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Five-Pin Billiards

Five-pin billiards is a carom/cue-sport discipline with three balls and five pins in the centre of the table. Points come through legal ball contacts, pin scoring and red-ball scoring; it is not bowling.

LevelVariant FamilyPrecision Sport CategoryPrecision sport

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Classification

Category Precision sport

Family Precision Sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Cue sport on a carom table with five pins and indirect point scoring.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like precision, angles, safeties and tactical table control.

Cost Medium: a carom table with five-pins setup is more specialised than pool. Table time, club fee, cue, chalk and possible league/event entry. Carom club, billiards room with five-pins setup or Italian billiards group. Have objective and scoring explained first; it differs strongly from pool.

First progress Basic stroke quickly; tactical scoring takes longer.

Fitness level low

Was du brauchst

carom table
three balls
five pins
cue
chalk
rules

First steps

practise straight stroke
learn carom angles
explain pin values
play short target sequences
understand safety

Carom club, billiards room, WCBS/UMB context or Italian five-pins group.

Respect table and pins, handle cue safely and keep space around the table.

Weitere Angaben

Tags cue, five-pins, carom, precision, five-pin-billiards, precision-sport, prazisionssport, praezisionssport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Score points through legal carom shots involving pins and the red ball.

Teilnehmer

Individuals or teams by competition.

Teamgröße

Individual or team.

Spielfeld

Pocketless carom table with three balls and five pins.

Dauer

Until target score or set/match format is reached.

Wertung

Pin and ball points under rules; fouls score for the opponent.

Gewinnbedingung

Reach target score/set first.

Ausrüstung

carom table
cue
three balls
five pins

Wichtige Regelpunkte

foul with own cue ball
wrong ball contact
pin breach
unsporting shot

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB)
Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB)

General rules for 5 Pin billiard Union Mondiale de Billard / rule copy · rulebook · medium
Five-pin billiards Wikipedia EN · reference · medium
World Confederation of Billiards Sports WCBS · federation · high