India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani has won 2015 IBSF World Billiards Championship (Point Format) in Adelaide, Australia. It was his overall 14th World title.
He won 2015 IBSF World title by defeating Peter Gilchrist of Singapore by 1168 points.
Advani is 14-time World Billiards and Snooker Champion. He is only player in the world to win world titles in all formats of both, Billiards and Snooker.
He is the first cueist in the world to win the Grand double three times in 2005 and 2008 respectively.
About Pankaj Advani
- Pankaj Advani is a professional player of English billiards and former professional snooker player.
- The Government of India has bestowed several awards upon Advani—Arjuna Award in 2004, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2006, and Padma Shri in 2009.
- Advani won the 2014 IBSF World 6-Red Snooker Championship, on his debut in that discipline.
- On August 14th, 2014, Advani helped win the first ever World Team Billiards Championship held in Glasgow, Scotland.