WPA 9 Ball World Championship 2006

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9-Ball World Championship 2006
WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2006
Billiard Picto 2-white.svg
venue International Convention Center,
Pasay City , Philippines
opening November 4, 2006
Endgame November 12, 2006
discipline 9-ball
winner PhilippinesPhilippines Ronato Alcano
2005
 
2007

The World Cup in 9-Ball 2006 was the seventeenth edition of this tournament and took place between the 4th and 12th November 2006 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City ( Philippines instead). The annual world championship is organized by the WPA ( World Pool-Billiard Association ). Local hero Ronato Alcano became world champion with a 17:11 win in the final against Ralf Souquet from Germany .

mode

A total of 128 players from 42 nations took part in the tournament.

The game was played with an alternating break. This means that it takes turns to kick, regardless of who won the previous rack.

In the preliminary round, the number of players was reduced from 128 to 64. Initially, the game was played in 32 groups of four players each.

In the final round it was then played in the knockout system , so every defeat led to elimination from the tournament.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round lasted from November 4th to 7th. Nine of the 32 seeded group heads were eliminated in the first round. These included:

Final round

  Round of 64
November 8, 2007
Round of 32
November 9, 2007
Round of 16
November 10, 2007
Quarterfinals
November 11, 2007
Semi-finals
November 11, 2007
Final
November 12, 2007
                                                         
