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West Asian Billiards and Snooker Federation
Formation2 June 2010
TypeSports organization
HeadquartersRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Membership13 member associations
PresidentSaudi Arabia Hassan Mohammed Abu Ish
Websitehttp://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.

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

Member Associations

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

Association Joining year Nation
Bahrain Bahrain 2010 Bahrain
Iraq Iraq 2010 Iraq
Iran Iran 2010 Iran
Lebanon Lebanon 2010 Lebanon
Jordan Jordan 2010 Jordan
Kuwait Kuwait 2010 Kuwait
Oman Oman 2010 Oman
State of Palestine Palestine 2010 Palestine
Qatar Qatar 2010 Qatar
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 2010 Saudi Arabia
Syria Syria 2010 Syria
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 2010 United Arab Emirates
Yemen Yemen 2010 Yemen

Events

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

West Asian Billiard and Snooker Championship:

# Host Year
1  Saudi Arabia 2011
2  United Arab Emirates 2012
- not held 2013
3  Qatar 2014
4  United Arab Emirates 2015
5 {{}} 2016
6 {{}} 2017
7 {{}} 2018
8 {{}} 2019
- not held 2020
- not held 2021
9  Bahrain 2022
10 {{}} 2023
11  Bahrain 2024
12  Saudi Arabia 2025
13  Iran 2026

Presidents

President Years
Saudi Arabia Hassan Mohammed Abu Ish 2010 -

Footnotes

  1. "West Asian Billiards & Snooker Federation". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  2. ^ "WABSF Member Countries". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
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  4. "West Asian Billiards & Snooker Federation - News".
  5. "West Asian Billiards & Snooker Federation - News". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05.
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