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Encyclopedia > Billiard Congress of America

The Billiard Congress of America was established in 1948. Its stated purpose is to "promote the sport of billiards."


The BCA sanctions various leagues and tournaments, and publishes a rule book. It has an annual trade show called the BCA Expo. It has a program for billiard instructors.


The BCA runs an open 9-ball championship yearly. The winner can be considered to be the pool champion of the United States in some sense. Professional pool players do not have a well established association of their own at the time of this article, and the best players usually play in the BCA open.


See also

External links

  • BCA Web Site (http://www.bca-pool.com/)

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HickokSports.com - History - Billiards (2453 words)
As in modern billiards, the object was to hit both of the object balls with the cue ball--called a carom or a billiard.
While carom billiards was considered a "respectable" sport, played by tuxedo-clad contestants in posh settings such as gentleman's clubs and hotel ballrooms, pocket billiards remained under a shadow through a good part of the twentieth century.
The BCA was founded in 1948 by the National Sporting Goods Association and was basically run by that trade group until 1980, when it established its own headquarters in Iowa City, Iowa.
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