World Pool Masters 2006
The World Pool Masters 2006 was the twelfth edition of an annual pool tournament . It took place from May 9th to 11th, 2006 at the Hotel Zuiderduin in Egmond aan Zee , Netherlands and was organized by Matchroom Sport and sponsored by PartyCasino.com .
The winner of the tournament was German Ralf Souquet , who beat Alex Pagulayan from the Philippines 8: 4 in the final .
On the first day of the tournament, a Trickshot Masters was also held, which was won by Alex Pagulayan .
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16 of the best pool players in the world were invited to the World Pool Masters. The game was played in the pool variant 9-ball .
The game was played with an alternating break , which means that the players take turns to play, regardless of who won the previous game.
Tournament course
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
 Raj Hundal
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Hiroshi Takenaka
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Raj Hundal
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Niels Feijen
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Niels Feijen
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Rodney Morris
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Raj Hundal
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1 | |||||||||||||
 Alex Pagulayan
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Nick van den Berg
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7th | |||||||||||||
 Vilmos Földes
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Vilmos Földes
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Pagulayan
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Alex Pagulayan
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Alex Pagulayan
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4th | |||||||||||||
 Ralf Souquet
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Imran Majid
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Alex Lely
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Imran Majid
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Ralf Souquet
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Ralf Souquet
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Efren Reyes
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Ralf Souquet
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Wu Chia-Ching
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Engert
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Tony Drago
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Tony Drago
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Wu Chia-Ching
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Wu Chia-Ching
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
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5 | |||||||||||||
Trickshot tournament
At the World Trick Shot Masters (ie, a trick shot competition), which took place on the evening of the first day tournament, participated 6 players. The winner was Alex Pagulayan from the Philippines .
Prize money
A total of US $ 62,000 was distributed .
| Tournament placement | Prize money |
|---|---|
| 1st place (tournament winner) | $ 20,000 |
| 2nd place (defeat in the final) | $ 10,000 |
| 3rd place (semi-finals) | $ 5,000 |
| 5th place (quarter-finals) | $ 2,500 |
| 9th place (round of 16) | $ 1,500 |
