The 2008 World Professional Billiards Championship

World Professional Billiards Championship

The World Billiards Championship is an international cue sports tournament in the discipline of English billiards. It has been played annually since 1980, is one of the oldest sporting World Championships in the world, dating in earnest to the mid-19th century...

, the top international professional competition in English billiards

English billiards

English billiards, called simply billiards in many former British colonies and in Great Britain where it originated, is a hybrid form of carom and pocket billiards played on a billiard table. Billiards is less well known as "the English game", "the all-in game" and "the common game".The game is for...

, was held at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, between Wednesday, 23 July and Saturday 27 July 2008. The 16 players were divided into four groups of four, with the top two in each group advancing into the knock-out round.

Mike Russell won his 9th World Professional Billiards Championship

World Professional Billiards Championship

The World Billiards Championship is an international cue sports tournament in the discipline of English billiards. It has been played annually since 1980, is one of the oldest sporting World Championships in the world, dating in earnest to the mid-19th century...

 title after beating Geet Sethi

Geet Sethi

Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two...

 1821–1342 in the final.

Group A

Player	Score	Player	Score
Mike Russell	1,068	Micheal Kreuziger	147
Devendra Joshi	720	Gary Rogers	253
Mike Russell	980	Gary Rogers	207
Devendra Joshi	809	Micheal Kreuziger	241
Gary Rogers	301	Micheal Kreuziger	370
Mike Russell	741	Devendra Joshi	501

Rank	Player	P	W	L	F	A
1	Mike Russell	3	3	0	2,789	885
2	Devendra Joshi	3	2	1	2,030	1,235
3	Michael Kreuziger	3	1	2	788	2,178
4	Gary Rogers	3	0	3	761	2,070

Group B

Player	Score	Player	Score
David Causier	918	Sourav Kothari	308
Dhruv Sitwala	378	Sourav Kothari	561
David Causier	858	Dhruv Sitwala	533
Paul Bennett	483	Dhruv Sitwala	534
Paul Bennett	488	Sourav Kothari	541
David Causier	706	Paul Bennett	583

Rank	Player	P	W	L	F	A
1	David Causier	3	3	0	2,482	1,418
2	Saurav Kothari	3	2	1	1,404	1,784
3	Dhruv Sitwala	3	1	2	1,445	1,902
4	Paul Bennett	3	0	3	1,554	1,781

Group C

Player	Score	Player	Score
Geet Sethi Geet Sethi Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two...	671	Rupesh Shah	459
Peter Gilchrist	945	Alok Kumar	447
Geet Sethi Geet Sethi Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two...	887	Alok Kumar	506
Peter Gilchrist	615	Rupesh Shah	433
Alok Kumar	533	Rupesh Shah	744
Geet Sethi Geet Sethi Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two...	628	Peter Gilchrist	749

Rank	Player	P	W	L	F	A
1	Peter Gilchrist	3	3	0	2,309	1,508
2	Geet Sethi Geet Sethi Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two...	3	2	1	2,186	1,714
3	Rupesh Shah	3	1	2	1,636	1,819
4	Alok Kumar	3	0	3	1,486	2,576

Group D

Player	Score	Player	Score
Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced...	742	Ian Williamson	308
Ian Williamson	607	Mark Hirst	154
Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced...	806	Mark Hirst	472
Chris Shutt	833	Mark Hirst	392
Chris Shutt	976	Ian Williamson	405
Chris Shutt	731	Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced...	750

Rank	Player	P	W	L	F	A
1	Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced...	3	3	0	2,258	1,511
2	Chris Shutt	3	2	1	2,540	1,547
3	Ian Williamson	3	1	2	1,320	1,872
4	Mark Hurst	3	0	3	1,018	2,246

Knock-out round

External links

• Cue Sports India: Break Board
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