Royal Dutch Billiards Federation

{{More citations needed|date=January 2024}} The '''Royal Dutch Billiards Federation''' ({{langx|nl|Koninklijke Nederlandse Biljart Bond}}, ''KNBB'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://snookerscores.net/organisation/royal-dutch-billiards-association-knbb|title=WPBSA SnookerScores - Royal Dutch Billiards Association (KNBB)|first=World Professional Billiards and Snooker|last=Association|website=snookerscores.net}}</ref> was founded in 1911<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knbb.nl/organisatie/over-de-knbb/geschiedenis/ontstaan-van-de-knbb |title=Ontstaan van de KNBB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531061826/https://www.knbb.nl/organisatie/over-de-knbb/geschiedenis/ontstaan-van-de-knbb |archive-date=2019-05-31 |access-date=2019-09-23 |language=nl |url-status=dead}}</ref> to coordinate, within the Netherlands, billiards, pool and snooker. The union is affiliated with the Union Mondiale de Billard, Confédération Européenne de Billard and NOC * NSF . The Head Office is located in the Blokhoeve district of Nieuwegein.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

In 2018, the KNBB introduced a mathematics based pool game called "smart pool",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azbilliards.com/dutch-federation-knbb-introduced-smart-pool/|title=Dutch Federation KNBB introduced "Smart Pool" - News - AZBILLIARDS.COM|date=June 25, 2018}}</ref> which was rolled out to play by schoolchildren across Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azbilliards.com/smartpool-heralds-12-months-of-success/|title=Smartpool Heralds 12 Months of Success - News - AZBILLIARDS.COM|date=July 18, 2023}}</ref>

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== External links == * [http://www.knbb.nl Official website (in Dutch)]

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