# Antonio Lining

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{{short description|Filipino pool player (born 1963)}}
{{Infobox pool player
| name             = Antonio Lining
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1963|5|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [Mindoro](/source/Mindoro), [Philippines](/source/Philippines)
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| nickname         = "Nikoy"
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| game             =[Nine-ball](/source/Nine-ball), [Ten-ball](/source/Ten-ball) 
| best_finish      = * Semi finals 2010 [WPA World Nine-ball Championship](/source/WPA_World_Nine-ball_Championship)
* Semi finals 2009 [WPA World Ten-ball Championship](/source/WPA_World_Ten-ball_Championship)
* Runner up 2010 [China Nine-ball Open](/source/China_9-Ball_Open) 
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{{MedalSport | Men's [nine-ball](/source/nine-ball)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Southeast Asian Games](/source/Southeast_Asian_Games)}}
{{MedalGold | [2001 Kuala Lumpur](/source/Billiards_and_snooker_at_the_Southeast_Asian_Games) | Singles}}
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'''Antonio Lining''' (born May 9, 1963, in [Mindoro](/source/Mindoro), [Philippines](/source/Philippines)) is a [Filipino](/source/Filipino_people) [pool](/source/Pocket_billiards) player, nicknamed "Nikoy".<!--Probably just a diminutive of Nico or Nicolas.-->  He is one of the few left-handed Asian players.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thewutzup.com/2011/04/13/after-francisco-%E2%80%9Cdjango%E2%80%9D-bustamante-antonio-lining-is-the-worlds-no1-pool-player/|title=After Django Bustamante, Antonio Lining is the World's No.1 Pool Player|last=kencomienda|access-date=December 20, 2016}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Lining reached the semifinals of the [WPA World Ten-Ball Championship](/source/WPA_World_Ten-ball_Championship) in 2009 and the [WPA World Nine-Ball Championship](/source/WPA_World_Nine-ball_Championship) in 2010.

Lining's most notable appearance was in the Motolite International Nine-ball Tournament in 2000, where he finished second to [Francisco Bustamante](/source/Francisco_Bustamante), having beaten [Efren Reyes](/source/Efren_Reyes) in the quarter-finals.<ref>[http://www.azbilliards.com/motolite/brackets.html Motolite Tournament Results] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070425235056/http://www.azbilliards.com/motolite/brackets.html |date=April 25, 2007 }}</ref> Also in 2000, Lining won the [All Japan Championship Nine-ball](/source/All_Japan_Championship_(nine-ball)), beating [Chao Fong-pang](/source/Chao_Fong-pang) in the final.

At the 2002 Busan [Asian Games](/source/Asian_Games), Lining and Bustamante won the gold medal at the nine-ball doubles event.<ref>{{cite news |title=After Busan, Django Wins In Baltimore |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iFY1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=eCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3130,13024714&dq=antonio-lining&hl=en |work=[Philippine Daily Inquirer](/source/Philippine_Daily_Inquirer) |date=October 11, 2002 |access-date=April 18, 2011 }}</ref>

Between 1992 and 2017, Lining has played in one or more of the All Japan Championship (Nine Ball), U.S. Open Championship (Nine Ball) and the World Pool Championship (Nine Ball).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.propool.info/players/antonio-lining.htm |title=Antonio Lining: Profile |access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref>

==Achievements==
* 2024 Tokai Grand Prix
* 2024 KKKing Imperial X Han Billiards Nine-ball
* 2016 Taom Tips Tour Stop 1
* 2015 [Kantō](/source/Kant%C5%8D_region) Ten-ball Open
* 2014 [Japan Open Ten-ball](/source/All_Japan_Championship_(pool))
* 2006 [Japan Open Nine-ball](/source/All_Japan_Championship_(pool))
* 2005 Brunswick Tokyo Open 
* 2002 [Asian Games Nine-ball doubles](/source/Cue_sports_at_the_2002_Asian_Games)
* 2001 [Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Singles](/source/Billiards_and_snooker_at_the_Southeast_Asian_Games)
* 2000 [All Japan Championship](/source/All_Japan_Championship_(pool)) Nine-ball
* 1999 [Muntinlupa](/source/Muntinlupa) Nine-ball Open
* 1998 Hokuriku Nine-ball Open
* 1998 [Amagasaki](/source/Amagasaki) Nine-ball Open
* 1997 [Davao](/source/Davao_City) Nine-ball Open
* 1995 [Davao](/source/Davao_City) Nine-ball Open
* 1994 Asian Nine-ball Championship
* 1994 Indonesian Nine-ball Open
* 1993 JJ's Billiards Nine-ball Open
* 1992 Tung Pa Nine-ball Open
* 1992 [Himeji](/source/Himeji) Nine-ball Open
* 1989 Scratch Nine-ball Open

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060620112731/http://www.easypooltutor.com/bios12.html Easypooltutor biography]

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Category:Filipino pool players
Category:People from Mindoro
Category:Living people
Category:1963 births
Category:Asian Games gold medalists in cue sports
Category:Cue sports players at the 2002 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines
Category:Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games

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