Play has started in the World Pool Championship.This is the major event on the pool sports calendar. It runs from November 4-12 at the Philippine International Convention Center, Manila. The winner will receive $100,000.
17 year-old Wu Chia-ching from Taiwan is the defending champion. He'll have lots of tough competitors in Manila. There's plenty of top Asian players on site, mainly from the host nation and Taiwan.
Some of the favorites are Efren Reyes (Philippines), Ralf Souquet (Germany), Earl Strickland (USA), Mika Immonen (Finland), Oliver Ortmann (Germany), Marlon Manalo (Philippines) and Thorsten Hohmann (Germany).
Before the tournament a number of qualifiers were held. A total of 14 players made it through to the main event:
- Philippines (8): Roberto Gomez, Eduardo Villanueva, Lee Van Corteza, Antonio Lining, Leonardo Andam, Israel Lota, Jharome Pena and Rudy Morta
- Taiwan (4): Nien Rong-chih, Hsia Hun-kai, Lu Hsun-chen and Chin ju-chen
- Singapore (1): Tan Tiong Boon
- Japan (1): Tomoo Takano
The 128 players have been drawn into 32 four-man groups. The top two from each group advance to the single elimination stage.
Group matches are race-to-eight. The opening two rounds in the single elimination cup are best-of-19. After that the format is first-to-11. The final is best of 33 racks. All matches are alternate breaks.
See also:
- Official site
- Raya Website
- 2006 World 9-Ball Championships (Global Snooker Centre)
- World Championship Underway (AzBilliards)
- A Dream Come True (AzBilliards)
- Reyes says All-Filipino Final Possible in World Pool Championship (AzBilliards)
- Manila Madness: World Pool Championship Preview (Billiards Digest)
- 2006 Philippines World Pool Championship (On the Hill)
- On The Hill Blog (Japanese)
- WK 9ball (Dutch)
- World Pool Championship (AzBilliards Forums)
- Your man in Manila (Jay Helfert, AzBilliards Forums)
- Stan James: Pool (Sports Betting)
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