Cue sports at the 1998 Asian Games

Cue sports at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Land Sports Complex
Dates	6–19 December
Competitors	123 from 21 nations
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Cue sports was contested at the Asian Games for the first time at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand between 6 and 19 December 1998. The competition took place at the Land Sports Complex. The competition included only men's events.^[1]

There were ten events at the competition, Carom billiards, English billiards, Pool and Snooker.

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Three-cushion singles details	Japan	Ryuji Umeda  Japan	South Korea
English billiards singles	India	Geet Sethi  India	Thailand
English billiards doubles	India Geet Sethi	Thailand	India
Eight-ball singles	Chao Fong-pang  Chinese Taipei	Singapore	Kunihiko Takahashi  Japan
Eight-ball doubles	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei Yang Ching-shun Chao Fong-pang	Japan Kunihiko Takahashi
Nine-ball singles	Yang Ching-shun  Chinese Taipei	Kunihiko Takahashi  Japan	Chao Fong-pang  Chinese Taipei
Nine-ball doubles	Philippines	Chinese Taipei	Thailand
Snooker singles details	Shokat Ali  Pakistan	Malaysia	Hong Kong
Snooker doubles	Malaysia	Thailand Phaitoon Phonbun Noppadon Noppachorn	Pakistan Shokat Ali Saleh Mohammad
Snooker team details	Hong Kong Marco Fu	Thailand Wattana Pu-ob-orm Phaitoon Phonbun Chuchart Trirattanapradit Noppadon Noppachorn	Pakistan Shokat Ali Saleh Mohammad

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	3	2	1	6
2	India (IND)	2	1	1	4
3	Japan (JPN)	1	2	2	5
4	Malaysia (MAS)	1	1	0	2
5	Pakistan (PAK)	1	0	2	3
6	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	0	1	2
7	Philippines (PHI)	1	0	0	1
8	Thailand (THA)	0	3	2	5
9	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	0	1
10	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		10	10	10	30

Participating nations[]

A total of 123 athletes from 21 nations competed in cue sports at the 1998 Asian Games:

References[]

External links[]

• Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports