WPA 9 Ball World Championship 2004

9-Ball World Championship 2004 WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2004
venue	Taipei , Taiwan
opening	July 10, 2004
Endgame	July 18, 2004
discipline	9-ball
winner	Canada Alex Pagulayan
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The WPA-9-Ball-World Championship 2004 was the 15th edition of the world championship held by the WPA in the pool discipline 9-ball . It took place from July 10th to 18th, 2004 in the Taiwanese capital Taipei .

The Canadian Alex Pagulayan became world champion with a 17-13 victory in the final against the Taiwanese Chang Pei-Wei . Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann was eliminated in the round of 32 against Kang Chin-ching .

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:	Switzerland Marco Tschudi	Puerto Rico Alan Rolon	United States Tim Hall	Costa Rica Giovanni Orozco
Group 2:	India Alok Kumar	Finland Markus Juva	Japan Shintaro Sugaya	United States Corey Harper
Group 3:	Poland Radoslaw Babica	Mexico Ismael Páez	Italy Vittorio De Falco	Australia David Reljic
Group 4:	England Daryl Peach	Germany Michael Schmidt	Japan Kazuo Furuta	Argentina Gustavo Espinosa
Group 5:	South Africa Yulan Govender	Korea South Ryu Seung-woo	United Arab Emirates Hanni al-Howri	Canada Al Logan
Group 6:	England James Kay	Australia Emile Riera	Canada Cliff Thorburn	England Anthony Ginn
Group 7:	Germany Thomas Engert	Slovenia Marco Bacarcic	New Zealand Phil Wilkinson	United States Steve Lillis
Group 8:	Chinese Taipei Hsu Chun-yang	Ireland Tommy Donlon	Malaysia Ibrahim bin Amir	Aruba Richard Wolff
Group 9:	Hungary Vilmos Földes	Malaysia Alan Tan	United States Mike Davis	Indonesia Kamarudin Yudharman
Group 10:	Japan Hiroshi Takenaka	New Zealand Jimmy Henry	Finland Stefan Selberg	England Kevin Hew
Group 11:	Japan Akikumo Toshikawa	Luxembourg Marc Holtz	England Raj Hundal	Indonesia Siauw Wieto
Group 12:	England Kevin Smith	Thailand Chachawal Rutphae	Canada Chris Orme	South Africa David Anderson
Group 13:	Netherlands Niels Feijen	Korea South Park Shin-young	New Zealand Matthew McInnes	Spain Gabriel Carral
Group 14:	Croatia Ivica Putnik	United States Max Eberle	Chinese Taipei Chien Ming-wei	Korea South Lee Jang-su
Group 15:	Korea South Jeong Young-hwa	Japan Kunihiko Takahashi	Australia Phil Reilly	Germany Sascha Trautmann
Group 16:	Philippines Jose Parica	Denmark Kasper Kristoffersen	United States Jeremy Jones	Thailand Surathep Phoochalam

Final round

Round of the last 64

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Chao Fong-Pang

9

Michael Valentine

2

Chao Fong-Pang

9

Patrick Ooi

5

Patrick Ooi

9

Jorge Llanos

2

Chao Fong-Pang

11

Imran Majid

1

Imran Majid

9

Pat Holtz

0

Imran Majid

9

Satoshi Kawabata

6th

Satoshi Kawabata

9

Antonio Gabica

4th

Chao Fong-Pang

10

Alex Pagulayan

11

Huang Chien-che

9

Erik Weiselius

2

Huang Chien-che

9

Rico Diks

4th

Rico Diks

9

Takeshi Okumura

2

Huang Chien-che

7th

Alex Pagulayan

11

Alex Pagulayan

9

Andreja Klasović

8th

Alex Pagulayan

9

Martin Kempter

5

Martin Kempter

9

Marko Lohtander

7th

Alex Pagulayan

11

Kuo Po-Cheng

4th

Kang Chin-ching

9

Wang Hung-Hsiang

6th

Kang Chin-ching

9

Thorsten Hohmann

1

Thorsten Hohmann

9

Nick van den Berg

3

Kang Chin-ching

11

Rodolfo Luat

7th

Rodolfo Luat

9

Steve Davis

7th

Rodolfo Luat

9

Hsia Hui-kai

2

Hsia Hui-kai

9

Charlie Williams

5

Kang Chin-ching

10

Kuo Po-Cheng

11

Kuo Po-Cheng

9

John Lopez

4th

Kuo Po-Cheng

9

David Alcaide

8th

David Alcaide

9

Tony Drago

8th

Kuo Po-Cheng

11

Earl Strickland

8th

Earl Strickland

9

Thomas Hash

4th

Earl Strickland

9

Fu Che-wei

7th

Fu Che-wei

9

Tom Storm

8th

Alex Pagulayan

17th

Chang Pei-Wei

13

Marcus Chamat

9

Ralf Souquet

6th

Marcus Chamat

9

Ramil Gallego

6th

Ramil Gallego

9

Chen Ying-chieh

7th

Marcus Chamat

11

Thorsten Schober

8th

Thorsten Schober

9

Lee Van Corteza

7th

Thorsten Schober

9

Rodney Morris

6th

Rodney Morris

9

Tony Crosby

4th

Marcus Chamat

11

Marlon Manalo

6th

Marlon Manalo

9

Yang Ching-shun

7th

Marlon Manalo

9

Francisco Bustamante

5

Francisco Bustamante

9

Dan Basavich

2

Marlon Manalo

11

Efren Reyes

4th

Efren Reyes

9

Alex Lely

6th

Efren Reyes

9

Oliver Ortmann

6th

Oliver Ortmann

9

Kevin Uzzell

2

Marcus Chamat

9

Chang Pei-Wei

11

Dennis Orcollo

9

Danny Harriman

2

Dennis Orcollo

9

Konstantin Stepanov

5

Konstantin Stepanov

9

Wu Chia-ching

6th

Dennis Orcollo

5

Chang Pei-Wei

11

Chang Pei-Wei

9

Warren Kiamco

7th

Chang Pei-Wei

9

Raymond Hauge

6th

Raymond Hauge

9

Ernesto Domínguez

6th

Chang Pei-Wei

11

Johnny Archer

10

Johnny Archer

9

Hisashi Yamamoto

5

Johnny Archer

9

Luc Salvas

6th

Luc Salvas

9

Gandy Valle

8th

Johnny Archer

11

Niklas Bergendorff

9

Niklas Bergendorff

9

Fabio Petroni

2

Niklas Bergendorff

9

Mika Immonen

7th

Mika Immonen

9

Antonio Lining

4th

Web links

WPA World Pool Championship 2004 on azbilliards.com

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