In April 2012, Advani won the Asian Billiards Championship in Goa, India[REF] to become the first player to win 5 Asian Billiards Champion titles.
In October 2012, in Leeds, England, Advani won his seventh (counting professional and amateur) World Billiards Championship title, eighth world title overall, beating defending and nine-time WPBSA World Billiards Champion Mike Russell again, in the timed division final (Advani did not make it to the points division final) [REF].