West Asian Billiards & Snooker Federation

West Asian Billiards and Snooker Federation
Formation 2 June 2010 [1]
Type Sports organization
Headquarters Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Membership
13 member associations
President
Saudi Arabia 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 Western 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]

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.

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

Competitions

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

HoldersMost recent event
 United Arab Emirates 2015
 Qatar 2014

Presidents

President Years
Saudi Arabia Hassan Mohammed Abu Ish 2010 -

Footnotes

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