After four years, the flame of the World Games was finally rekindled a few days ago in Wroclaw, Poland. This year's World Games will be held from July 20th to 30th, and the billiards competition will start on the 26th and last for five days.
The World Games began in 1981 and are organized and managed by the International World Games Association. They are held one year after the Olympic year and are held every four years like the Olympic Games. The International World Games Association is funded and supported by the International Olympic Committee . The World Games are held to help promote and develop sports that have not yet been included in the Olympics and to cultivate more sports that can be included in the Olympics. Both organizations work together to ensure that each sport benefits people both physically and mentally.
Since its establishment, the number of members of the International World Games Association has grown from 12 to 37, including the World Billiards Federation (WCBS). As an umbrella organization, its constituent institutions manage the world's S The World Billiards Federation officially joined the International World Games Association in 1988, including Nok , Kailun billiards and American billiards , allowing billiards to be included in the World Games held in Akita, Japan in 2001. Debut.
This World Games will feature more than 25 major sports events, with approximately 4,500 participating athletes and officials and volunteers from more than 100 countries participating. The billiards event is divided into four events: snooker, men's and women's nine-ball , and three-sided billiards. This year's snooker event will be a mixed game between men and women, with a total of 16 contestants. professional players Ali Carter and Karen Wilson will compete in the World Games for the first time. Competing with them for the championship will be defending champion Aditya Mehta of India. There are also two female players in the
competition draw. They are the two-time women's snooker world champion Ng On-yee from Hong Kong, China, and the Belgian Wendy Janes, who is the IBSF world and European double champion. China sent young player Xu Si to represent the team.
To learn more about the International World Games Association and the 2017 World Games, please visit www.theworldgames.org
The snooker draw for the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw is as follows:
Ali Carter (England) vs Sean Dalitz ( Australia)
Wendy Janes (Belgium) vs Declan Brennan (Northern Ireland )
Aditya Mehta (India) vs Kaczper Filipiak (Poland)
Xu Si (China) vs Mohammad Bilal ( Pakistan )
Suhail Wahdi ( Iran ) vs Peter Francisco (South Africa)
Andrew Padget (Wales) vs Alexander Ursson Bach (Switzerland)
Ony Ng (Hong Kong, China) vs Michael Judge (Ireland)
Karen Wilson (England) vs Andres Petrov (Estonia)
