The World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF) is an international
pool
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Water pool
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* Reflecting pool, a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings
* Tide pool, a rocky pool ...
governing body
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overseeing international tournaments and rankings in the British-originating variant of
eight-ball
Eight-ball (also spelled 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called solids and stripes, spots and stripes or rarely highs and lows) is a discipline of pool played on a billiard table with six pockets, cue sticks, and sixteen billiard balls (a ...
pool played with red and yellow unnumbered balls instead of the stripes and solids numbered balls. WEPF competes for authority and membership with the
World Pool-Billiard Association
The World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) is the international governing body for pool (pocket billiards). It was formed in 1987, and was initially headed by a provisional board of directors consisting of representatives from Australia, Americas ...
(WPA), which oversees its own tournaments and slightly different rules under the name
blackball. WEPF events are held principally in the
United Kingdom
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and
Commonwealth of Nations
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.
Overview
The WEPF was established in 1992 by founding member countries Australia, England and New Zealand. The governing body runs its own world championships, separate from those held by the WPA.
Each country under the WEPF has their own referee and umpire body and each country has their own qualification structure in place for grading referees. For instance, South Africa has three basic certificates: League Referee, Provincial Referee and National Referee. Australia is also most complimented on their good governance and structure of their referee/umpire body.
The rules of the game are available on the WEPF website with calling procedures and guidance.
Member countries
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Australian Eight Ball Federation
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English Pool Association
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Clubs New Zealand 8Ball
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Pool South Africa
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World Eightball Pool Championship
The WEPF World Eightball Pool Championship (sometimes branded the Foster's World Eightball Pool Championship for sponsorship purposes) is held annually, and features open, women's, and juniors' divisions.
The tournaments are regularly held at the
Imperial Hotel Imperial Hotel or Hotel Imperial may refer to:
Hotels Australia
* Imperial Hotel, Ravenswood, Queensland
* Imperial Hotel, York, Western Australia
Austria
* Hotel Imperial, Vienna
India
* The Imperial, New Delhi
Ireland
* Imperial Hotel, D ...
in
Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...
, England. The competition includes players from Europe and from further afield, including Australia and South Africa.
See also
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List of World Eight-ball Champions
References
External links
World Eightball Pool Federation Official website
Pool organizations
International sports organizations
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