This article lists the precision sports events for 2024.
Date | Place | Event | Format | Federation | Winner | Score | Runner-up | N |
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January 10–12 | Taipei | Universal Chinese Taipei Open | 9-ball | Matchroom | Carlo Biado | 13–7 | Bernie Regaliaria | [22] |
January 15–17 | Elizabeth | Derby City Classic | 9-ball | Matchroom | Joshua Filler | 9–8 | Pijus Labutis | [23] |
January 21–25 | Jakarta | Indonesia International Open | 10-ball | WPA | Jeffrey Ignacio | 10–3 | Robbie Capito | [24] |
February 7–11 | Medellin | Medellin Open | 9-ball | Matchroom | Moritz Neuhausen | 11–3 | Dario Guanipa | [25] |
February 15–17 | Tallinn | EuroTour men - Dynamic Billard Tallinn Open | 9-ball | EPBF | Daniel Macioł | 9–7 | Felix Vogel | [26] |
February 21–24 | Las Vegas | PBS Las Vegas Open | 10-ball | WPA | Lee Vann Corteza | 4–2, 4–3 | Carlo Biado | [27] |
February 27 – March 2 | Las Vegas | Predator WPA World 10-ball Men's Championship | 10-ball | WPA | Carlo Biado | 3–1 | Naoyuki Ōi | [28] |
March 14–17 | Kielce | Polish Dynamic Billard 10-Ball Open | 10-ball | WPA | Daniel Macioł | 8–7 | Sanjin Pehlivanović | [29] |
March 15–17 | Malden | McDermott Classic | 9-ball | Matchroom | Wiktor Zieliński | 13–8 | Tyler Styer | [30] |
March 18–25 | West Haven | Premier League Pool | 9-ball | Matchroom | Shane Van Boening | 7–4 | Ko Pin-yi | [31] |
March 28–30 | Vigo | FSR91 Nineball Open | 9-ball | Matchroom | Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | 13–5 | David Alcaide | [32] |
April 5–7 | Modena | Marina Pool Open | 9-ball | Matchroom | Albin Ouschan | 11–10 | Sanjin Pehlivanović | [33] |
April 11–14 | Oaks | Diamond Open 9-Ball Professional Players Championship | Matchroom | |||||
April 16–20 | Culiacán | Mexico Open | Matchroom | |||||
May 1–5 | Glasgow | Jacoby Scottish Open | Matchroom |
Niels Feijen is a Dutch professional pool player, from the Hague. His nickname is "the Terminator". In 2014 he won the WPA World 9-ball championship.
Semih Saygıner, nicknamed Mr. Magic or The Turkish Prince, is a Turkish world champion professional carom billiards player specialized in three-cushion event.
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Three-cushion billiards, also called three-cushion carom, is a form of carom billiards. The object of the game is to carom the cue ball off both object balls while contacting the railcushions at least three times before contacting the second object ball. A point is scored for each successful carom. In most shots the cue ball hits the object balls one time each, although hitting them any number of times is allowed as long as both are hit. The cue ball may contact the cushions before or after hitting the first object ball. It does not have to contact three different cushions as long as it has been in contact with any cushion at least three times in total.
Five-pin billiards or simply five-pins or 5-pins, is today usually a carom billiards form of cue sport, though sometimes still played on a pocket table. In addition to the customary three balls of most carom games, it makes use of a set of five upright pins (skittles) arranged in a "+" pattern at the center of the table. The game is popular especially in Italy and Argentina, but also in some other parts of Latin America and Europe, with international, televised professional tournaments. It is sometimes referred to as Italian five-pins or Italian billiards, or as simply italiana. A variant of the game, goriziana or nine-pins, adds additional skittles to the formation. A related pocket game, with larger pins, is played in Scandinavia and is referred to in English as Danish pin billiards, with a Swedish variant that has some rules more similar to the Italian game.
The Union Mondiale de Billard is the world governing body for carom (carambole) billiard games.
