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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.

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[edit] Leagues, tours and sanctioning bodies

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.

  • World Confederation of Billiard Sports (redlink from Pocket billiards)
  • United States Billiard Association (redlink from Sang Lee)
  • Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) (and redir to it from Billiards World Cup Association, World Union of Billiards, World Billiard Union, World Billiards Union; redlink or effective redlink from Carom billiards, Sang Lee, Semih Saygıner, Raymond Ceulemans, Dick Jaspers; official site; note "Billard" not "Billiard")
  • World Association of Special Pool (WASP) official site
  • International Professional Pool Players Association (IPA [sic]) official site
  • Billiards Association and Control Council (BA&CC) (redlink from Horace Lindrum)
  • 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)
  • Billiards World Cup Association (BWA) (redlink or effective redlink from Carom billiards, Raymond Ceulemans, Sang Lee, Dick Jaspers; name may be "Billiard" not "Billiards", needs verification)

[edit] Regional

  • European & United Kingdom Pool Federation (EUKPF) official site
  • ??unknown?? (CEB) (a.k.a. European Billiards Association which should be a redir; effective redlink from Dick Jaspers)
  • 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 Pool Association (EPA) — official site
  • Irish Pool Association (IPA) — official site
  • 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 [organizer of Universities Pool Championships (UPC) — mentioned]
  • [many others listed here]

[edit] 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).

[edit] International

[edit] Regional

[edit] Unknown

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

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