2008 World Professional Billiards Championship

November 2019 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.http://www.worldsnooker.com/news_tournaments-19431.htm Russell Aiming For Cloud Nine 2008-07-27 2008-06-11 World Snooker https://web.archive.org/web/20080804122858/http://www.worldsnooker.com/news_tournaments-19431.htm 2008-08-04 live 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 Cue Sports India: Group Round http://cuesportsindia.com/global/2008/wpb/wpbGR.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100914105021/http://cuesportsindia.com/global/2008/wpb/wpbGR.htm 2010-09-14 live 2009-08-24 Group A PlayerScorePlayerScoreEngland Mike Russell1,068Austria Michael Kreuziger147India Devendra Joshi720England Gary Rogers253England Mike Russell980England Gary Rogers207India Devendra Joshi809Austria Michael Kreuziger241England Gary Rogers301Austria Michael Kreuziger370England Mike Russell741India Devendra Joshi501 RankPlayerPWLFA1England Mike Russell3302,7898852India Devendra Joshi3212,0301,2353Austria Michael Kreuziger3127882,1784England Gary Rogers3037612,070 Group B PlayerScorePlayerScoreEngland David Causier918India Sourav Kothari308India Dhruv Sitwala378India Sourav Kothari561England David Causier858India Dhruv Sitwala533England Paul Bennett483India Dhruv Sitwala534England Paul Bennett488India Sourav Kothari541England David Causier706England Paul Bennett583 RankPlayerPWLFA1England David Causier3302,4821,4182India Saurav Kothari3211,4041,7843India Dhruv Sitwala3121,4451,9024England Paul Bennett3031,5541,781 Group C PlayerScorePlayerScoreIndia Geet Sethi671India Rupesh Shah459Singapore Peter Gilchrist945India Alok Kumar447India Geet Sethi887India Alok Kumar506Singapore Peter Gilchrist615India Rupesh Shah433India Alok Kumar533India Rupesh Shah744India Geet Sethi628Singapore Peter Gilchrist749 RankPlayerPWLFA1Singapore Peter Gilchrist3302,3091,5082India Geet Sethi3212,1861,7143India Rupesh Shah3121,6361,8194India Alok Kumar3031,4862,576 Group D PlayerScorePlayerScoreIndia Pankaj Advani742England Ian Williamson308England Ian Williamson607England Mark Hirst154India Pankaj Advani806England Mark Hirst472England Chris Shutt833England Mark Hirst392England Chris Shutt976England Ian Williamson405England Chris Shutt731India Pankaj Advani750 RankPlayerPWLFA1India Pankaj Advani3302,2581,5112England Chris Shutt3212,5401,5473England Ian Williamson3121,3201,8724England Mark Hirst3031,0182,246 Knock-out round Cue Sports India: Knock-out Round http://cuesportsindia.com/global/2008/wpb/wpbKO.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100914105035/http://cuesportsindia.com/global/2008/wpb/wpbKO.htm 2010-09-14 live 2009-08-24 Quarterfinals2½ hours Semifinals4 hours Final5 hours England Mike Russell 838 India Saurav Kothari 526 England David Causier 1,547 India Devendra Joshi 358 Singapore Peter Gilchrist 647 England Chris Shutt 965 India Pankaj Advani 713 India Geet Sethi 960 England Mike Russell 1,788 England David Causier 1,149 England Chris Shutt 1,293 India Geet Sethi 1,426 England Mike Russell 1,821 India Geet Sethi 1,342 References External links Cue Sports India: Break Board Cue Sports India: Snapshots 2008 World Professional Billiards Championship World Professional Billiards Championship Category:Sports competitions in Leeds Category:July 2008 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:Cue sports in England Category:International sports competitions hosted by England Category:2000s in Leeds