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2008 World Professional Billiards Championship

The 2008 World Professional Billiards Championship, the top international professional competition in English billiards, was held between 23 and 27 July 2008 at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England. 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 ninth World Professional Billiards Championship title after beating Geet Sethi 1821–1342 in the final.

Group round

Group A

PlayerScorePlayerScore
England Mike Russell1,068Austria Michael Kreuziger147
India Devendra Joshi720England Gary Rogers253
England Mike Russell980England Gary Rogers207
India Devendra Joshi809Austria Michael Kreuziger241
England Gary Rogers301Austria Michael Kreuziger370
England Mike Russell741India Devendra Joshi501
RankPlayerPWLFA
1England Mike Russell3302,789885
2India Devendra Joshi3212,0301,235
3Austria Michael Kreuziger3127882,178
4England Gary Rogers3037612,070

Group B

PlayerScorePlayerScore
England David Causier918India Sourav Kothari308
India Dhruv Sitwala378India Sourav Kothari561
England David Causier858India Dhruv Sitwala533
England Paul Bennett483India Dhruv Sitwala534
England Paul Bennett488India Sourav Kothari541
England David Causier706England Paul Bennett583
RankPlayerPWLFA
1England David Causier3302,4821,418
2India Saurav Kothari3211,4041,784
3India Dhruv Sitwala3121,4451,902
4England Paul Bennett3031,5541,781

Group C

PlayerScorePlayerScore
India Geet Sethi671India Rupesh Shah459
Singapore Peter Gilchrist945India Alok Kumar447
India Geet Sethi887India Alok Kumar506
Singapore Peter Gilchrist615India Rupesh Shah433
India Alok Kumar533India Rupesh Shah744
India Geet Sethi628Singapore Peter Gilchrist749
RankPlayerPWLFA
1Singapore Peter Gilchrist3302,3091,508
2India Geet Sethi3212,1861,714
3India Rupesh Shah3121,6361,819
4India Alok Kumar3031,4862,576

Group D

PlayerScorePlayerScore
India Pankaj Advani742England Ian Williamson308
England Ian Williamson607England Mark Hirst154
India Pankaj Advani806England Mark Hirst472
England Chris Shutt833England Mark Hirst392
England Chris Shutt976England Ian Williamson405
England Chris Shutt731India Pankaj Advani750
RankPlayerPWLFA
1India Pankaj Advani3302,2581,511
2England Chris Shutt3212,5401,547
3England Ian Williamson3121,3201,872
4England Mark Hirst3031,0182,246

Knock-out round

2½ hours 4 hours 5 hours |RD1-team1=England Mike Russell |RD1-score1=838 |RD1-team2=India Saurav Kothari |RD1-score2=526 |RD1-team3=England David Causier |RD1-score3=1,547 |RD1-team4=India Devendra Joshi |RD1-score4=358 |RD1-team5=Singapore Peter Gilchrist |RD1-score5=647 |RD1-team6=England Chris Shutt |RD1-score6=965 |RD1-team7=India Pankaj Advani |RD1-score7=713 |RD1-team8=India Geet Sethi |RD1-score8=960 |RD2-team1=England Mike Russell |RD2-score1=1,788 |RD2-team2=England David Causier |RD2-score2=1,149 |RD2-team3=England Chris Shutt |RD2-score3=1,293 |RD2-team4=India Geet Sethi |RD2-score4=1,426 |RD3-team1=England Mike Russell |RD3-score1=1,821 |RD3-team2=India Geet Sethi |RD3-score2=1,342

References

References

  1. (2008-06-11). "Russell Aiming For Cloud Nine". World Snooker.
  2. "Cue Sports India: Group Round".
  3. "Cue Sports India: Knock-out Round".
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