Antonio Lining

{{short description|Filipino pool player (born 1963)}}

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| name = Antonio Lining

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|5|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mindoro, Philippines

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| sport country = {{PHL}}

| nickname = "Nikoy"

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| game =Nine-ball, Ten-ball

| best finish = * Semi finals 2010 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

• Semi finals 2009 WPA World Ten-ball Championship
• Runner up 2010 China Nine-ball Open

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{{MedalCountry | {{PHI}}}}

{{MedalSport | Men's nine-ball}}

{{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2001 Kuala Lumpur | Singles}}

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Antonio Lining (born May 9, 1963, in Mindoro, Philippines) is a Filipino pool player, nicknamed "Nikoy". He is one of the few left-handed Asian players.{{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 }} Lining reached the semifinals of the WPA World Ten-Ball Championship in 2009 and the 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, having beaten Efren Reyes in the quarter-finals.[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 }} Also in 2000, Lining won the All Japan Championship Nine-ball, beating Chao Fong-pang in the final.

At the 2002 Busan Asian Games, Lining and Bustamante won the gold medal at the nine-ball doubles event.{{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 |date=October 11, 2002 |access-date=April 18, 2011 }}

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).{{Cite web |url=http://www.propool.info/players/antonio-lining.htm |title=Antonio Lining: Profile |access-date=August 17, 2019}}