2015 Chinese Eight-ball World Championship
The 2015 CBSA World Chinese Eight-ball Championship (also known as the 2015 Chinese Pool World Championship) was a professional pool tournament that took place from 24 January to 2 February 2015. The event was held in the First High School Stadium in Yushan, Jiangxi in China. This tournament was the inaugural CBSA World Chinese Eight-ball Championship event, played under the Chinese eight-ball rules. Darren Appleton won the event, defeating Mark Selby in the final 21–19. Chinese players Liu Haitao and Chu Bingjie were third and fourth respectively. The women's competition was won by Bai Ge who defeated Zhang Xiaotong 17–13. Yu Han came in third place, with Allison Fisher in fourth place. Prize fund Results Womens References External links Chinese 8-Ball World Championship 2015 on the World Pool-Billiard Association The World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) is the international governing body for pool (pocket billiards). It was formed in 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yushan County
Yushan () is a county in the northeast of Jiangxi province, China. The county is Jiangxi's gateway to bordering Zhejiang province. It covers and the population now reaches 560,000. The climate is temperate there with abundant rainfall in the monsoon season, and has clearly differentiated summers and winters. Administration Yushan has been a county for over 1,300 years. Administratively the county is part of the prefecture-level city Shangrao. The county administers 21 townships. In the present, Yushan County has 1 subdistrict, 11 towns and 6 townships. ;1 subdistrict * Fenglin () ;11 towns ;6 townships Climate Economy Over the last fifty years, the county has harnessed its eight major rivers for power. It has three large hydropower stations with installed capacity of about 1.2 megawatts. The county is relatively a lagger in economic development. But it boasts affluent mining resources, like flagstones and limestones. Transportation Yushan is a stop on the Zhe-Gan Rail ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zheng Yubo
Zheng may refer to: *Zheng (surname), Chinese surname (鄭, 郑, ''Zhèng'') *Zheng County, former name of Zhengzhou, capital of Henan, China *Guzheng (), a Chinese zither with bridges *Qin Shi Huang (259 BC – 210 BC), emperor of the Qin Dynasty, whose name was Zheng (政) Historical regimes *Zheng (state) (806 BC–375 BC), an ancient state in China *Zheng (619–621), a state controlled by rebel leader Wang Shichong during the Sui–Tang transition *House of Koxinga (1655–1683), Ming partisans who ruled Taiwan during the early Qing See also *Cheng (other) Cheng may refer to: Chinese states * Chengjia or Cheng (25–36 AD) * Cheng Han or Cheng (304–338) * Zheng (state), or Cheng in Wade–Giles Places * Chengdu, abbreviated as Cheng * Cheng County, in Gansu, China * Cheng Township, in Malac ... * Sheng (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nikos Ekonomopoulos
Nikos Ekonomopoulos (Greek Νίκος Οικονομόπουλος ''Nikos Ikonomopoulos'', also: ''Nick Ekonomopoulos''; born 22 February 1982 in Athens) is a Greek professional pool player. Ekonomopoulos won the Junior 8-ball World Championship in 2000. Ekonomopoulos reached the final of the 2014 World Pool Masters losing to Shane Van Boening in the final 8–2. Titles * 2012 Euro Tour The Euro Tour is a series of professional pool events set around Europe, founded in 1992, and created by the European Pocket Billiard Federation. The Tour's first event was the ''Belgium Open'', held on May 29 – 31, 1992. The event was won by M ... Austria Open References External links Profile on azbilliards.com Living people 1982 births Greek pool players Sportspeople from Athens {{cue-sports-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chris Melling (pool Player)
Christopher Melling (born 27 January 1979) is an English professional pool and snooker player and former world number 1 at World Rules British Eight-Ball. He won the WEPF World Eightball Championship twice, in 2001 and 2003. He was ranked #1 in 2003 by the World Eightball Pool Federation. Melling has also twice won the International Pool Masters (2001 and 2002) and the European Professional title (2002). He was the first player to win two International Tour events back to back. His entrance by walk-on music is from the song “Wannabe” by Spice Girls. Melling is also the only cue sports player to hold professional status in English 8 ball, American pool and snooker. Career In 2001, Melling reached the last 16 of the 2001 WPA World Nine-ball Championship in Cardiff, beating Steve Davis along the way. Melling tours worldwide to pursue his 9-ball pool career. In October 2010 he won his first European 9-Ball event - the Portugal Open. On 12 June 2011 Melling was crowned Chi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Neil Robertson
Neil Robertson (born 11 February 1982) is an Australian professional snooker player who is a former world champion and former world number one. The only Australian to have won a ranking event, he is also the only player from outside the United Kingdom to have completed snooker's Triple Crown, having won the World Championship in 2010, the Masters in 2012 and 2022, and the UK Championship in 2013, 2015 and 2020. He has claimed a career total of 23 ranking titles, having won at least one professional tournament every year since 2006. A prolific break-builder, Robertson has compiled more than 850 century breaks in professional competition, including five maximum breaks. He is the fourth player in professional snooker history to reach the 800-century mark, after Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins and Judd Trump. In the 2013–14 season, he became the first player to make 100 centuries in a single season, finishing with a record 103 centuries. Life and career Early career R ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tom Ford (snooker Player)
