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English Billiards

English billiards is a cue sport on a six-pocket table with three balls. Points are scored through cannons, pots and in-offs, so angle control, break-building and exact scoring knowledge matter.

LevelMain sport FamilyPrecision Sport CategoryPrecision sport

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Classification

Category Precision sport

Family Precision Sport

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Three-ball cue sport with cannons, pots and in-offs.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like calm precision, angles and long tactical breaks.

Cost Low to medium: a club or snooker hall provides the table; a house cue is enough at first. Table time, cue, chalk, club fee and possible tournament entry. Billiards/snooker club, English-billiards group or cue-sport venue. Clarify whether modern WPBSA/World Billiards rules or local variants apply.

First progress Basic points quickly; controlled break-building takes patience.

Fitness level easy

Was du brauchst

six-pocket table
cue
chalk
red ball
two cue balls
rules/scoring knowledge

First steps

practise stance and straight cueing
learn cannon and pot separately
read scoring table
play short breaks

Snooker/billiards club, cue-sport hall or World Billiards/WPBSA rule material.

Control the cue, keep space around the table and follow venue rules.

Weitere Angaben

Tags billiards, cue-sport, english-billiards, precision, precision-sport, prazisionssport, praezisionssport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Score more points than the opponent through cannons, pots and in-offs.

Teilnehmer

Usually singles; doubles or team formats may exist by event.

Teamgröße

Usually 1v1.

Spielfeld

Six-pocket billiards/snooker table with three balls.

Dauer

Timed or points format depending on competition.

Wertung

Points for cannons, pots and in-offs.

Gewinnbedingung

Higher score after time or target points.

Ausrüstung

cue
chalk
three balls
billiards/snooker table

Wichtige Regelpunkte

foul stroke
wrong ball
no legal contact
unsporting conduct

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA)
World Billiards / WPBSA (WB/WPBSA)

Official Rules of Snooker and English Billiards WPBSA · rulebook · high
Official Rules of the Games of Snooker and English Billiards World Billiards · rules-pdf · high
Cue Sports International World Games Association · official · high