Gölbaşı International Billiards Complex () is a sport facility for billiards established in

Gölbaşı, Ankara Gölbaşı is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,364 km2, and its population is 150,047 (2022). It is south of the city of Ankara. Its elevation is . The district includes the Lake Moga ...

, Turkey in 2021. It is also the headquarters of the Turkish Billiards Federation. The project for a billiards complex was worked out by the

Turkish Billiards Federation Turkish Billiards Federation (, TBF) is the governing body of the cue sports in Turkey. Founded in 1993, it has been based at Gölbaşı International Billiards Complex in Ankara since November 2021. The Turkish organization is member of the Co ...

in 2018. The construction began in January 2021 after the signing of a protocol between the district municipality of

, the Billiards Federation and the

Ministry of Youth and Sports A ministry of sports or ministry of youth and sports is a kind of government ministry found in certain countries with responsibility for the regulation of sports, particularly those participated in by young people. It is led by the minister of s ...

. It was built by the district municipality, and officially opened on 15 November 2021. The complex serves as a venue for billiards competitions at national, European, and world level. The complex consists of two buildings and a car parking lot. It has a total indoor area of . The

billiard hall A billiard hall, also known as a pool hall, snooker hall, pool room or pool parlour, is a place where people get together for playing cue sports such as pool, snooker or carom billiards. Such establishments commonly serve alcohol and often ha ...

building features separate entrance and exit areas for spectators and athletes, foyer, the tournament hall with spectator stands on both sides overlooking the entire hall, male and female athlete locker rooms, rest room for athletes before the match and during breaks, referee room, meeting room as well as cafeteria and kitchen.

International competitions hosted

2022

* 21–27 February – Three-cushion World Cup 2022/1,

2023

* 20–23 July – WCB World Games, * 6–10 September – World Championship 3-Cushion – Individual Men's competition, * 15–18 September – World Junior Billiards Championship, * 20–23 September –

Artistic Billiards World Championship The Artistic Billiards World Championship is a carom billiards tournament in the discipline of artistic billiards, organized by the Confédération International de Billard Artistique. Raymond Steylaerts of Belgium won the tournament six times ...

2024

* 6–8 March – European Championship Artistic, * 16–17 April – European Championship 3-Cushion National Teams and Individual, * 9–15 June – Three-cushion World Cup 2024/3, * 19–22 June –

References

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