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Wanted cue sports events articles : A list of needed articles or at least stubs on major tournaments and other events in the field.
Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles, and then by breadth of area covered and/or notability to the sport(s) covered.
Cue sports at the Masters Games (overview article like
Cue sports at the Asian Games , but for the World and regional
Masters Games ; expand to regional/world separate articles, year separate articles eventually, but just one to start with would help)
World 14.1 Continuous Championship (linked from from
Luther Lassiter ,
Jimmy Moore , and others; predecessor of modern
World Straight Pool Championship , and presently redirecting to a section at that page, but should probably be its own article; see also
American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship , another successor event.)
World 18.1 Balkline Championship (redlink from
Jacob Schaefer Sr. ,
Jacob Schaefer Jr. and
Willie Hoppe )
World 18.2 Balkline Championship (redlink from
Jacob Schaefer Jr. ,
Welker Cochran and
Willie Hoppe )
World 28.2 Balkline Championship (redlink from
Jacob Schaefer Jr. )
(Those three balkline ones above could be wrong; could be American, not World, in which case the articles need edits.)
International Challenge of Champions (pool) (redlink from
Chao Fong-pang ,
Thomas Engert )
International 9-Ball Open (redirects to
United States Professional Poolplayers Association#UPA Tour )
IPT World Open Championship (redlink from
Thorsten Hohmann ,
Dennis Orcollo ; redirect should exist at
IPT World Open Eight-ball Championship )
World All-Around Championship (pool) (redlink from
Joe Balsis )
World Artistic Pool Championship (false-bluelink from
Bogdan Wołkowski ,
Andy Segal , etc. – it just redirs to
Trick shot )
World Open Nine-ball Championship (redlink from
Jean Balukas - may be an alt. name of something else)
International Speed Pool Tournament (redlink from
Speed pool ,
Bobby McGrath )
World Summit of Pool (redlink from
Santos Sambajon )
World Pool League Championship
[1] (redlink from
Dennis Orcollo ; redirects should exist as
PartyCasino.com World Pool League Championship and
Partycasino.com World Pool League Championship )
Trick Shot Magic (redlink at
Trick shot ,
Sudden Death Seven-ball ;
Mike Massey ,
Stefano Pelinga , etc.; ESPN's annual televised artistic pool tournament; make a redir at
Trickshot Magic )
World Cup of Trick Shots (redlink at
Trick shot ,
Mike Massey ,
Stefano Pelinga , etc.; exactly like
Mosconi Cup but artistic pool instead of nine-ball; sponsored by ESPN, and probably televised each year)
Some of these may really be international despite their names. Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles, and then by breadth of area covered and/or notability to the sport(s) covered.
Camel Pro Billiard Tour a.k.a.
Camel Pro Billiard Series , and needs redirs from
Camel Pro Billiards Tour ,
Camel Pro Billiards Series , etc.; redlinked at
Andy Segal
EPBF European Eight-ball Pool Championship (redlink from
Oliver Ortmann ; current as of 2007, and it's really
blackball , not
eight-ball )
European Pool Billiard Artistic Championship (redlink from
Bogdan Wołkowski )
German Nine-ball Championship (redlink from
Thorsten Hohmann ,
Ralf Souquet )
Joss Tour (redlink from
Ronato Alcano ,
Andy Segal , and many others; need to find out more about it and name it better if possible; also listed at
WP:CUEORGS )
IPT North American Open Championship (redlink from
Dennis Orcollo ; redirect should exist at
IPT World Open Eight-ball Championship ; despite name, it is an intl. event)
BCA Open Nine-ball Championship (redlink from
Billiard Congress of America ,
Thorsten Hohmann ,
Alex Pagulayan ,
Jasmin Ouschan ,
Santos Sambajon ,
Dennis Orcollo ; make a redir to it from
Enjoypool.com Open Nine-ball Championship ,
EnjoyPool.com Open Nine-ball Championship ; WARNING: May actually be the
BCA Nine-ball Championship , with Open Division and other divisions!)
