2011 World Billiards Championship

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The 2011 World Billiards Championship , the top international competition in English billiards, was held between 24 and 31 October 2011 at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England. [1] The 34 players were divided six groups of four and two of five in first group stage, with the top two in each group advancing into the second group stage. The 16 players in the second group stage were divided into four groups of 4, with the top 2 reaching the knock-out round. [2]

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Mike Russell won his 11th World Billiards Championship title after beating David Causier 1500–558 in the final. [3]

Prize fund

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First group stage

In the group stages all matches were up to 500 points. [2] [5] [6]

Group A

PlayerScorePlayerScore
Flag of England.svg Mike Russell 500 Flag of England.svg Bem French 133
Flag of England.svg Phil Mumford 500 Flag of England.svg John Hartley 366
Flag of England.svg Bem French 398 Flag of England.svg John Hartley 500
Flag of England.svg Mike Russell 500 Flag of England.svg Phil Mumford 485
Flag of England.svg Phil Mumford 500 Flag of England.svg Bem French 69
Flag of England.svg Mike Russell 500 Flag of England.svg John Hartley 88
RankPlayerPWLFA
1 Flag of England.svg Mike Russell 3301500706
2 Flag of England.svg Phil Mumford 3211485935
3 Flag of England.svg John Hartley 3129541398
4 Flag of England.svg Bem French 3036001500

Group B

PlayerScorePlayerScore
Flag of India.svg Sourav Kothari 271 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Bolton 500
Flag of England.svg Nalin Patel 500 Flag of England.svg Robert Marshall 447
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Bolton 500 Flag of England.svg Robert Marshall 249
Flag of India.svg Sourav Kothari 500 Flag of England.svg Nalin Patel 329
Flag of England.svg Nalin Patel 151 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Bolton 500
Flag of India.svg Sourav Kothari 500 Flag of England.svg Robert Marshall 235
RankPlayerPWLFA
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Bolton 3301500671
2 Flag of India.svg Sourav Kothari 32112711064
3 Flag of England.svg Nalin Patel 3129801447
4 Flag of England.svg Robert Marshall 3039311500

Group C

PlayerScorePlayerScore
Flag of India.svg Pankaj Advani 500 Flag of England.svg Chris Taylor 63
Flag of England.svg Matthew Sutton 500 Flag of England.svg Jamie Barker 146
Flag of India.svg Pankaj Advani 500 Flag of England.svg Jamie Barker 172
Flag of England.svg Chris Taylor 500 Flag of Scotland.svg Calum Hossack 274
Flag of India.svg Pankaj Advani 500 Flag of Scotland.svg Calum Hossack 71
Flag of England.svg Matthew Sutton 500 Flag of England.svg Chris Taylor 372
Flag of England.svg Jamie Barker 500 Flag of Scotland.svg Calum Hossack 392
Flag of India.svg Pankaj Advani 500 Flag of England.svg Matthew Sutton 222
Flag of England.svg Chris Taylor 500 Flag of England.svg Jamie Barker 336
Flag of England.svg Matthew Sutton 500 Flag of Scotland.svg Calum Hossack 134
RankPlayerPWLFA
1 Flag of India.svg Pankaj Advani 4402000528
2 Flag of England.svg Matthew Sutton 43117221152
3 Flag of England.svg Chris Taylor 42214351610
4 Flag of England.svg Jamie Barker 41311541892
5 Flag of Scotland.svg Calum Hossack 4048712000

Group D

PlayerScorePlayerScore
Flag of India.svg Balchandra Bhaskar 500 Flag of India.svg Ashok Shandilya 0
Flag of India.svg Geet Sethi 500 Flag of Jersey.svg Guy Heys 106
Flag of India.svg Geet Sethi 500 Flag of India.svg Ashok Shandilya 0
Flag of India.svg Balchandra Bhaskar 500 Flag of Jersey.svg Guy Heys 115
Flag of Jersey.svg Guy Heys 500 Flag of India.svg Ashok Shandilya 0
Flag of India.svg Geet Sethi 500 Flag of India.svg Balchandra Bhaskar 172
RankPlayerPWLFA
1 Flag of India.svg Geet Sethi 3301500278
2 Flag of India.svg Balchandra Bhaskar 3211172615
3 Flag of Jersey.svg Guy Heys 3127211000
4 Flag of India.svg Ashok Shandilya 30301500

