# Cue sports at the Asian Games

Cue sports events were contested at the Asian Games starting from the 1998 Games in Bangkok.

## Editions

| Games | Year | Host city | Host country | Best nation |
| XIII | 1998 | Bangkok | Thailand | Chinese Taipei |
| XIV | 2002 | Busan | South Korea | Chinese Taipei Thailand |
| XV | 2006 | Doha | Qatar | China |
| XVI | 2010 | Guangzhou | China | China |

## Events

| Event | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | Years |
| Carom billiards ||||||
| Men's three-cushion singles | X | X | X | X | 4 |
| Men's straight rail singles | | X | | | 1 |
| English billiards ||||||
| Men's English billiards singles | X | X | X | X | 4 |
| Men's English billiards doubles | X | X | X | | 3 |
| Pool ||||||
| Men's eight-ball singles | X | X | X | X | 4 |
| Men's eight-ball doubles | X | | | | 1 |
| Men's nine-ball singles | X | X | X | X | 4 |
| Men's nine-ball doubles | X | X | | | 2 |
| Women's eight-ball singles | | | X | X | 2 |
| Women's nine-ball singles | | | X | X | 2 |
| Snooker ||||||
| Men's snooker singles | X | X | X | X | 4 |
| Men's snooker doubles | X | X | X | | 3 |
| Men's snooker team | X | X | X | X | 4 |
| Women's six-red snooker singles | | | | X | 1 |
| Women's six-red snooker team | | | | X | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | India (IND) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Philippines (PHI) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Thailand (THA) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Vietnam (VIE) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Pakistan (PAK) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 12 | Myanmar (MYA) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Singapore (SGP) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 40 | 40 | 50 | 130 |

## Participating nations

| Nation | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | Years |
| Afghanistan | | | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Bahrain | | | 13 | | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Brunei | 3 | 6 | | 1 | 3 |
| Cambodia | | 2 | 2 | | 2 |
| China | 6 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| Chinese Taipei | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| India | 14 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 4 |
| Indonesia | | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Iran | | | | 3 | 1 |
| Iraq | | | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Japan | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Jordan | | | 5 | | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Kuwait | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 |
| Kyrgyzstan | | | | 2 | 1 |
| Lebanon | | | | 2 | 1 |
| Macau | 2 | 5 | 3 | | 3 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Maldives | | | | 6 | 1 |
| Mongolia | 4 | | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| Myanmar | | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
| Philippines | 8 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 4 |
| Qatar | | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | | | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| Singapore | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
| South Korea | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 3 |
| Syria | | | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Thailand | 16 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Uzbekistan | 5 | | | | 1 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
| Number of nations | 21 | 21 | 28 | 28 | |
| Number of athletes | 123 | 132 | 196 | 191 | |