| Cue sports at the 2010 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Asian Games Town Gymnasium |
| Dates | 13–20 November 2010 |
| Competitors | 191 from 28 nations |
Cue sports at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Asian Games Town Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China from November 13 to 20, 2010. [1]
| P | Preliminary rounds | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 13th Sat | 14th Sun | 15th Mon | 16th Tue | 17th Wed | 18th Thu | 19th Fri | 20th Sat | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's three-cushion singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| Men's English billiards singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| Men's eight-ball singles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||
| Men's nine-ball singles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||
| Men's snooker singles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||
| Men's snooker team | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| Women's eight-ball singles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||
| Women's nine-ball singles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||
| Women's six-red snooker singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| Women's six-red snooker team | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three-cushion singles | Tsuyoshi Suzuki  Japan | Joji Kai Japan | Lý Thế Vinh  Vietnam |
| Dương Anh Vũ Vietnam | |||
| English billiards singles | Pankaj Advani  India | Nay Thway Oo  Myanmar | Kyaw Oo Myanmar |
Peter Gilchrist  Singapore | |||
| Eight-ball singles | Kuo Po-cheng  Chinese Taipei | Ibrahim Amir  Malaysia | Irsal Nasution  Indonesia |
| Alok Kumar India | |||
| Nine-ball singles | Dennis Orcollo  Philippines | Warren Kiamco Philippines | Jeong Young-hwa  South Korea |
| Ko Pin-yi Chinese Taipei | |||
| Snooker singles | Marco Fu  Hong Kong | Ding Junhui  China | Dechawat Poomjaeng  Thailand |
| Aditya Mehta India | |||
| Snooker team |  China Ding Junhui Liang Wenbo Tian Pengfei |  India Brijesh Damani Aditya Mehta Yasin Merchant |  Thailand Noppadon Noppachorn Ratchapol Pu-ob-orm Thepchaiya Un-nooh |
 Pakistan Shahram Changezi Imran Shahzad Sohail Shahzad |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eight-ball singles | Liu Shasha China | Kim Ga-young South Korea | Chang Shu-han Chinese Taipei |
| Chou Chieh-yu Chinese Taipei | |||
| Nine-ball singles | Pan Xiaoting China | Chou Chieh-yu Chinese Taipei | Lin Yuan-chun Chinese Taipei |
| Fu Xiaofang China | |||
| Six-red snooker singles | Chen Siming China | Lai Hui-shan Chinese Taipei | Ng On Yee Hong Kong |
| Bi Zhuqing China | |||
| Six-red snooker team |  Hong Kong Jaique Ip Ng On Yee So Man Yan | China Bi Zhuqing Chen Siming Chen Xue |  Chinese Taipei Chan Ya-ting Lai Hui-shan Liu Shin-mei |
| Thailand Suweenut Maungin Nicha Pathomekmongkhon Maliwan Sangklar |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | India (IND) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 |  Myanmar (MYA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | |
A total of 191 athletes from 28 nations competed in cue sports at the 2010 Asian Games:
Afghanistan (4)
Athletes from Kuwait (10)
Bangladesh (3)
Brunei (1) China (13) Chinese Taipei (11) Hong Kong (8) India (17) Indonesia (2)
Iran (3)
Iraq (3) Japan (6)
Kyrgyzstan (2)
Lebanon (2) Malaysia (7)
Maldives (6)
Mongolia (10) Myanmar (2) Pakistan (5) Philippines (14)
Qatar (6)
Saudi Arabia (11) Singapore (6) South Korea (11)
Syria (3) Thailand (14)
United Arab Emirates (3) Vietnam (8)
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