Group E

PlayerScorePlayerScore
Flag of England.svg David Causier 500 Flag of India.svg Alok Kumar 266
Flag of England.svg John Murphy 500 Flag of England.svg Glen Blythman 100
Flag of India.svg Alok Kumar 500 Flag of England.svg Glen Blythman 149
Flag of England.svg David Causier 500 Flag of England.svg John Murphy 196
Flag of England.svg John Murphy 241 Flag of India.svg Alok Kumar 500
Flag of England.svg David Causier 500 Flag of England.svg Glen Blythman 0
RankPlayerPWLFA
1 Flag of England.svg David Causier 3301500462
2 Flag of India.svg Alok Kumar 3211266890
3 Flag of England.svg John Murphy 3129371100
4 Flag of England.svg Glen Blythman 3032491500

Group F

PlayerScorePlayerScore
Flag of India.svg Rupesh Shah 500 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Bolton 148
Flag of India.svg Sushrut Pandia 418 Flag of England.svg Gary Norman 500
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Bolton 500 Flag of England.svg Gary Norman 431
Flag of India.svg Rupesh Shah 500 Flag of India.svg Sushrut Pandia 45
Flag of India.svg Sushrut Pandia 202 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Bolton 500
Flag of India.svg Rupesh Shah 500 Flag of England.svg Gary Norman 181
RankPlayerPWLFA
1 Flag of India.svg Rupesh Shah 3301500374
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Bolton 32111481133
3 Flag of England.svg Gary Norman 31211121418
4 Flag of India.svg Sushrut Pandia 3036651500

Group G

PlayerScorePlayerScore
Flag of Singapore.svg Peter Gilchrist 500 Flag of England.svg Mark Hirst 106
Flag of England.svg Rob Hall 500 Flag of India.svg Manish Jain 491
Flag of Singapore.svg Peter Gilchrist 500 Flag of India.svg Manish Jain 132
Flag of England.svg Mark Hirst 500 Flag of England.svg Jason Devaney 241
Flag of England.svg Rob Hall 500 Flag of England.svg Mark Hirst 444
Flag of Singapore.svg Peter Gilchrist 500 Flag of England.svg Jason Devaney 79
Flag of India.svg Manish Jain 500 Flag of England.svg Jason Devaney 219
Flag of Singapore.svg Peter Gilchrist 500 Flag of England.svg Rob Hall 279
Flag of England.svg Rob Hall 500 Flag of England.svg Jason Devaney 151
Flag of England.svg Mark Hirst 187 Flag of India.svg Manish Jain 500
RankPlayerPWLFA
1 Flag of Singapore.svg Peter Gilchrist 4402000596
2 Flag of England.svg Rob Hall 43117791586
3 Flag of India.svg Manish Jain 42216231406
4 Flag of England.svg Mark Hirst 41312371741
5 Flag of England.svg Jason Devaney 4046902000

Group H

PlayerScorePlayerScore
Flag of England.svg Brian Watson 147 Flag of England.svg Billy Bousfield 500
Flag of India.svg Dhruv Sitwala 462 Flag of India.svg Devendra Joshi 500
Flag of India.svg Dhruv Sitwala 500 Flag of England.svg Billy Bousfield 426
Flag of England.svg Brian Watson 104 Flag of India.svg Devendra Joshi 500
Flag of India.svg Devendra Joshi 500 Flag of England.svg Billy Bousfield 182
Flag of India.svg Dhruv Sitwala 500 Flag of England.svg Brian Watson 160
RankPlayerPWLFA
1 Flag of India.svg Devendra Joshi 3301500748
2 Flag of India.svg Dhruv Sitwala 32114621086
3 Flag of England.svg Billy Bousfield 31211081147
4 Flag of England.svg Brian Watson 3034111500

Second group stage

In the group stages all matches were up to 750 points. [2] [5] [7]

