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Yang Ching-shun
Yang Ching-shun (; 3 April 1978 – 6 December 2023) was a Taiwanese professional Pocket billiards, pool player, nicknamed "the Son of Pool". Biography Yang won the nine-ball event of the 1998 Asian Games against then World Pool champion Kunihiko Takahashi. He defended it in 2002 against Warren Kiamco. In an unsuccessful attempt to defend that title for the second time, Yang settled for third place as he was bested in the semi-finals by Jeff de Luna who then finished second to Antonio Gabica. Even though he never won a world championship in any discipline of pool as his fellow Taiwanese player Chao Fong-pang did, Yang was often regarded as a potential world champion. His best finish in the World Pool Championship is third where he reached the semi-finals in 2002. However, he was bested by Francisco Bustamante who eventually lost to Earl Strickland in the finals. When his father died while he was still a child, Yang was left to fend for himself along with his mother. He express ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang (surname)
Yang (; ) is the Transcription (linguistics), transcription of a Chinese family name. It is the list of common Chinese surnames#People's Republic, sixth most common surname in Mainland China. It is the 16th surname on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' text. The Yang clan was founded by Boqiao, son of Duke Wu of Jin in the Spring and Autumn period of the Ji (Zhou dynasty ancestral surname), Ji (姬) surname, the surname of the royal family during the Zhou dynasty ) who was enfeoffed in the Yang (state), state of Yang. History The German sociologist Wolfram Eberhard calls Yang the "Monkey Clan", citing the totemistic myth recorded in the ''Soushenji'' and ''Fayuan Zhulin'' that the Yangs living in southwestern Shu (state), Shu (modern Sichuan) were descendants of monkeys. The ''Soushenji'' "reported that in the southwest of Shu there were monkey-like animals whose names were ''jiaguo'' (猳國), ''mahua'' (馬化), or ''Monkeys in Chinese culture#Jue and Juefu, jueyuan'' (玃猿). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pocket Billiards
Pool is a series of cue sports played on a billiard table. The table has six pockets along the , into which balls are shot. "Pool billiards" is sometimes hyphenated and/or spelled with a singular "billiard". The WPA itself uses "pool-billiard" in its logo but "pool-billiards" in its legal notices. The organization compounds the words to result in an acronym of "WPA", "WPBA" having already been taken by the Women's Professional Billiards Association. Normal English grammar would not hyphenate here, and the term is actually a Germanism. A general rules booklet on pool games in general, including eight-ball, nine-ball and several others. Of the many different pool games, the most popular include: eight-ball, blackball, nine-ball, ten-ball, seven-ball, straight pool, one-pocket, and bank pool. Eight-ball is the most frequently played discipline of pool, and it is often thought of as synonymous with "pool". The generic term pocket billiards is sometimes also used, and favor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwanese Pool Players
Taiwanese may refer to: * of or related to Taiwan **Culture of Taiwan **Geography of Taiwan ** Taiwanese cuisine *Languages of Taiwan ** Formosan languages ** Taiwanese Hokkien, also known as the Taiwanese language * Taiwanese people, residents of Taiwan or people of Taiwanese descent ** Taiwanese indigenous peoples, or Formosan peoples, formerly called Taiwanese aborigines ** Han Taiwanese, Taiwanese people of full or partial ethnic Han descent *** Hoklo Taiwanese, Taiwanese people of full or partial ethnic Hoklo descent See also * * Formosan * Taiwanese language (other) Taiwanese language is a name for Taiwanese Hokkien. Taiwanese language may also refer to: * Formosan languages, languages of the indigenous and aboriginal peoples of Taiwan * Taiwanese Hakka, Hakka language in Taiwan * Taiwanese Mandarin, Standar ... * Republic of China (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Deaths
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1978 Births
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All Japan Championship (pool)
The All Japan Championship is an annual international pool tournament founded by Kazuo Fujima in 1967, with an all-around tournament with multiple disciplines, in the men's division up until 1990. In the Men's tournament the current discipline is ten-ball, however the Women's tournament is played in the discipline of nine-ball Nine-ball (sometimes written 9-ball) is a discipline of the cue sport pool. The game's origins are traceable to the 1920s in the United States. It is played on a rectangular billiard table with at each of the four corners and in the middle o .... The All Japan Championship is currently sanctioned by the JPBA (Japan Professional Pocket Billiard Association). The first 20 years only held men's competitions. It was not until the 21st competition in 1988 that the women's event was established. Most of the competition period is after the middle of November each year. This is the most famous international large-scale pool event held in Japan, and the oldest t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cue Sports At The World Games ...
