When spectators attend a concert, they’re usually treated to an opening act or two, hired to get the crowd engaged and set the tone for the night and the event’s main attraction.
Wednesday morning’s starting match at the Apex Wisconsin Open was the equivalent of skipping the warm-up acts completely and heading straight into the hottest new bands, with former World 9-Ball champion Fedor G...
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Matchroom Multi Sport is delighted to announce Predator Cues as the official title sponsor of the inaugural Predator Cues Premier League Pool from Monday, 14 February to Monday, 21 February at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes live on DAZN in the USA and Germany as well as networks worldwide.
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Billard Beckmann, a premium multi-brand billiard distributor b...
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There isn’t a professional pool player in the world who had a more fruitful month of January that Russia’s Fedor Gorst.
The 21-year-old from Moscow opened the year with a runner-up finish at the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour’s Turning Stone Classic then won his second straight Arcadia Arizona Open, cruising past Filipino Roland Garcia in straight sets to earn $25,000. Two weeks later, Gorst...
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The full line-up for Premier League Pool has been confirmed with Francisco Sanchez Ruiz, Mieszko Fortunski, Skyler Woodward, and Kelly Fisher joining the top 12 off of the 2022 Nineball World Rankings with action set to get underway from Monday, February 14 to Monday, February 21 at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes.
Sanchez Ruiz became the final wild card pick after becoming the first winne...
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Cryptocurrency has developed as a major player in sporting circles in 2021 as many teams, and sports stars have been getting involved. Not only has there has been interest in the currency from teams and sports, but there has also been a rise in the attention given to NFTs too.NFTs or non-fungible tokens are digital assets that are built using the same technology as cryptocurrencies. They are 100%...
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Congratulations to Turning Stone Classic XXXIV winners Jayson Shaw for win # 7 ($8,000 main event), Tom Zippler ($500 second chance event) & our $1,900 Joss Cue raffle winner Tony Antone and $1,600 Joss Cue raffle winner Mac Jankov.
Stop #8 of my Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's 2021/2022 season will take place at the beautiful new Utica Billiards on the Boulevard in Utica, NY on Sat. & Su...
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The Brentwood Centre will host two major professional cue sports events in 2022: Matchroom’s World Cup of Pool and snooker’s English Open.
The Essex venue will host these events for the first time this year, drawing the biggest stars of 9-ball pool and snooker to Brentwood from around the globe.
Matchroom’s World Cup of Pool will bring 32 nations together as two-player teams compete fo...
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The first 12 players for the inaugural Premier League Pool at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes from Monday, February 14 to Monday, February 21 have been confirmed off the Nineball World Rankings with four further players due to join the field as wild cards.
World No.1 Albin Ouschan will lead the field with a total prize fund of $100,000 on offer with first place taking home $20,000 and a minimum of $...
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Matchroom Nineball is delighted to announce the addition of the Kremlin Cup to the Nineball World Rankings alongside two events from the USA’s National Billiards League (NBL), globally expanding the Nineball schedule.
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The Kremlin Cup is one of the most prestigious tournaments on the calendar and is set to switch from 10-ball to 9-ball, following the Matchroom Nineball World Ranking...
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Longoni, the premier Italian cue company, has recently announced the launch of their scotch doubles 9-ball league for 2022 involving the best athletes on the Euro Tour. Starting in February, the Longoni 9-Ball League will be played on the eve of each Euro Tour event, involving the highest-ranked players from the Euro Tour overall rankings.
With a total of 12 teams competing, 11 countries have...
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Last July, Fedor Gorst helped to kick off the first-ever Arcadia Arizona Open, the first of four events in the newly-created U.S. Pro Billiard Series, by posting an undefeated record and taking down eventual U.S. Pool champion Carlo Biado in the finals.
Six months later, the Arizona Open was back – kicking off the first of six tournaments being held in the United States by equipment manu...
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Thursday night at the Arcadia Arizona Open, Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer Alex Pagulayan and World 10-Ball runner-up Naoyuki Oi battled back-and-forth in a match which felt like it could have been being held on the tournament’s final day instead of its second.
The crafty Filipino managed to take advantage of some early positional errors by his opponent to jump out to a commanding...
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Player entries for the first-ever UK Open Pool Championship have sold out in under an hour with 256 spots quickly snapped up ahead of the inaugural tournament from May 17-22.
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A prize fund of $200,000 will be on offer as 256 players battle it out to become the inaugural winner of the UK Open Pool Championship with the Major Event contributing towards the new...
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Reigning World Pool Champion Albin Ouschan and FargoRate Ohio Open winner Mario He are definitely familiar with not only each other but each other’s game, with both calling Austria home as well as competing and traveling together for the last dozen or so years.
In Wednesday’s opening round of the Arcadia Arizona Open at Casino Del Sol Resort, the two acquaintances took turns taking advan...
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Playing in last year’s inaugural Arcadia Arizona Open in July, no one probably got a more scenic route of event’s unique format than Fedor Gorst.
In a tournament that foregoes longer races for two shorter sets and settles tied matches with spot shot shootouts, the young man from Moscow pretty much did it all. He opened competition by surviving a sudden-death shootout against American Michael Y...
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Matchroom is delighted to present the 2022 Nineball schedule sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association with for the first time ever the inclusion of tournaments promoted by some of the most established and professional event organisers in Diamond Billiards, Pat Fleming, the EuroTour, and more.
Seeding for tournaments in 2022 will be based off the Matchroom Nineball World Rankings as de...
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Here is the complete order of finish for our Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's, "Turning Stone Classic XXXIV 9-Ball Open", which was held January 6-9, 2022. The event was $25,000 added with a total prize fund of $41,400. There was a full field of 128 players. All players were paid in cash immediately upon their elimination from the event!
1st $8,000 Jayson Shaw2nd ...
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Matchroom is thrilled to announce the inauguration of the Nineball World Rankings. The rankings will become the cornerstone of the game globally to recognise Nineball as the primary discipline of pool, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association. The establishment of the Nineball World Rankings propels Matchroom’s further commitment to the growth of pool globally.
The Matchroom Nine...
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CueSports International (CSI) is excited to announce that Jam Up Apparel is the official team wear partner of CSI Leagues, the division of CueSports International that manages the BCA Pool League and USA Pool League. This partnership provides a significant discount on high-quality, fully customized sublimated shirts for individuals or teams.
The BCA Pool League World Championships and USA Pool...
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Tickets for the 2022 Mosconi Cup at Bally’s Hotel & Casino Las Vegas on November 30-3 December 2022 will go on priority sale to Matchroom Pool Club members on Wednesday, February 9 with general sale tickets set to go on sale the following day, Thursday, February 10.
Sign up to the Matchroom Pool Club for free here to get exclusive ticket pre-sale access for 2022.
Team USA clai...
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