World Pool Masters 2007
The World Pool Masters 2007 was the fifteenth edition of an annual pool tournament . It took place from June 8th to 10th, 2007 in the Hotel Zuiderduin in Egmond aan Zee , Netherlands and was organized by Matchroom Sport and sponsored by PartyPoker.net .
The winner of the tournament was the German Thomas Engert , who beat the Spaniard David Alcaide 8: 5 in the final .
A Trickshot Masters was also held on the first day of the tournament .
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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 . A shot clock of 45 seconds was set. If a player hadn't taken his shot by then, the opponent would have fouled and ball-in-hand .
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 | |||||||||||
 Ralf Souquet
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6th | |||||||||||||
 David Alcaide
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8th | |||||||||||||
| David Alcaide
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Oliver Ortmann
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Naoyuki Ōi
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Oliver Ortmann
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8th | |||||||||||||
| David Alcaide
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Pat Holtz
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5 | |||||||||||||
 Li Hewen
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Pat Holtz
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Pat Holtz
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Niels Feijen
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5 | |||||||||||||
 Imran Majid
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Niels Feijen
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8th | |||||||||||||
| David Alcaide
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Engert
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Wu Chia-Ching
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Tyler Edey
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Engert
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Wu Chia-Ching
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7th | |||||||||||||
 Tony Drago
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Engert
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Engert
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Nick van den Berg
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4th | |||||||||||||
 Jasmin Ouschan
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Nick van den Berg
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Nick van den Berg
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Fabio Petroni
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Fabio Petroni
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Ronato Alcano
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6th | |||||||||||||
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 |
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 7 players. The winner was Rob Mollien from the Netherlands.
