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.[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
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
| 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.