China Billiards Goes Online

China Billiards Goes Online

Sunday saw the conclusion of the Amway Satinique Cup China National Snooker League, with winners the Amway Dream Team 5-4 over the Shanghai Team. The Amway Dream Team included current World Snooker Main Tour players Ding Junhui and Liu Song. Ding has been called the future Tiger Woods of Snooker due to his incredible abilities at age 16. At 14 he was the World Under 21 World Champion, the Asian Open Champion and the Asian Games Gold Medalist in Snooker. In his first year as a pro, he just fell short of being the youngest ever player to reach the World Championships Crucible venue final stages.

The entire final, featuring several of Ding's games is available for free viewing by streaming media at: mms://61.172.201.153/2004/040229.wmv (paste into Windows Media Player).

This event, organized by Human Action Media (HAM) www.hamcorp.com was the highest exposure Snooker event in Chinese history. HAM is planning pool events in the coming year which will also be available for online viewing.