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2011 World Billiards Championship


The 2011 World Billiards Championship, the top international competition in English billiards, was held between 24 and 31 October 2011 at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England. The 34 players were divided six groups of four and two of five in first group stage, with the top two in each group advancing into the second group stage. The 16 players in the second group stage were divided into four groups of 4, with the top 2 reaching the knock-out round.

Mike Russell won his 11th World Billiards Championship title after beating David Causier 1500–558 in the final.

Prize fund

  • Winner: £6,000
  • Runner-up: £2,750
  • Semi-final: £1,500
  • Quarter-final: £750
  • Third in second group stage: £450
  • Fourth in second group stage: £300
  • Highest break: £250
  • Total: £18,000

First group stage

In the group stages all matches were up to 500 points.

Group A

PlayerScorePlayerScore
ENG Mike Russell500ENG Bem French133
ENG Phil Mumford500ENG John Hartley366
ENG Bem French398ENG John Hartley500
ENG Mike Russell 500ENG Phil Mumford485
ENG Phil Mumford500ENG Bem French69
ENG Mike Russell500ENG John Hartley88
RankPlayerPWLFA
1ENG Mike Russell3301500706
2ENG Phil Mumford3211485935
3ENG John Hartley3129541398
4ENG Bem French3036001500

Group B

PlayerScorePlayerScore
IND Sourav Kothari271AUS Matthew Bolton500
ENG Nalin Patel500ENG Robert Marshall447
AUS Matthew Bolton 500ENG Robert Marshall249
IND Sourav Kothari 500ENG Nalin Patel329
ENG Nalin Patel151AUS Matthew Bolton500
IND Sourav Kothari500ENG Robert Marshall235
RankPlayerPWLFA
1AUS Matthew Bolton3301500671
2IND Sourav Kothari32112711064
3ENG Nalin Patel3129801447
4ENG Robert Marshall3039311500

Group C

PlayerScorePlayerScore
IND Pankaj Advani500ENG Chris Taylor63
ENG Matthew Sutton500ENG Jamie Barker146
IND Pankaj Advani500ENG Jamie Barker172
ENG Chris Taylor 500SCO Calum Hossack274
IND Pankaj Advani500SCO Calum Hossack71
ENG Matthew Sutton 500ENG Chris Taylor372
ENG Jamie Barker 500SCO Calum Hossack392
IND Pankaj Advani500ENG Matthew Sutton222
ENG Chris Taylor 500ENG Jamie Barker336
ENG Matthew Sutton 500SCO Calum Hossack134
RankPlayerPWLFA
1IND Pankaj Advani4402000528
2ENG Matthew Sutton43117221152
3ENG Chris Taylor42214351610
4ENG Jamie Barker41311541892
5SCO Calum Hossack4048712000

Group D

PlayerScorePlayerScore
IND Balchandra Bhaskar500IND Ashok Shandilya0
IND Geet Sethi500Jersey Guy Heys106
IND Geet Sethi500IND Ashok Shandilya0
IND Balchandra Bhaskar500Jersey Guy Heys115
Jersey Guy Heys500IND Ashok Shandilya0
IND Geet Sethi500IND Balchandra Bhaskar172
RankPlayerPWLFA
1IND Geet Sethi3301500278
2IND Balchandra Bhaskar3211172615
3Jersey Guy Heys3127211000
4IND Ashok Shandilya30301500

Group E

PlayerScorePlayerScore
ENG David Causier500IND Alok Kumar266
ENG John Murphy500ENG Glen Blythman100
IND Alok Kumar500ENG Glen Blythman149
ENG David Causier500ENG John Murphy196
ENG John Murphy241IND Alok Kumar500
ENG David Causier500ENG Glen Blythman0
RankPlayerPWLFA
1ENG David Causier3301500462
2IND Alok Kumar3211266890
3ENG John Murphy3129371100
4ENG Glen Blythman3032491500

Group F

PlayerScorePlayerScore
IND Rupesh Shah500AUS Neil Bolton148
IND Sushrut Pandia418ENG Gary Norman500
AUS Neil Bolton500ENG Gary Norman431
IND Rupesh Shah500IND Sushrut Pandia45
IND Sushrut Pandia202AUS Neil Bolton500
IND Rupesh Shah 500ENG Gary Norman181
RankPlayerPWLFA
1IND Rupesh Shah3301500374
2AUS Neil Bolton32111481133
3ENG Gary Norman31211121418
4IND Sushrut Pandia3036651500

Group G

PlayerScorePlayerScore
SIN Peter Gilchrist500ENG Mark Hirst106
ENG Rob Hall500IND Manish Jain491
SIN Peter Gilchrist500IND Manish Jain132
ENG Mark Hirst500ENG Jason Devaney241
ENG Rob Hall500ENG Mark Hirst444
SIN Peter Gilchrist500ENG Jason Devaney79
IND Manish Jain500ENG Jason Devaney219
SIN Peter Gilchrist 500ENG Rob Hall279
ENG Rob Hall500ENG Jason Devaney151
ENG Mark Hirst187IND Manish Jain500
RankPlayerPWLFA
1SIN Peter Gilchrist4402000596
2ENG Rob Hall43117791586
3IND Manish Jain42216231406
4ENG Mark Hirst41312371741
5ENG Jason Devaney4046902000

