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Description billiards

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  • The chassis
  • Pockets
  • The slate
  • The sheet or carpet
  • The brands
  • Landmarks
  • Foot
  • Framework
  • Leveling jack
Does the language of billiards seem complicated to you? Do the terms used seem to come from specialist vocabulary? Check out our glossary to make this language familiar to you.

Billiard table assembly guide

Click on the photos below to view help for installing a pool table.

Game technique

Easy to play pool? We use cushions a lot, and this is often where it gets complicated. Click on the image to watch the demonstration.

Dimensions of billiards

Dimensions of billiards

There are several billiard tables of different sizes, but the playing surface is always a rectangle whose length is twice the width. There are two main families of billiards: pocket billiards (6 in number) for American, Snooker and 8 Pool, and pocketless billiards on which French billiards is played. WEPF Regulations (Regulations accepted by WEPF members)
  • The balls must be 50.8 mm in diameter and weigh 116 grams (+ or – 2 grams).
  • The cue ball must have a diameter of 47.6 mm and an average weight of 94 grams.
  • The maximum playing surface shall be 213.36 cm x 106.68 cm (the playing surface represents the dimension of the slate between the boards, where the balls come into contact).
  • The minimum playing surface must be 182.88 cm x 91.44 cm.
  • The strips must touch the slate.
  • The height of the table should be between 80 and 85 cm – the carpet placed on the slate and the strips should be woolen.
  • The size and cut of the pockets must comply with those agreed with the WEPF
  • The minimum depth of the pockets must be 85 mm on the sides and 95 mm in the middle.