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Nine-ball

Nine-ball (sometimes written 9-ball) is a discipline of the cue sport pool. The game's origins are traceable to the 1920s in the United States. It is played on a rectangular billiard table with pockets at each of the four corners and in the middle of each long side. Using a cue stick, players must strike the white cue ball to pocket nine colored billiard…

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Contact
No
Country or region
Worldwide
Equipment
Cue sports equipment
First played
1920s
Glossary
glossary of cue sports terms
Highest governing body
World Pool-Billiard Association

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Nine-ball

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Triples85
Avg. degree1.96
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Nine-ball

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related to Tournaments · 20
Nine-ball → APA, Ball Championship, Ball Open, Championship, China Open, EPBF, Events, International, Matchroom Sport, Mosconi Cup, Open, Other, Pool, The WPA, The WPA World Nine-ball, World Cup, World Nine-ball Championship, World Nineball Tour, World Pool Masters, WPA
related to European alterations · 12
Nine-ball → Another Mosconi Cup, As, EPBF, Euro Tour, Europe, Federation, Mosconi Cup, The European Pocket Billiard, This, While, WPA, WPA-affiliate
related to Derived games · 10
Nine-ball → According, Clayton, ESPN's Sudden Death Seven-ball, For, Rudolf Wanderone, Seven-ball, Several, Six-ball, While, William
related to Popular culture · 7
Nine-ball → Blue World, In Endless Ocean, Money, Nineball Island, The, The Color, The Hustler
related to Push out and fouls · 7
Nine-ball → After, However, If, In, Jumping, The, Unlike
related to Breaking · 6
Nine-ball → Additional, Each, Earl Strickland, If, The, This
related to Rules · 5
Nine-ball → As, In, The, This, When
related to history · 2
Nine-ball → America, The
see also · 2
Nine-ball → List, WPA World Nine-ball ChampionsGlossary
Contact · 1
Nine-ball → No

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Nine-ballContactNo1.00infobox
Nine-ballCountry or regionWorldwide1.00infobox
Nine-ballEquipmentCue sports equipment1.00infobox
Nine-ballFirst played1920s1.00infobox
Nine-ballGlossaryglossary of cue sports terms1.00infobox
Nine-ballHighest governing bodyWorld Pool-Billiard Association1.00infobox
Nine-ballMixed-sexYes1.00infobox
Nine-ballTeam memberssingle competitors or doubles1.00infobox
Nine-ballWorld Games20011.00infobox
ten-ballinstance ofwith games0.80text
seven-ballinstance ofwith games0.80text
three-ball being derived from the gameinstance ofwith games0.80text

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