WPA-14-and-1 endless world championship
The 14 and 1 endless world championship is an annual pool tournament in the discipline 14 and 1 endless . From 2006 to 2010 the tournament was held by the WPA ( World Pool-Billiard Association ) in cooperation with Dragon Promotion and was an official world championship of the WPA. Since 2011 it has been organized by Dragon Promotion as an invitation tournament.
With four wins, the German Thorsten Hohmann is the most successful player in the tournament to date. Oliver Ortmann is record world champion of the WPA in 14 and 1 endless with two titles.
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Group stage
The 64 participating players are divided into eight groups of eight players each. Each player plays once against each player in his group. Whoever reaches 100 points first, wins the game. The four best placed then advance to the next round.
Knockout phase
After the group phase, 32 players remain in the tournament, who now compete against each other in a double knockout system . The game length is increased from 100 to 150. If there are only 16 players left in the tournament, the game length is increased to 200 and the double knockout mode is converted into a single knockout mode (ie every loss means the tournament is out).