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A snooker table is 12 feet by 6

The playing surface measures 3.57 by 1.78 metres on a full-size table The pockets are rounded and the cushion height and ball size are specified by the sport's governing body. The cloth is usually green baize, and the table stands about 85 centimetres off the floor. Smaller tables are used in clubs but championships use the full size. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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World Snooker

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A snooker table is 12 feet by 6: the short answers

Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The playing surface measures 3.57 by 1.78 metres on a full-size table. The figure is taken from World Snooker, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.