2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
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The 2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
(a.k.a. the World Pool Championship 2011) was the professional nine-ball pocket billiards (pool) championship, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association
(WPA) and organised by Matchroom Sport
. It was held from 25 June through 1 July in Doha
, Qatar
, hosted by the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation. Qualifying tournaments were held from 21 to 23 June, with the Al Sadd Sports Club hosting both qualifying and final tournaments.
Japanese Yukio Akakariyama defeated Ronnie Alcano of the Philippines 13–11 in the final to become the first Japanese world pool champion since 1998 when Takahashi Kunihiko defeated Johnny Archer
.
WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The WPA World Nine-ball Championship is an annual, international, professional nine-ball pool tournament, founded in 1990, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association , and principally sponsored and organised by Matchroom Sport...
(a.k.a. the World Pool Championship 2011) was the professional nine-ball pocket billiards (pool) championship, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association
World Pool-Billiard Association
The World Pool-Billiard Association is the international governing body for pocket billiards . The group was formed in 1987, and was initially headed by a provisional board of directors consisting of representatives from Japan, the United States, Sweden, and Germany...
(WPA) and organised by Matchroom Sport
Matchroom Sport
Matchroom Sport is a sport event promotions company founded by the English entrepreneur Barry Hearn. It first came to attention in the sports of snooker and boxing and is also involved in pool, bowling, golf , fishing, darts and poker...
. It was held from 25 June through 1 July in Doha
Doha
Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...
, Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
, hosted by the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation. Qualifying tournaments were held from 21 to 23 June, with the Al Sadd Sports Club hosting both qualifying and final tournaments.
Japanese Yukio Akakariyama defeated Ronnie Alcano of the Philippines 13–11 in the final to become the first Japanese world pool champion since 1998 when Takahashi Kunihiko defeated Johnny Archer
Johnny Archer
Johnny Archer is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed "the Scorpion" ....
.
Tournament format
- All matches are via the alternate system. All matches are to nine racks. The winner of the breaks for the first rack and every odd-numbered rack thereafter, including the final rack if needed.
- Double elimination tournament during the group stage: There are 16 groups with each group having eight players. Two wins qualifies the player to the knockout round, while two losses eliminates him, with four players per group advancing to the knockout stage.
- The match-ups are redrawn for the knockout stage, with the undefeated players being seeded.
- Single elimination tournament during the knockout stage. All matches are races to eleven racks, except for the final which is race to 13.
Prize fund
- Eliminated at the group stage: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
500 - Eliminated at the round of 64: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
2,000 - Eliminated at the round of 32: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
2,500 - Eliminated at the round of 16: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
4,000 - Eliminated at the quarterfinals: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
6,000 - Eliminated at the semifinal: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
10,000 - Runner-up: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
18,000 - Champion: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
36,000
Day 1 (June 25)
First day was devoted to first round matches.- Efren ReyesEfren ReyesEfren Manalang Reyes is a Filipino professional pool player and a two-time world champion. Reyes is considered by many to be the greatest all-around pool player in the history of the game. He is affectionately nicknamed "Bata" and "the Magician".-Early life:Reyes was born in Pampanga in 1954...
needed all 17 racks to defeat Mark GrayMark Gray (pool player)Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta...
. Gray led 6–2 at the start of the match, but Reyes tied the score at 7–all. Reyes later went , but fumbled on the next rack to allow Gray to tie the match at . Reyes sank a ball on the and to win the match.- Defending champion Francisco BustamanteFrancisco BustamanteFrancisco Bustamante is a Filipino professional pocket billiards player from Tarlac, and the 2010 World Nine-ball Champion., nicknamed "Django", after the lead character of the film of the same name, and sometimes also called "Bustie", especially in the United States.-Early life:Bustamante is the...
stayed on the winner's bracket when he won 9–7 after leading 5–2 against Filipino Caneda Villamor. Villamor, who works in Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
as a pool instructor, cut Bustamante's lead to 6–5 when the match turned into a battle of ; Bustamante won after he converted a between the 6-ball and the 9-ball.- Like his opponent at last year's final, 2010 runner-up Kuo Po-chengKuo Po-chengKuo Po-cheng is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "The Little Monster". Kuo finished 1st runner-up to Wu Chia-ching in the 2005 World Pool Championship held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He was also runner-up to Francisco Bustamante in the 2010 World 9-Ball Championship held in Doha,...
also needed 16 racks to beat Ahmad Taufi Murni of Brunei to stay at the winner's bracket.
