FILLER FIRES INTO QUARTER FINALS OF DAFABET WORLD POOL MASTERS

Preliminary RoundNiels Feijen 7–3 Jeffrey De LunaMieszko Fortunski 7-2 Kristina TkachDenis Grabe 7-6 Roberto GomezLast 16Joshua Filler 7–5 Chris Melling Joshua Filler staved off a Chris Melling fightback to advance to the quarter-finals of the Dafabet World Pool Masters, while there were preliminary round wins for Niels Feijen, Mieszko Fortunski and Denis Grabe at Europa Sports Complex in Gibr... Read more

SIMONIS IS THE OFFICIAL CLOTH OF CUESPORTS INTERNATIONAL

CueSports International (CSI) is proud to announce a partnership in which Iwan Simonis, Inc. has renewed its commitment as the Official Cloth of CueSports International, the BCA Pool League and USA Pool League. Simonis Cloth will continue to be used in CSI, BCA Pool League and USA Pool League events, including the BCA Pool League World Championships and USA Pool League National Cha... Read more

WOODWARD FIRES PAST THORPE AS SAJICH, KACI AND MELLING ADVANCE AT DAFABET WORLD POOL MASTERS

Preliminary RoundKelly Fisher 3-7 Justin SajichEklent Kaci 7-3 Petri MakkonenChris Melling 7–4 Sanjin PehlivanovicBilly Thorpe 1-7 Skyler Woodward Skyler Woodward inflicted a 7-1 defeat on Mosconi Cup teammate Billy Thorpe to advance to the last 16 of the Dafabet World Pool Masters, while Justin Sajich, Eklent Kaci and Chris Melling also progressed on the opening evening of play at Europa Spor... Read more

PREDATOR TO PROVIDE OFFICIAL TABLE OF THE WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP

Matchroom Multi Sport is pleased to announce that Predator Group will provide the Official Table of the World Pool Championship, which returns this June 6-10 at Marshall Arena, England, live on Sky Sports. Predator Group have been a proud partner of Matchroom Pool Series events for 20 years and recently title sponsored the successful first Championship League Pool. They will now launch their b... Read more

PREDATOR ARCADIA RESERVE IS THE OFFICIAL CLOTH OF THE PREDATOR WORLD JUNIOR 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The new Predator Arcadia Reserve pool cloth is the official cloth of the Predator World Junior 9-Ball Championships that will take place from September 9 to September 11, 2021, during the CueSports International Expo at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.   Predator Arcadia Reserve is a worsted vibrant billiard cloth made from the finest Australian Merino Wool and... Read more

GERMANY BEAT GREAT BRITAIN TO LIFT WORLD CUP OF POOL

FINALGreat Britain 6-11 Germany Germany’s Joshua Filler and Christof Reintjes defeated Great Britain 11-6 to land their nation’s second World Cup of Pool title. The pair rode their luck at times in the final and also took advantage of some missed opportunities by the Great Britain pair of Darren Appleton and Karl Boyes, who were looking to complete a fairytale comeback. The duo won the... Read more

GREAT BRITAIN TO MEET GERMANY IN WORLD CUP OF POOL FINAL

Great Britain will face Germany in the World Cup of Pool final after a faultless display by Darren Appleton and Karl Boyes against Slovakia was followed by a fighting comeback from 7-2 by Germany, who beat Estonia 9-7. Late entrants Appleton and Boyes kept their remarkable dream alive as they kept Slovakian pair Jakub Koniar and Jaroslav Polach in their seats for almost the entire match, compl... Read more

DAFABET TO TITLE SPONSOR WORLD POOL MASTERS

Dafabet will title sponsor this year’s World Pool Masters, which will take place at Europa Sports Park, Gibraltar from May 22-25, live on Sky Sports. Dafabet title sponsored pool’s biggest invitational event in 2017 and again in 2019, the last time the Masters was staged. David Alcaide won a dramatic final that year, banking the 9-ball to lift the title in front a jubilant crown. This year’... Read more

GERMANY TO MEET ESTONIA IN WORLD CUP OF POOL SEMI-FINALS

QUARTER-FINALSDenmark 5-9 GermanyPhilippines 4-9 Estonia Germany will meet Estonia in the World Cup of Pool semi-finals after beating Denmark and Philippines respectively at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes on Thursday evening. After Great Britain and Slovakia had won through in the afternoon session, Germany saw off Denmark 9-5 with both Joshua Filler and Christof Reintjes performing strongly, an... Read more

GREAT BRITAIN DEMOLISH DUTCH TO FACE SLOVAKIA IN WORLD CUP SEMIS

QUARTER-FINALSSlovakia 9-8 JapanGreat Britain 9-1 Netherlands Great Britain’s Karl Boyes and Darren Appleton rolled back the years with an emphatic 9-1 World Cup quarter-final victory over Netherlands to advance to the semi-finals, where Slovakia lie in wait after a hill-hill win over Japan. Boyes and Appleton, winners in 2014 when they beat Netherlands in a dramatic final, were late call-u... Read more

