Charlie Williams (born January 5, 1977, in

Seoul, South Korea Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

) is an American professional

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player. Williams represented America as a player at the

Mosconi Cup The Mosconi Cup is an annual nine-ball pool tournament contested since 1994 between teams representing Europe and the United States. Named after American pool player Willie Mosconi, the event is comparable to the Ryder Cup in golf and the We ...

5 times (

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

and

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

) and as a non-playing captain in

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

. In 2001, Williams founded the sports marketing company Dragon Promotions. At the

2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championship The WPA 10-Ball World Championship 2008 was a ten-ball, ten-ball pool tournament held from September 29 to October 5, 2008, at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. The first edition of the WPA World ...

s, Williams would reach the quarter-finals, defeating Chang Jung-Lin (9-8), and Fu Che-wei (9-5), before losing to Darren Appleton 11–5. In 2011, Williams reached the semi-finals of the Dragon 14.1 Tournament but lost to Mike Davis.

Career titles

* 2010

Derby City Classic The Derby City Classic is an annual pool convention and tournament held every January at the Caesars Southern Indiana casino in Elizabeth, Indiana, near Louisville, Kentucky. It is eight days long and offers various disciplines of competition for ...

14.1 Challenge * 2008 Lucasi 10-Ball * 2008 Quezon City Invasion * 2007 Korea Pro Tour Championship * 2006 JBC Japan Championship * 2006 Seminole Florida Pro Tour * 2005

* 2005 Korea International Championship * 2004 Florida State 9-Ball Championship * 2004

* 2003 Firecracker Open * 2003 UPA Big Apple 9-Ball Challenge * 2003 UPA Capitol City Classic * 2003

* 2002 BCA Open 9-Ball Championship * 2001

* 2001 Turning Stone Classic

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