Japan Professional Billiards Federation
| Japan Professional Billiards Federation (JPBF) | |
|---|---|
| sport | Collision |
| Founded | 1914, 1925, 1989 |
| Official languages) | Japanese |
| Homepage | jpbf.net |
The Japan Professional Billiards Federation (JPBF) is the national Japanese Karambolageverband and the national billiard federation Nippon Billiards Association (NBA) connected.
history
The predecessor of the current association was founded in 1914 and renamed the "Japan Ball Club Association" in 1925, with free game and cadre played primarily . When the player Kinrei Matsuyama returned home from a trip to the USA in 1937, he brought the three -cushion game with him. From then on, this discipline spread and the following year the first national championship was held.
In 1951 the association was renamed "Japan Billiards Association" and in 1964 it became a member of the 1959 newly founded world association Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB). In the following year, the JPBF sent Kōya Ogata for the first time a Japanese to the three- cushion World Cup in 1965 , Ogata immediately finished third. In 1969 the association organized the first three-cushion World Cup and the “Tokyo Games”, and in 1986 the first three-cushion World Cup . In 1974 Nobuaki Kobayashi became the first Japanese and Asian to win the three-cushion World Cup. In 1989 it was renamed again to its current name. The association consists of the three national associations of Eastern, Western and Central Japan. The "Japan Cup - All Japan Professional Championship" will be held for the first time. Since 200 the association has been a member of the "Nippon Billiards Association" (NBA) and the Japan Olympic Committee (JOC).
Superordinate association structure
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Web links
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b About us. Japan Professional Billiards Federation (JPBF), accessed February 7, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c The history of the JPBF. JPBF, 2017, accessed February 7, 2020 .
