Billiards table

With the improvement of the national economy and the development of billiards worldwide, the sport has thrived in China, with billiard halls popping up like mushrooms after the rain across the country, and more and more people are falling in love with the game. What types of billiards are there? How do you choose a billiards table? How do you select a cue? What are the rules of billiards? What are the different playing styles? Below, the editor will provide a detailed introduction to the knowledge of billiards.

What is billiards?

Billiards is a sophisticated indoor sport that is widely popular internationally, where players use cues to strike balls on a table and rely on scoring to determine the winner of the match.

Billiards has evolved into various types: Chinese eight-ball, Russian pool, English pool, Carom billiards, American pool, and snooker, with snooker being the most widespread and having become a competitive sport. Billiards is also known as table tennis (the term used in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau) and pocket billiards (the term used in Taiwan).