Pakistan top world snooker rankings

Asif’s triumph helps country jump up seven places.

KARACHI: Mohammad Asif’s victory at the World Amateur Championship in December last year has helped Pakistan climb seven places up to the summit of the rankings released by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) yesterday.

Asif defeated UK’s Gary Wilson 10-8 in the final of the championship held in Sophia, Bulgaria.

The country has accumulated 120 points for last year’s performances to take their total to 172 to attain top position in the new Men’s Snooker Ranking for the year 2012. Pakistan had 52 points after 2011’s championship and were sitting back in eighth position.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 22^nd, 2013.