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 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[]

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Group A[]

Player	Score	Score
Mike Russell	1,068	147
	720	253
Mike Russell	980	207
	809	241
	301	370
Mike Russell	741	501

Rank	Player	P	W	L	F	A
1	Mike Russell	3	3	0	2,789	885
2		3	2	1	2,030	1,235
3		3	1	2	788	2,178
4		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
	483	Dhruv Sitwala	534
	488	Sourav Kothari	541
David Causier	706		583

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

Group C[]

Player	Score	Player	Score
Geet Sethi	671	Rupesh Shah	459
Peter Gilchrist	945		447
Geet Sethi	887		506
Peter Gilchrist	615	Rupesh Shah	433
	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		3	0	3	1,486	2,576

Group D[]

Player	Score	Player	Score
Pankaj Advani	742	Ian Williamson	308
Ian Williamson	607		154
Pankaj Advani	806		472
Chris Shutt	833		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		3	0	3	1,018	2,246

Knock-out round[]

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Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final
2½ hours		4 hours		5 hours

Mike Russell	838

	526
		Mike Russell	1,788

		David Causier	1,149
David Causier	1,547

	358
				Mike Russell	1,821

				Geet Sethi	1,342
Peter Gilchrist	647

Chris Shutt	965
		Chris Shutt	1,293

		Geet Sethi	1,426
Pankaj Advani	713

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 6 September 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
^ "Cue Sports India: Knock-out Round". Archived from the original on 6 September 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2009.

External links[]

[World_Snooker_News_of_World_Billiards_Championship-1] "Russell Aiming For Cloud Nine". World Snooker. 11 June 2008. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2008.

[2] "Cue Sports India: Group Round". Archived from the original on 6 September 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2009.

[3] "Cue Sports India: Knock-out Round". Archived from the original on 6 September 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2009.

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