{"id":26168,"date":"2016-03-05T04:34:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T04:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26168"},"modified":"2016-03-05T04:34:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T04:34:06","slug":"wpbsa-to-invite-pankaj-advani-for-betfred-world-championship-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26168","title":{"rendered":"WPBSA to invite Pankaj Advani for Betfred World Championship qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-21204\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Pankaj-Advani-26.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"163\" alt=\"Pankaj Advani 26\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Pankaj-Advani-26.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Pankaj-Advani-26-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>New Delhi:<\/strong> India&rsquo;s Pankaj Advani figure in the names that the WPBSA has announced to compete in the qualifying rounds of the Betfred World Championship next month.<\/p>\n<p>These players have won or reached the final of major amateur events and will all now receive an official invitation to join all professional players outside the top 16 seeds, to battle for 16 coveted spots in the final stages at the famous Crucible Theatre.\n<\/p>\n<p>The qualifiers run from April 6 to 13 at Ponds Forge in Sheffield with all players needing to win three matches to earn a spot at the Crucible.<\/p>\n<p>Ladies World Champion Ng On Yee has already been announced as one of the players to compete at Ponds Forge. The others at this stage are:<\/p>\n<p>Pankaj Advani (India) &ndash; IBSF World Champion<\/p>\n<p>Zhao Xintong (China) &ndash; IBSF World runner-up<\/p>\n<p>Boonyarit Keattikun (Thailand) &ndash; IBSF World Under-21 Champion<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Rhys Clarke (Wales) &ndash; IBSF World Under-21 runner-up<\/p>\n<p>Ka Wai Cheung (Hong Kong) &ndash; IBSF World under-18 champion<\/p>\n<p>Jak Jones (Wales) &ndash; EBSA Champion<\/p>\n<p>Josh Boileau (Ireland) &ndash; EBSA Under-21 Champion<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Sargeant (England) &ndash; EBSA Under-21 runner-up<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Rees (Wales) &ndash; EBSA Under-18 Champion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-21204\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Pankaj-Advani-26.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"163\" alt=\"Pankaj Advani 26\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Pankaj-Advani-26.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Pankaj-Advani-26-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>New Delhi:<\/strong> India&rsquo;s Pankaj Advani figure in the names that the WPBSA has announced to compete in the qualifying rounds of the Betfred World Championship next month.<\/p>\n<p>These players have won or reached the final of major amateur events and will all now receive an official invitation to join all professional players outside the top 16 seeds, to battle for 16 coveted spots in the final stages at the famous Crucible Theatre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[15427,15167,466,523,15426],"class_list":["post-26168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-other-news","tag-betfred-world-championship","tag-billiards-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-pankaj-advani","tag-wpbsa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WPBSA to invite Pankaj Advani for Betfred World Championship qualifier - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26168\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WPBSA to invite Pankaj Advani for Betfred World Championship qualifier - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: India&rsquo;s Pankaj Advani figure in the names that the WPBSA has announced to compete in the qualifying rounds of the Betfred World Championship next month. 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