Billiards and snooker at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games

Billiards

Cue sports , also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .Historically, the umbrella term was billiards...

and snooker

Snooker

Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...

were held at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games

2009 Southeast Asian Games

The 25th Southeast Asian Games was held in Vientiane, Laos, in December 2009.This was the first time Laos had held the Southeast Asian Games...

at Convention Hall, Don Chan Palace

Don Chan Palace

Don Chan Palace is a hotel in Vientiane, Laos, established in 2004. The hotel is the tallest building in the city at 14 storeys. Legislation by the Vientiane government had attempted to ensure that the seven storey monument would remain the tallest building in the city but the hotel developers...

, Vientiane

Vientiane

-Geography:Vientiane is situated on a bend of the Mekong river, which forms the border with Thailand at this point.-Climate:Vientiane features a tropical wet and dry climate with a distinct monsoon season and a dry season. Vientiane’s dry season spans from November through March. April marks the...

, Laos

Laos

Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

Medal tally

	\|Totals	10	10	10	30
1	align=left	\| 3	1	2	6
2	align=left	\| 3	1	0	4
3	align=left	\| 2	1	2	5
4	align=left	\| 2	0	3	5
5	align=left	\| 0	3	2	5
6	align=left	\| 0	2	1	3
7	align=left	\| 0	2	0	2

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles 8-ball	Ronato Alcano Ronato Alcano Ronato Alcano , is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Ronnie Calamba" and "the Volcano".-Career history:...	Gandy Valle	Ricky Yang Ricky Yang Ricky Yang is an Indonesian professional pool player of Chinese ancestry. His nickname is "The Piranha".On Sunday, June 5, 2009, Yang made history in the world of pool by completing his magical winning streak at the 2009 Philippine Open Pool Championship with a smashing 11-4 triumph over Jeff de...
Men's singles 9-ball	Nguyen Phuc Long	Ricky Yang Ricky Yang Ricky Yang is an Indonesian professional pool player of Chinese ancestry. His nickname is "The Piranha".On Sunday, June 5, 2009, Yang made history in the world of pool by completing his magical winning streak at the 2009 Philippine Open Pool Championship with a smashing 11-4 triumph over Jeff de...	Dennis Orcollo
Men's doubles 9-ball	Do Hoang Quan and Luong Chi Dung	Muhammad Zulfikri and Ricky Yang Ricky Yang Ricky Yang is an Indonesian professional pool player of Chinese ancestry. His nickname is "The Piranha".On Sunday, June 5, 2009, Yang made history in the world of pool by completing his magical winning streak at the 2009 Philippine Open Pool Championship with a smashing 11-4 triumph over Jeff de...	Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han
Men's singles snooker Snooker Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...	Supoj Saenla Supoj Saenla Supoj Saenla is a Thai professional snooker player who lives in Chiang Mai.-Career:Saenla joined the professional tour for the first time in 2007. He earned his place on the tour by winning the biggest title of his career – the 2007 ACBS Asian Championship. He beat India’s Yasin Merchant 7–0 in...	Thor Chuan Leong	Noppadon Noppachor
Men's doubles snooker	Ang Bon Chin and Lim Chun Kiat	Thor Chuan Leong and Chee Wei Lai	Issara Kachaiwong and Phaithoon Phonbun
Men's cushion caroms Cushion caroms Cushion caroms sometimes called by its original name, the indirect game, is a carom billiards discipline generally played on a cloth-covered, 5 foot × 10 foot, pocketless table with two cue balls and a third red-colored ball...	Dang Dinh Tien	Cao Tranh Truc	Tan Kiong An
Men's singles 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...	Peter Gilchrist	Kyaw Oo	Thawat Surajitthurakarn
Men's doubles English billiards	Praput Chaithansakun and Thawat Surajitthurakarn	Kyaw Oo and Aung Htay	Peter Gilchrist and Lim Chun Kiat
Women's singles 8-ball	Rubilen Amit	Angeline M. Ticoal	Eshter S.Y. Kwan
Women's singles 9-ball	Rubilen Amit	Charlene Chai	Iris Ranola

Singles snooker
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...

Doubles snooker
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...

Single 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...

Doubles 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...

Singles cushion caroms
Cushion caroms
Cushion caroms sometimes called by its original name, the indirect game, is a carom billiards discipline generally played on a cloth-covered, 5 foot × 10 foot, pocketless table with two cue balls and a third red-colored ball...

Singles 8-ball

Singles 9-ball

Doubles 9-ball

Singles 8-ball

Singles 9-ball

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Medal tally

Medalists

Singles cushion caromsCushion caromsCushion caroms sometimes called by its original name, the indirect game, is a carom billiards discipline generally played on a cloth-covered, 5 foot × 10 foot, pocketless table with two cue balls and a third red-colored ball...

Singles 8-ball

Singles 9-ball

Doubles 9-ball

Singles 8-ball

Singles 9-ball

Singles cushion caroms
Cushion caroms
Cushion caroms sometimes called by its original name, the indirect game, is a carom billiards discipline generally played on a cloth-covered, 5 foot × 10 foot, pocketless table with two cue balls and a third red-colored ball...