
In the final he edged Hung-Hsiang Wang from Taiwan 11-9 to take the $15,000 first-place cheque. Wang got $6,000 for second place.
That's two finals in a row for the Filipino. He finished second in the previous event. His conqueror in that final, Alex Pagulayan (Philippines), shared third place with Ching-Shun Yan from Taiwan.
With this win Orcollo moves from 10th to sixth in the ranking list. Wang advances to third place. Jung-Lin Chang (Taiwan) is still in the lead, with Yang holding on to the second spot.
The competition was held 19-21 September, 2008 at the Garden Hall in Guangzhou, China. This was the fifth of six events on the 2008 Guinness 9 Ball Tour. The last stop is the Grand Final in Jakarta, Indonesia which is comprised of the top 10 in the overall Order of Merit:
- Jung-Lin Chang (Taiwan)
- Ching-Shun Yang (Taiwan)
- Hung-Hsiang Wang (Taiwan)
- Alex Pagulayan (Philippines)
- Joven Bustamante (Philippines)
- Chia-Ching Wu (Taiwan)
- Dennis Orcollo (Philippines)
- Seung Woo Ryu (South Korea)
- Antonio Gabica (Philippines)
- Ibrahim Bin Amir (Malaysia)
See also:
- Orcollo Victorious in Guangzhou (Guinness 9 Ball Tour)
- Results from the Guangzhou leg (Guinness 9 Ball Tour)
- Album: Guangzhou Leg (Guinness 9 Ball Tour)
- Orcollo Takes Guangzhou Guinness Title ()
- Orcollo Rules Guinness Tour Guangzhou Leg (AzBilliards)
- Orcollo bags Guinness 9-Ball crown in Guangzhou (ABS-CBN News)
- Chocolate factor? Orcollo relishes ‘sweet’ 9-ball win (GMANews.tv)
- 'Robocop' earns a leg (Sun.Star Cebu)
- Orcollo nips Wang, nails 9-ball plum (Inquirer Sport)
- Orcollo bags Guinness Guangzhou leg crown (Cebu Daily News)
- Tournament Payouts (AzBilliards)
- Dennis Orcollo (Wikipedia)
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- No.3 for Yang in Shanghai (China, 2007)
- Chang takes opening Taipei event on Asian Tour (2008 Tour)
- It's Chang again in Penang's Asian Tour event (2008 Tour)
- Chang continues Asian Tour domination with victory in in Kuala Lumpur (2008 Tour)
- Pagulayan rules in Singapore leg of Asian Tour (2008 Tour)