ACBS English Billiards Asian Championships explained

The ACBS English Billiards Asian Championships is an English Billiards tournament first held in 1986, and then from 2002. The event is hosted by the Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports (ACBS).

Tournaments

Year	Location	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1986	Unknown	Geet Sethi^[1]	Unknown
1987–2001: Not held
2002^[2]	Bangalore	Ashok Shandilya	5:4	Pankaj Advani
2003^[3]	Rangun^[4]	Devendra Joshi	unknown	Kyaw Oo
2004	Not held
2005^[5]	Pune^[6]	Pankaj Advani	5:0	Praprut Chaithanasakun
2006^[7]	Teheran	Aung San Oo	5:0	Devendra Joshi
2007^[8]	Doha	Peter Gilchrist	5:2	Thawat Sujaritthurakarn
2008^[9]	Rangun	Pankaj Advani	5:4	Rupesh Shah
2009^[10]	Pune	Pankaj Advani	5:3	Peter Gilchrist
2010^[11]	Indore	Pankaj Advani	6:5	Peter Gilchrist
2011^[12]	Insel Kisch	Alok Kumar	6:0	Praprut Chaithanasakun
2012^[13]	Panaji	Pankaj Advani	6:3	Thailand Thawat Sujaritthurakarn
2013^[14]	Indore	Rupesh Shah	6:4	Alok Kumar
2014^[15]	Chandigarh	Sourav Kothari	6:3	Alok Kumar
2015^[16]	Peking	Dhruv Sitwala	6:3	Pankaj Advani
2016^[17]	Colombo	Dhruv Sitwala	6:2	Bhaskar Balachandra
2017^[18]	Chandigarh	Pankaj Advani	6:3	Sourav Kothari
2018^[19]	Rangun^[20]	Pankaj Advani	6:1	Bhaskar Balachandra
2019^[21]	Chandigarh	Nay Thway Oo	6:2	Praprut Chaithanasakun
2020	Not held (COVID-19-Pandemie)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Geet Sethi. TNQ Sponsorship Private Limited. 2021-08-03. en.
2. News: Shandilya crowned Asian Billiard Champion . Times of India. 2021-08-03. 2002-03-26. en.
3. Web site: For The Record 2003-2004. Global Snooker Centre. usurped . 2021-08-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20080506101354/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/History/season_record03.htm. 2008-05-06 . Global Snooker Centre . Janie Watkins. 2006. en.
4. Web site: Monday, March 17, 2003. The New Light of Myanmar. 2021-08-03. 2003-03-17. en.
5. Web site: Advani wins first major cue title. Daily News. 2021-08-03. Bernard Perera. 2005-02-28. en.
6. Web site: Shandilya beats Kothari. Rediff News. 2021-08-03. 2005-02-22. en.
7. Web site: Joshi beaten in Asian billiards final. Rediff News. 2021-08-03. 2006-05-21. en.
8. Web site: 2007 Asian Billiards Championship. Global Snooker Centre. usurped . 2021-08-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20080507061105/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2007-8/07-8-International/2007_Asian_Billiards-Championship.htm. 2008-05-07 . Global Snooker Centre . Janie Watkins. 2007. en.
9. Web site: 7th Asian Billiards Championship 2008. Cue Sports India. 2021-08-03. en.
   
   Web site: 7th Asian Billiards Championship 2008. Cue Sports India. 2021-08-03. en.
10. Web site: 8th Asian Billiards Championship 2009. Cue Sports India. 2021-08-03. en.
11. Web site: Asian Championship 2010: 9th English Billiards. Cue Sports India. 2021-08-03. en.
12. Web site: Asian Championship 2011: 10th English Billiards. Cue Sports India. 2021-08-03. en.
13. Web site: Asian Championship 2012: 11th English Billiards. Cue Sports India. 2021-08-03. en.
14. Web site: Asian Championship 2013: 12th English Billiards. Cue Sports India. 2021-08-03. en.
15. Web site: ONGC Asian Championship 2014: 13th English Billiards. Cue Sports India. 2021-08-03. en.
16. Web site: Asian Championship 2015: 14th English Billiards. Cue Sports India. 2021-08-03. en.
17. Web site: Asian Billiards Championship 2016. Cue Sports India. 2021-08-03. en.
18. Web site: 16th Asian Billiards (Men) Championship 2017. Cue Sports India. 2021-08-03. en.
19. Web site: 17th Asian Billiards (Men) Championship 2018. Cue Sports India. 2021-08-03. en.
20. Web site: Yangon to play host to top Asian cueists. Myanmar Times. Press Reader. 2021-08-03. Kyaw Zin Hlaing. 2018-03-07. en.
21. Web site: ACBS Billiards Championships 100 up - Chandigarh / India 2019. esnooker.pl. 2021-08-03. Dariusz Goral. en.