Project Promotion
Heyball National Championships
Event Attribute: National Event
Coverage: 64 Countries
Number of Events: 64 Stops per Year
Prize Money: USD 4,000 per event
WPA will require the aforementioned 64 countries to host Heyball National Championships for a duration of three years, with events held in various categories including men's, women's, men's junior, and women's junior. JOY Billiards will make a one-time donation of two JOY Q7 Heyball tables to each country as the designated equipment for these events.
Heyball Continental Open Championships
Event Attribute: Continental Event
Coverage: Asia, Africa, Europe, Americas, Oceania
Number of Events: 5 Stops per Year
Prize Money:
Men's Champion: USD 10,000 per Stop
Total Prize Money for Men's: USD 58,000 per Stop
Women's Champion: USD 10,000 per Stop
Total Prize Money for Women's: USD 58,000 per Stop
This event is open to international participants and is not limited to a specific continental region. JOY will invest no less than USD 45,000 annually in event operational expenses.
Heyball Champion of Champions
Event Attribute: International Event
Coverage: 64 Countries
Number of Events: 1 Stop per Year
Prize Money:
Men's Champion: USD 30,000
Total Prize Money for Men's: USD 200,000
Women's Champion: USD 30,000
Total Prize Money for Women's: USD 200,000
This event is exclusively designed for the men's and women's national championship winners from the 64 participating countries. JOY will invest no less than USD 160,000 in event operational expenses for each stop.
Heyball World Championship
Event Attribute: International Event
Coverage: Global
Number of Events: 1 Stop per Year
Prize Money:
Men's Champion: USD 30,000
Total Prize Money for Men's: USD 200,000
Women's Champion: USD 30,000
Total Prize Money for Women's: USD 200,000
Based on the international rankings of JOY Heyball events, the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) will extend invitations to the top 64 ranked players in each category for this event. JOY will invest no less than USD 170,000 annually in event operational expenses for the World Championship.
Heyball World Cup
Event Attribute: International Event
Coverage: Global
Number of Events: 1 stop per year
Prize Money:
Men's Champion: USD 72,000
Total Prize Money for Men's: USD 400,000
Women's Champion: USD 72,000
Total Prize Money for Women's: USD 400,000
This event will debut in 2026 and will thereafter be held every four years. The maximum number of participating teams in each category will be limited to 32. JOY will invest no less than USD 1,000,000 in event operational expenses for each Heyball World Cup.
In the same year, JOY reached deep cooperation with the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and the World Confederation of Billiards Sports (WCBS), investing 6 million US dollars over the next three years to organize 9 different types of national, continental, and international events worldwide, striving to realize Heyball's inclusion into the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
To celebrate the inclusion of Heyball in the 2025 Chengdu World Games, Joachim Gossow, CEO of the International World Games Association, congratulated JOY Billiards in the form of a short video, taking a substantial step forward in Heyball's inclusion into the Olympic Games.
At present, with the efforts of JOY, Heyball has successfully entered this year's WCBS Championship and the 2025 Chengdu World Games. JOY will also strive to include Heyball in the 2030 Qatar Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games, and Asian Indoor Games. In the next three years, JOY will actively implement the global promotion plan of Heyball with the WCBS and WPA, and strive to realize Heyball's inclusion into the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games.