Wang Can (pool player)

Wang Can (pool player)
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	February 10, 1994
Pool world rankings
Current WRL location	72 (as of July 2, 2020)

Wang Can (born February 10, 1994 ) is a Chinese pool player .

Career

In 2008 Wang took part in a world championship for the first time. At the 10-Ball World Cup , however, he was eliminated without a win in the preliminary round. In 2011 he finished ninth at the China Open , and in 2012 he was fifth. In October 2012, Wang finished ninth at the Johnny Archer Classic , fourth at the Championship Cloth Pro Classic and 13th at the US Open .

In May 2013, Wang Can came in 33rd place at the China Open. At the Ultimate 10-Ball Championship he lost in the final against Mika Immonen from Finland . He finished seventh at the Souqthern Classic in June 2013, ninth at the West Coast Challenge in One Pocket , and seventh in 10-Ball . In July 2013, he also finished fifth at the Hard Times 10-Ball Open and finished 17th at the 8-Ball US Open. In August 2013, he just missed making it into the finals at the World 14.1 Tournament with 17th place. At the 9-ball World Cup in September 2013 he reached the round of 64, in which he was eliminated against the Greek Nikos Ekonomopoulos . At the US Open 9-Ball 2013 , Wang finished 17th. In December 2013, he reached a final on the Predator Pro-Am Tour for the first time. However, he lost this to Earl Strickland .

At the 2014 Derby City Classic , Wang Can finished seventh in the bank pool and 30th in 9-ball . In January he finished second in the Predator Pro-Am Tour for the second time. A few days after the Derby City Classic, he won a tournament in this series for the only time so far. At the China Open 2014 , Wang reached the final round. In the sixteenth finals, however, he was defeated by the German Thorsten Hohmann . At the 9-ball World Cup he was eliminated in the round of 64 against the Filipino Warren Kiamco . In November 2014, he first took part in the World Pool Masters , where he lost to Karol Skowerski in the round of 16 .

In February 2015, Wang reached the second round of the Chinese 8-Ball World Championship and the sixteenth-finals of the 10-Ball World Championship . In September 2015 he made it into the final round of the 9-ball world championship for the third time in a row . After victories against Tōru Kuribayashi and Ruslan Tschinachow he finally reached the second round, in which he was defeated by his compatriot Wu Jiaqing with 9:11.

Wang Can took part in the World Cup of Pool once. In 2014 he formed the Chinese doubles with Dang Jinhu . They reached the quarter-finals, in which they were defeated by the Austrians Albin Ouschan and Mario He . At the 2014 Team World Cup , Wang and the second Chinese team won the final against the Philippines.

Web links

• Wang Can on azbilliards.com