Since 2018 only 16 teams have played at this world championship. This makes the tournament schedule easier to plan. The defending champion and the host country are seeded.
Title holder (here: South Korea)Korea South
Organizing nation (here: Germany)Germany
In 2016, a new system, the "Scotch Double", was introduced for decision-making in tied matches. From 2017, the entire world championship will be organized in this way. This means that no longer every player in the team plays a game, but that the players of a team play together at billiards. The starting team starts with the white ball from the starting position and can freely choose who takes the first shot. After each successful stroke, it is the partner's turn. It is played alternately, only one shot per player, until the recording is finished. Now the opposing team proceeds accordingly. Each team at the push stays together at the billiards table and consultation with one another is allowed, taking into account the time limit. The game is played with a push if the starting team has first reached the goal of 40 points. If a match ends in a draw from the quarter-finals onwards, a decision sentence (without a follow-up shot) of up to 15 points is made.
Timing
There is a time limit of 40 seconds per shot. The time limit is visually displayed as a countdown using a timer. In addition, a warning signal is given after 30 seconds. If the time is exceeded, a penalty signal sounds and the opposing team continues the game with the balls set up according to the starting position. Each team can take a maximum of three time-outs per match, which means that an additional 40 seconds are available for the shot per time-out. The time-outs can be taken at any time (even in direct succession for the same shot). From the quarter-finals onwards, the three time-outs for the match and the possibly necessary decision-making set apply.
Break regulation
When half the game distance (20 points) is reached, there is a pause of 5 minutes immediately after the end of the current recording.
Third place has not been played out since 2004. There are two bronze medals.
South Korea
Turkey
Netherlands
Belgium Korea
Austria (8)
Vietnam (4)
France (7)
