The Blackball Australia Pool Association organises and promotes Blackball eight ball pool events featuring some of Australia's top players. Founded in 2022, BAPA harbours an exciting vision for the sport’s future, with an emphasis on supplying quality, entertainment and increased levels of professionalism, exposure and recognition within the Australian pool community.

 

BAPA hosts a portfolio of streamed tournaments consisting of an Australian championships and several international invitational events. Australian players are also selected to represent BAPA and Australia in the biannual World Championships and other major international events such as the Hawley Cup.

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Following the success of its inaugural season in 2022 where the Australian team enjoyed unprecedented success in the World Championships in Morocco BAPA is looking forward to a bigger and better 2023.

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As well as looking at improving the status within the top echelons, BAPA acknowledges that this is a sport waiting to break out and hit the mainstream, with thousands of players in Australia playing on a weekly basis. BAPA aims to transform the game from bottom to top, bringing together players under one brand and inspiring more potential cueists to participate. Importantly, BAPA recognises that pool is a sport that everybody can participate in equally and fully supports all genders and all forms of disabilities.