International Billiards and Snooker Federation
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The International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) is the organisation that governs non-professional snooker
and English billiards
around the world . The organization is presently headquartered in Reims
, France
.
regions: Africa
, Americas
, Asia
, Europe
and Oceania
.
The IBSF Board of Directors has four executive officers, namely the President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, plus two representatives from each Olympic Region. These four executive officers are responsible for the day to day running of the Federation and are answerable to IBSF members at the Annual General Meeting
. The IBSF AGM is normally held during the period of the IBSF World Snooker Championships.
(WCBS). The WCBS is an organisation that promotes cue sports in the form of carom, pool and snooker. Its primary aim is to gain the acceptance of these three cue sports disciplines into the Olympic Games.
The IBSF also works towards maintaining a healthy relationship with the professional side of the game, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
(WPBSA), so as to ensure maximum growth for snooker and English billiards worldwide.
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
and English billiards
English billiards
English billiards, called simply billiards in many former British colonies and in Great Britain where it originated, is a hybrid form of carom and pocket billiards played on a billiard table. Billiards is less well known as "the English game", "the all-in game" and "the common game".The game is for...
around the world . The organization is presently headquartered in Reims
Reims
Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
History
In 1971 the World Billiards and Snooker Council was formed, changing its name in 1973 to the International Billiards and Snooker Federation. The name change came about because of the dissatisfaction of many overseas national associations that the Billiards and Snooker Control Council (then the Billiards Association and Control Council) should be the governing body of both the English domestic game and the game at international level. Consequently, the IBSF took control of the organisation of the non-professional championships of both snooker and billiards.Structure
The IBSF is made up of over sixty affiliated countries categorized into one of the five OlympicOlympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
regions: Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and Oceania
Oceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
.
The IBSF Board of Directors has four executive officers, namely the President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, plus two representatives from each Olympic Region. These four executive officers are responsible for the day to day running of the Federation and are answerable to IBSF members at the Annual General Meeting
Annual general meeting
An annual general meeting is a meeting that official bodies, and associations involving the public , are often required by law to hold...
. The IBSF AGM is normally held during the period of the IBSF World Snooker Championships.
Role
The aims and objectives of the IBSF are to co-ordinate, promote and develop the sports of billiards and snooker on a non-professional level and, as the world governing body, to determine championship conditions :-), formats, dates and venues for the following:- IBSF World Snooker ChampionshipIBSF World Snooker ChampionshipThe IBSF World Snooker Championship is the premier non-professional snooker tournament in the world. The event series is sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation...
, including some special divisions: - IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championships
- IBSF World Ladies Snooker Championship
- IBSF World Team Snooker Championship
- IBSF World Billiards ChampionshipIBSF World Billiards ChampionshipThe IBSF World Billiards Championship is the premier non-professional tournament for the game of English billiards in the world...
Relationships to other organizations
The IBSF is the snooker division of the World Confederation of Billiard SportsWorld Confederation of Billiard Sports
The World Confederation of Billiard Sports is the international umbrella organization encompassing the major cue sports , including carom billiards, pool games of several varieties, and snooker. The confederation is relatively new, having been founded in 1992...
(WCBS). The WCBS is an organisation that promotes cue sports in the form of carom, pool and snooker. Its primary aim is to gain the acceptance of these three cue sports disciplines into the Olympic Games.
The IBSF also works towards maintaining a healthy relationship with the professional side of the game, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, often abbreviated to the WPBSA, founded in 1968 and based in Bristol, England, United Kingdom is the governing body of professional snooker and English billiards...
(WPBSA), so as to ensure maximum growth for snooker and English billiards worldwide.
External links
- IBSF official website