What’s going on in Poland?

[mnorwood]

I saw today where there are more players in the top 100 from Poland than the USA. When did pool get popular in Poland? Where do people play it? Do they have a strong juniors program? Is the game supported by the government? Is it league, gambling or tournament oriented? I think this is a really interesting development.

 

[straightline]

Early 20th century strife would be my guess.

 

[Johnny Rosato]

They revised the recipe for Pierogi

 

[Cue Alchemist]

The world pool league was there for many years 98 to 2003 i believe. That must have had an impact on the games popularity, there in the early years.

 

[td873]

It's really not something new for Poland - they are consistently one of the countries with multiple top 100 players. The US has been plummeting and got passed by POL around 2022.

Top 100 [pull from historical FargoRate images for each year]

POL

USA

2017	6	15
2018	8	13
2019	7	12
2020	7	9
2021	8	10
2022	8	8
2023	8	7
2024	6	4
2025	7	6
2026	7	6

[2026 may just be a continuation of 2025]

I'm sure you assumed this as well, but PHL is at the top of the list every year.

-td




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