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At 2008 IBSF World Billiards Championship, Banglore, India (Time Format)

Another all Indian show as only 2 foreigners managed to enter in quarters ... Due to draw Pankaj and Geet faced eachother in semis and again Pankaj showed his upperhand over Geet this time in time format ... Devendra Joshi having great World Championship ... He reached semifinal as an qualifier in points format, but in time format he is in the final challenging Pankaj.

Semi Finals -
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Geet Sethi (IND) 1269 - 1003
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Rupesh Shah (IND) 1228 - 820

Quarter Finals -
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Thawat Sujaritthurakarn (THA) 1756 - 783
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Sourav Kothari (IND) 1356 - 1293

Rupesh Shah (IND) bt Peter Gilchrist (SIN) 1182 - 966
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Dhruv Sitwala (IND) 1108 - 1102

Round of 16 -
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Suriya Suwnnasingh (THA) 1892 - 727
Thawat Sujaritthurakarn (THA) bt B. Bhaskar (IND) 958 - 832
Sourav Kothari (IND) bt Thanh Binh Nguyen (VIE) 1371 - 1086
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Shyam Jagtiani (IND) 2036 - 869

Peter Gilchrist (SIN) bt Thanh Long Nguyen (VIE) 1660 - 767
Rupesh Shah (IND) bt Prem Prakash (IND) 1879 - 792
Dhruv Sitwala (IND) bt Praput Chaithanaskum (THA) 1023 - 864
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Aidan Murray (IRL) 1485 - 717

Group A
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Sabdeen Mohammed (SRI) 1483 - 655
Sabdeen Mohammed (SRI) bt Michael Wright (E-BOS) 670 - 582
Prem Prakash (IND) bt Sabdeen Mohammed (SRI) 1589 - 561
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Michael Wright (E-BOS) 1816 - 377
Prem Prakash (IND) bt Michael Wright (E-BOS) 1527 - 528
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Prem Prakash (IND) 1735 - 703

Group B
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Thawat Sujaritthurakarn (THA) 1171 - 556
Boon Aun Keith (SIN) bt Darren Taylor (NZL) 633 - 598
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Boon Aun Keith (SIN) 2191 - 254
Thawat Sujaritthurakarn (THA) bt Darren Taylor (NZL) 1259 - 385
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Darren Taylor (NZL) 1477 - 332
Thawat Sujaritthurakarn (THA) bt Boon Aun Keith (SIN) 1380 - 332

Group C
Calum Hossack (SCO) bt Philip Mumford (ENG) W/O
Sourav Kothari (IND) bt Thanh Long Nguyen (VIE) 1231 - 427
Sourav Kothari (IND) bt Calum Hossack (SCO) 1424 - 320
Thanh Long Nguyen (VIE) bt Philip Mumford (ENG) 988 - 540
Thanh Long Nguyen (VIE) bt Calum Hossack (SCO) 1117 - 252
Sourav Kothari (IND) bt Philip Mumford (ENG) 1113 - 432

Group D
Dhruv Sitwala (IND) bt Mohammed Aslam (SRI) 1312 - 505
Thanh Binh Nguyen (VIE) bt Larry Drennan (IRL) 852 - 602
Larry Drennan (IRL) bt Mohammed Aslam (SRI) 781 - 485
Dhruv Sitwala (IND) bt Thanh Binh Nguyen (VIE) 1025 - 647
Dhruv Sitwala (IND) bt Larry Drennan (IRL) 1196 - 444
Thanh Binh Nguyen (VIE) bt Mohammed Aslam (SRI) 1019 - 638

Group E
Peter Gilchrist (SIN) bt Shyam Jagtiani (IND) 1007 - 735
Shyam Jagtiani (IND) bt Raghoo Sinha (IND) 1040 - 537
Mohammed Asim (IND) bt Raghoo Sinha (IND) 812 - 698
Peter Gilchrist (SIN) bt Mohammed Asim (IND) 2089 - 429
Peter Gilchrist (SIN) bt Raghoo Sinha (IND) 1834 - 368
Shyam Jagtiani (IND) bt Mohammed Asim (IND) 765 - 624

Group F
Praput Chaithanaskum (THA) bt Brijesh Damani (IND) 1015 - 497
B. Bhaskar (IND) bt Gary Oliver (NZL) 1236 - 440
B. Bhaskar (IND) bt Brijesh Damani (IND) 867 - 697
Praput Chaithanaskum (THA) bt Gary Oliver (NZL) 1115 - 444
Brijesh Damani (IND) bt Gary Oliver (NZL) 1002 - 759
B. Bhaskar (IND) bt Praput Chaithanaskum (THA) 856 - 674

Group G
Suriya Suwnnasingh (THA) bt Wayne Carey (NZL) 782 - 431
Rupesh Shah (IND) bt Arvind Savur (IND) 1031 - 637
Rupesh Shah (IND) bt Wayne Carey (NZL) 1247 - 454
Suriya Suwnnasingh (THA) bt Arvind Savur (IND) 815 - 512
Arvind Savur (IND) bt Wayne Carey (NZL) 823 - 623
Rupesh Shah (IND) bt Suriya Suwnnasingh (THA) 1299 - 462

Group H
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Gary Norman (E-BOS) 1544 - 362
Aidan Murray (IRL) bt Teik Chon Alan Puan (SIN) 538 - 426
Aidan Murray (IRL) bt Gary Norman (E-BOS) 628 - 369
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Teik Chon Alan Puan (SIN) 2102 - 159
Teik Chon Alan Puan (SIN) bt Gary Norman (E-BOS) 957 - 301
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Aidan Murray (IRL) 1939 - 167