The biggest pool tournament in the history of Türkiye

It all started two months ago with the idea of hosting an international tournament in Istanbul. Within the first two weeks, we noticed significant national and international interest. Within a month, the number of participants had risen to over 200 from more than 30 countries.

Now with our main sponsor ZEKI Billiards and the support of TAOM, the tournament will be held in two hotels located close to each other right in the heart of Istanbul. One will be used exclusively for tournament games (Atacity Hotel), while the other will serve as both a tournament venue and a training center (Hera Platinum Hotel).

Although there is an ongoing demand, we have had to limit the number of participants to 224 due to capacity constraints this year. Knowing that a small percentage of participants will withdraw from the tournament, a waiting list of more than 20 applicants is constantly maintained.

Welcome to a four-day international event of superlatives in one of the most beautiful megacities at the center of our world map.

Destinations for tournament locations and sightseeing

Please click on the image or here for google maps, (please click second time if it doesn't open properly due to google maps issues) where you find destinations from the Airport to the hotels / tournament facilities (Point 1-3).
Bostanci coast transportation hub to travel to everywhere in the city; by train, metro, bus or sea boat (Point 4).
Location of the old town of Istanbul for sightseeing, like the Hagia Sofia, Topkapi Palace or Grand Bazar (Point 5).

A shuttle bus will be provided to drive regularly between the two tournament venues, which takes about three minutes (Point 2 and 3).

About the tournament

Date: August 28-31, 2025 
Tournament facility: Atacity Hotel & Hera Platinum Hotel - Ataşehir / Istanbul
Number of players: 224 participants
Game: 9-Ball
Tournament  system: 224 double - 64 single elimination
Prize money: over 1 Million TL in total (100 % payout)

Important note:
Thursday as a match day was only entered later due to an increase in participants. This means that some matches will be played on Thursday. However, this does not affect players who arrive on Thursday evening or Friday morning.

Prize money

1.: 6.000 €
2: 4.000 €
3.-4: 1.500 €
5.-8.: 750 €
9.-16.: 400 €
17.-32.: 200 €

(100% payout from prize money with 224 participants)

Türkiye billiards federation approved sports activity

+ Snooker Side Event

Participation from a broad geography

Tournament facility (Atacity Hotel)

Tournament venue & Training center (Hera Platinum Hotel)

May we introduce ourselves?

The Organization Crew

Çetin Aslan

Born in 1979, Çetin is the national team coach and player of Türkiye. He also played for the Austrian pool national team. For many years he coaches professional pool players. As a well-known person in the billiard scene, Çetin has the influence to connect to the players worldwide and stays in direct contact with them. 

Gürsel Dağcı


Born in 1972, Gürsel is a pool billiards player, and retired entrepreneur. With more than 30 years of experience abroad, he brings the business world and pool billiards sport together. He manages the corporate side of our organization with the vision of bringing the national billiard sport to a better place.

Murat Teker


Born in 1976, Murat is a professional national team player. He is also the partner and manager of Bilardo Atölyesi Ataşehir. He has been organizing Türkiye pool tours for many years, and acts as a bridge between the venue and the organization.

Shvan Haji

Shvan is the sales network manager of Zeki Billiards for Arab countries. With his player network and organization staff in the middle east, he is an international support element for this tournament.

Zeki Billiards

Zeki Billiards is not only the main sponsor, their team with years of experience in championships will manage the technical details of the tournament in a professional manner.

We look forward to meeting you.

For further details please contact us.

Gürsel Dağcı +90 546 695 18 41
Çetin Aslan +90 536 021 46 69