Day 2 (June 26)
Second day ended the first round matches.- World #2 Ronnie Alcano of the Philippines had an easy time against Eritrean Hamzah al-Saeed, scoring a 9–5 win; his compatriot and World #3 Antonio LiningAntonio LiningAntonio Lining is a Filipino pool player, nicknamed "Nikoy." He is one of the few left-handed Asian players....
also won comfortably with a 9–4 decision against Taiwanese Liu Cheng-Cheih. Lining will face Japanese Tohru Kuribayashi after winning against Oliver OrtmannOliver OrtmannOliver Ortmann is a German top professional pool player whose nickname is "The Machine". He is renowned not only as a World Champion in Nine-Ball but also in the resurgent discipline of 14.1 or straight pool....
of Germany 9–6. - Britain's Daryl PeachDaryl PeachDaryl Peach is an English professional pocket billiards player. Nicknamed "Razzledazzle" and "the Dazzler," he defeated the Philippines' Roberto Gomez in 2007 to become the first English male to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship...
will face Saudi Arabian Mohammad al-Hazmi, who upset world #24 Nguyen Phuc Long 9–6, after beating Singaporean Keng Kwang Chan 9–5. Mohanna Obaidly, the highest ranked player from the host country, prevented elimination by beating Andrew Kong of Hong Kong, while Mark GrayMark Gray (pool player)Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta...
also staved off elimination when he beat Vilmos FoldesVilmos FöldesVilmos Földes is a Hungarian professional Pocket billiards player, nicknamed "the Magic Magyar"....
of Hungary 9–7 after trailing 2–7. - On the day's matches that needed the 17th rack to finish, Radoslav Babica of Poland and Yukio Akakariyama of Japan beat Filipino Raymund Faron and Qatar's Mohammed Al Bin Ali, respectively to stay in the winners' bracket.
Day 3 (June 27)
Third day was devoted to second round matches. Winners in the winners' bracket advance to the Round of 64, while those in the losers' bracket winners will play the winners' bracket losers on the next day.- All Filipinos in the winners' bracket won their matches to advance to the Round of 64; World #1 Dennis Orcollo, Reyes, Bustamante, Oliver Medenilla, Jeffery de Luna, Alan Cuartero, Ronnie Alcano and Antonio LiningAntonio LiningAntonio Lining is a Filipino pool player, nicknamed "Nikoy." He is one of the few left-handed Asian players....
were among the Round of 64 qualifiers. 2006 champion Alcano had to win at the 17th rack to defeat Radoslaw Babica of Poland, while Cuartero, a overseas Filipino worker in Kuwait, defeated Marcus Chamat of Sweden. - Shane Van Boening, one of only two Americans on the tournament, won at the 17th rack against 2005 champion Wu Jia-qing. Wu lead 2–0, then went on the hill at 8–6. Van Boening evened the match and held on to win on the final rack.
Day 4 (June 28)
Fourth day was devoted to second round matches in the losers' bracket. The losers are eliminated.- All Qataris were eliminated from contention: Mohanna Obaidly was beaten by Russian Konstantin StepanovKonstantin StepanovKonstantin Stepanov is a Russian professional pool player. In 2002 he was the Russian 8-ball champion. During the 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Ralf Souquet. This performance...
9–3, Japanese Tohru Kuribayashi only lost one rack en route in beating Taher Hussain, Waleed Majid was the closest among the Qataris in the knockout stage but was beaten by Hunter Lombardo of the U.S. at the 17th rack, while Fawal Abdulatif lost to Naoyuki Oi of Japan 9–6. - The British contingent fared well as seven of them advanced to the knockout round.
- The match between Antonio Gabica of the Philippines and Fu Jian-bo needed 17th racks to finish. The Qatar-based Gabica had a 6–1 lead but the Chinese won the next four racks. Gabica was the first on the hill but Fu won the next three racks. Gabica won the deciding rack to advance to the knockout stage.
- Taiwanese Ko Ping-chun and Kwang Yong of South Korea exchanged leads in their match, until Yong pulled ahead 7–4. Ko tied the match at 7–all but the Korean won the next two racks to qualify to the next round.
- Former double world champion Wu Jia-qing was beaten by Mariusz Skoneczny after Wu missed on the 8-ball on a hill-hill match; the Pole sank the last two balls to eliminate Wu.
Day 5 (June 29)
The Round of 64 was held on the fifth day.- In matchup involving Filipinos, Villamor defeated Reyes 11–5 to advance to the Round of 32. Reyes suffered poor form in breaking that caused his defeat.
- Bustamante and Indonesian Riyan Setiawan will face each other after defeating their opponents; Bustamante won against Germany’s Sascha-Andrej Tege 11–4, while the Indonesian eliminated Carlo Cabello of Spain 11–8.