JOSS TOUR, $4,500/$500 ADDED, JUNE 5 & 6, SNOOKERS, PROVIDENCE RI, 32ND OCEAN STATE 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Everyone,  The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour is proud to present the $5,000 Added ($4500 + $500) 32nd Ocean State 9-Ball Championship at the beautiful Snookers Sports Billiards Bar & Grill in Providence RI on June 5 & 6. This event would have been held in November of 2020 had it not been for the pandemic. I am currently putting together the 2021-2022 season schedule to... Read more

DRAMATIC NIGHT SEES GREAT BRITAIN A AND USA CRASH OUT OF WORLD CUP OF POOL

ROUND TWOGreat Britain C 7-4 GreeceUSA 5–7 PhilippinesEstonia 7–6 Great Britain A Great Britain A crashed out of the World Cup of Pool in the most agonising of circumstances as Jayson Shaw scratched with two balls remaining at hill-hill against Estonia. Earlier in the evening Philippines had won seven consecutive racks to come from 5-0 down to beat USA in a match that had it all and will li... Read more

J. PECHAUER CUSTOM CUES CONTINUES PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BEF JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Superior, Colo., April 30, 2021 – The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) today announced J. Pechauer Custom Cues has again agreed to partner with the BEF Junior National Championships by donating two handmade custom cues (combined MSRP value $2,650) for the BEF players’ annual fundraiser. Additionally, with two cues means we'll have two winners!   “J. Pechauer has been a trem... Read more

DRAW MADE FOR WORLD POOL MASTERS

The draw for the World Pool Masters has been made, with defending champion David Alcaide set to begin his defence against either Billy Thorpe or Skyler Woodward in the event, which runs from May 22-25 at Europa Point Sports Complex, Gibraltar. The all-American clash between Thorpe and Woodward was the standout match from the preliminary round draw, and the pair, currently representing USA in t... Read more

JAPAN, DENMARK AND GERMANY REACH QUARTER-FINALS OF WORLD CUP OF POOL

ROUND TWORussia 2-7 JapanItaly 5–7 DenmarkGermany 7-4 Kuwait Japan, Denmark and Germany all won through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup of Pool during Wednesday afternoon’s play at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes. Japan (Naoyuki Oi and Masato Yoshioka) were emphatic in victory over Russia, whose pauir was World Champion Fedor Gorst and playing partner Sergey Lutsker. Denmark then took the... Read more

GREAT BRITAIN A SURVIVE ALMIGHTY BELARUS SCARE AS USA MARCH ON AT WORLD CUP OF POOL

ROUND 1USA 7-2 AustraliaGreat Britain C 7-5 South AfricaGreat Britain 7-4 Belarus Great Britain A survived a huge first round scare against Belarus to advance to the second round of the World Cup of Pool, while Great Britain C and USA also progressed on Tuesday evening. Mosconi Cup MVP Jayson Shaw was joined by Chris Melling on Great Britain A but they found themselves struggling agains... Read more

BRILLIANT NETHERLANDS INTO QUARTER FINALS BUT GREAT BRITAIN B OUT AT WORLD CUP OF POOL

ROUND 1Philippines 7-3 Great Britain B ROUND 2Finland 1-7 NetherlandsSlovakia 7-6 Czech Republic Netherlands fired a warning shot to the rest of the field as they stormed into the quarter-finals of the World Cup of Pool with a near-perfect 7-1 victory over an out-of-sorts Finland. Slovakia are also through to the last eight having beaten Czech Republic in the tournament’s first hill-hill... Read more

ITALY AND KUWAIT PROVIDE SHOCKS AT WORLD CUP OF POOL

ROUND 1Spain 4-7 ItalyGermany 7-4 LithuaniaPoland 3-7 Kuwait Italy dumped World Cup of Pool third seeds Spain out in the first round of the event at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, while there were wins on Monday evening for Germany, who survived a Lithuanian fightback, and Kuwait, who shocked Poland with a 7-3 victory. Italy (Fabio Petroni and Daniele Corrieri) led for much of the evening’s fir... Read more

HISTORIC DANNISH WIN AS NETHERLANDS & FINLAND ADVANCE AT WORLD CUP OF POOL

ROUND 1 Netherlands 7-4 Bosnia and HerzegovinaFinland 7-0 IcelandFrance 2-7 Denmark Denmark recorded their first ever World Cup of Pool victory, beating France 7-2 at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes on Monday, while there were also wins for Netherlands and Finland. The Dutch duo of Niels Feijen and Marc Bijsterbosch used their tournament experience to overcome an impressive pairing of San... Read more

RUSSIA, GREECE AND ESTONIA SAFELY THROUGH AT WORLD CUP OF POOL

ROUND 1Russia 7-4 SwitzerlandGreece 7-2 SerbiaEstonia 7-5 Belgium Seeded teams Russia, Greece and Estonia all advanced to the second round of the World Cup of Pool on Monday evening, the latter fighting back from 5-1 down to defeat Belgium 7-5 at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes. Earlier in the session Russia had beaten Switzerland 7-4 to set up a second-round match against Japan, while Greece def... Read more