History of snooker History of snooker The game of snooker is a cue sport which emerged in its modern form in the late 19th century, with roots going back to the 16th century form of English billiards. Billiards was popular among the British Armed Forces stationed in India. As billiards was only a two player game, new games such as life pool and pyramid pool were developed in order to accommodate more players. Eventually, these two games were combined to form snooker. Billiards was first played in the 16th century. It was known as a "gentleman's game" because of its popularity among royalty.
2015 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship and 2016/2017 seasons. 2015 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship The 2015 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 23 April to 30 April 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia It was the 31st edition of the ACBS Asian Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour. The 23rd seed Hamza Akbar won the event by defeating former world number 56 Pankaj Advani 7–6 in the final. This was Akbar's first Asian Snooker Championship victory and as a result Akbar was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour