# 2008 Artistic Billiards World Championship

The 2008 Artistic Billiards World Championship was held between 1 and 5 April 2008 in Schelle, Belgium.
Yaman Haci Arap won in the final 3–2 against Xavier Fonellosa.

## Qualification
### Pool A

| POS | Player | MP | MW | SW | SL | PTS. Made | PTS. Poss. | PTS | % |
| 1 | Haci Arap Yaman | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 513 | 712 | 6 | 73,076 |
| 2 | Ruud de Vos | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 512 | 937 | 4 | 62,540 |
| 3 | Tadashi Machida | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 337 | 652 | 2 | 51,687 |
| 4 | Norberto Gracia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 216 | 672 | 0 | 34,142 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Ruud de Vos | 2 | 44 | 52 | 46 | 43 | 43 | 228 | 65,517 |
| Haci Arap Yaman | 3 | 39 | 47 | 53 | 50 | 65 | 254 | 71,549 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Tadashi Machida | 3 | 28 | 22 | 37 | 87 | 44,617 |
| Norberto Gracia | 0 | 21 | 5 | 30 | 56 | 26,046 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Haci Arap Yaman | 3 | 51 | 40 | 50 | 142 | 78,453 |
| Tadashi Machida | 0 | 33 | 11 | 33 | 77 | 44,508 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Ruud de Vos | 3 | 34 | 46 | 31 | 19 | 45 | 175 | 58,724 |
| Norberto Gracia | 2 | 46 | 32 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 125 | 41,806 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Haci Arap Yaman | 3 | 30 | 37 | 50 | 117 | 70,481 |
| Norberto Gracia | 0 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 35 | 22,151 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Ruud de Vos | 3 | 21 | 12 | 43 | 56 | 51 | 183 | 70,481 |
| Tadashi Machida | 2 | 45 | 45 | 23 | 34 | 26 | 173 | 60,915 |

### Pool B

| POS | Player | MP | MW | SW | SL | PTS. Made | PTS. Poss. | PTS | % |
| 1 | Madou Touré | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 319 | 568 | 6 | 56,161 |
| 2 | Walter Bax | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 334 | 538 | 4 | 62,081 |
| 3 | Facundo Prieto | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 112 | 536 | 2 | 20895 |
| 4 | Jong Sok Kim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 92 | 544 | 0 | 16,911 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Madou Touré | 3 | 41 | 36 | 46 | 123 | 54,666 |
| Walter Bax | 0 | 39 | 25 | 41 | 105 | 48,837 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Facundo Prieto | 3 | 20 | 6 | 22 | 48 | 23,414 |
| Jong Sok Kim | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 8,372 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Madou Touré | 3 | 33 | 32 | 26 | 91 | 52,000 |
| Facundo Prieto | 0 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 32 | 18,497 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Walter Bax | 3 | 35 | 45 | 35 | 115 | 72,784 |
| Jong Sok Kim | 0 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 38 | 23,602 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Walter Bax | 3 | 41 | 40 | 33 | 114 | 69,090 |
| Facundo Prieto | 0 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 20,253 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Madou Touré | 3 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 105 | 62,500 |
| Jong Sok Kim | 0 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 36 | 21,428 |

### Pool C

| POS | Player | MP | MW | SW | SL | PTS. Made | PTS. Poss. | PTS | % |
| 1 | Thomas Ahrens | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 529 | 799 | 6 | 66,207 |
| 2 | Yavuz Öney | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 476 | 817 | 4 | 58,261 |
| 3 | Tomotaka Takahashi | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 428 | 840 | 2 | 50,952 |
| 4 | Jordi Oliver | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 441 | 873 | 0 | 50,515 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Thomas Ahrens | 3 | 46 | 16 | 25 | 51 | 50 | 188 | 57,317 |
| Jordi Oliver | 2 | 41 | 37 | 29 | 40 | 40 | 187 | 53,735 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Yavuz Öney | 3 | 28 | 21 | 25 | 37 | 41 | 152 | 47,798 |
| Tomotaka Takahashi | 2 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 51 | 37 | 154 | 44,637 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Thomas Ahrens | 3 | 58 | 50 | 58 | 166 | 91,712 |
| Yavuz Öney | 0 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 107 | 59,116 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Tomotaka Takahashi | 3 | 38 | 49 | 44 | 131 | 63,902 |
| Jordi Oliver | 0 | 21 | 29 | 40 | 90 | 43,902 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Yavuz Öney | 3 | 41 | 46 | 44 | 41 | 45 | 217 | 68,238 |
| Jordi Oliver | 2 | 13 | 60 | 38 | 46 | 7 | 164 | 51,250 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points | % |
| Thomas Ahrens | 3 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 51 | 175 | 60,344 |
| Tomotaka Takahashi | 1 | 21 | 33 | 47 | 42 | 143 | 49,310 |

### Pool D

| POS | Player | MP | MW | SW | SL | PTS. Made | PTS. Poss. | PTS | % |
| 1 | Jean Reverchon | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 386 | 532 | 6 | 72,556 |
| 2 | Jurgen Goris | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 326 | 606 | 4 | 53,795 |
| 3 | Hong Seung Lee | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 200 | 592 | 2 | 33,783 |
| 4 | Daniel Campos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 137 | 544 | 0 | 25,183 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Jean Reverchon | 3 | 53 | 44 | 49 | 146 | 77,659 |
| Jurgen Goris | 0 | 39 | 16 | 35 | 90 | 50,000 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Hong Seung Lee | 3 | 24 | 30 | 30 | 84 | 44,680 |
| Daniel Campos | 0 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 35 | 18,617 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Jean Reverchon | 3 | 54 | 39 | 37 | 130 | 73,033 |
| Hong Seung Lee | 0 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 56 | 33,333 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Jurgen Goris | 3 | 50 | 32 | 25 | 107 | 54,040 |
| Daniel Campos | 0 | 29 | 16 | 21 | 66 | 33,333 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Jean Reverchon | 3 | 35 | 41 | 34 | 110 | 66,265 |
| Daniel Campos | 0 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 36 | 22,784 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points | % |
| Jurgen Goris | 3 | 39 | 26 | 26 | 38 | 129 | 56,578 |
| Hong Seung Lee | 1 | 15 | 6 | 34 | 5 | 60 | 25,423 |

## Main tournament
### Round robin stage
#### Pool A

| POS | Player | MP | MW | SW | SL | PTS. Made | PTS. Poss. | PTS | % |
| 1 | Haci Arap Yaman | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 631 | 837 | 4 | 75,388 |
| 2 | Sander Jonen | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 538 | 798 | 4 | 67,418 |
| 3 | Jurgen Goris | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 648 | 1004 | 2 | 64541 |
| 4 | Billy Daelman | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 429 | 779 | 2 | 55,070 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Sander Jonen | 3 | 22 | 26 | 49 | 58 | 57 | 212 | 63,283 |
| Jurgen Goris | 2 | 33 | 40 | 31 | 49 | 33 | 186 | 57,943 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points | % |
| Billy Daelman | 1 | 28 | 61 | 24 | 27 | 140 | 58,091 |
| Haci Arap Yaman | 3 | 49 | 51 | 50 | 50 | 200 | 83,333 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points | % |
| Sander Jonen | 1 | 42 | 56 | 51 | 25 | 174 | 66,159 |
| Haci Arap Yaman | 3 | 55 | 49 | 53 | 52 | 209 | 76,556 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Jurgen Goris | 2 | 35 | 39 | 50 | 47 | 28 | 199 | 57,183 |
| Billy Daelman | 3 | 10 | 49 | 58 | 32 | 37 | 186 | 53,488 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Sander Jonen | 3 | 51 | 51 | 50 | 152 | 76,000 |
| Billy Daelman | 0 | 48 | 31 | 24 | 103 | 54,210 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Jurgen Goris | 3 | 47 | 55 | 65 | 41 | 55 | 263 | 78,507 |
| Haci Arap Yaman | 2 | 27 | 60 | 44 | 55 | 36 | 222 | 68,518 |

#### Pool B

| POS | Player | MP | MW | SW | SL | PTS. Made | PTS. Poss. | PTS | % |
| 1 | Serdar Gümüs | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 484 | 818 | 4 | 59,168 |
| 2 | Xavier Fonellosa | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 551 | 950 | 4 | 58,000 |
| 3 | Yavuz Öney | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 441 | 735 | 2 | 60,000 |
| 4 | Jean Reverchon | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 487 | 898 | 2 | 54,231 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Serdar Gümüs | 3 | 48 | 43 | 49 | 140 | 70,707 |
| Yavuz Öney | 0 | 34 | 38 | 32 | 104 | 50,731 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Xavier Fonellosa | 2 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 42 | 34 | 200 | 54,794 |
| Jean Reverchon | 3 | 24 | 37 | 47 | 46 | 39 | 190 | 53,521 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Serdar Gümüs | 3 | 24 | 53 | 7 | 56 | 40 | 180 | 52,941 |
| Jean Reverchon | 2 | 34 | 48 | 39 | 42 | 35 | 198 | 56,896 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Yavuz Öney | 2 | 45 | 35 | 43 | 34 | 41 | 198 | 60,923 |
| Xavier Fonellosa | 3 | 14 | 25 | 48 | 48 | 46 | 181 | 57,460 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Yavuz Öney | 3 | 38 | 54 | 47 | 139 | 67,804 |
| Jean Reverchon | 0 | 26 | 39 | 34 | 99 | 57,460 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points | % |
| Xavier Fonellosa | 3 | 35 | 47 | 51 | 37 | 170 | 62,962 |
| Serdar Gümüs | 1 | 49 | 36 | 43 | 36 | 164 | 58,571 |

