West Asian Billiards & Snooker Federation

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West Asian Billiards and Snooker Federation
Formation2 June 2010 [1]
TypeSports organization
Headquarters Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Membership 13 member associations
President
 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Hassan Mohammed Abu Ish
Website http://www.wabsf.net/en/index.php

The West Asian Billiard and Snooker Federation abbreviated as WABSF, founded in 2010, is an association of the billiard and snooker playing nations in West Asia. Its founding members and competing nations are 13 West Asian nations, namely Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Oman, Jordan, Palestine, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, and Yemen. [2]

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They organize the West Asian Championship for Billiard Sports annually, alongside other occasional tournaments.

Member Associations

WABSF has 13 member associations. [2] All of them are members of the Asian Billiard Confederation.

AssociationJoining yearNation
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 2010 Bahrain
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 2010 Iraq
Flag of Iran.svg Iran 2010 Iran
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 2010 Lebanon
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 2010 Jordan
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 2010 Kuwait
Flag of Oman.svg Oman 2010 Oman
Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 2010 Palestine
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 2010 Qatar
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 2010 Saudi Arabia
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria 2010 Syria
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 2010 United Arab Emirates
Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 2010 Yemen

Events

WABSF runs the West Asian Billiard and Snooker Championship annually, of which these listed are the editions; [3] [4]

West Asian Billiard and Snooker Championship: [5]

#HostYear
1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2011
2Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2012
-not held2013
3Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 2014
4Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2015
52016
62017
72018
82019
-not held2020
-not held2021
9Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 2022
102023
11Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 2024
12Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2025
13Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 2026

Presidents

PresidentYears
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Hassan Mohammed Abu Ish2010 -

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "West Asian Billiards & Snooker Federation". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  2. 1 2 "WABSF Member Countries". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Strategies. "Latest Hotel news, hospitality news, Announcements, and other latest happenings".[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "West Asian Billiards & Snooker Federation - News". Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  5. ↑ "West Asian Billiards & Snooker Federation - News". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05.
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