Cue sports, including three-cushion billiards, nine-ball (a pool discipline) and snooker, were introduced as World Games sports for men and (in the case of nine-ball) for women also at the World Games 2001 in Akita. Medal table Medallists Three-cushion billiards Men's singles Pool (Nine-ball) Men's singles Women's singles Snooker See also * Cue sports at the Asian Games References {{Snooker tournaments Sports at the World Games World Games The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games, over the course of 11 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour
The WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour (also known as the Guinness Asian 9-Ball Tour or San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour for sponsorship reasons) was an annual series of nine-ball pool tournaments around East and Southeast Asia. The tour began in 2003, and is sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association. From 2003 to 2005, each leg had a field of 32 players and the total purse was US$50,000. In 2006, the number of players was reduced to 24 and total purse decreased to $40,000. The winner in each leg of the tour receives a cash prize and points for the ranking for the yearly WPA World Nine-ball Championship. San Miguel Beer and 188BET were the sponsor of the tournament prior to 2007, when this slot was taken over by Guinness. Format In each leg, the 24 players are divided into 8 groups having 3 players each. The players in a particular group play in round-robin where the one who's on top moves into the quarter finals. From the group stages to the quarter finals, the matchers are race to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Strickland
Earl Strickland (born June 8, 1961) is an American professional pool player who is considered one of the best nine-ball players of all time. He has won over 100 championship titles and three world titles. In 2006 he was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame. In 1996, Strickland won the largest cash prize to date winning the PCA $1,000,000 Challenge by being the first player to run 10 consecutive racks in a tournament. Career Strickland started playing pool at the age of 8. After intensive practice, he entered his first professional tournament aged 16. Strickland rose to national prominence in 1983 with a victory in Caesars Tahoe Billiard Classic defeating Steve Mizerak in the finals and winning $35,000. This was followed in 1984 by winning the McDermott Masters 9-Ball Championship. According to sources, Strickland played "like a polished gem." He was beginning to be a dominant force on the tournament trail and recognized as a future world champion. He had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Bustamante
Francisco Bustamante (born December 29, 1963) is a Filipino professional pool player from Tarlac, Central Luzon and the 2010 World Nine-ball Champion, nicknamed "Django", after the lead character of the 1966 film of the same name, 2002 AZBilliards Player of the Year interview with Bustamante and sometimes also called "Bustie", especially in the United States. Bustamante has won over 80 international titles and is considered one of the greatest pool players of all time. Early life Bustamante is the youngest of eight siblings. He picked up the nickname "Django" because his character and his appearance with a cigarette in his mouth was reminiscent of the movie character of that name. His father made a living through building toilets and planting rice, and Bustamante also worked i ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chao Fong-pang
Chao Fong-pang (; born 15 September 1967 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional pool player. Career He won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship in 1993 against Thomas Hasch of Germany. Thus, he became the first male Chinese Taipei player to win a world championship in pocket billiards. In 1995, he won the International Challenge of Champions against Japan's Takeshi Okumura, who was won the 1994 world champion in nine-ball. Three year later, he won the gold medal in the eight-ball event of the Asian Games. Chao regained the World Nine-ball Championship for the second time in 2000 by defeating Mexico's Ismael Paez, 17–6. The score was the largest winning margin ever made in a World Championship final. In 2001, Chao won the International Challenge of Champions for the second time, defeating Francisco Bustamante who won the event in 1999. He won the event for a third time in 2005 with a victory over the defending champion Thomas Engert. Titles * 2005 Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Gabica
Antonio Gabica (born October 2, 1972) is a Philippine pool player. Gabica was the runner up at the 2013 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Titles * 2008 Mandaluyong Mayor's Cup * 2007 Philippine 9-Ball Open * 2007 San Miguel Beer World 9-Ball Challenge * 2007 Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Doubles * 2006 Philippine Sportsman of the Year * 2006 Asian Games Nine-ball Singles * 2005 Southeast Asian Games Eight-ball Doubles * 2004 MotoLite Philippine 9-Ball Open References External links Profile on azbilliards.com 1972 births Filipino pool players Living people Asian Games gold medalists in cue sports Asian Games silver medalists in cue sports Cue sports players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games SEA Games medalists in cue sports SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines SEA Games bronze medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
