Cue sports at the World Games

Cue sports, including three-cushion billiards, nine-ball (a pool discipline) and snooker, were introduced as World Games sports for men and (in the case of nine-ball) for women also at the World Games 2001 in Akita.[1]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)54110
2 Chinese Taipei (TPE)3328
3 Spain (ESP)3003
4 China (CHN)1214
 Germany (GER)1214
 Netherlands (NED)1214
7 Belgium (BEL)1113
 Italy (ITA)1113
 Philippines (PHI)1113
10 Austria (AUT)1102
11 United States (USA)1023
12 India (IND)1001
13 South Korea (KOR)0202
14 Sweden (SWE)0101
15 Egypt (EGY)0011
 France (FRA)0011
 Iran (IRI)0011
 Japan (JPN)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
 Pakistan (PAK)0011
 Thailand (THA)0011
 Turkey (TUR)0011
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)0011
Totals (23 nations)20202060

Medallists

Three-cushion billiards

Men's singles

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Akita  Daniel Sánchez (ESP)  Dick Jaspers (NED)  Sang Chun Lee (USA) [2][3]
2005 Duisburg  Daniel Sánchez (ESP)  Dick Jaspers (NED)  Semih Saygıner (TUR) [4][5][6][7]
2009 Kaohsiung  Dick Jaspers (NED)  Torbjörn Blomdahl (SWE)  Marco Zanetti (ITA) [8][9][10]
2013 Cali  Marco Zanetti (ITA)  Eddy Merckx (BEL)  Glenn Hofman (NED) [11][12][13][14]
2017 Wrocław  Daniel Sánchez (ESP)  Marco Zanetti (ITA)  Sameh Sidhom (EGY) [15]

Nine-ball

Men's singles

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Akita  Yang Ching-shun (TPE)  Ralf Souquet (GER)  Thomas Engert (GER) [16][17]
2005 Duisburg  Chang Pei-weo (TPE)  Thorsten Hohmann (GER)  Rodney Morris (USA) [4][18][19]
2009 Kaohsiung  Ralf Souquet (GER)  Yang Ching-shun (TPE)  Stephan Cohen (FRA) [8][20]
2013 Cali  Darren Appleton (GBR)  Chang Jung-lin (TPE)  Dennis Orcollo (PHI) [21][22]
2017 Wrocław  Carlo Biado (PHI)  Jayson Shaw (GBR)  Naoyuki Oi (JPN) [15]

Women's singles

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Akita  Jeanette Lee (USA)  Karen Corr (GBR)  Chen Chun-chen (TPE) [23][24]
2005 Duisburg  Jasmin Ouschan (AUT)  Chen Chun-chen (TPE)  Line Kjörsvik (NOR) [4][25]
2009 Kaohsiung  Allison Fisher (GBR)  Jasmin Ouschan (AUT)  Lin Yuan-chun (TPE) [8][26]
2013 Cali  Chou Chieh-yu (TPE)  Kim Ga-young (KOR)  Kelly Fisher (GBR) [27][28]
2017 Wrocław  Chen Siming (CHN)  Kim Ga-young (KOR)  Han Yu (CHN) [15]

Snooker

Men's singles

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Akita  Bjorn Haneveer (BEL)  Marlon Manalo (PHI)  Shokat Ali (PAK) [29][30]
2005 Duisburg  Gerard Greene (GBR)  Ding Junhui (CHN)  Bjorn Haneveer (BEL) [4][31][32]
2009 Kaohsiung  Nigel Bond (GBR)  David Grace (GBR)  Mohammed Shehab (UAE) [8][33][34]
2013 Cali  Aditya Mehta (IND)  Liang Wenbo (CHN)  Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA) [35][36][37]

Mixed singles

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2017 Wrocław  Kyren Wilson (GBR)  Ali Carter (GBR)  Soheil Vahedi (IRI) [15]

See also

References

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  3. ↑ "3 Cushion Results (Men)". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Schedule and results for the World Games 2005". World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
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  8. 1 2 3 4 "World Games 2009". World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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  13. ↑ "3-Cushion – World Games – Cali (COL)". Kozoom.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
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  17. ↑ "Nine-Ball Pool Results (Men)". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
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