Cue sports at the 1998 Asian Games explained

Event:Cue sports
Games:1998 Asian Games
Venue:Land Sports Complex
Dates:6–19 December 1998
Competitors:123
Nations:21
Next:2002

Cue sports was contested at the Asian Games for the first time at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand between 6 and 19 December 1998. The competition took place at the Land Sports Complex. The competition included only men's events.[1]

There were ten events at the competition, Carom billiards, English billiards, Pool and Snooker.

Medalists

Three-cushion singles
English billiards singles
English billiards doubles

Geet Sethi
Ashok Shandilya

Praprut Chaithanasakun
Mongkhon Kanfaklang

Devendra Joshi
Balachandra Bhaskar
Eight-ball singles
Eight-ball doubles

Lai Chia-hsiung
Chang Hao-ping

Yang Ching-shun
Chao Fong-pang

Kunihiko Takahashi
Satoshi Kawabata
Nine-ball singles
Nine-ball doubles

Gandy Valle
Romeo Villanueva

Lai Chia-hsiung
Chang Hao-ping

Anan Terananon
Worawit Suriyasriwan
Snooker singles
Snooker doubles

Sam Chong
Ooi Chin Kay

Phaitoon Phonbun
Noppadon Noppachorn

Shokat Ali
Saleh Mohammad
Snooker team
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Chan Kwok Ming
Chan Wai Tat
Marco Fu

Wattana Pu-ob-orm
Phaitoon Phonbun
Chuchart Trirattanapradit
Noppadon Noppachorn
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Shokat Ali
Farhan Mirza
Saleh Mohammad

Participating nations

A total of 123 athletes from 21 nations competed in cue sports at the 1998 Asian Games:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results of the cue sports events at the 1998 Asian Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20050803081017/http://www.sadec.com/Asiad98/event7.html. dead. 3 August 2005. sadec.com. 19 October 2013.