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2024 BD Awards

NewsJuly 29, 2024August 20, 2025

Player of the Year On Men: Joshua Filler Joshua Filler's 2023 was a year of quality and quantity. The world-traveling superstar collected nine big wins, headlined by titles at the Qatar Open, the China Open, and the World Pool Team Championship. Filler outshined Ping Chung Ko, who had an equally …

History Made as Efren Reyes Cup to Launch in the Philippines in 2024

NewsJuly 4, 2024August 29, 2025

The World Nineball Tour is delighted to announce the formation of the Reyes Cup, in partnership with Puyat S…

SANCTION FREE

NewsJanuary 2, 2023August 20, 20250

In a shocking announcement, Matchroom founder Barry Hearn said that his company will conduct its 2023 tournaments (save for the World Pool Championship) without sanction from the World Pool-Billiard Association. Hearn made the announcement in an interview on Sky Sports during the 2022 Mosconi Cup a…

Coming To America

NewsFebruary 15, 2022August 20, 20250

In unveiling its Nineball World Ranking and Matchroom Nineball Schedule, the British promoter has taken on the challenge of creating a global tour for the discipline. What happens next? With the announcement that mega-promoter Matchroom is setting up the structure for a world 9-ball ranking tour…

A Cup Like No Other

NewsNovember 2, 2020August 20, 20250

The only thing certain about the 2020 Mosconi Cup is that nothing is certain. By Mike Panozzo No matter how things shake out, 2020 promises to be a Mosconi Cup like no others. Madness, partisanship and flag-waving figure to be replaced by bubbles, emoji cheers, elbow bumps and nose swabs, as …

MATCHROOM’S WORLD 9-BALL TAKEOVER

NewsJanuary 23, 2020August 20, 20250

How it happened. What it means. There were several “tells” in World Pool-Billiards Association (WPA) President Ian Anderson’s early January letter to member federations that the WPA Board of Directors had voted to terminate the Qatar Billiards & Snooker Federation’s contract for the men’…

Taking A Mulligan

NewsApril 5, 2019August 20, 20250

Matchroom’s acquisition of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships was met with great joy by the pool community. Bold plans and grandiose promises heralded a bright future for America’s oldest and most significant major pool tournament. A guaranteed purse of $300,000 for the 2019 event was announce…

Matchroom Acquires U.S. Open

NewsMarch 24, 2018August 20, 20250

After several months of questions and speculation, the mystery surrounding the future of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship has been unveiled. British event producer Matchroom Sport, promoters of the Mosconi Cup, World Pool Masters and World Cup of Pool, has taken over ownership of the world’s longes…

Partypoker set to sponsor Mosconi Cup XXIV

NewsOctober 19, 2017March 3, 20190

Matchroom Multi Sport is delighted to announce Partypoker as the title sponsors for the 24th annual Mosconi Cup at Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas from 4th to 7th December. Partypoker.com is one of the oldest, most recognized and trusted online poker brands. Launched in August 2001, partypoker.com i…

Ruijsink to Coach U.S.

NewsJanuary 23, 2017March 24, 20180

[caption id="attachment_4390" align="alignright" width="300"] Ruijsink will switch jerseys for the Mosconi Cup.[/caption]In a move that was met with mixed reviews, Mosconi Cup promoter Matchroom Sport announced Holland’s Johan Ruijsink as 2017 captain for Team USA. The 50-year-old Ruijsink is well k…

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2024 BD Awards

History Made as Efren Reyes Cup to Launch in the Philippines in 2024

SANCTION FREE

Coming To America

A Cup Like No Other

MATCHROOM’S WORLD 9-BALL TAKEOVER

Taking A Mulligan

Matchroom Acquires U.S. Open

Partypoker set to sponsor Mosconi Cup XXIV

Ruijsink to Coach U.S.

Mind & Body

Eye of the Tiger

Queen’s Gambit

The Attention Game