Matchroom sport

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Matchroom Sport is a sports promotion company founded by English entrepreneur Barry Hearn . Initially, the company focused on snooker and boxing , but now also supports pool , bowling , golf , fishing , darts , bowls and poker .

The company is sponsoring the stadium of the English soccer team Leyton Orient , which was renamed from Brisbane Road to Matchroom Stadium . Hearn was president of the club for a long time.

As of 2013, the company had around 200 employees.

Events

billiards

Matchroom Sports is very important in the billiards sector. After the Premier League snooker had been organized for some time , an alternative world championship in 9-ball pool was organized in 1999 . The WPA ( World Pool-Billiard Association ) has been working with Matchroom Sport since 2000 , so that the official 9-ball world championship is organized together. The 8-Ball World Championship , which has existed since 2004, is also jointly organized by Matchroom Sport and the WPA. However, both have been suspended since 2007 and 2008, respectively, instead there is now an annual world championship with the 10-Ball World Championship that is not hosted by Matchroom Sport.

Another event organized by Matchroom is the Mosconi Cup , which has been held annually between the USA and Europe since 1994 and has been organized by Matchroom Sport since 2003. In addition, Matchroom Sport is responsible for promoting the World Pool Masters , World Cup of Pool , World Pool Trickshot Masters and the former World Pool League .

darts

In the field of darts , Matchroom Sports organizes many major tournaments. Thus, World Championship , World Matchplay , World Grand Prix , Las Vegas Desert Classic , UK Open , Premier League Darts , Grand Slam of Darts and a few other events of Matchroom Sport organized.

bowling

In bowling , Matchroom Sports is jointly responsible for popularizing sporting competitions. So the World Tenpin Masters , the Weber Cup and the AMF World Cup are promoted.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Big Jason Ferguson Interview - Part One prosnookerblog.com (last accessed May 2, 2013)