- Gabica led Finnish Mika ImmonenMika ImmonenMika Immonen is a Finnish professional pool player, nicknamed "the Ice Man."He won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship in Cardiff, Wales in 2001. That same year, he was the runner-up to Corey Deuel in the US Open Nine-ball ChampionshipHe has represented Team Europe on thirteen occasions in the...
4–1, then went on the hill at 10–6 when he . The Finn won the next four racks to go hill-hill; the final rack emerged as a safety battle until Gabica pocketed the 1-ball. The Filipino ran out and won the match.- Mark GrayMark Gray (pool player)Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta...
of the UK had a come-from-behind win against last year's runner-up Kuo Po-chengKuo Po-chengKuo Po-cheng is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "The Little Monster". Kuo finished 1st runner-up to Wu Chia-ching in the 2005 World Pool Championship held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He was also runner-up to Francisco Bustamante in the 2010 World 9-Ball Championship held in Doha,...
. Kuo led 10–6 but Gray won the next racks, including a run out at the final rack, to win the match. Gray will meet fellow Briton Chris MellingChris Melling (pool player)Chris "The Magician" Melling is a British 8-ball pool player and former world number 1.He won the English Pool Association World Rules World Championship twice, in 2001 and 2003. He was ranked #1 in 2003 by the World Eight-ball Pool Federation....
who beat Korean Hwang Yong.
Day 6 (June 30)
By the end of the sixth day, only four players remained to play on the final day.
Round of 32
- Bustamante was leading 9–4 when he got distracted by a press photographer. This is when his Indonesian opponent Riyan Setiawan caught up with him with a score of 10–7. Riyan tied the score at 10–all and Bustamante broke for the match. The two engaged in a safety battle in the final rack when Riyan scratched and Bustamante ran out to advance to the next round later in the day.
- In an all-Filipino match, Carlo Biado led Lee Van CortezaLee Van CortezaLee Vann Corteza is a Filipino professional pool player. He is nicknamed "Van Van", and started playing pool in 1993...
8–5 when Corteza retook the lead at 9–6 when he missed a shot at the 9-ball that could've put him on the hill. Biado ran out the rest of the racks to score a berth to the next round.
Round of 16
- Shane Van Boening, the only American left in the field, led against British Darren AppletonDarren AppletonDarren Appleton is a British pool player, nicknamed "Dynamite". He won the first WPA World Ten-ball Championship in 2008 against Wu Chia-ching, the former world champion in both nine-ball and eight-ball from Taiwan...
6–3. Appleton tied at 6–6, then took the lead 7–6. The two exchanged leads when Appleton reached the hill first when the American missed. Van Boening tied when he made a and two other difficult shots. On the final rack, Van Boening made a safety in which Appleton studied for ten minutes. Appleton missed, but there was no clear shot as Van Boening studied the ball for several minutes before making the shot and ran out for the win.- 2007 champion Daryl PeachDaryl PeachDaryl Peach is an English professional pocket billiards player. Nicknamed "Razzledazzle" and "the Dazzler," he defeated the Philippines' Roberto Gomez in 2007 to become the first English male to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship...
will face 2011 8-ball champion Dennis OrculloDennis OrculloDennis Orcollo , sometimes called Dennis Orcullo, is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Surigao" and "RoboCop"...
after the Briton defeated Ko Pin-yi. Orcullo had earlier beaten the defending champion Bustamante, who went hill-hill on his Round of 32 match. - Mark GrayMark Gray (pool player)Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta...
defeated fellow Briton Chris MellingChris Melling (pool player)Chris "The Magician" Melling is a British 8-ball pool player and former world number 1.He won the English Pool Association World Rules World Championship twice, in 2001 and 2003. He was ranked #1 in 2003 by the World Eight-ball Pool Federation....
to join Peach as the Britons in the quarterfinals. - Yukio Akakariyama eliminated Biado to join Toru Kuribayashi who also defeated another Filipino, Antonio LiningAntonio LiningAntonio Lining is a Filipino pool player, nicknamed "Nikoy." He is one of the few left-handed Asian players....
. The two Japanese players join the Filipinos, Britons and an American in the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals
- Orcullo led 5-0 against Peach as the Briton would not get any closer as he was blown out 11–2.
- Gray had a 4–0 lead over Van Boening when the American won the next five racks to take a 5–4 lead. Gray then won the next four racks and led 10–6 later the match. Van Boening, who had to win all of the remaining racks, scored on a combination after Gray fouled. Van Boening broke and ran out on the next rack, then Gray fouled on the break on the next rack. Van Boening was on his way on running out when missed on a shot that involved the . The two took their time on studying the nine-ball when Van Boening made an errant safety in which Gray capitalized to win the match.
