Abbreviation | IBSF |
Jurisdiction | International |
Affiliated Countries | 73 |
President | Mubarak Al-Khayarin(Qatar) |
Headquarters | Doha, Qatar |
Website | http://www.ibsf.info/ |
The International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) is the world governing body of non-professional snooker and English billiards competition matches.
It was founded in 1971 under the name of the World Billiards and Snooker Council. However, two years later in 1973, it was renamed as the International Billiards and Snooker Federation since many overseas national associations claimed that the Billiards and Snooker Control Council - then known as the Billiards Association and Control Council - should be the world governing body for both the English domestic games and international games.
Thus, the IBSF later took over as the world governing body of the non-professional competitions of both billiards and snooker.