#### Pool C

| POS | Player | MP | MW | SW | SL | PTS. Made | PTS. Poss. | PTS | % |
| 1 | Walter Bax | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 549 | 802 | 6 | 68,453 |
| 2 | Thomas Ahrens | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 567 | 848 | 4 | 66,843 |
| 3 | Eric Daelman | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 625 | 953 | 2 | 65,582 |
| 4 | Victor Campos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 266 | 623 | 0 | 42,696 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Walter Bax | 3 | 39 | 45 | 27 | 111 | 56,060 |
| Victor Campos | 0 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 69 | 34,848 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Eric Daelman | 2 | 88 | 27 | 52 | 41 | 35 | 243 | 63,116 |
| Thomas Ahrens | 3 | 78 | 40 | 43 | 51 | 50 | 262 | 68,051 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points | % |
| Walter Bax | 3 | 54 | 56 | 23 | 48 | 181 | 66,300 |
| Thomas Ahrens | 1 | 48 | 51 | 43 | 34 | 176 | 64,468 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points | % |
| Victor Campos | 1 | 38 | 11 | 50 | 9 | 108 | 45,957 |
| Eric Daelman | 3 | 46 | 45 | 40 | 40 | 171 | 69,795 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Thomas Ahrens | 3 | 41 | 45 | 43 | 129 | 67,894 |
| Victor Campos | 0 | 14 | 44 | 31 | 89 | 46,842 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Eric Daelman | 2 | 56 | 36 | 23 | 55 | 41 | 211 | 65,325 |
| Walter Bax | 3 | 52 | 58 | 49 | 39 | 59 | 257 | 77,643 |

#### Pool D

| POS | Player | MP | MW | SW | SL | PTS. Made | PTS. Poss. | PTS | % |
| 1 | Madou Touré | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 619 | 843 | 6 | 73,428 |
| 2 | Ruud de Vos | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 605 | 805 | 4 | 75,155 |
| 3 | Kevin Tran | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 647 | 974 | 2 | 66,427 |
| 4 | Hajime Watanabe | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 350 | 699 | 0 | 50,071 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Hajime Watanabe | 0 | 29 | 18 | 24 | 71 | 38,797 |
| Ruud de Vos | 3 | 34 | 41 | 50 | 125 | 72,254 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Kevin Tran | 2 | 60 | 42 | 34 | 43 | 51 | 230 | 71,651 |
| Madou Touré | 3 | 38 | 60 | 47 | 22 | 57 | 224 | 71,337 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Hajime Watanabe | 2 | 40 | 53 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 170 | 55,194 |
| Kevin Tran | 3 | 51 | 35 | 25 | 37 | 50 | 196 | 60,681 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Ruud de Vos | 2 | 37 | 43 | 58 | 65 | 41 | 244 | 78,456 |
| Madou Touré | 3 | 56 | 60 | 39 | 45 | 57 | 257 | 80,062 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points | % |
| Madou Touré | 3 | 42 | 45 | 51 | 138 | 66,346 |
| Hajime Watanabe | 0 | 24 | 41 | 44 | 109 | 52,403 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Kevin Tran | 2 | 51 | 23 | 59 | 47 | 41 | 221 | 66,969 |
| Ruud de Vos | 3 | 56 | 50 | 45 | 32 | 53 | 231 | 73,520 |

### Knock-out stage
#### Quarter-finals

| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Haci Arap Yaman | 3 | 81 | 40 | 36 | 60 | 65 | 209 | 72,122 |
| Thomas Ahrens | 2 | 75 | 41 | 55 | 45 | 55 | 170 | 69,503 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Xavier Fonellosa | 3 | 20 | 49 | 55 | 55 | 58 | 237 | 68,103 |
| Madou Touré | 2 | 45 | 52 | 31 | 46 | 49 | 223 | 66,966 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points | % |
| Ruud de Vos | 3 | 49 | 34 | 53 | 53 | 186 | 73,728 |
| Sander Jonen | 1 | 38 | 49 | 34 | 33 | 164 | 64,062 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points | % |
| Serdar Gümüs | 3 | 44 | 55 | 52 | 58 | 209 | 81,640 |
| Walter Bax | 1 | 38 | 61 | 38 | 33 | 170 | 62,271 |

#### Half-finals

| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points | % |
| Haci Arap Yaman | 3 | 46 | 51 | 50 | 60 | 207 | 81,818 |
| Ruud de Vos | 1 | 65 | 33 | 49 | 49 | 196 | 71,794 |
| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points | % |
| Xavier Fonellosa | 3 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 41 | 188 | 74,308 |
| Serdar Gümüs | 1 | 56 | 42 | 38 | 27 | 163 | 61,977 |

#### Final

| Player | SV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | % |
| Haci Arap Yaman | 3 | 59 | 65 | 55 | 50 | 52 | 281 | 79,154 |
| Xavier Fonellosa | 2 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 38 | 244 | 72,835 |