Wikipedia:WikiProject Cue sports/Wanted cue sports orgs

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 Nine-ball Association (redlink from :Jim Rempe; 1970s org.)
• World Association of Special Pool (WASP) [http://www.specialpool.com official site]
• International Professional Pool Players Association formerly International Pool Association (IPA) [https://ipapool.com/][http://www.propool.co.uk official site] (redlink at Eight-ball pool (British variation)
• 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)
• International Artistic Poolplayers Association (IAPA) (redlink at Stefano Pelinga; may have merged with World Pool-Billiard Association's Artistic Pool Division (WPA-APD); see http://www.artisticpoolplayers.com/iapa_board/letter_to_wpa.doc for members and stuff as of 2006 or so).
• Professional Cuesports Association (PCA) (redlink from :Earl Strickland; defunct?; maybe US-only; founded by :C.J. Wiley)
• Universal Pool League [http://www.universalpoolleague.com] (UPL; founded recently by :Corey Deuel; uses WPA/BCA rules)

• European & United Kingdom Pool Federation (EUKPF) [http://www.eukpf.uk8ball.co.uk official site]
• North American Confederation of Professional Billiards Associations [http://www.nacpba.com/ NACPBA] (US + Canada; seems to want to compete with IPT, and also maybe to have other roles; nature of the org. isn't really very clear)
• The Association for Privately Owned and Operated Leagues[http://www.tapleague.com] a.k.a. The Association for P.O.O.L./The Association for POOL a.k.a. TAP League (independent US/Canada league; redir from versions of name w/o "The")
• North American Poolshooters Association (NAPA, formerly National Amateur Pool Association) (http://napaleagues.com, http://www.napaplayers.com; was very small as of 2009, but as of 2011 appears to be in 28 US states, Alberta, and Puerto Rico; not Mexico yet)
• Asian Confederation of Billiard Sports (ACBS) (WCBS confederation; at least 1 redlink)

• Joss Tour (redlink from :Ronato Alcano; need to find out more about it and name it better if possible; also listed at WP:CUEEVENTS; entirely U.S. hosted, last SMcCandlish looked, but includes a worldwide player roster)
• National Association of Amateur Billiard Players (NAABP) (US; held a national tournament in 1931 for certain, presumably other years; redlink at :Edward Lee (billiard player))
• Great American Nine Ball League (GANBL) (US; probably pretty new; unofficial [http://www.facebook.com/pages/GANBL-Great-American-Nine-Ball-League/353156000707 Facebook page here])
• National Billiard Association (active in US at least in the 1930s; apparently organizer of amateur tournaments, incl. women's events)
• 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)
• Italian Federation of Billiard Sports (FIBiS) (redlink at :Stefano Pelinga, :Five-pins, :Goriziana and probably a few other articles)
• Scottish Pool Association (SPA) — http://www.scottishpool.com/, http://www.scottish8ball.com (redlink at Lynette Horsburgh); national WPA affiliate
• Scottish Eightball Pool Federation (SEPF) — http://www.sepf.com, http://sepf.co Some info at http://www.wepf.org/members.php?option=14, and at http://www.pool.scot/ which also covered WPA blackball; SEPF keep losing their own website somehow. National WEPF affiliate.
• English Pool Association (EPA) — [http://www.epa.org.uk official site]
• Irish Pool Association (IPA) — [http://www.irishpoolassociation.ie official site] (redlink at :Higher Education Snooker and Pool Council)
• Scottish American Pool Players Association (SAPPA) [http://www.scottish9ball.com official site]
• UK American Pool Association a.k.a. British Association for American Pool (UKAPA) [http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/EightBallPool.htm mentioned]
• Pool Federation of Wales (PFW) [http://www.eightballpool.info mentioned]
• Welsh Pool Association (WPA) [http://www.eightballpool.info mentioned]
• Empire Pool Tour (EPT) [http://www.empirepooltour.com official site]
• Universities Pool Council (UPC) [http://www.uk8ball.com/article.php?sid=2588 mentioned] [organizer of Universities Pool Championships (UPC) — [http://quis.qub.ac.uk/snooker/upc/ mentioned]]
• Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) [http://billiardeducation.org/] (US-based; organizes the BEF Junior National Nine-ball Championship, and associated with BCA and ACUI; redlink at Association of College Unions International, Billiard Congress of America, and ACUI Collegiate Pocket Billiards National Championship)
• [http://www.epbf.com/organ/members.htm EPBF national affiliates listed here]
• [http://www.blackball.org.uk/national.html many others listed here]

• English Amateur Billiards Association (EABA) (presently just a redir to :English Amateur Billiards Championship, which is not necessarily what we want, but might be if EABA did really do anything but the EABC.)
• Republic of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association (redlink at :Higher Education Snooker and Pool Council)

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).

• (none at present)

• American Cuemakers Association (redlink from :George Balabushka)
• British Association of Pool Table Operators (BAPTO) — [http://www.bapto.org.uk official site]
• Billiard and Bowling Institute of America (redlink at :Robert Byrne (author); potential redlink, in source citation, from :Billiard room; appears to be strongly tied to BCA)

• WPBA Hall of Fame (companion article to BCA Hall of Fame)
• International Pocket Billiards Hall of Fame (effective redlink from :Jimmy Moore)
• One-pocket Hall of Fame (effective redlink at :Efren Reyes; what actual org. runs this?)
• Philippines Hall of Fame (effective redlink at :Jose Parica; not billiards-specific; what actual org. runs this?)

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

• PBT (effective redlink at :Efren Reyes)
• PBA (effective redlink at :Efren Reyes)
• IBC (effective redlink at :Alex Pagulayan)
• BSCP (effective redlink at :Alex Pagulayan)

Junk entries that fall down, go boom on contact with WP:ORG:

• Any local, county, regional or state/province league, with conceivable but exceedingly unlikely possible exceptions (probably only because of some non-pool related news - e.g. was harboring terrorists ;-) Some examples include:
• :Amateur Pool League (APL) (limited to South East Pennsylvania; http://www.amateurpoolleague.com/)
• :American Billiards League (ABA) (now limited to Jacksonville, Florida, apparently, but used to have other southern US states; http://www.ablpool.com)
• :Arkansas Three-Ball Association (ATBA) ("acquired" by NAPA above, and was apparently limited to Garland Co., AR)
• :National Amateur Pool League (NAPL) (presently limited to New York City; started by Tony Robles and sponsored by Poison Cues; could take off but hasn't yet)
• :North Herts Premier Pool League (NHPPL) (just a UK Blackball league division, with a self-aggrandizing Web presence and vanity article editors; article was AfD'd quite successfully). Could come back as :North Hertfordshire Premier Pool League.

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