World Billiards

World Billiards (Limited) was founded in November 2011 as a subsidiary of the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association (WPBSA). It includes former members of EBOS (English-Billiards Open Series) and WPBSA, and is the governing body for English billiards.

World Billiards Ltd

Sport	English billiards
Category	Sport governing body
Jurisdiction	International
Abbreviation	WBL
Founded	2011
Affiliation	WPBSA
President	Roxton Chapman
Board members	Jason Colebrook (Managing Director), Jim Burke, Darren Clark, Chris Coumbe, Paul Collier, Aonghus McAnally.
Official website
www.world-billiards.com

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) plus up to 20 other world ranking tournaments per year. Apart from the World Championship, other major ranking tournaments include the American Cup in Canada, the European Open, the Pacific International in Australia and the Asian Grand Prix in Singapore.

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	Mike Russell	2224	David Causier	1115
2017	Short	David Causier	8	Sourav Kothari	4
	Long	David Causier	1,500	Peter Gilchrist	779
2018	Timed	Sourav Kothari	1,134	Peter Gilchrist	944
2019	Timed	Peter Gilchrist	1,307	Sourav Kothari	967
2020		Not played
2021		Not played
2022	Timed	David Causier	1,776	Peter Gilchrist	1,092
2023	Timed	Peter Gilchrist	1,824	David Causier	783

See also

• English billiards
• World Billiards Championship (English billiards)
• World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association

References

1. Subbaiah, Sunil. "Rupesh Shah wins second world title". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
2. . The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
3. Pathak, Vivek (25 October 2013). "David Causier, the new champion for World Billiards (Short format)". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
4. "IBSF Long up Billiards Championships Long up – Leeds / England 2013". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
5. "Advani stuns Gilchrist to clinch World Billiards title". The Times of India. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
6. "Advani: first ever player to bag billiards triple double". The Hindu. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.

External links

• World Billiards Official website
  • World Billiards Results website
• World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association (WPBSA) Official website
  • Official Rules of English Billiards