Cue sports at the 2006 Asian Games

The cue sports of snooker, English billiards, and three-cushion carom for men, as well as eight-ball and nine-ball pool for both men and women, were contested at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar from December 4 to December 11. All events were held at the Al-Sadd Multi-Purpose Hall.

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Three-cushion singles
 Ryuji Umeda
Japan (JPN)
 Dương Anh Vũ
Vietnam (VIE)
 Kim Kyung-roul
South Korea (KOR)
English billiards singles
 Pankaj Advani
India (IND)
 Ashok Shandilya
India (IND)
 Peter Gilchrist
Singapore (SIN)
English billiards doubles
 Thailand (THA)
Praprut Chaithanasakun
Udon Khaimuk
 Myanmar (MYA)
Aung San Oo
Kyaw Oo
 India (IND)
Geet Sethi
Ashok Shandilya
Eight-ball singles
 Satoshi Kawabata
Japan (JPN)
 Antonio Gabica
Philippines (PHI)
 Huang Kun-chang
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Nine-ball singles
 Antonio Gabica
Philippines (PHI)
 Jeff de Luna
Philippines (PHI)
 Yang Ching-shun
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Snooker singles
 Ding Junhui
China (CHN)
 Liang Wenbo
China (CHN)
 Atthasit Mahitthi
Thailand (THA)
Snooker doubles
 China (CHN)
Ding Junhui
Tian Pengfei
 Hong Kong (HKG)
Chan Wai Ki
Marco Fu
 Thailand (THA)
Atthasit Mahitthi
Phaithoon Phonbun
Snooker team
 China (CHN)
Liang Wenbo
Tian Pengfei
Ding Junhui
 Hong Kong (HKG)
Fung Kwok Wai
Marco Fu
Chan Wai Ki
 India (IND)
Aditya Mehta
Yasin Merchant
Rupesh Shah

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Eight-ball singles
 Lin Yuan-chun
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
 Kim Ga-young
South Korea (KOR)
 Pan Xiaoting
China (CHN)
Nine-ball singles
 Liu Shin-mei
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
 Esther Kwan
Malaysia (MAS)
 Pan Xiaoting
China (CHN)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China (CHN) 3 1 2 6
2 Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2 0 2 4
3 Japan (JPN) 2 0 0 2
4 Philippines (PHI) 1 2 0 3
5 India (IND) 1 1 2 4
6 Thailand (THA) 1 0 2 3
7 Hong Kong (HKG) 0 2 0 2
8 South Korea (KOR) 0 1 1 2
9 Malaysia (MAS) 0 1 0 1
 Myanmar (MYA) 0 1 0 1
 Vietnam (VIE) 0 1 0 1
12 Singapore (SIN) 0 0 1 1
Total 10 10 10 30

Participating nations

A total of 196 athletes from 28 nations competed in cue sports at the 2006 Asian Games:[1]

References

  1. "15th Asian Games – Cue Sports – Entry List by NOC". doha-2006.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

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