WPA 9 Ball World Championship 2002

9-Ball World Championship 2002 WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2002
venue	Cardiff , Wales
opening	July 18, 2002
Endgame	July 24, 2002
discipline	9-ball
winner	Earl Strickland
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The WPA-9-Ball-World Championship 2002 was the 13th edition of the world championship held by the WPA in the pool discipline 9-ball . It took place from July 18 to 24, 2002 in the Welsh capital Cardiff .

The American Earl Strickland became world champion with a 17:15 victory in the final against the Filipino Francisco Bustamante . Defending champion Mika Immonen was eliminated in the round of 64 against Shannon Daulton .

mode

The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups in which they competed against each other in round robin mode . The top four players in each group qualified for the final round, which was played in the knockout system .

Preliminary round

The following 64 players were eliminated in the group stage:

	5th place	6th place	7th place	8th place
Group 1:	Jeong Young-hwa	Brian Naithani	Wayne Lloyd	George Sarmas
Group 2:	Brent Wells	Akikumo Toshikawa	Sasha Specchia	Gilliano Smit
Group 3:	Robby Suarly	Chao Fong-Pang	Lee Walker	David López
Group 4:	Haruyoshi Hinokiyama	Frankie Hernandez	Robert Parlevliet	Geoff Dunn
Group 5:	Siauw Wieto	Pat Holtz	Alok Kumar	Ryan Rampersaud
Group 6:	Cliff Thorburn	Tom Storm	Kevin Smith	Carmine Nanula
Group 7:	Shawn budd	Anthony Ginn	Marcos Castro	William Ang Boon Lay
Group 8:	Tiong Boon Tan	Alain Martel	Richard Jones	Gino Vermeesch
Group 9:	Tony Drago	John Wims	Dimitri Jungo	Javier Palacios
Group 10:	Tommy Donlon	Dominic Dale	Ronny Oldervik	Chao Jung-hua
Group 11:	Marko Lohtander	Phil Reilly	George San Souci	Ed Galati
Group 12:	Johl Younger	Leonardo Andam	Troy Frank	Mario Morra
Group 13:	Kasper Thygesen	Paul Hunter	Darren Appleton	Luis Miguel Sánchez
Group 14:	Andreas Vondenhoff	Andy Richardson	Greg Jenkins	Jorge Llanos
Group 15:	Rob McKenna	Kuo Yi-che	Ivica Putnik	Ditto Acosta
Group 16:	Gerry Watson	Mohammed Junarto	Shawn Putnam	David Anderson

Final round

Round of the last 64

Round of 16

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Oliver Ortmann

9

Steve Knight

2

Oliver Ortmann

9

Tony Robles

4th

Tony Robles

9

Roman Hybler

1

Oliver Ortmann

5

Efren Reyes

11

Efren Reyes

9

Radoslaw Babica

2

Efren Reyes

9

Dennis Orcollo

6th

Dennis Orcollo

9

Ralf Souquet

8th

Efren Reyes

8th

F. Bustamante

11

Francisco Bustamante

9

Imran Majid

6th

F. Bustamante

9

C. Reimering

2

Christian Reimering

9

Victor Tapies

1

F. Bustamante

11

Antonio Lining

10

Thomas Engert

9

Chen Wei-chih

2

Thomas Engert

0

Antonio Lining

9

Antonio Lining

9

Nick van den Berg

4th

F. Bustamante

11

Yang Ching-shun

7th

Johnny Archer

9

Charlie Williams

3

Johnny Archer

9

Rico Diks

7th

Rico Diks

9

Yevgeny Stalev

3

Johnny Archer

11

Lee Kun-fang

5

Stephan Cohen

9

Paul Potier

7th

Stephan Cohen

3

Lee Kun-fang

9

Lee Kun-fang

9

Phil Harrison

8th

Johnny Archer

2

Yang Ching-shun

11

Fabio Petroni

9

Niels Feijen

1

Fabio Petroni

3

Hiroshi Takenaka

9

Hiroshi Takenaka

9

David Alcaide

6th

Hiroshi Takenaka

9

Yang Ching-shun

11

Steve Davis

9

Rodolfo Luat

8th

Steve Davis

4th

Yang Ching-shun

9

Yang Ching-shun

9

Michael Schmidt

5

Francisco Bustamante

15th

Earl Strickland

17th

Earl Strickland

9

Gary Ponting

5

Earl Strickland

9

Park Shin-young

6th

Park Shin-young

9

Warren Kiamco

6th

Earl Strickland

11

Jeremy Jones

8th

Thorsten Hohmann

9

Shintaro Sugaya

0

Thorsten Hohmann

2

Jeremy Jones

9

Jeremy Jones

9

Ignacio Chavez

2

Earl Strickland

11

K. Takahashi

3

Huang Kun-chang

9

Lee Van Corteza

8th

Huang Kun-chang

5

Alex Lely

9

Alex Lely

9

Mark Williams

1

Alex Lely

8th

K. Takahashi

11

Ernesto Domínguez

9

Evangelos Vettas

6th

E. Domínguez

3

K. Takahashi

9

Kunihiko Takahashi

9

Matjaž Erčulj

0

Earl Strickland

11

Takeshi Okumura

5

Marcus Chamat

9

Niklas Bergendorff

7th

Marcus Chamat

9

Corey Deuel

6th

Corey Deuel

9

Kim Davenport

8th

Marcus Chamat

11

Alex Pagulayan

7th

Nick Varner

9

Sandor dead

6th

Nick Varner

7th

Alex Pagulayan

9

Alex Pagulayan

9

Daryl Peach

6th

Marcus Chamat

5

Takeshi Okumura

11

Ramil Gallego

9

James Rempe

3

Ramil Gallego

8th

Takeshi Okumura

9

Takeshi Okumura

9

Peter Nielsen

4th

Takeshi Okumura

11

Hung Lu-kung

5

Hung Lu-kung

9

Chung Chien-te

7th

Hung Lu-kung

9

Shannon Daulton

1

Shannon Daulton

9

Mika Immonen

8th

Web links

• Hasseröder WPA World Pool Championship 2002 on azbilliards.com

swell

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