Glossary of cue sports terms Glossary of cue sports terms The following is a glossary of traditional English-language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: "carom (or carambole) billiards" referring to the various games played on a billiard table without ; "pool (pocket billiards)", which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets; and "snooker", played on a large pocket table, and which has a sport culture unto itself distinct from pool. There are also hybrid pocket/carom games such as English billiards. The term "" is sometimes used to refer to all of the cue sports, to a specific
ABSF African Snooker Championships tour. The strongest criticism has suggested that in its current guise as a developing region that the tournament doesn't warrant a spot on the professional world tour and denies players of a much higher standard in Europe and Asia joining the world tour. ABSF president Mohammed Kammah has defended the standard African players stating that finance has always been the biggest obstacle for players, as well as immigration issues that most African players face when competing in UK tournaments during the professional season. ABSF African Snooker Championships The ABSF African Snooker Championship is an annual snooker competition and is the