News From Around the Web

Below are headlines from various news sources in the pool and billiards industry. This list is updated every 2 hours and only contains the 10 most recent articles from each source.

AZ Billiards News

Xu comes back from hot seat loss to claim stop on Garden State Pool Tour

In his first year of recording his earnings with us here at AZBilliards (2023), Ronnie Sheng Xu won two stops on separate tours; New York’s Tri-State Tour (downing Ambi Estevez in the final) and New Jersey’s Garden State Pool Tour (GSPT) defeating Joe Valania in that final). Last year, he finished in the money on […]

Taylor Coffey, 12-year-old Jacob Hyatt split top prizes at 5th Annual Anthony Mabe Memorial

Taylor Coffey earned his place in the headline of this tale by going undefeated to the hot seat at the 5th Annual Anthony Mabe Memorial, held this past weekend (April 12-13). Coffey ended up splitting the top two prizes with 12-year-old Jacob Hyatt, whom Coffey had defeated in the opening round of play and went […]

Polish Billiards Ekstraklasa Kicks Off New Season

The new season of the Billiards Ekstraklasa organized by the Polish Billiards Association starts on Thursday, April 17. Every match will be available to watch online for free! First, let’s talk about what the Polish Billiards Ekstraklasa is. It is one of the most watched team competitions in Europe. This is due to the unique […]

Tickets On Sale Now For The 2025 US Open Pool Championship, 18-23 August

The most historic event in nineball returns—tickets for the 2025 US Open Pool Championship, taking place from 18-23 August 2025 at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City, are on sale now. PURCHASE SPECTATOR TICKETS HERE Secure discounted hotel rates for spectators here Back for its 48th edition, the US Open is set to deliver another incredible week […]

Mosconi Cup Returns To Iconic Alexandra Palace As Team Europe Defends On Home Soil– 3-6 December 2025

The world’s most prestigious pool event, the Mosconi Cup, will return to the iconic Alexandra Palace in London from 3-6 December 2025. Team Europe will look to defend their title against Team USA in front of an electric home crowd, with the action broadcast live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. For the first […]

J. Pechauer Custom Cues Announced as Presenting Sponsor of the 2025 Oneida WPA Women’s 8 Ball World Championship

J. Pechauer Custom Cues, a family-owned leader in handcrafted billiard cues, is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the 2025 Oneida WPA Women’s 8 Ball World Championship—a historic event that will bring the world’s top women players to our home state of Wisconsin. For more than 60 years, J. Pechauer Custom Cues has been […]

Growing the Game in Colorado: Highlights from the Third Annual Kidz Klinik

On Sunday, April 13th, 2025, Felt Billiards in Englewood, Colorado hosted another incredible juniors billiard clinic, welcoming roughly 30 young players and their families for a fun-filled day of learning, challenges, and camaraderie.   Led by Felt’s house pro Samm Diep, this annual community event attracted participants aged 8 to 18, drawing participants from across the […]

Eklent Kaci makes ‘late break’ to tie, but Niels Feijen is the 2025 Diamond Open Champion

Frustration can come in a broad range of ‘flavors.’ It can happen in a pool game when your opponent is taking far too much time deciding which ball he (or she) is going to pocket and even more time to get down to it and actually make a shot. Or when an opponent gets ahead […]

WPA Sanctions the UK Open

The World Pool Association (WPA) has decided to sanction the 2025 UK Open. “We are in the final stages of the negotiations with Matchroom Pool regarding official WPA recognition to events in the World Nineball Tour (WNT),” said Ishaun Singh, WPA President.  “While the process is taking longer than expected, the WPA Board wants to […]

Joshua & Jasmin Rule In Tallinn

JOSHUA FILLER AND Jasmin Ouschan continue to dominate the Predator Euro Tour this year as they both once again claimed victory, this time at the ARC ESTONIAN OPEN. The winning pair won in February in Treviso and again delivered the goods at the Kalevi Hall in Tallinn. In the open division, Filler spoiled Dennis Grabe’s […]