WPA 9 Ball World Championship 2005

9-ball World Cup 2005 WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2005
venue	Kaohsiung , Taiwan
opening	July 2, 2005
Endgame	July 10, 2005
discipline	9-ball
winner	Chinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching
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The WPA-9-Ball World Championship 2005 was the 16th edition of the world championship in the pool discipline 9-ball held by the WPA . It took place from July 2 to 10, 2005 in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung .

The Taiwanese Wu Chia-ching became world champion with a 17:16 victory in the final against his compatriot Kuo Po-Cheng . Defending champion Alex Pagulayan was eliminated in the round of 32 against Vilmos Földes .

mode

The 96 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:	Germany Jakob Belka	Netherlands Rico Diks	South Africa Yulan Govender	Chinese Taipei Pan Shen-ping
Group 2:	Australia Phil Reilly	Malaysia Patrick Ooi	England Steve Higton	Venezuela 1954 Jerry Calderon
Group 3:	England Imran Majid	India Manan Chandra	Greece Lambros Vrakas	United States Charlie Williams
Group 4:	Chinese Taipei Kang Chin-ching	Philippines Efren Reyes	Poland Tomasz Kapłan	Denmark Jacob Lyng
Group 5:	Poland Radoslaw Babica	Wales Ben Davies	Mexico Ismael Páez	Japan Naoyuki Ōi
Group 6:	Sweden Erik Weiselius	Philippines Antonio Lining	Hong Kong Au Chi Wai	Singapore Steve Hock Chin
Group 7:	Korea South Kim Wong-dea	Finland Marko Lohtander	Chinese Taipei Zeng Ding-yuan	Canada Jeff White
Group 8:	Spain Samir Kaddur	England Craig Osborne	Argentina Gustavo Espinosa	Malaysia Alan Tan
Group 9:	Belgium Jan Dulst	Singapore Chan Keng Kwang	Venezuela 1954 José Luis Perez	Pakistan Irfan Ahmed Khan
Group 10:	United States John Schmidt	New Zealand Ceri Worts	Spain David Alcaide	England Anthony Ginn
Group 11:	Chile Enrique Rojas	United Arab Emirates Hanni al-Howri	Austria Cetin Aslan	Australia Louis Condo
Group 12:	Italy Fabio Petroni	Germany Thorsten Schober	Korea South Jeong Young-hwa	Thailand Washana Poonjaeng
Group 13:	Norway Roger Lysholm	Canada Erik Hjorleifson	Indonesia Siauw Wieto	Hong Kong Lee Chenman
Group 14:	Serbia and Montenegro Sandor dead	United States Shawn Putnam	Germany Nicolas Ottermann	Japan Hiroshi Takenaka
Group 15:	Croatia Goran Mladenovic	India Dharminder Singh Lilly	Australia Stuart Lawler	Sweden David Larsson
Group 16:	Netherlands Gilliano Smit	Germany Ralf Souquet	Singapore Tiong Boon Tan	New Zealand Phil Wilkinson

Final round

Round of the last 64

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Kuo Po-Cheng

10

Steve Davis

7th

Kuo Po-Cheng

10

Liu Chun-chiang

4th

Liu Chun-chiang

10

Daryl Peach

7th

Kuo Po-Cheng

11

Roman Hybler

4th

Roman Hybler

10

Cheng Chong-hua

6th

Roman Hybler

10

Chao Fong-Pang

8th

Chao Fong-Pang

10

Michael Valentine

2

Kuo Po-Cheng

11

Huang Kun-chang

7th

Huang Kun-chang

10

Thomas Engert

7th

Huang Kun-chang

10

Hsia Hui-kai

8th

Hsia Hui-kai

10

Mike Davis

3

Huang Kun-chang

11

Thanh Nam Nguyen

4th

Rodolfo Luat

10

Lương Chí Dũng

1

Rodolfo Luat

8th

Thanh Nam Nguyen

10

Thanh Nam Nguyen

10

Niels Feijen

8th

Kuo Po-Cheng

11

Rodney Morris

7th

Chang Jung-Lin

10

Francisco Bustamante

8th

Chang Jung-Lin

10

Warren Kiamco

4th

Warren Kiamco

10

David Reljic

6th

Chang Jung-Lin

8th

Rodney Morris

11

Rodney Morris

10

Luc Salvas

2

Rodney Morris

10

Raj Hundal

9

Raj Hundal

10

Yang Ching-shun

4th

Rodney Morris

11

Nick van den Berg

10

Vilmos Földes

10

Ibrahim bin Amir

2

Vilmos Földes

10

Alex Pagulayan

8th

Alex Pagulayan

10

Park Shin-young

5

Vilmos Földes

10

Nick van den Berg

11

Nick van den Berg

10

Tony Drago

5

Nick van den Berg

10

Wang Hua-fong

6th

Wang Hua-fong

10

Dennis Orcollo

5

Kuo Po-Cheng

16

Wu Chia-ching

17th

Marcus Chamat

10

Johnny Archer

5

Marcus Chamat

10

Alain Martel

1

Alain Martel

10

Earl Strickland

7th

Marcus Chamat

4th

Wu Chia-ching

11

Wu Chia-ching

10

Ko Pin-yi

5

Wu Chia-ching

10

Andreas Roschkowsky

6th

Andreas Roschkowsky

10

Adam Abdulrahim

2

Wu Chia-ching

11

Thorsten Hohmann

5

Kevin Uzzell

10

Alex Lely

7th

Kevin Uzzell

7th

Thorsten Hohmann

10

Thorsten Hohmann

10

Ronato Alcano

7th

Thorsten Hohmann

11

Jeremy Jones

7th

Gabe Owen

10

Oliver Ortmann

6th

Gabe Owen

5

Jeremy Jones

10

Jeremy Jones

10

Satoshi Kawabata

8th

Wu Chia-ching

11

Marlon Manalo

5

Gandy Valle

10

Do Hoang Quan

8th

Gandy Valle

9

Chen Ying-chieh

10

Chen Ying-chieh

10

Chang Pei-Wei

5

Chen Ying-chieh

0

Marlon Manalo

11

Marlon Manalo

10

Charlie Bryant

9

Marlon Manalo

10

Huang Chien-che

0

Huang Chien-che

10

Konstantin Stepanov

5

Marlon Manalo

11

Mika Immonen

9

Kunihiko Takahashi

10

Dan Basavich

8th

Kunihiko Takahashi

8th

Mika Immonen

10

Mika Immonen

10

Ivica Putnik

2

Mika Immonen

11

Corey Deuel

8th

Corey Deuel

10

Lai Chia-hsiung

2

Corey Deuel

10

Harald Stolka

9

Harald Stolka

10

Fu Che-wei

6th

Web links

WPA World Pool Championship 2005 on azbilliards.com

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