WPA 14 and 1 Endless World Championship 2008

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The World Championship in 14 and 1 Endless 2008 took place between August 25 and 30, 2008 in New Brunswick ( United States ).

The tournament was hosted by the WPA ( World Pool-Billiard Association ) and Dragon Promotions and was the third of its kind. Niels Feijen from the Netherlands was world champion with a 200:11 final victory over Francisco Bustamante from the Philippines .

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A total of 64 players from 15 nations took part in the tournament. With Jasmin Ouschan , Gerda Hofstätter (both from Austria), Yu Ram Cha (South Korea) and Liz Ford (USA), four women were also able to qualify for the World Cup. This is possible because there is no separate women's world championship in 14 and 1 endless (similar to 8-ball; but in contrast to 9-ball) and women are therefore eligible to compete in the men's world championship.

Six qualifying tournaments took place between July 12th and August 2nd, five of which were in the US and one in the Netherlands.

In the preliminary round, the number of players was reduced from 64 to 32. It was played in 8 groups of 8 players each, with the first four reaching the next round. First of all, the number of wins counted and, in the event of a tie, the points scored. In the preliminary round, 100 points were played.

Then the field was in double K. o. system reduced to 16 players. With the double K. o. you have the chance after a defeat to reach the next round via the losers round. The points required to win have been increased from 100 to 150 this round.

In the final round of the last 16 players, the game was then played in the knockout system , so every defeat resulted in elimination from the tournament. The required number of points was increased again and was 200 in the final round.

Tournament course

Group stage

The group stage lasted from August 25th to 27th.

The following 32 players took places 5 to 8 in the group stage, which means they were eliminated early and places 33rd to 64th .

Double k. o. phase

The double K. o. phase took place on August 28th.

The following 16 players have in the double K. o.-system phase lost twice, which means early elimination and places 17th to 32nd .

Final round

  Round of 16

August 29, 2008

  Quarter finals

August 29, 2008

  Semifinals

August 30, 2008

  final

August 30, 2008

                                     
7th FinlandFinland Mika Immonen 174                  
9 AustriaAustria Jasmin Ouschan 200  
9 AustriaAustria Jasmin Ouschan 200
  1 GermanyGermany Oliver Ortmann 133  
6th GermanyGermany Thomas Engert 42
 
1 GermanyGermany Oliver Ortmann 200  
9 AustriaAustria Jasmin Ouschan 148
  PhilippinesPhilippines F. Bustamante 200  
United StatesUnited States Corey Deuel 96      
 
3 NetherlandsNetherlands Huidji lake 200  
3 NetherlandsNetherlands Huidji lake 141
  PhilippinesPhilippines F. Bustamante 200  
PhilippinesPhilippines F. Bustamante 200
 
United StatesUnited States Danny Harriman 137  
PhilippinesPhilippines F. Bustamante 11
  13 NetherlandsNetherlands Niels Feijen 200
MexicoMexico Ignacio Chavez 128            
 
13 NetherlandsNetherlands Niels Feijen 200  
13 NetherlandsNetherlands Niels Feijen 200
  14th United StatesUnited States John Schmidt 185  
14th United StatesUnited States John Schmidt 200
 
United StatesUnited States Mike Dechaine 144  
13 NetherlandsNetherlands Niels Feijen 200
  NetherlandsNetherlands Nick van den Berg 157  
2 GermanyGermany Thorsten Hohmann 200      
 
12 GermanyGermany Ralf Souquet 144  
2 GermanyGermany Thorsten Hohmann 132
  NetherlandsNetherlands Nick van den Berg 200  
NetherlandsNetherlands Nick van den Berg 200
 
GermanyGermany Dominic Jentsch 38  

Prize money

Tournament placement Prize money
1st place (world champion) $ 14,000
2nd place (defeat in the final) $ 6,000
3rd place (semi-finals) $ 3,500
5th place (quarter-finals) $ 2,550
9th place (round of 16) $ 1,600
17th place (out in the double knockout phase with a win) $ 650
25th place (out in the double knockout phase without a win) $ 300

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