Jaspers goes one better to claim gold in 2009 World Games

2005 three cushion runner-up Dick Jaspers from Netherlands was one of the winners in the 2009 World Games.

In the 2005 final Jaspers lost 42-41 to Daniel Sanchez (Spain). He got his revenge by beating Sanchez 40-26 in the semi finals and Torbjörn Blomdahl (Sweden) 40-18 in the final.

Austrian Jasmin Ouschan was the defending champion in the women's pool event. She also reached this year's final, but lost 9-8 to Allison Fisher (England).

Ralf Souquet from Germany won the men's pool event. The former world champion is possibly the best player in the world right now and defeated Ching-Shun Yang (Taiwan) 11-4 in the final. The 2005 winner Pei-Weo Chang (Taiwan) did not return to defend his title.

The snooker final was contested between two Englsih pros with veteran Nigel Bond beating David Grace 3-0. Northern Ireland's defending champion Gerard Greene did not take part.

Here are the medals awarded in the billiard disciplines:

Three cushion

1. Dick Jaspers (Netherlands)
2. Torbjörn Blomdahl (Sweden)
3. Marco Zanetti (Italy)

Pool (9-ball)

Women:
1. Allison Fisher (England)
2. Jasmin Ouschan (Austria)
3. Yuan-Chun Lin (Taiwan)

Men:
1. Ralf Souquet (Germany)
2. Ching-Shun Yang (Taiwan)
3. Stephane Cohen (France)

Snooker

1. Nigel Bond (England)
2. David Grace (England)
3. Mohamed Shehab (United Arab Emirates)

The World Games is an event for 30+ sports not included in the Olympic Games. It's staged every four years by the International World Games Association.

The Games took place 16-26 July 2009 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. In 2013 the host city will be Cali, Columbia.

See also:

• Official site: Billiards
• Official site: Billiards
• A nice revenge crowned by the gold medal (Ralf Souquet)
• GOUD op de World Games in Taiwan!! (Dick Jaspers - Dutch)
• Souquet and Fisher lead World Games Gold Medal Winners (AZ Billiards)
• WCBS/IGWA - World Games 2009 (WPA)
• World Games 2009 (WCBS)
• Tournament Details (UMB)
• WCBS/IGWA - World Games 2009 - Snooker (IBSF)
• Bond's Goldfingers (Snooker Scene blog)
• Bond and Bingham claim silverware (Pro Snooker Blog)
• Snooker strikes Gold for Team GB (Global Snooker)
• Coverage from Taiwan of 2009 World Games Cue Sports (Global Snooker)
• Winnaar World Games heet Bond, Nigel Bond (snooker.blog.nl - Dutch)
• Du bronze "made in taïwan" pour Cohen (Kozoom - French)
• Dick Jaspers (Official homepage - Dutch)
• Allison Fisher (Official page)
• Ralf "The Kaiser" Souquet (Official page)
• Nigel Bond (Official page)
• Billiards at the 2009 World Games (Wikipedia)