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.[1] 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
[2]
Group A
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mike Russell
|
1,068 |  Michael Kreuziger
|
147 |
 Devendra Joshi
|
720 | Gary Rogers
|
253 |
| Mike Russell
|
980 | Gary Rogers
|
207 |
| Devendra Joshi
|
809 | Michael Kreuziger
|
241 |
| Gary Rogers
|
301 | Michael 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
|
671 | Rupesh Shah
|
459 |
 Peter Gilchrist
|
945 | Alok Kumar
|
447 |
| Geet Sethi
|
887 | Alok Kumar
|
506 |
| Peter Gilchrist
|
615 | Rupesh Shah
|
433 |
| Alok Kumar
|
533 | Rupesh Shah
|
744 |
| Geet Sethi
|
628 | Peter Gilchrist
|
749 |
| Rank | Player | P | W | L | F | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Gilchrist
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 2,309 | 1,508 |
| 2 | Geet Sethi
|
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
|
742 | Ian Williamson
|
308 |
| Ian Williamson
|
607 | Mark Hirst
|
154 |
| Pankaj Advani
|
806 | Mark Hirst
|
472 |
| Chris Shutt
|
833 | Mark Hirst
|
392 |
| Chris Shutt
|
976 | Ian Williamson
|
405 |
| Chris Shutt
|
731 | Pankaj Advani
|
750 |
| Rank | Player | P | W | L | F | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pankaj Advani
|
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 Hirst
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 1,018 | 2,246 |
Knock-out round
[3]
| Quarterfinals 2½ hours | Semifinals 4 hours | Final 5 hours | ||||||||||||
| Mike Russell
| 838 | |||||||||||||
| Saurav Kothari
| 526 | Mike Russell
| 1,788 | |||||||||||
| David Causier
| 1,547 | David Causier
| 1,149 | |||||||||||
| Devendra Joshi
| 358 | Mike Russell
| 1,821 | |||||||||||
| Peter Gilchrist
| 647 | Geet Sethi
| 1,342 | |||||||||||
| Chris Shutt
| 965 | Chris Shutt
| 1,293 | |||||||||||
| Pankaj Advani
| 713 | Geet Sethi
| 1,426 | |||||||||||
| Geet Sethi
| 960 | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Russell Aiming For Cloud Nine". World Snooker. 11 June 2008. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
- ^ "Cue Sports India: Group Round". Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ "Cue Sports India: Knock-out Round". Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
External links
- Cue Sports India: Break Board
- Cue Sports India: Snapshots
