# Cue sports at the 2006 Asian Games

The cue sports of snooker, English billiards, and three-cushion carom for men, as well as eight-ball and nine-ball pool for both men and women, were contested at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar from December 4 to December 11. All events were held at the Al-Sadd Multi-Purpose Hall.

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary rounds | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 4th Mon | 4th Mon | 4th Mon | 5th Tue | 5th Tue | 6th Wed | 6th Wed | 7th Thu | 7th Thu | 7th Thu | 7th Thu | 8th Fri | 8th Fri | 8th Fri | 9th Sat | 9th Sat | 10th Sun | 11th Mon | 11th Mon | 11th Mon |
| Men's three-cushion singles | | | | | | | | P | P | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | F | | | | | | |
| Men's English billiards singles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's English billiards doubles | | | | | | P | ¼ | ½ | ½ | F | F | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's eight-ball singles | | | | | | | | P | P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | | | | |
| Men's nine-ball singles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F |
| Men's snooker singles | | | | | | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's snooker doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's snooker team | | | | P | ¼ | ½ | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's eight-ball singles | | | | | | | | | | | | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | | | | |
| Women's nine-ball singles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | P | P | ¼ | ½ | ½ | F |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Three-cushion singles details | Ryuji Umeda Japan | Dương Anh Vũ Vietnam | Kim Kyung-roul South Korea |
| English billiards singles details | Pankaj Advani India | Ashok Shandilya India | Peter Gilchrist Singapore |
| English billiards doubles details | Thailand Praprut Chaithanasakun Udon Khaimuk | Myanmar Aung San Oo Kyaw Oo | India Geet Sethi Ashok Shandilya |
| Eight-ball singles details | Satoshi Kawabata Japan | Antonio Gabica Philippines | Huang Kun-chang Chinese Taipei |
| Nine-ball singles details | Antonio Gabica Philippines | Jeff de Luna Philippines | Yang Ching-shun Chinese Taipei |
| Snooker singles details | Ding Junhui China | Liang Wenbo China | Atthasit Mahitthi Thailand |
| Snooker doubles details | China Ding Junhui Tian Pengfei | Hong Kong Chan Wai Ki Marco Fu | Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi Phaitoon Phonbun |
| Snooker team details | China Liang Wenbo Tian Pengfei Ding Junhui | Hong Kong Fung Kwok Wai Marco Fu Chan Wai Ki | India Aditya Mehta Yasin Merchant Rupesh Shah |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Eight-ball singles details | Lin Yuan-chun Chinese Taipei | Kim Ga-young South Korea | Pan Xiaoting China |
| Nine-ball singles details | Liu Shin-mei Chinese Taipei | Esther Kwan Malaysia | Pan Xiaoting China |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | India (IND) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Myanmar (MYA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

## Participating nations

A total of 196 athletes from 28 nations competed in cue sports at the 2006 Asian Games:
* Afghanistan (2)
* Bahrain (13)
* Bangladesh (5)
* Cambodia (2)
* China (7)
* Chinese Taipei (11)
* Hong Kong (5)
* India (17)
* Indonesia (2)
* Iraq (3)
* Japan (6)
* Jordan (5)
* Kuwait (11)
* Macau (3)
* Malaysia (7)
* Mongolia (10)
* Myanmar (3)
* Pakistan (12)
* Philippines (9)
* Qatar (10)
* Saudi Arabia (4)
* Singapore (9)
* South Korea (10)
* Sri Lanka (5)
* Syria (2)
* Thailand (11)
* United Arab Emirates (3)
* Vietnam (9)