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Marco Zanetti is an Italian professional three-cushion billiards player and a two-time world champion from Bolzano, Italy.
The Archery World Cup is a competition organized by the World Archery Federation, where the archers compete in four stages in four countries and the best eight archers of each category advance to an additional stage to contest the Archery World Cup Final. Started in 2006, this form of competition was introduced following the success of the 2003 World Archery Championships in New York and the 2004 Summer Olympics with the intent of making the sport more popular and attractive to spectators, with the matches being held in 'spectacular' locations and the final matches being broadcast online. It has received plaudits for its innovative approach to the sport, raising its profile and reach.
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The Three-Cushion World Cup is an international tournament series in three-cushion billiards, which is held every year since 1986 between three and ten times a year.
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Carlo Biado is a Filipino professional pool player. His highest profile wins include the World Nine-ball Championship and the World Ten-ball Championship in 2017 and 2024 respectively.
Albin Alois Ouschan is an Austrian professional pool player. Ouschan was the 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner, as well as the runner-up in 2014. He also won the 14.1 Continuous European championship the same year. Ouschan is a multiple time Austrian champion in 8-ball, ten-ball and straight pool. Ouschan alongside partner Mario He won both the 2017 World Cup of Pool, 2019 World Cup of Pool and reached the final of the 2018 World Cup of Pool. They would lose 10–3 to the Chinese team of Wu Jia-qing & Liu Haitao. He won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship for the second time in 2021, beating Omar Al-Shaheen 13–9 in the final. He won the International Open in 2021, defeating Dennis Orcollo 13–6 in the final.
Joshua Filler is a German professional pool player from Bönen, Germany. In 2018 Filler defeated Carlo Biado 13–10 to win the 2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. In 2017 he was the youngest player to win the China Open, and in 2018 he also won the 10-ball European Pool Championships. Filler became WPA and Euro Tour world number 1 in 2019, and later he reached the final of the 2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship before losing 10–7 to Ko Ping-chung.
Denis Grabe, is an Estonian professional pool player. Grabe reached the semifinal of 2024 WPA World Ten-ball Championship losing to Naoyuki Ōi of Japan 2-3 in sets, he beat Aloysious Yapp in the last 16 and Fransisco Sanchez Ruiz in the last 8 to achieve a bronze medal. Grabe reached the quarter-final of the 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, before losing to Cheng Yu-hsuan 11–3. Grabe won two consecutive Euro Tour tournaments in a row in 2014, at the Austria Open, and Slovenian Open. In 2018, he also reached the final of the 2018 Sankt Johann im Pongau Open, losing the final 9–5 to Alexander Kazakis.
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz is a Spanish professional pool player, nicknamed "The Ferrari" and by his initials "FSR". He won both the 2022 WPA World Eight-ball Championship and the 2023 WPA World Nine-ball Championship.
The 2019 Antalya Open was a professional nine-ball pool tournament held from 7 to 10 November 2019 in the Limak Atlantis Resort in Antalya, Turkey. The event was the sixth and final Euro Tour event of 2019, following the Klagenfurt Open. The men's event was won by Estonia's Denis Grabe, who won his third Tour win, defeating Eklent Kaçi 9–2. The women's event was won by Poland's Oliwia Zalewska, who won her first Tour event. She defeated Tina Vogelmann in the final 7–6.
In 2018, championships were held across three continents to determine the best players in major cue sports, including snooker, pool, and English billiards. While these are mostly single player sports, some matches and tournaments are held as either doubles or as team events. The snooker season runs between May and April; the pool and billiards seasons run through the calendar year.
Professional tournaments in table-top cue sports took place in 2020. These events include snooker, pool disciplines and billiards. Whilst these are traditionally singles sports, some matches and tournaments are held as doubles or as teams. The snooker season runs between May and April, whilst the pool and billiards seasons is listed over the calendar year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was disrupted with many events being cancelled or postponed. Cue sports events were played in January and February, before tournaments were discontinued for all disciplines due to the pandemic, returning in June without an audience.