Billiards World Champion (Men)

YEAR

INDIAN WORLD TITLE WINNER

PLAYED AGAINST

1

1958

IBSF - Wilson Jones

Leslie Driffield - England)

2

1964

IBSF - Wilson Jones

Jack Karnehm - England)

3

1977

IBSF - Michael Ferreira

Bob Close - England

4

1981

IBSF - Michael Ferreira

Norman Dagley - England

5

1983

IBSF - Michael Ferreira

Subhash Agrawal - India

6

1985

IBSF - Geet Sethi

Robart (Bob) Marshall - Australia

7

1987

IBSF - Geet Sethi

Joe Grech - Malta

8

1990

IBSF - Manoj Kothari

Ashok Shandilya - India

9

1992

PRO - Geet Sethi

Mike Russell - England

10

1993

PRO - Geet Sethi

Mike Russell - England

11

1995

PRO - Geet Sethi

Devendra Joshi - India

12

1998

PRO - Geet Sethi

Mike Russell - England

13

2001

IBSF - Geet Sethi

Ashok Shandilya - India

14

2002

IBSF - Ashok Shandilya

Praput C. - Thailand

15

2005

IBSF (Time Format) - Pankaj Advani

Geet Sethi - India

16

2005

IBSF (Point  Format) - Pankaj Advani

Devendra Joshi - India

17

2006

PRO - Geet Sethi - India

Lee Lagan - England

18

2007

IBSF (Point  Format) - Rupesh Shah

Ashok Shandilya - India

19

2007

IBSF (Time Format) - Pankaj Advani

Dhruv Sitwala - India

20

2008

IBSF (Point  Format) - Pankaj Advani

Geet Sethi - India

21

2008

IBSF (Time Format) - Pankaj Advani

Devendra Joshi - India

22

2009

PRO - Pankaj Advani

Mike Russell - Qatar

Billiards World Champion (Women)

1

2005

Anuja Thakur

Lynette Horsburgh - England

2

2006

Chitra Magimairaj

Emma Bonney - England

3

2007

Chitra Magimairaj

Emma Bonney - England

Snooker World Champion (Men)

1

1984

IBSF - O.B. Agarwal

Terry Parsons - Wales

2

2003

IBSF - Pankaj Advani

Saleh Mohammed - Pakistan

3

2006

Team Snooker Championship - Geet Sethi, Devendra Joshi & B.V.S. Murthy

New Zealand

Asian Championship Titles

Billiards

1

1987

Geet Sethi

Subhash B. Agarwal - India

2

2002

Ashok Shandilya

3

2004

Devendra Joshi

Kyaw Oo - Myanmar

4

2005

Pankaj Advani

Praput Chaithanasukarn - Thailand

5

2008
Yangon, Myanmar

Pankaj Advani :: Score 5-4

Rupesh Shah - India

6

2009
Pune - India

Pankaj Advani :: Score 5-3

Peter Gilchrist - Singapore

7

2010
Indore, India

Pankaj Advani :: Score 6-5

Peter Gilchrist - Singapore

8

2011
Kish Island

Alok Kumar :: Score 6-0

Praput Chaithanasukan - Thailand

Snooker

1

1989

Yasin Merchant

Udon Khaimuk - Thailand

2

2001

Yasin Merchant

Jin Long - China

3

2004

Alok Kumar

Pankaj Advani - India

Medals received by Indian cueists during Asian Games

1998 - Bangkok (Thailand)

S. #

Event

Gold

Silver

Bronze

1

Billiards - Individual

Ashok Shandilya

Geet Sethi

2

Billiards - Doubles

Geet Sethi

Ashok Shandilya

Devendra Joshi

B. Bhaskar

2002 - Bhusan (South Korea)

1

Billiards - Individual

Geet Sethi

2

Billiards - Doubles

Geet Sethi

Alok Kumar

3

Snooker - Doubles

Yasin Merchant

Rafath Habib

2006 - Doha (UAE)

1

Billiards - Individual

Pankaj Advani

Ashok Shandilya

2

Billiards - Doubles

Geet Sethi

Ashok Shandilya

3

Snooker - Team

Yasin Merchant, Rupesh Shah,
Aditya Mehta

2010 - Guangzhou (China)

1

Billiards - Individual

Pankaj Advani

2

Snooker - Team

Yasin Merchant, Aditya Mehta, Brijesh Damani

3

8Ball Pool - Individual

Alok Kumar

4

Snooker - Individual

Aditya Mehta