Group A

PlayerScorePlayerScore
Flag of India.svg Devendra Joshi 671 Flag of England.svg Matthew Sutton 750
Flag of India.svg Geet Sethi 750 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Bolton 120
Flag of India.svg Devendra Joshi 750 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Bolton 159
Flag of India.svg Geet Sethi 611 Flag of England.svg Matthew Sutton 750
Flag of England.svg Matthew Sutton 750 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Bolton 319
Flag of India.svg Geet Sethi 220 Flag of India.svg Devendra Joshi 750
RankPlayerPWLFA
1 Flag of England.svg Matthew Sutton 33022501601
2 Flag of India.svg Devendra Joshi 32121711129
3 Flag of India.svg Geet Sethi 31215811620
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Bolton 3035982250

Group B

PlayerScorePlayerScore
Flag of England.svg Mike Russell 750 Flag of England.svg Rob Hall 49
Flag of India.svg Rupesh Shah 750 Flag of India.svg Sourav Kothari 683
Flag of England.svg Mike Russell 750 Flag of India.svg Sourav Kothari 593
Flag of India.svg Rupesh Shah 750 Flag of England.svg Rob Hall 470
Flag of England.svg Rob Hall 259 Flag of India.svg Sourav Kothari 750
Flag of India.svg Rupesh Shah 232 Flag of England.svg Mike Russell 750
RankPlayerPWLFA
1 Flag of England.svg Mike Russell 3302250874
2 Flag of India.svg Rupesh Shah 32117321903
3 Flag of India.svg Sourav Kothari 31220261759
4 Flag of England.svg Rob Hall 3037782250

Group C

PlayerScorePlayerScore
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Bolton 750 Flag of India.svg Balchandra Bhaskar 258
Flag of India.svg Pankaj Advani 750 Flag of India.svg Alok Kumar 416
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Bolton 750 Flag of India.svg Alok Kumar 415
Flag of India.svg Pankaj Advani 750 Flag of India.svg Balchandra Bhaskar 463
Flag of India.svg Balchandra Bhaskar 356 Flag of India.svg Alok Kumar 750
Flag of India.svg Pankaj Advani 750 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Bolton 154
RankPlayerPWLFA
1 Flag of India.svg Pankaj Advani 33022501033
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Bolton 32116541423
3 Flag of India.svg Alok Kumar 31215811856
4 Flag of India.svg Balchandra Bhaskar 30310772250

Group D

PlayerScorePlayerScore
Flag of England.svg David Causier 750 Flag of England.svg Phil Mumford 268
Flag of Singapore.svg Peter Gilchrist 750 Flag of India.svg Dhruv Sitwala 220
Flag of England.svg David Causier 750 Flag of India.svg Dhruv Sitwala 453
Flag of Singapore.svg Peter Gilchrist 419 Flag of England.svg Phil Mumford 750
Flag of England.svg Phil Mumford 312 Flag of India.svg Dhruv Sitwala 750
Flag of Singapore.svg Peter Gilchrist 750 Flag of England.svg David Causier 490
RankPlayerPWLFA
1 Flag of England.svg David Causier 32119901471
2 Flag of Singapore.svg Peter Gilchrist 32119191460
3 Flag of India.svg Dhruv Sitwala 31214231812
4 Flag of England.svg Phil Mumford 31213301812

Knock-out stage

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Quarter-finals
First to 1000 points
Semi-finals
First to 1250 points
Final
First to 1500 points
         
Flag of India.svg Pankaj Advani 1000
Flag of India.svg Devendra Joshi 721
Flag of India.svg Pankaj Advani 1012
Flag of England.svg Mike Russell 1250
Flag of England.svg Mike Russell 1000
Flag of Singapore.svg Peter Gilchrist 698
Flag of England.svg Mike Russell 1500
Flag of England.svg David Causier 558
Flag of England.svg David Causier 1000
Flag of India.svg Rupesh Shah 455
Flag of England.svg David Causier 1250
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Bolton 232
Flag of England.svg Matthew Sutton 482
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Bolton 1000

References

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