The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) was founded in 1968 and is based in Bristol, UK. This organization is the governing body of professional snooker and English billiards and sets the rules and regulations of snooker and English, including disciplinary matters. Jason Ferguson is Chairman of WPBSA Chairman.
The WPBSA operates not only as the professional governing body of the two cue sports, alongside its amateur counterpart in the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF), but also as a trade association promoting snooker and billiards more broadly.