Billiards World Champion (Men)

YEAR

INDIAN WORLD TITLE WINNER

PLAYED AGAINST

1

1958

Calcutta, India

Wilson Jones :: Score Round-Robin

Leslie Driffield - England)

2

1964

Pukehohe, New Zealand

Wilson Jones :: Score Round-Robin

Jack Karnehm - England)

3

1977

Melbourne, Australia

(Time Format) - Michael Ferreira :: Score 2683-2564

Bob Close - England

4

1981

New Delhi, India

(Time Format) - Michael Ferreira :: Score 2725-2631

Norman Dagley - England

5

1983

Malta

(Time Format) - Michael Ferreira :: Score 3933-2744

Subhash Agrawal - India

6

1985
New Delhi, India

(Time Format) - Geet Sethi :: Score 3809-2453

Robart (Bob) Marshall - Australia

7

1987

Belfast, Northern Ireland

(Time Format) - Geet Sethi :: Score 4846-3256

Joe Grech - Malta

8

1990
Bangalore, India

(Time Format) - Manoj Kothari :: Score 2890-2422

Ashok Shandilya - India

9

1992

England

(Time Format) - Geet Sethi :: Score 2529-718

Mike Russell - England

10

1993

England

(Time Format) - Geet Sethi :: Score 2139-1140

Mike Russell - England

11

1995

England

(Time Format) - Geet Sethi :: Score 1661-931

Devendra Joshi - India

12

1998

England

(Time Format) - Geet Sethi :: Score 1400-1015

Mike Russell - England

13

2001

Christchurch, New Zealand

(Time Format) - Geet Sethi :: Score 3484-1289

Ashok Shandilya - India

14

2002

Australia

(50-Up Point  Format)- Ashok Shandilya :: Score 11-9

Praput C. - Thailand

15

2005
Malta

(Time Format) - Pankaj Advani

Geet Sethi - India

16

2005
Malta

(Point  Format) - Pankaj Advani

Devendra Joshi - India

17

2006
Leeds

(Time Format) - Geet Sethi - India :: Score 2073-1057

Lee Lagan - England

18

2007
Myanmar

(Point  Format) - Rupesh Shah :: Score 6-4

Ashok Shandilya - India

19

2007
Myanmar

(Time Format) - Pankaj Advani :: Score 1963 - 1489

Dhruv Sitwala - India

20

2008
Bangalore, India

(Point  Format) - Pankaj Advani :: Score 6-1

Geet Sethi - India

21

2008
Bangalore, India

(Time Format) - Pankaj Advani :: Score 2368 - 2020

Devendra Joshi - India

22

2009
Leeds, , England

(Time Format) - Pankaj Advani :: Score 2030 - 1253

Mike Russell - England

23

2012
Leeds, , England

(Point  Format) - Rupesh Shah :: Score 6-2

Matthew Bolton - Australia

24

2012
Leeds, England

(Time Format) - Pankaj Advani :: Score 1895 - 1216

Mike Russell - England

25

2014
Glasgow, Scotland

Team Billiards - Ashok Shandilya, Devendra Joshi, Pankaj Advani and Rupesh Shah :: Score 5-4

Team India A

26

2014
Leeds, England

(Point  Format) - Pankaj Advani :: Score 6-2

Peter Gilchrist - Singapore

27

2014
Leeds, England

(Time Format) - Pankaj Advani :: Score 1928 - 893

Robert Hall - England

28

2015
Adelaide, Australia

(Time Format) - Pankaj Advani :: Score 2408 - 1240

Peter Gilchrist - Singapore

29

2016
Bengaluru, India

(Point Format) - Pankaj Advani :: Score 6-3

Peter Gilchrist - Singapore

30

2017
Doha, Qatar

(Point Format) - Pankaj Advani :: Score 6-2

Mike Russell - England

31

2018
Yangon, Myanmar

(Point Format) - Pankaj Advani :: Score 6-2

Nay Thway - Myanmar

32

2018
Yangon, Myanmar

(Long Up) - Pankaj Advani :: Score 1500-299

B. Bhaskar - India

33

2019
Mandalay, Myanmar

(Point Format) - Pankaj Advani :: Score 6-0

Nay Thway - Myanmar

Billiards World Champion (Women)

1

2005

Anuja Thakur

Lynette Horsburgh - England

2

2006
Leeds, England

Chitra Magimairaj

Emma Bonney - England

3

2007
Leeds, England

Chitra Magimairaj

Emma Bonney - England

4

2012
Leeds, England

R.Umadevi

Emma Bonney - England

5

2015
Adelaide, Australia

Arantxa Sanchis :: 414 - 255

R.Umadevi - India

Billiards World Champion (Junior)