Group H

PlayerScorePlayerScore
ENG Brian Watson147ENG Billy Bousfield500
IND Dhruv Sitwala462IND Devendra Joshi500
IND Dhruv Sitwala500ENG Billy Bousfield426
ENG Brian Watson104IND Devendra Joshi500
IND Devendra Joshi500ENG Billy Bousfield182
IND Dhruv Sitwala500ENG Brian Watson160
RankPlayerPWLFA
1IND Devendra Joshi3301500748
2IND Dhruv Sitwala32114621086
3ENG Billy Bousfield31211081147
4ENG Brian Watson3034111500

Second group stage

In the group stages all matches were up to 750 points.

Group A

PlayerScorePlayerScore
IND Devendra Joshi671ENG Matthew Sutton750
IND Geet Sethi 750AUS Neil Bolton120
IND Devendra Joshi750AUS Neil Bolton159
IND Geet Sethi611ENG Matthew Sutton750
ENG Matthew Sutton750AUS Neil Bolton319
IND Geet Sethi220IND Devendra Joshi750
RankPlayerPWLFA
1ENG Matthew Sutton33022501601
2IND Devendra Joshi32121711129
3IND Geet Sethi31215811620
4AUS Neil Bolton3035982250

Group B

PlayerScorePlayerScore
ENG Mike Russell750ENG Rob Hall49
IND Rupesh Shah 750IND Sourav Kothari683
ENG Mike Russell750IND Sourav Kothari593
IND Rupesh Shah 750ENG Rob Hall470
ENG Rob Hall259IND Sourav Kothari750
IND Rupesh Shah232ENG Mike Russell 750
RankPlayerPWLFA
1ENG Mike Russell3302250874
2IND Rupesh Shah32117321903
3IND Sourav Kothari31220261759
4ENG Rob Hall3037782250

Group C

PlayerScorePlayerScore
AUS Matthew Bolton750IND Balchandra Bhaskar258
IND Pankaj Advani 750IND Alok Kumar416
AUS Matthew Bolton750IND Alok Kumar415
IND Pankaj Advani750IND Balchandra Bhaskar463
IND Balchandra Bhaskar356IND Alok Kumar750
IND Pankaj Advani750AUS Matthew Bolton154
RankPlayerPWLFA
1IND Pankaj Advani33022501033
2AUS Matthew Bolton32116541423
3IND Alok Kumar31215811856
4IND Balchandra Bhaskar30310772250

Group D

PlayerScorePlayerScore
ENG David Causier 750ENG Phil Mumford268
SIN Peter Gilchrist750IND Dhruv Sitwala220
ENG David Causier750IND Dhruv Sitwala453
SIN Peter Gilchrist419ENG Phil Mumford750
ENG Phil Mumford312IND Dhruv Sitwala750
SIN Peter Gilchrist750ENG David Causier490
RankPlayerPWLFA
1ENG David Causier32119901471
2SIN Peter Gilchrist32119191460
3IND Dhruv Sitwala31214231812
4ENG Phil Mumford31213301812

Knock-out stage

First to 1000 points First to 1250 points First to 1500 points |RD1-team1=IND Pankaj Advani |RD1-score1=1000 |RD1-team2=IND Devendra Joshi |RD1-score2=721 |RD1-team3=ENG Mike Russell |RD1-score3=1000 |RD1-team4=SIN Peter Gilchrist |RD1-score4=698 |RD1-team5=ENG David Causier |RD1-score5=1000 |RD1-team6=IND Rupesh Shah |RD1-score6=455 |RD1-team7=ENG Matthew Sutton |RD1-score7=482 |RD1-team8=AUS Matthew Bolton |RD1-score8=1000 |RD2-team1=IND Pankaj Advani |RD2-score1=1012 |RD2-team2=ENG Mike Russell |RD2-score2=1250 |RD2-team3=ENG David Causier |RD2-score3=1250 |RD2-team4=AUS Matthew Bolton |RD2-score4=232 |RD3-team1=ENG Mike Russell |RD3-score1=1500 |RD3-team2=ENG David Causier |RD3-score2=558

References

References

  1. "2011 World Billiards Championship". Cue Sports India.
  2. "2011 World Billiards Championship Draw and format.". [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]].
  3. "Russell Takes Billiards Crown Again". [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]].
  4. "WPBSA 2011 World Billiards Championship". English-Billiards Open Series.
  5. "2011 World Billiards Championship Group Stages". Cue Sports India.
  6. "Group Stage 1 Match Results". English-Billiards Open Series.
  7. "Group Stage 2 Match Results". English-Billiards Open Series.
  8. "Knock-out Round". Cue Sports India.
  9. "Knock-out Stage Match Results". English-Billiards Open Series.
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