Tom Ford (born 17 August 1983) is an English professional snooker player from the Midlands. Ford reached the final of the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic, before losing the final 2–4 to Mark Selby. He also reached the semi-final of both the 2018 UK Championship and the 2019 English Open. Ford has compiled five maximum breaks in competitive play, and over 200 breaks. Career Early years As a junior, Ford played against Mark Selby frequently. He began his professional career by playing the Challenge Tour in 2001, at the time the second-level professional tour. His first quarter-final came at the 2005 Malta Cup where he beat Ken Doherty, but eventually lost to Stephen Hendry. In the 2007 Grand Prix, he made a 147 against Steve Davis, after having just come out of hospital suffering from gastroenteritis, but still missed out on the last 16, eventually finishing 3rd in his group. He secured the high break and maximum prize, but it was not televised. In the last 32 of the 2007 Northern ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yang Fan (pool Player)
Yang Fan may refer to: * Yonfan (born 1947), Taiwanese film director and photographer * Yang Fan (speed skater), Chinese speed skater * Yang Fan (weightlifter), Chinese weightlifter * Yang Fan (footballer, born 16 January 1995), Chinese footballer * Yang Fan (footballer, born 24 January 1995), Chinese footballer * Yang Fan (footballer, born 1996) Yang Fan (; born 28 March 1996) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League side Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, on loan from Beijing Guoan. Club career Yang Fan joined China League Two side Yancheng Dingli along with Tianjin ..., Chinese footballer * Fan Yang (artist) (born 1962), Canadian bubble artist * Fan Yang (cyclist) (born 1990), Chinese track cyclist * Fan Yang (pool player), Pool player {{hndis, Yang, Fan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dang Jinhu
Dang may refer to: Music * "Dang!" (song), a 2015 song by Mac Miller from ''The Divine Feminine'' * "Dang!", a 2018 song by GreatGuys from ''Trigger'' People * Dang (surname) with origins in both Asiatic and Indo-European languages * Dang, a pseudonym of animator Dan Gordon * Dang Ngoc Long (born 1957), Vietnamese guitarist Places * Dang, Uttar Pradesh, a village Uttar Pradesh, India * Dang, Iran, a village in Fars Province, Iran * Dang (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Gujarat, India * Dang district, India, a district in Gujarat, India * Dang District, Nepal, a district in Lumbini Province, Nepal * Dang Valley, a valley in western Nepal Other * Dang, a minced oath for "damnation" * , the Communist Party of Vietnam See also * "Dang Me "Dang Me" is a song by American country music artist Roger Miller, and 1964's Grammy Award winner for Best Country & Western Song. It was Miller's first chart-topping country hit and first Top Ten pop music hit,Ruhlmann, William. [ AllMusic.com: ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Xin Shi (snooker Player)
Shi Xin (, born 13 January 1987 in Nanjing) is a retired Chinese competitor in synchronized swimming. Xin is married and has two daughters. She is currently a synchronized swimming coach for the Mad City Aqua Stars in Madison, Wisconsin. She has won a silver medal at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, 2 silvers at the 2010 FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup, and a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events .... References 花游美女史欣因伤退役 钢板美人鱼无缘伦敦 Living people Chinese synchronized swimmers 1987 births World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Sportspeople from Nanjing Synchronized swimmers from Jiangsu Artistic swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in art ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joe Perry (snooker Player)
Joe Perry (born 13 August 1974) is an English professional snooker player from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Often referred to as "the Fen Potter" and also nicknamed "the Gentleman", Perry climbed the rankings steadily after turning professional in 1992 and reached the Top 16 for the first time in 2002. His first ranking final came at the 2001 European Open and he had to wait another 13 years for a second which came at the 2014 Wuxi Classic. Perry won his first ranking title at the 2015 Players Championship Grand Final, at the age of 40 and in his 23rd season as a professional. He also won the minor-ranking 2013 Yixing Open and 2015 Xuzhou Open. Perry reached the final of a Triple Crown tournament for the first time at the Masters in 2017, losing 7–10 to Ronnie O'Sullivan. Perry previously reached the UK Championship semi-finals in 2004 and 2005, and the semi-finals of the World Championship in 2008. Perry claimed his second ranking title at the 2022 Welsh Open by defeati ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |