European Pocket Billiard Federation
European Pocket Billiard Federation | |
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sport | Pool |
Founded | 3rd / 4th November 1978 |
Place of foundation | Trollhättan Sweden |
president | Ricardo Salgado |
Board | Thomas Overbeck Levent Nevzat Wiktorija Nahorna Witali Mant Katrine Grotle |
Association headquarters | Gre Leenders Clercstr. 2, 6441 CT Brunssum The Netherlands |
Official languages) | English |
Homepage |
EPBF homepage Last updated: Feb. 1, 2020 |
The European Pocket Billiard Federation ( EPBF for short ) is the European umbrella organization for all areas of pool billiards . The association founded in November 1978 is subordinate to the World Pool Billiard Association , the world association for pool billiards. The association takes care of the needs of the disciplines pool billiards, blackball , Russian pyramid , artistic pool and all other pool-like disciplines.
The main tasks of the EPBF are the standardization of rules and the organization of tournaments. The European pool billiards championship has been held annually since 1980 and the Euro Tour since 1992 .
Member States
The only founding members of the EPBF in 1978 were the Deutsche Billard-Union (DBU) and Svenska Biljardförbundet (SBF). As early as 1980, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and the Netherlands were the first of the more than 30 member states today. The EPBF represents around 800,000 athletes across Europe.
- Albanian Pocket Billiard and Snooker Federation (APSF)
- Austrian Pool Billiards Association (ÖPBV)
- Belaruskaja Assazyjazyja Biljardnaha Sportu (BABS)
- Pool Billiard Belgium (PBB)
- Billiard Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BFBH)
- Bulgarian National Billiard Federation (BNBF)
- Croatian Billiard Association (CBA)
- Cyprus Pocket Billiards Federation (CPBF)
- Ceskomoravsky billiardovy svaz (CBS)
- Den Danske Billard Union (DDBU)
- Estonian Billiard Association (EBA)
- Finnish Billiard Federation (FBF)
- Fédération Française de Billard (FFB)
- Georgian National Billiard Federation (GNBF)
- German Billiard Union (DBU)
- British Pool Federation (BPF)
- Hellenic Pocket Billiard Union (HPBU)
- Hungarian Billiard Federation (HBF)
- Federazione Italiana Biliardo Sportivo (FIBS)
- Latvian Pool Federation (LPF)
- Billiards Association Principality of Liechtenstein (BVFL)
- Lithuanian Pool Federation (LPF)
- Fédération Luxembourgoise des Amateurs de Billard (FLAB)
- Koninklijke Nederlandse Biljartbond (KNBB)
- Billiards Federation of North Cyprus (BFNC)
- Norges Biljardforbund (NBF)
- Polish Billiard Association (PBA)
- Federação Portuguesa de Bilhar (FPB)
- The Federation of Billiard Sport of Russia (FBSR)
- Serbian Billiard Association (SBA)
- Slovak Billiards Federation (SBF)
- Slovenian Pocket Billiard and Snooker Association (SPBSA)
- Real Federación Española de Billar (RFEB)
- Svenska Biljardförbundet (SBF)
- Swisspool (SP)
- Turkish Billiards Federation (TBF)
- Federazija Sportywnoho Biljardu Ukrajiny (FSBU)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Articles of Association. (PDF) European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF), 2017, archived from the original on July 4, 2019 ; accessed on February 1, 2020 (English).
- ^ Court of Arbitration. (PDF) EPBF, January 1, 2020, archived from the original on February 1, 2020 ; accessed on February 1, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b members. (PDF) EPBF, January 1, 2020, archived from the original on February 1, 2020 ; accessed on February 1, 2020 (English).
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