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Here is a list of organizations that (may) warrant articles in the cue sports article and category space. Priority should be given to those that are redlinks in extant articles.

Leagues, tours and sanctioning bodies

International

Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles, and then by breadth of coverage and/or importance to the sport(s) globally.

  • United States Billiard Association (redlink from Sang Lee)
  • World Nine-ball Association (redlink from Jim Rempe; 1970s org.)
  • World Association of Special Pool (WASP) official site
  • International Professional Pool Players Association (IPA ) official site
  • Joss Tour (redlink from Ronato Alcano; need to find out more about it and name it better if possible; also listed at WP:CUEEVENTS)
  • Confédération International de Billard Artistique (and redir to it from International Confederation of Artistic Billiards, International Artistic Billiards Confederation, maybe also Federation versions; effective redlink from Artistic billiards)
  • Professional Cuesports Association (PCA) (redlink from Earl Strickland; defunct?; maybe US-only; founded by C.J. Wiley)
  • The Association for Privately Owned and Operated Leagues a.k.a. The Association for P.O.O.L./The Association for POOL a.k.a. TAP League (independent US/Canada league; redir from versions of name w/o "The")
  • Billiards Association (the original English billiards org.; redlink from World Professional Billiards Championship, John Roberts Jr. (billiards player), William Cook (billiards player))
  • Professional Billiards Players' Association (redlink at ;Bernard Bennett; English billiards org.; may be outgrowth/successor of the Billiards Association)
  • Universal Pool League (UPA; founded recently by Corey Deuel; uses WPA/BCA rules)
  • English Billiards Association (founded 1885; redlink at English Billiards
  • Billiards Association and Control Council (BA&CC), later the Billiards and Snooker Control Council (B&SCC), earlier the Billiard Association of Great Britain and Ireland (ca. 1914) (redlink from English billiards, Horace Lindrum, List of World Snooker Champions, 1952 in sports, History of snooker, World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, International Billiards and Snooker Federation, American snooker; make redirects (or DABs if necessary) to it from BA&CC, BACC, Billiards Association & Control Council, Billiard Association and Control Council, Billiard Association & Control Council, Billiards and Snooker Control Council, Billiards & Snooker Control Council, Billiard and Snooker Control Council, Billiard & Snooker Control Council, B&SCC, BSCC)

Regional

  • North American Confederation of Professional Billiards Associations NACPBA (US + Canada; seems to want to compete with IPT, and also maybe to have other roles; nature of the org. isn't really very clear)
  • American Billiards League (or is it Billiard?) (ABL) (big in Texas and other areas in the South, uses 9' tables not barboxes)
  • Amateur Pool League (APL) (US, or US and Canada?)
  • National Association of Amateur Billiard Players (NAABP) (US; held a national tournament in 1931 for certain, presumably other years; redlink at Edward Lee (billiard player))
  • Confederación Panamericana de Billar (CPB) (UMB confederation; redlink at Union Mondiale de Billard, United States Snooker Association; make redirs at Confederacion Panamericana de Billar, Pan-American Billiard Confederation, Panamerican Billiard Confederation, Pan-American Billiards Confederation, Panamerican Billiards Confederation)
  • National Billiard Association (active in US at least in the 1930s; apparently organizer of amateur tournaments, incl. women's events)
  • Confédération Européenne de Billard (CEB) (UMB confederation; redlink at Union Mondiale de Billard, Dick Jaspers, Marco Zanetti; make redirs at Confederation Europeenne de Billard, European Billiard Confederation, European Billiards Confederation)
  • European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF) (redlink from Nine-ball, runs the Euro-Tour)
  • European & United Kingdom Pool Federation (EUKPF) official site
  • Asian Carom Billiard Confederation (ACBC) (UMB confederation; redlink at Union Mondiale de Billard; make redir at Asian Carom Billiards Confederation, Asian Billiard Confederation, Asian Billiards Confederation)
  • Asian Pocket Billiard Union (APBU) (redlink from Rodolfo Luat; WPA federation, oversees JPBA, etc.
  • Japan Pocket Billiard Association (JPBA) (redlink from Rodolfo Luat; APBU ergo WPA federation; hosts the Japan Open with APBU)
  • Dutch Billiards Association (KNBB - something Nederland Billard something) (redlink from Dick Jaspers)
  • Australian Eight Ball Federation (AEBF) — official site (effective redlink from Pool TV; WEFP affiliate; organizes the AEBF Australian National Eight-ball Championship)
  • Scottish Pool Association (SPA) — official site
  • Scottish Eightball Pool Federation (SEPF) — official site
  • World Pool Association (WPA) — official site
  • English Amateur Billiards Association (EABA) (presently just a redir to English Amateur Billiards Championship)
  • English Pool Association (EPA) — official site
  • Irish Pool Association (IPA) — official site (redlink at Higher Education Snooker and Pool Council)
  • Republic of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association (redlink at Higher Education Snooker and Pool Council)
  • Scottish American Pool Players Association (SAPPA) official site
  • UK American Pool Association a.k.a. British Association for American Pool (UKAPA) mentioned
  • Pool Federation of Wales (PFW) mentioned
  • Welsh Pool Association (WPA) mentioned
  • Empire Pool Tour (EPT) official site
  • Universities Pool Council (UPC) mentioned

Industry groups

Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles, then by breadth of topic covered, and/or importance to the sport(s).

International

  • (none at present)

Regional

  • American Cuemakers Association (redlink from George Balabushka)
  • British Association of Pool Table Operators (BAPTO) — official site
  • Billiard and Bowling Institute of America (potential redlink, in source citation, from Billiard room; appears to be strongly tied to BCA)

Halls of Fame

  • WPBA Hall of Fame (companion article to BCA Hall of Fame)
  • International Pocket Billiards Hall of Fame (effective redlink from Jimmy Moore)
  • One-pocket Hall of Fame (effective redlink at Efren Reyes; what actual org. runs this?)
  • Philippines Hall of Fame (effective redlink at Jose Parica; not billiards-specific; what actual org. runs this?)

Unknown

Priority should be on identifying them and classifying them properly above.

  • PBT (effective redlink at Efren Reyes)
  • PBA (effective redlink at Efren Reyes)
  • IBC (effective redlink at Alex Pagulayan)
  • BSCP (effective redlink at Alex Pagulayan)

Definitely non-notable

Junk entries that fall down, go boom on contact with WP:ORG:

  • Any local league, with conceivable but exceedingly unlikely possible exceptions (probably only because of some non-pool related news - e.g. was harboring terrorists ;-)
  • Regional/county/state/province leagues, with the same caveat.
    • North Herts Premier Pool League, NHPPL (just a UK Blackball league division, with a self-aggrandizing Web presence and vanity article editors; article was AfD'd quite successfully)
    • National Amateur Pool Association (NAPA) (http://www.napaplayers.com; despite name, appears to be entirely confined to Garland Co., AR judging from stats/results posted, and dating to 2009, judging by website; spamvertized in extlinks at Cue sports)
    • Arkansas Three-Ball Association (ATBA) ("acquired"

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