{"id":11878,"date":"2025-06-27T21:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=11878"},"modified":"2025-06-27T21:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:04:06","slug":"pakistani-cueists-reach-asian-snooker-championship-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=11878","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani cueists reach Asian snooker championship semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan has advanced to the semi-finals of the Asian Team Snooker Championship after defeating compatriots Pakistan team 3-1 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pakistan One will now face Malaysia in the semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>Three-time world champion Muhammad Asif and teammate Awais Munir \u2014 representing Pakistan One \u2014 outplayed the duo of former Asian champion Mohammad Sajjad and Shahid Aftab, securing a spot in the last four and assuring themselves of a medal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by ACBS (@acbsmedia)<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the group stage, Pakistan One defeated Cambodia and Qatar before sealing a 3-1 victory over Sri Lanka One. Pakistan Two, after winning their opening match against Bahrain and suffering a loss to China, bounced back to beat Sri Lanka Two 3-0 in their final group match.<\/p>\n<p>In the other quarter-final clashes, Hong Kong One blanked Bahrain 3-0, Malaysia edged Hong Kong Two 3-2, and India cruised past Qatar with a 3-0 win. If both Pakistan and India win their respective semi-finals, the stage will be set for a high-stakes final between the arch-rivals.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan has advanced to the semi-finals of the Asian Team Snooker Championship after defeating compatriots Pakistan team 3-1 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pakistan One will now face Malaysia in the semi-final. Three-time world champion Muhammad Asif and teammate Awais Munir \u2014 representing Pakistan One \u2014 outplayed the duo of former Asian champion Mohammad Sajjad and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}