1

2015
Adelaide, Australia

S. Shrikrishna :: 731 - 525

Ishpreet Chadha - India

Snooker World Champion (Men / Masters / 6Reds)

1

1984
Dublin, Ireland

(15 RED) O.B. Agarwal

Terry Parsons - Wales

2

2003
China

(15 RED) Pankaj Advani

Saleh Mohammed - Pakistan

3

2006
San Jose, USA

(TEAM MASTERS) Geet Sethi, Devendra Joshi & B.V.S. Murthy

Team New Zealand

4

2014
Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt

(6 RED) Pankaj Advani :: Score 6-1

Kacper Filipiak - Poland

5

2015
Karachi, Pakistan

(6RED) Pankaj Advani :: Score 6-2

Yan Bingtao - China

6

2015
Hurghada, Egypt

(15 RED) Pankaj Advani :: Score 8-6

Zhao Xintong - China

7

2016
Doha, Qatar

(MASTERS) - Dharminder Lilly :: Score 6-2

Elfed Evans  - Wales

8

2017
Doha, Qatar

(15 RED) Pankaj Advani :: Score 8-2

Amir Sarkhosh - Iran

9

2018
Doha, Qatar

(World Cup Team) Pankaj Advani / Manan Chandra :: Score 3-2

Team Pakistan - Babar Masih / Md. Asif

10

2019
Mandalay, Myanmar

(6 RED) Laxman Rawat :: Score 6-5

Muhammad Asif - Pakistan

11

2019
Mandalay, Myanmar

(15 RED TEAM ) Pankaj Advani / Aditya Mehta :: Score 4-2

Team Thailand - Pongsakorn Chongjairak / Poramin Danjirakul

12

2021
Doha, Qatar

(6Reds World Cup) Pankaj Advani :: Score 7-5

Babar Masih - Pakistan

Snooker World Champion (Women)

1

2013
Carlow, Ireland

Team - Vidya Pillai & Arantxa Sanchis :: Score 3-2

Team Hong Kong

2

2014
Leeds, UK

Masters - Chitra M. :: Score 3-0

Alena Asmolova

3

2017
St.Peterseburg, Russia

Under-16 - Anupama Ramachandran :: Score 3-1

Keethaana Pandian - India

4

2018
St.Peterseburg, Russia

Under-16 - Keethaana Pandian :: Score 3-1

Albina Leschuk - Belarus

Asian Championship Titles

Billiards

1

1987
New Delhi, India

Geet Sethi

Subhash B. Agarwal - India

2

2002
Bangalore, India

Ashok Shandilya

3

2004
Myanmar

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

9

2012
Goa, India

Pankaj Advani :: Score 6-3

Thawat Sujaritthuarkarn - Thailand

10

2013
Indore, India

Rupesh Shah :: Score 6-4

Alok Kumar - India

11

2014
Chandigarh, India

Sourav Kothari :: Score 6-4

Alok Kumar - India

12

2015
Beijing, China

Dhruv Sitwala :: Score 6-3

Pankaj Advani - India

13

2016
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dhruv Sitwala :: Score 6-2

B. Bhaskar - India

14

2017
Chandigarh, India

Pankaj Advani :: Score 6-3

Sourav Kothari - India

15

2018
Yangon, Myanmar

Pankaj Advani :: Score 6-3

B. Bhaskar - India

Snooker, Team & 6Reds

1

Snooker 1989
New Delhi, India

(15 RED) Yasin Merchant

Udon Khaimuk - Thailand

2

Snooker 2001
Karachi, Pakistan

(15 RED) Yasin Merchant

Jin Long - China

3

Snooker 2004
Jordan

(15 RED) Alok Kumar

Pankaj Advani - India

4

Snooker 2012
Doha, Qatar

(15 RED) Aditya Mehta :: Score 7-5

Pankaj Advani - India

5

Snooker 2013
Karachi, Pakistan

(15 RED) Team Snooker Championship - Alok Kumar, Manan Chandra & Brijesh Damani :: Score 3-0

Team Iran

6

Snooker 2014
Karachi, Pakistan

(15 RED) Team Snooker Championship - Kamal Chawla, Dharminder Lilly & Faisal Khan :: Score 3-1

Team Pakistan

7

6Reds 2016
Abu Dhabi, UAE

(6 RED) Pankaj Advani :: Score 7-5

Moh Keen Hoo - Malaysia

8

Team 2017
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

(15 RED) Team Snooker Championship - Pankaj Advani, Laxman Rawat & Malkeet Singh :: Score 3-0

Team Pakistan

9

Snooker 2019
Doha, Qatar

(15 RED) Pankaj Advani :: Score 7-5

Moh Keen Hoo - Malaysia

10

Snooker 2021
Doha, Qatar

(15 RED) Pankaj Advani :: Score 6-3

Amir Sarkhosh - Iran

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