WPA 8 Ball World Championship 2008
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8-Ball World Championship 2008 WPA World 8-Ball Championship 2008 
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| venue | Fujairah Exhibition Center, Fujairah , UA Emirates |
| opening | April 18, 2008 |
| Endgame | April 25, 2008 |
| discipline | 8 ball |
| winner |
 Ralf Souquet
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The WPA 8-ball World Cup 2008 (officially: WPA Damas World 8-Ball Championship in 2008 ) was the fourth staging of the World Pool-Billiard Association hosted world championship in billiards discipline 8-Ball . It took place from April 18-25 , 2008 in Fujairah ( United Arab Emirates ).
The German Ralf Souquet became world champion with a 13: 9 victory in the final against defending champion Ronato Alcano from the Philippines .
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A total of 64 players from more than 30 nations took part in the tournament. With Jasmin Ouschan from Austria, a woman could also qualify for the World Cup. This is possible because there is no separate women's world championship in 8-ball (in contrast to 9-ball) and women are therefore eligible to compete in the men's world championship.
In the preliminary round, the number of players was reduced from 64 to 32. The game was initially played in a double knockout system . This means: After the first game, the players were divided into a winning round and a losing round. Whoever was in the winning round only had to win one game against another player who had won in the first round to advance to the final round. In the losers round, on the other hand, you first had to assert yourself against another player who had lost in the first game and then win against a loser from the winning round.
Even if this system is relatively complicated, it guarantees every player to be able to lose a game in the preliminary round without having to be eliminated from the tournament immediately. The second lost game within the preliminary round will in any case lead to elimination from the tournament.
In the final round it was then played in the knockout system , so every defeat led to elimination from the tournament.
Tournament course
Preliminary round
The preliminary round took place from April 18-21.
The following 16 players have won once and lost twice in the preliminary round, which means early elimination and places 33 to 48.
The following 16 players lost twice in the preliminary round, which means the early elimination and places 49 to 64.
Final round
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Round of 32 April 23, 2008 |
Round of 16 April 23, 2008 |
Quarter-finals April 24, 2008 |
Semi-finals April 24, 2008 |
Final April 25, 2008 |
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 Wu Chia-Ching
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 Alan Cuartero
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10 | Alan Cuartero
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 Bahram Lotfy
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9 |  Dimitri Jungo
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| Dimitri Jungo
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10 | Dimitri Jungo
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 Marcus Chamat
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10 | Marcus Chamat
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 Gabriele Cimmino
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5 | Marcus Chamat
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| Kasper Kristoffersen
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10 | Kasper Kristoffersen
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 Konstantin Stepanov
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6th | Marcus Chamat
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 Niels Feijen
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10 | Ralf Souquet
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| Huidji lake
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5 | Niels Feijen
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| Elvis Calasang
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7th | Ralf Souquet
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| Ralf Souquet
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10 | Ralf Souquet
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 Mark Gray
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5 | Chris Melling
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| Chris Melling
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10 | Chris Melling
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| Marcus west
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10 | Marcus west
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 Jasmin Ouschan
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9 | Ralf Souquet
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 Shane van Boening
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10 | Ronato Alcano
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 Liu Haitao
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3 | Shane van Boening
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| Ruslan Tschinachow
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4th | Bruno Muratore
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| Bruno Muratore
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10 | Bruno Muratore
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 Fahad Mohammadi
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0 | Ronato Alcano
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| Daryl Peach
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10 | Daryl Peach
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| Ronato Alcano
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10 | Ronato Alcano
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| Roberto Gomez
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8th | Ronato Alcano
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| Warren Kiamco
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10 | Dennis Orcollo
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 Hanni al-Howri
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0 | Warren Kiamco
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 Radoslaw Babica
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10 | Radoslaw Babica
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 Satoshi Kawabata
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9 | Warren Kiamco
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| Wang Hung-Hsiang
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10 | Dennis Orcollo
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| Oliver Ortmann
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8th | Wang Hung-Hsiang
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| Fu Jianbo
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7th | Dennis Orcollo
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| Dennis Orcollo
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Ralf Souquet was able to quickly gain an 8: 3 lead in the final, but Ronato Alcano came back up to 9: 8. In the final phase, however, Souquet was able to turn it up again and win the match 13: 9.
Prize money
| Tournament placement | Prize money |
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| 1st place (world champion) | $ 60,000 |
| 2nd place (defeat in the final) | $ 20,000 |
| 3rd place (semi-finals) | $ 10,000 |
| 5th place (quarter-finals) | $ 6,000 |
| 9th place (round of 16) | $ 2,000 |
| 17th place (out in the round of 32 ) | $ 1,500 |
| 33rd place (preliminary round with one win) | $ 1,000 |
| 49th place (preliminary round without victory) | $ 500 |
Web links
- WPA Damas World 8-Ball Championship 2008 on azbilliards.com