International Billiards and Snooker Federation Totally Explained

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The International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) is the organisation that governs non-professional snooker and English billiards around the world.

History

In 1971 the World Billiards and Snooker Council was formed, changing its name in 1973 to the International Billiards and Snooker Federation. The name change came about because of the dissatisfaction of many overseas national associations that the Billiards and Snooker Control Council (then the Billiards Association and Control Council) should be the governing body of both the English domestic game and the game at international level. Consequently, the IBSF took control of the organisation of the non-professional championships of both snooker and billiards.

Structure

The IBSF is made up of over sixty affiliated countries all of which belong to one of the five Olympic regions: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
The IBSF Board of Directors has four executive officers, namely the President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, plus two representatives from each Olympic Region. These four executive officers are responsible for the day to day running of the Federation and are answerable to IBSF members at the Annual General Meeting. The IBSF AGM is normally held during the period of the IBSF World Snooker Championships.

Role

The aims and objectives of the IBSF are to co-ordinate, promote and develop the sports of billiards and snooker on a non-professional level and, as the world governing body, to determine championship conditions, formats, dates and venues for the following:-
   - IBSF World Snooker Championship
   - IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championships
   - IBSF World Ladies Snooker Championship
   - IBSF World Team Snooker Championship
   - IBSF World Billiards Championship
   The IBSF also promotes and fosters snooker and English billiards with all other bodies with similar objectives.

Relation with other organizations

The IBSF is the snooker division of the World Confederation of Billiard Sports (WCBS). The WCBS is an organisation that promotes cue sports in the form of carom, pool and snooker. Its primary aim is to gain the acceptance of these three cue sports disciplines into the Olympic Games.
The IBSF also works towards maintaining a healthy relationship with the professional side of the game, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), so as to ensure maximum growth for snooker and English billiards worldwide.

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