Billiards and snooker at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games
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Billiards
and snooker
were held at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games
at Convention Hall, Don Chan Palace
, Vientiane
, Laos
.
Singles snooker
Doubles snooker
Single English billiards
Doubles English billiards
Singles cushion caroms
Billiards
Cue sports , also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .Historically, the umbrella term was billiards...
and snooker
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
were held at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games
2009 Southeast Asian Games
The 25th Southeast Asian Games was held in Vientiane, Laos, in December 2009.This was the first time Laos had held the Southeast Asian Games...
at Convention Hall, Don Chan Palace
Don Chan Palace
Don Chan Palace is a hotel in Vientiane, Laos, established in 2004. The hotel is the tallest building in the city at 14 storeys. Legislation by the Vientiane government had attempted to ensure that the seven storey monument would remain the tallest building in the city but the hotel developers...
, Vientiane
Vientiane
-Geography:Vientiane is situated on a bend of the Mekong river, which forms the border with Thailand at this point.-Climate:Vientiane features a tropical wet and dry climate with a distinct monsoon season and a dry season. Vientiane’s dry season spans from November through March. April marks the...
, Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
.
Medal tally
1 | align=left | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2 | align=left | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | align=left | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
4 | align=left | | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
5 | align=left | | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
6 | align=left | | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
7 | align=left | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
|Totals | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
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Medalists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles 8-ball | Ronato Alcano Ronato Alcano Ronato Alcano , is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Ronnie Calamba" and "the Volcano".-Career history:... |
Gandy Valle | Ricky Yang Ricky Yang Ricky Yang is an Indonesian professional pool player of Chinese ancestry. His nickname is "The Piranha".On Sunday, June 5, 2009, Yang made history in the world of pool by completing his magical winning streak at the 2009 Philippine Open Pool Championship with a smashing 11-4 triumph over Jeff de... |
Men's singles 9-ball | Nguyen Phuc Long | Ricky Yang Ricky Yang Ricky Yang is an Indonesian professional pool player of Chinese ancestry. His nickname is "The Piranha".On Sunday, June 5, 2009, Yang made history in the world of pool by completing his magical winning streak at the 2009 Philippine Open Pool Championship with a smashing 11-4 triumph over Jeff de... |
Dennis Orcollo |
Men's doubles 9-ball | Do Hoang Quan and Luong Chi Dung | Muhammad Zulfikri and Ricky Yang Ricky Yang Ricky Yang is an Indonesian professional pool player of Chinese ancestry. His nickname is "The Piranha".On Sunday, June 5, 2009, Yang made history in the world of pool by completing his magical winning streak at the 2009 Philippine Open Pool Championship with a smashing 11-4 triumph over Jeff de... |
Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han |
Men's singles snooker Snooker Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :... |
Supoj Saenla Supoj Saenla Supoj Saenla is a Thai professional snooker player who lives in Chiang Mai.-Career:Saenla joined the professional tour for the first time in 2007. He earned his place on the tour by winning the biggest title of his career – the 2007 ACBS Asian Championship. He beat India’s Yasin Merchant 7–0 in... |
Thor Chuan Leong | Noppadon Noppachor |
Men's doubles snooker | Ang Bon Chin and Lim Chun Kiat | Thor Chuan Leong and Chee Wei Lai | Issara Kachaiwong and Phaithoon Phonbun |
Men's cushion caroms Cushion caroms Cushion caroms sometimes called by its original name, the indirect game, is a carom billiards discipline generally played on a cloth-covered, 5 foot × 10 foot, pocketless table with two cue balls and a third red-colored ball... |
Dang Dinh Tien | Cao Tranh Truc | Tan Kiong An |
Men's singles 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... |
Peter Gilchrist | Kyaw Oo | Thawat Surajitthurakarn |
Men's doubles English billiards | Praput Chaithansakun and Thawat Surajitthurakarn | Kyaw Oo and Aung Htay | Peter Gilchrist and Lim Chun Kiat |
Women's singles 8-ball | Rubilen Amit | Angeline M. Ticoal | Eshter S.Y. Kwan |
Women's singles 9-ball | Rubilen Amit | Charlene Chai | Iris Ranola |