nine-ball
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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 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 nine colored billiard balls, hitting them in ascending numerical order. An individual game (or ) is won by the player pocketing the . Matches are usually played as a to a set number of racks, with the player who reaches the set number winning the match.
Key facts
- Sport.name
- Nine-ball
- Sport.image
- Nine-ball rack.jpg
- Sport.caption
- The nine balls being : the 1 ball at the centered over the , the 9 ball at center, the other balls placed randomly, and all balls touching
- Sport.union
- World Pool-Billiard Association
- Sport.first
- 1920s
- Sport.region
- Worldwide
- Sport.contact
- No
- Sport.team
- single competitors or doubles
- Sport.mgender
- Yes
- Sport.equipment
- Cue sports equipment
- Sport.glossary
- glossary of cue sports terms
- Sport.IWGA
- 2001
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- 9ball.jpg
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- Nine-ball
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- European alterations
- Governance
- Tournaments
- Derived games
- Popular culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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 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 nine colored billiard balls, hitting them in ascending numerical order. An individual game (or ) is won by the player pocketing the . Matches are usually played as a to a set number of racks, with the player who reaches the set number winning the match.
The game is currently governed by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), with multiple regional tours. The most prestigious nine-ball tournaments are the WPA World Nine-ball Championship and the U.S. Open Nine-ball Championships. Notable 9-Ball players in the game include Luther Lassiter, Buddy Hall, Efren Reyes, Fedor Gorst, Earl Strickland and Shane Van Boening. The game is often associated with hustling and gambling, with tournaments often having a "buy-in" amount to become a participant. The sport has featured in popular culture, notably in the 1961 film The Hustler and its 1986 sequel The Color of Money.