Carom billiards

Carom billiards is a cue sport played on a pocketless table. A player scores by striking both object balls with the cue ball in one shot.

Carom: A billiard shot in which the cue ball contacts two or more balls in succession. A scoring shot requires the cue ball to contact both object balls.
Billiard table: A table designed for playing billiards, with a smooth cloth-covered bed and cushioned rails. Carom billiards uses a table without pockets, unlike pocket billiards.
Billiards: A family of cue sports played by striking balls across a cloth-covered table with a cue. Carom billiards emerged from the broader history of billiards.
Pool: A family of pocket billiards games played on tables with six pockets. Pool scores by pocketing balls, while carom billiards scores through ball contacts.
Cue ball: The ball struck directly by a cue during a billiards shot. The player’s cue ball must reach both object balls to score.
Billiard ball: A hard, polished ball used in cue sports. The game is played with three balls: one cue ball for each player and one object ball.
French billiards: A traditional name for carom billiards, especially in France and other parts of Europe. The name reflects the sport’s long-standing French association.
Snooker: A cue sport played on a large pocketed table with 21 colored balls and a cue ball. Snooker combines pocketing and point values rather than carom scoring.
Cue stick: A tapered stick used to strike a ball in cue sports. Players control the cue ball’s speed, direction, and spin through the cue.
Object ball: A ball in a cue sport that is not the ball struck directly by the cue. A scoring shot must contact both object balls.

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Raymond CeulemansNarrower topic: Ceulemans competed across carom disciplines, with three-cushion as his best-known specialty.