#List of world billiards champions full#

Mike Taboy The dynamic duo defeated the German pair of Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann in a match full of twist, turns and drama. Last May, the two were at it again, teaming up and rewarding the country with yet another title when the duo outlasted 31 other countries in the World Cup of Pool held at the SM City North Edsa.Д®fren 'Bata' Reyes whoops it up after he and partner Francisco 'Django' Bustamante won the World Cup of Pool crown. Bata, Django strike again Seeing legendary Efren вЂњBata' Reyes and Francisco вЂњDjango' Bustamante hoisting the trophy certainly provides pride and joy to the entire nation. He pounced on the German aceвЂ™s early miscues en route to winning surprisingly and becoming the first Pinoy player to rule the Predator Challenge in its nine-year of existence. Regarded as the local billiard money king, Orcullo refused to be intimidated by SouquetвЂ™s reputation as the best in the game today. The former No.1 player in the world showed his might against then reigning No.1 player Ralf Souquet of Germany, whom he defeated in the finals of the Predator 10-Ball Challenge, 8-3, in the United States. Actually, it was Dennis Orcullo who jumpstarted the FilipinosвЂ™ reign internationally. Amit would cap her impressive string of victories for the year when she accounted for two gold medals in the Southeast Asian Games in Laos, ruling the 8-Ball and 9-Ball disciplines and pocketing P600,000 on top of them. She defeated Kajitani in the semis then surprised Liu in the finals en route to capturing the title and joining the illustrious cast of Reyes (1999 World 9-Ball), Ronnie Alcano (World 9-Ball 2006, World 8-Ball 2007) and Alex Pagulayan (2003) as the countryвЂ™s world champions. But with the hometown crowd rallying behind her at every turn, Amit did the unthinkable. 1 player Jasmin Ouschan of Austria, veteran campaigner Liu Shin Mei of Chinese-Taipei, Akimi Kajitani of Japan and Yu Ram Cha of Korea. What made the victory even sweeter was that the pride of Mandaluyong City wasnвЂ™t tagged a favorite to bag the crown given the presence of womenвЂ™s world No. World champ Rubilen Amit Amit made history when he became the first Filipina to win a world championship, ruling the inaugural World WomenвЂ™s Ten Ball Championship at the SM North Edsa Annex.