Eight-ball (also 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called spots and stripes,[1] big ones and little ones,[2] or rarely highs and lows) is a type of pool game. It is played on a billiard table with sixteen billiard balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls). The object balls include seven solid-colored balls numbered 1 through 7, seven striped balls numbered 9 through 15, and the black 8 ball. After the balls are scattered with a break shot, a player is on either the solid or striped balls. The object of the game is to pocket the 8-ball.
 One of the ways to rack the balls for a game of eight-ball. | |
| Highest governing body | World Pool-Billiard Association |
|---|---|
| First played | 1900s |
| Characteristics | |
| Contact | No |
| Team members | Single competitors or doubles |
| Mixed sex | Yes |
| Equipment | Cue sports equipment |
| Glossary | glossary of cue sports terms |
| Presence | |
| Country or region | Worldwide |
References
change- ↑ "Scottish Pool Association". Archived from the original on April 13, 2014.
- ↑ Bohanon, Mike (August 18, 2022). "Cue Tips: Bigs, Littles, Stripes, and Solids". Fort Bragg Advocate-News. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
Citations
change- Dyer, R. A. (May 2005). Billiards, Revised and Updated: The Official Rules And Records Book. Billiard Congress of America / Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-59228-744-4.
- Alciatore, David G. (2017). The Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards (ebook). Union Square & Company. ISBN 9781454927914.
- Alciatore, David G. (May 2017). The Sport of Pool Billiards 1: Techniques and Training Based on PAT Part 1 (ebook). Union Square & Company. ISBN 9781454927914.
- Byrne, Robert (1998). Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards (Paperback). Harcourt Brace & Company. ISBN 9780156005548.
- Eckert, Ralph (May 8, 2015). The Sport of Pool Billiards 1: Techniques and Training Based on PAT Part 1 (ebook). Litho. ISBN 9783941484986.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - Leider, Nicholas (February 12, 2010). Pool and Billiards For Dummies (ebook). For Dummies. Wiley. ISBN 9780470633946.
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