. Formerly, ten-foot pool tables were common, but such tables are now considered antiques.