Billiard Room Proprietors Association Tournament (redlink from
Joe Balsis )
Stardust Open (redlink from
Stardust Resort & Casino ,
Joe Balsis ,
Steve Cook (pool player) ,
Lewis Alexander Goff, Jr. ; redirect should exist at
Jansco Brothers' Stardust Open )
Big Apple Nine-ball Classic (redlink from
Niels Feijen )
SML Entertainment Open Nine-ball Championship (redlink from
Dennis Orcollo ; seek a better name - WPA? BCA? What? - avoid using sponsor name if possible)
Billiards Summer Jamboree (redlink from
Dennis Orcollo ; redirect should exist at
Hard Times Billiards Summer Jamboree )
U.S. Bar Table Championship (redlink from
Dennis Orcollo ; redir from "US" spelling and "United States")
Vegas Bar Box Championship (may be a rename of the above; redirects to
United States Professional Poolplayers Association#UPA Tour )
Las Vegas 10-Ball Open (redirects to
United States Professional Poolplayers Association#UPA Tour ; another redir is the promotional name
Diamond Las Vegas 10-Ball Open )
Reno Open (pool) (redlink from
Dennis Orcollo ; an intl. event despite its name; may have a longer name, e.g. Reno Open Nine-ball Championship; needs
DAB from golf tournament)
U.S. Open Bank Pool Championship (operated by CueSports International, sanctioned by BCA)
U.S. Open Seven-ball Championship (operated by CueSports International, sanctioned by BCA?)
U.S. Open Eight-ball Championship (operated by CueSports International, sanctioned by BCA)
Showdown in Seoul (redlink at
Stefano Pelinga )
National Pocket Billiards Championship .us (effective redlink from
Jimmy Moore )
National Invitation Pocket Billiards Championship .us (effective redlink from
Jimmy Moore )
Legends of Pocket Billiards .us (effective redlink from
Jimmy Moore )
Legends of One Pocket .us (redlink from
One-pocket ,
Grady Mathews ,
Steve Cook (pool player) ; redir from the more grammatical
Legends of One-pocket and also from
Legends of One-Pocket )
USBA National Three-cushion Championship (redlink from
Sang Lee )
BEF Junior National Nine-ball Championships (
Billiard Education Foundation ; redlink at
ACUI Collegiate Pocket Billiards National Championship ; two separate championships, for under-18 and under-14)
Los Angeles Open (pool) (redlink from
Los Angeles Open ,
Steve Cook (pool player) )
Nashville Nine-ball Open (redlink from
Reed Pierce )
PBT Dallas Open (redlink from
Reed Pierce )
New Jersey Straight Pool Open (effective redlink from
Marlon Manalo )
AEBF Australian National Eight-ball Championship (redlink from
Pool TV ; organized by
Australian Eight Ball Federation
[2] , sponsored by Mitchell Billiards)
Asian Billiards Championship (English billiards; redlink from
Geet Sethi ; probably should be
IBSF Asian Amateur Billiards Championship , but might a professional one)
Philippine Nine-ball Open (redlink at
Ronato Alcano )
Rising Stars Tournament (Philippines, but could be international; redlink from
Ronato Alcano ,
Dennis Orcollo )
Tirador Nine-ball Tournament (redlink or effective redlink at
Marlon Manalo ; Philippines)
Tirador Ten-ball Tournament (redlink or effective redlink at
Marlon Manalo ; Philippines; would be cool to have a ten-ball tourney article)
International Novuss Championship (redlink at
Novuss ; despite name it is regional, as only Latvia and Estonia regularly field any teams)
Gran Canaria Open Nine-ball Championship (redlink at
Mika Immonen )n
Super Billiards Expo (held [2010, anyway] at Valley Forge Convention Center, Norristown, PA, March 2010; redlink at
ACUI Collegiate Pocket Billiards National Championship ; has longer names like
Valley Forge Super Billiards Expo Nine-ball Championship , etc.
http://www.superbilliardsexpo.com )
Guangzhou Billiards Exhibition (GBE) (5th annual was held 3&ndash5 March 2011,
Guangzhou ,
People's Republic of China ; website:
http://www.gbechina.com/ ; a.k.a.
Guangzhou International Billiards Exhibition ,
China Billiards Exhibition ,
China International Billiards Exhibition ,
Chinese Billiards Exhibition , and "Billiard" spelling versions - need redirs.; 4th ann. event was 30 March – 1 April 2010)