We look forward to seeing you in Qingdao

Qingdao, located in the southeast part of Shandong Province China, is a beautiful seaside city with clear air and enchanting sea view. This city, bordered by the Yellow Sea on two sides, has the largest bathing beach in Asia and produces the mellow Qingdao Beer. To the east of the city, a short distance across the Yellow Sea, lie Korea and Japan, making the city an important port for international trade.

The red roofs, green trees, blue sea, and azure sky form a bright and colorful picture of Qingdao. The city is sometimes known as the Switzerland of the Orient.

Qingdao offers food with distinctive flavors--especially seafood. So take this chance to enjoy the delicious seafood. Also, the city is the home of the famous Qingdao (Tsingtao) Beer. Have a bottle of pure Qingdao Beer right here!

What we can do for you

Free Pick-up service
Volunteers and cars will be standing by at the Qingdao Liuting Internaitonal Airport and the Qingdao North Railway Station to pick you up. Please find the sign as the image showed below.

Tea break

Preferential meals in the hotel

We assure main western breakfasts will be provided for all participants during the tournament. There will be coupons available for players to take the special offered meals as lunch and dinner.￥3 for￥38 or below.￥5 for￥40 or above.

Souvenirs

A package of items will be put in the Fortune Bags, the pictures shown here are indicative only. The actual product may differ.

We have more for you. Let’s meet in Qingdao.

IBSF is pleased to invite member countries to send their players to take part in the IBSF World under 16 (Men and Women) Snooker Championships 2019. The championship will be played in city Tyumen in Russia from 18th till 24th August 2019.

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – 6 MAY 2019

The WCBS signed a cooperation agreement with the IOC’s Olympic Channel during the SportAccord Convention being held at the Gold Coast, Australia. Billiards now joins with 82 other sports organisations within the Olympic Channel family. WCBS President said, “We are excited to have signed with the Olympic Channel, it will offer billiards further opportunities to develop its disciplines with so much extra global coverage.” The first event to be covered by the Olympic Channel will be the WPA World 10-Ball Championships scheduled for 22-26 July 2019.

Olympic Channel federation partners include international sports federations (IFs), recognised federations and organisations, multi-sport organisers and non-recognised federations. In addition to collaborating on live streaming and event coverage, the Olympic Channel provides an additional platform to its federation partners by distributing content that is complementary to current broadcast agreements.

The Olympic Channel is an over-the-top (OTT) global media destination where fans can experience the power of sport and the excitement of the Olympic Games all year round. Offering original programming, news, live sports events and highlights, the Olympic Channel provides additional exposure for sports and athletes 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in 11 languages, and is available worldwide at olympicchannel.com, its mobile apps and on connected TV devices.

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The IBSF would like to inform about the recent WCBS decision regarding the snooker member within the World Confederation of Billiards Sports (WCBS).