World Pool League 2006
The World Pool League in 2006 was the ninth and last edition is one of Matchroom Sport and the WPA ( World Pool-Billiard Association aligned) 9-Ball - snooker tournament . Like all eight previous tournaments, it took place in Warsaw, Poland. The venue was the NOT Building . Filipino Dennis Orcollo was the winner with an 8: 5 final victory over Niels Feijen from the Netherlands .
Tournament course
Group stage
Six of the best pool players in the world were invited, who first played the four semi-final places in the group phase. It was played according to the mode of every against every , whereby a win was worth two and a tie was worth one point.
| space | nation | Surname | S 1 | U 2 | N 3 | Point ratio | total score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
|
Dennis Orcollo | 1 | 4th | 0 | 26:24 | 6th |
| 2. |
|
Niels Feijen | 2 | 1 | 2 | 27:23 | 5 |
| 3. |
|
Thorsten Hohmann | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25:25 | 5 |
| 4th |
|
Ralf Souquet | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25:25 | 5 |
| 5. |
|
Chang Pei-Wei | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24:26 | 5 |
| 6th |
|
Radoslaw Babica | 1 | 2 | 2 | 23:27 | 4th |
- 1 S = victory
- 2 U = tie
- 3 N = defeat
Semifinals
The group phase resulted in the games Dennis Orcollo against Ralf Souquet and Niels Feije against Thorsten Hohmann . Orcollo was able to win against Souquet 8: 5, although he had already led 4: 1. In the second game Feijen was able to clearly beat Hohmann 8: 2, so that the final between Dennis Orcollo and Niels Feijen resulted.
final
In the final, Orcollo quickly took a 3-1 lead, but Feijen came back to 3: 3. In the end, Orcollo won 8: 5 and was able to secure the prize money of 20,000 British pounds.
Prize money
A total of US $ 50,000 was distributed .
| Tournament placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| 1st place (tournament winner) | $ 20,000 |
| 2nd place (finalist) | $ 10,000 |
| 3rd place (semi-finals) | $ 7,000 |
| 5th place (preliminary round) | $ 3,000 |
Web links
- Tournament report ( memento of September 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) from Matchroom Sport