If you are a fan of snooker, then you will be happy to learn a little about the background of billiards and snooker. Those who are not very familiar with these games may be interested in what differentiates these two games or how are they connected. The connection is that the snooker is a fallout from billiards. While the billiard game has only three balls and two players, the snooker game can have multiple players and uses 22 balls. Of these, 15 are red, 6 are colored differently and one is the cue ball, which is white.

The origin of snooker as a game can be traced to India, during the 19th Century when the British were occupying the territory. At that time, the army officers wanted a game where more people could play, so there would be more fun and less time waiting for a turn. Originally, there were two derivative games from billiards. One was called the “life pool” and the second was called the “black pool.” Combined together these two games gave birth to a new game called snooker, played on a snooker table.

A time came when billiards and snooker established their own separate identities. Snooker was no longer considered another type of billiards game, but a game in its own right. The popularity of snooker peaked during the period between 1927 and 1946, when Joe Davis was the unbeatable world snooker champion. After 1946, when Joe retired, this game gradually faded away. Yet it made a major come back in 1978 when the BBC televised the World Snooker Championship. From then on, snooker has been a hot favorite all over the world.

Snooker is an amalgamation of two offshoots of the billiard game; the life pool and the black pool. The reason why snooker was born was because billiards, which is its predecessor, only allowed for two players at a time. The billiards and snooker connection originates from the 19th century when an army officer introduced more balls into the game so more players could participate, making the game not only more interesting, but also more fun. Today, this game is one of the most popular cue games in the world, especially in the UK and China.