Baghdad – IA
The Iraqi Central Billiards and Snooker Federation continues its administrative and logistical procedures for organizing the Arab and World Championships, which will be hosted by the capital, Baghdad, during next April. At the same time, the Iraq Club Championship has been set for next month in order to select male and female players for the national teams in their various categories.
The head of the Billiards and Snooker Federation, Shams al-Din Abdel-Al, said in a statement to Al-Sabah newspaper, followed by the (INA), today, Thursday: “The Game Federation has formed multiple organizational committees that will take it upon themselves to follow up on sending invitations to Arab and foreign countries and prepare for obtaining travel visas for the foreign teams.” And choosing the places where the delegations will reside, stressing the Executive Office’s keenness to host and organize the Arab and World Championships in an optimal manner.”
Abdel-Al added, “The Arab Gathering will be the largest in terms of the number of participants for the purpose of obtaining the highest classifications by involving the largest number of players, renewing his confidence in Iraq’s financial capabilities and sports facilities and its ability to host Arab and international championships, especially after the government supported sports federations by holding international activities,” explaining that “ The game is constantly developing and Iraq currently has two players ranked second globally and five players ranked second in the Master’s category, in addition to topping the Arab rankings.”
Abdel-Al pointed out that “the Central Federation of Billiards and Snooker has set the month of February as the date for holding the Iraqi Club Championship in various categories, which will last for seven days, in order to select the first-place finishers and the distinguished ones among the list of national teams, in addition to holding arbitration courses for males and females, in addition to paying attention to developing the female presence among In order to prepare players capable of representing Iraq internationally.”