 PhilippinesPhilippines Roberto Gomez 1                    
 PhilippinesPhilippines Ronato Alcano 10  
 PhilippinesPhilippines Ronato Alcano 10
  2  PhilippinesPhilippines Efren Reyes 7th  
16  PhilippinesPhilippines Dennis Orcollo 6th
2  PhilippinesPhilippines Efren Reyes 10  
 PhilippinesPhilippines Ronato Alcano 11
  6th  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Kuo Po-Cheng 5  
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Hsia Hsun-Kai 3    
6th  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Kuo Po-Cheng 10  
6th  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Kuo Po-Cheng 10
  5  PhilippinesPhilippines Marlon Manalo 7th  
5  PhilippinesPhilippines Marlon Manalo 10
 SingaporeSingapore C. Keng-Kwang 5  
 PhilippinesPhilippines Ronato Alcano 11
  1  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching 6th  
 ScotlandScotland Pat Holtz 10
 JapanJapan Tamoo Takano 6th  
 ScotlandScotland Pat Holtz 10
   EnglandEngland Kevin Uzzell 6th  
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin 6th
 EnglandEngland Kevin Uzzell 10  
 ScotlandScotland Pat Holtz 6th
  1  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching 11  
1  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching 10    
22nd  United StatesUnited States Corey Deuel 3  
1  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching 10
   Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei W. Hung-Hsiang 3  
 GermanyGermany Michael Schmidt 5
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei W. Hung-Hsiang 10  
 PhilippinesPhilippines Ronato Alcano 11
   China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Hewen 8th  
 FranceFrance Vincent Facquet 4th
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Lee Kun-fang 10  
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Lee Kun-fang 8th
   PhilippinesPhilippines Jeff de Luna 10  
15th  NetherlandsNetherlands N. van den Berg 8th
 PhilippinesPhilippines Jeff de Luna 10  
 PhilippinesPhilippines Jeff de Luna 6th
   VietnamVietnam Lương Chí Dũng 11  
 MexicoMexico E. Dominguez 7th    
27  HungaryHungary Vilmos Földes 10  
27  HungaryHungary Vilmos Földes 4th
   VietnamVietnam Lương Chí Dũng 10  
 VietnamVietnam Lương Chí Dũng 10
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Nien Rong-Chih 7th  
 VietnamVietnam Lương Chí Dũng 7th
   China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Hewen 11  
10  PhilippinesPhilippines F. Bustamante 7th
9  GermanyGermany Thomas Engert 10  
9  GermanyGermany Thomas Engert 6th
   SerbiaSerbia Sandor dead 10  
 United StatesUnited States Charlie Williams 5
 SerbiaSerbia Sandor dead 10  
 SerbiaSerbia Sandor dead 7th
   China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Hewen 11  
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Hewen 10    
 ChileChile A. Carvajal 5  
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Hewen 10
   PhilippinesPhilippines Rudy Morta 8th  
31  FinlandFinland Markus Juva 8th
 PhilippinesPhilippines Rudy Morta 10  
 PhilippinesPhilippines Ronato Alcano 17th
7th  GermanyGermany Ralf Souquet 11
3  GermanyGermany Thorsten Hohmann 9
 CanadaCanada Tyler Edey 10  
 CanadaCanada Tyler Edey 10
   IndonesiaIndonesia Ricky Yang 9  
32  EnglandEngland Daryl Peach 7th
 IndonesiaIndonesia Ricky Yang 10  
 CanadaCanada Tyler Edey 6th
   Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei L. Cheng-chuan 11  
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei L. Cheng-chuan 10    
17th  United StatesUnited States Earl Strickland 2  
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei L. Cheng-chuan 10
   Korea SouthSouth Korea Ryu Seung-woo 6th  
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Lu Hsun-Chen 7th
 Korea SouthSouth Korea Ryu Seung-woo 10  
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Liu Cheng-Chuan 8th
  7th  GermanyGermany Ralf Souquet 11  
7th  GermanyGermany Ralf Souquet 10
 NetherlandsNetherlands Huidji lake 3  
7th  GermanyGermany Ralf Souquet 10
  14th  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Yang Ching-shun 8th  
8th  United StatesUnited States Johnny Archer 6th
14th  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Y. Ching-shun 10  
7th  GermanyGermany Ralf Souquet 11
   RussiaRussia K. Stepanov 4th  
 RussiaRussia K. Stepanov 10    
21st  GermanyGermany Oliver Ortmann 6th  
 RussiaRussia K. Stepanov 10
   SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marco Tschudi 7th  
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marco Tschudi 10
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Huang Kun-Chang 8th  
7th  GermanyGermany Ralf Souquet 11
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Fu Che-wei 10  
 PhilippinesPhilippines Lee Van Corteza 10
20th  EnglandEngland Imran Majid 4th  
 PhilippinesPhilippines Lee Van Corteza 8th
   SpainSpain David Alcaide 10  
 GermanyGermany Jörn Kaplan 7th
 SpainSpain David Alcaide 10  
 SpainSpain David Alcaide 10
   PhilippinesPhilippines Rodolfo Luat 11  
 PhilippinesPhilippines Rodolfo Luat 10    
24  United StatesUnited States Jeremy Jones 5  
 PhilippinesPhilippines Rodolfo Luat 10
   IndonesiaIndonesia Roy Apancho 6th  
 GermanyGermany A. Roschkowsky 8th
 IndonesiaIndonesia Roy Apancho 10  
 PhilippinesPhilippines Rodolfo Luat 7th
   Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Fu Che-wei 11  
19th  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chao Fong-Pang 10
 PhilippinesPhilippines Ramil Gallego 5  
19th  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chao Fong-Pang 8th
   Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Fu Che-wei 10  
13  SwedenSweden Marcus Chamat 7th
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Fu Che-wei 10  
 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Fu Che-wei 11
   EnglandEngland Steve Davis 8th  
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 10    
30th  ItalyItaly Fabio Petroni 7th  
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 10
   PhilippinesPhilippines Jharome Pena 8th  
 AustraliaAustralia Louis Condo 7th
 PhilippinesPhilippines Jharome Pena 10  

Prize money

Tournament placement Prize money
1st place (world champion) $ 100,000
2nd place (defeat in the final) $ 40,000
3rd place (semi-finals) $ 20,000
5th place (quarter-finals) $ 10,000
9th place (round of 16) $ 4,500
17th place (out in the round of 32 ) $ 3,000
33rd place (out in the round of 64 ) $ 2,000
65th place (3rd place in the preliminary group) $ 1,000
97th place (4th place in the preliminary group) $ 0

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