The 2007 World Professional Billiards Championship

World Professional Billiards Championship

The World Billiards Championship is an international cue sports tournament in the discipline of English billiards. It has been played annually since 1980, is one of the oldest sporting World Championships in the world, dating in earnest to the mid-19th century...

, the top international professional competition in English billiards

English billiards

English billiards, called simply billiards in many former British colonies and in Great Britain where it originated, is a hybrid form of carom and pocket billiards played on a billiard table. Billiards is less well known as "the English game", "the all-in game" and "the common game".The game is for...

, was held at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds

Leeds

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, England

England

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, between Wednesday, 18 July and Saturday 22 July 2007. The 16 players were divided into four groups of four, with the top two in each group advancing into the knock-out round.

Mike Russell won his eighth World Professional Billiards Championship

World Professional Billiards Championship

The World Billiards Championship is an international cue sports tournament in the discipline of English billiards. It has been played annually since 1980, is one of the oldest sporting World Championships in the world, dating in earnest to the mid-19th century...

 title, by defeating Chris Shutt 2166–1710 in the final.

Prize fund

• Winner: £
  Pound sterling
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  6,000
• Runner-up: £2,750
• Semi-final: £1,500
• Quarter-final: £750
• Group losers: £400

• Highest break: £350

• Total: £18,300

Group A

Player	Score	Player	Score
Geet Sethi Geet Sethi Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two...	724	Sourav Kothari	206
Mike Russell	753	Ian Williamson	294
Geet Sethi Geet Sethi Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two...	444	Ian Williamson	379
Mike Russell	1197	Sourav Kothari	226
Sourav Kothari	572	Ian Williamson	341
Mike Russell	1192	Geet Sethi Geet Sethi Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two...	236

Rank	Player	P	W	L	F	A
1	Mike Russell	3	3	0	3142	756
2	Geet Sethi Geet Sethi Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two...	3	2	1	1404	1777
3	Sourav Kothari	3	1	2	1004	2262
4	Ian Williamson	3	0	3	1014	1769

Group B

Player	Score	Player	Score
Peter Gilchrist	769	Micheal Kreuziger	244
Dhruv Sitwala	618	Devendra Joshi	455
Peter Gilchrist	757	Dhruv Sitwala	387
Devendra Joshi	1111	Micheal Kreuziger	269
Peter Gilchrist	678	Devendra Joshi	820
Micheal Kreuziger	208	Dhruv Sitwala	763

Rank	Player	P	W	L	F	A
1	Devendra Joshi	3	2	1	2386	1565
2	Peter Gilchrist	3	2	1	2204	1451
3	Dhruv Sitwala	3	2	1	1768	1420
4	Micheal Kreuziger	3	0	3	721	2643

Group C

Player	Score	Player	Score
Alok Kumar	621	Ashok Shandilya	527
Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced...	805	Paul Bennett	400
Ashok Shandilya	682	Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced...	609
Paul Bennett	590	Alok Kumar	416
Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced...	774	Alok Kumar	520
Ashok Shandilya	407	Paul Bennett	449

Rank	Player	P	W	L	F	A
1	Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced...	3	2	1	2188	1602
2	Paul Bennett	3	2	1	1439	1628
3	Ashok Shandilya	3	1	2	1616	1679
4	Alok Kumar	3	1	2	1557	1894

Group D

Player	Score	Player	Score
Chris Shutt	1076	Mark Hirst	365
David Causier	777	Steve Mifsud Steve Mifsud Steve Mifsud is a Maltese Australian professional snooker player. He was a winner of the IBSF World Amateur Championship in Cairo, Egypt in 2002, beating Tim English 11–6 in the final which enabled him to get on the main tour for the 2002/2003 season, although he later dropped off...	440
Chris Shutt	1132	Steve Mifsud Steve Mifsud Steve Mifsud is a Maltese Australian professional snooker player. He was a winner of the IBSF World Amateur Championship in Cairo, Egypt in 2002, beating Tim English 11–6 in the final which enabled him to get on the main tour for the 2002/2003 season, although he later dropped off...	550
David Causier	1058	Mark Hirst	230
Steve Mifsud Steve Mifsud Steve Mifsud is a Maltese Australian professional snooker player. He was a winner of the IBSF World Amateur Championship in Cairo, Egypt in 2002, beating Tim English 11–6 in the final which enabled him to get on the main tour for the 2002/2003 season, although he later dropped off...	626	Mark Hirst	545
Chris Shutt	786	David Causier	893

Rank	Player	P	W	L	F	A
1	David Causier	3	3	0	2728	1456
2	Chris Shutt	3	2	1	2994	1808
3	Steve Mifsud Steve Mifsud Steve Mifsud is a Maltese Australian professional snooker player. He was a winner of the IBSF World Amateur Championship in Cairo, Egypt in 2002, beating Tim English 11–6 in the final which enabled him to get on the main tour for the 2002/2003 season, although he later dropped off...	3	1	2	1616	2454
4	Mark Hirst	3	0	3	1140	2760

Knock-out round