Xiaoting Pan wins Women's World 9-Ball Championship

China's Xiaoting Pan won the Women's World 9-Ball Championship.

In the final she defeated Rubilen Amit (Philippines) 11-5 to grab the $20,000 first prize. Amit's runner-up place earned her $10,000. Pan overcame Janice Pei-Chen Tsai from Taiwan 9-4 in the semi-finals. Amit won 9-6 over Japan's Yukiko Hamanishi.

Defending champion Ga-Young Kim (South Korea) was ousted by Amit in the quarter-finals.

The event was once again dominated by the Asians. A number of the European big guns failed to shine. Allison Fisher (England) went out in the group stages. Austrian sensation Jasmin Ouschan lost in the Last 16.

This is turning out to be a great year for Pan. She recently won the Great Lakes Classic on the WPBA Tour.

The tournament ran from April 5-8, 2007, in Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.

See also:

• Amway WPA Women World 9-Ball Championship (Official site - Chinese)
• 2007 Amway WPA World Women's 9-ball Championship (Official site - English)
• Xiao-Ting Pan Wins Women's World Championship (AzBilliards)
• China's Pan Claims World Title (Billiards Digest)
• Pan Xiaoting wins World 9-ball Championships (CCTV International)
• Amit settles for second in world 9-ball tourney (The Visayan Daily Star)
• Xiaoting Pan (Women Sport Report)
• 07 Amway Cup (WPBA)
• Women World Championships 2007 in Taipei/Taiwan (jasmin-ouschan.com)
• World Championship Pool (wendy-jans.com)
• 2007 World Championship (BLOG at Onthehill - Chinese)
• 2007 Amway WPA World Women's 9-ball Championship (Cues Asia Blog)
• Rubilen Amit Loses In Women's World 9-Ball Finals
  (Philippine Billiards)
• Xiaoting Pan Biography (wpba.com)
• '07 Amway WPA Women Wrd Cham'p/Apr.5-8/TaoYuan (APBU News)
• 2007 Amway Women World Championship (Matchroom Sport Forums)

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