World Pool Series

The World Pool Series (also World 8-Ball Series ) is an 8-Ball - Pool Billiard Tournament Series in the United States . The venue for the tournaments is Steinway Billiards in the Astoria district of New York .

history

In November 2016, the WPA announced that it would support the World Pool Series tournament series planned by two-time world champion Darren Appleton . The first tournament in the series took place in January 2017. Before the second tournament, the mode was changed. The maximum number of participants was reduced from 128 to 96. While the first tournament was played entirely in the knockout system , it will now be played in the double knockout system until the round of 16 .

mode

Up to 96 players are invited for the individual tournaments. These are selected by the organizers on the basis of the world rankings and the rankings of the American billiards association BCA and by the sponsors as wild cards. In addition, there are up to 24 qualification tournaments per tournament in which starting places are played out. The 8-ball discipline is played , although some of the rules differ from the official WPA rules. The participants compete against each other in the double knockout system up to the round of 16 and then in the knockout system . The challenge tournaments, in which all players who do not reach the round of 16 in the main tournament are eligible, are played in the same mode, but with lower goals. A tour ranking list is created based on the results of the tournaments. The 128 top-placed players on this ranking qualify for the final tournament.

The tournaments at a glance

year	No.	Main tournament					Challenge tournament
		Tournament name	winner	Result	finalist	Semi-finalists 1	winner
2017	1	Molinari Players Championship	Ruslan Tschinachow	16: 6	Lee Van Corteza	Johann Chua	Francisco Sánchez
						Darren Appleton
	2	Aramith Masters Championship	Eklent Kaçi	6: 4, 7: 5	Carlo Biado	Jayson Shaw	Lee Van Corteza
						Darren Appleton
	3	Ryo Rack Classic	Skyler Woodward	6: 3, 6: 2	Darren Appleton	Eklent Kaçi	Mika Immonen
						Radoslaw Babica
	4th	Grand finals	Eklent Kaçi	13:11	Petri Makkonen	Wu Kun-lin	Lee Van Corteza
						Dennis Orcollo

¹ The first-named semi-finalist lost against the eventual winner, the second-named against the other finalist.

Web links

• Official website
• World Pool Series at azbilliards.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 2017 World 8-Ball Series. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association , November 14, 2016, archived from the original on January 22, 2017 ; accessed on July 16, 2017 .  
2. ^ ^{A b} Ted Lerner: The Siberian Express Steamrolls to the Crown. In: azbilliards.com. January 18, 2017, archived from the original on February 2, 2017 ; accessed on January 22, 2017 .  
3. ↑ Ted Lerner: World Pool Series Reveal Exciting New Format For Aramith Masters. In: worldpoolseries.com. March 30, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .  
4. ↑ ^{a b} format. In: worldpoolseries.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017 ; accessed on January 22, 2017 .  
5. ↑ ^{a b} format. (No longer available online.) In: worldpoolseries.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017 ; Retrieved April 9, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
6. ↑ Ted Lerner: Klenti Has Plenty To Celebrate. In: worldpoolseries.com. April 9, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2017 .  
7. ↑ Ted Lerner: Sky's The Limit! In: worldpoolseries.co. July 16, 2017, accessed November 4, 2017 .  
8. ↑ Ted Lerner: Catch Me if You can! In: worldpoolseries.com. November 3, 2017, accessed November 4, 2017 .