- Toru Kuribayashi trailed Ronnie Alcano 7–3 when the Japanese tied the score at 8–all. Alcano retook the lead but the Japanese won the next two racks. Alcano ran out on the next rack to tie the score for the final time. Kuribayashi broke for the game but the two got locked in a safety battle. Alcano managed to hit on the 3-ball, that almost did not fall on the pocket; the Filipino then ran out to face Orcullo in the semifinals ensuring that a Filipino will play in the final.
- Vinacio Tanio consistently trailed Akakariyama until he tied the game at 8–all, then led 9–8. He missed an easy shot on the 6-ball that led to Akakariyama running out the rack to tie the match anew. Tanio missed on a bank shot but the ball sank on an unintended pocket to reach the hill first; the Japanese broke and ran out to tie the match for the last time. The Filipino was on his way on a break and run out when he had faced a difficult shot on the 8-ball. He sank the 8-ball but then faced on another difficult shot on the 9-ball. Tanio missed and Akakariyama faced on a table's length shot on the 9-ball. The Japanese took over ten minutes to study the shot before shooting it on a rail to the pocket to clinch a semifinals berth.
Final
Player | !!colspan=24>Rack !!rowspan=2|Racks
won1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 
Ronnie Alcano • 11 
Yukio Akakariyama 13
Quarterfinals onward
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Group M
Group N
Group O
Group P
Performance per country
Country / Last |128 |96 |64 |32 |16 |8 |4 |2 Philippines 18 18 17 10 7 3 2 1 Japan 5 5 5 4 2 2 1 1 
United Kingdom 9 9 7 6 3 2 1 0 
United States 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 
Chinese Taipei 7 6 6 4 2 0 0 0 
Germany 6 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 
Poland 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 
Indonesia 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 
Croatia 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 
France 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 
Netherlands 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 
People's Republic of China 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 
Iran 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 
Canada 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 
Finland 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 
Spain 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 
South Korea 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 
Austria 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 
Belgium 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 
Brunei 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 
Russia 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 
Qatar 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 
United Arab Emirates 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Kuwait 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Syria 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 
India 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Vietnam 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Hong Kong 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Lebanon 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Portugal 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Singapore 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Bangladesh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Egypt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Eritrea 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Estonia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Hungary 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Italy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Jordan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Malaysia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Sweden 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Uruguay 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Venezuela 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
External links
The 2011 WPA World Nine-ball ChampionshipWPA World Nine-ball ChampionshipThe WPA World Nine-ball Championship is an annual, international, professional nine-ball pool tournament, founded in 1990, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association , and principally sponsored and organised by Matchroom Sport...
(a.k.a. the World Pool Championship 2011) was the professional nine-ball pocket billiards (pool) championship, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard AssociationWorld Pool-Billiard AssociationThe World Pool-Billiard Association is the international governing body for pocket billiards . The group was formed in 1987, and was initially headed by a provisional board of directors consisting of representatives from Japan, the United States, Sweden, and Germany...
(WPA) and organised by Matchroom SportMatchroom SportMatchroom Sport is a sport event promotions company founded by the English entrepreneur Barry Hearn. It first came to attention in the sports of snooker and boxing and is also involved in pool, bowling, golf , fishing, darts and poker...
. It was held from 25 June through 1 July in DohaDohaDoha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...
, QatarQatarQatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
, hosted by the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation. Qualifying tournaments were held from 21 to 23 June, with the Al Sadd Sports Club hosting both qualifying and final tournaments.
Japanese Yukio Akakariyama defeated Ronnie Alcano of the Philippines 13–11 in the final to become the first Japanese world pool champion since 1998 when Takahashi Kunihiko defeated Johnny ArcherJohnny ArcherJohnny Archer is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed "the Scorpion" ....
.
Tournament format
- All matches are via the alternate system. All matches are to nine racks. The winner of the breaks for the first rack and every odd-numbered rack thereafter, including the final rack if needed.
- Double elimination tournament during the group stage: There are 16 groups with each group having eight players. Two wins qualifies the player to the knockout round, while two losses eliminates him, with four players per group advancing to the knockout stage.
- The match-ups are redrawn for the knockout stage, with the undefeated players being seeded.
- Single elimination tournament during the knockout stage. All matches are races to eleven racks, except for the final which is race to 13.
Prize fund
- Eliminated at the group stage: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
500 - Eliminated at the round of 64: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
2,000 - Eliminated at the round of 32: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
2,500 - Eliminated at the round of 16: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
4,000 - Eliminated at the quarterfinals: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
6,000 - Eliminated at the semifinal: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
10,000 - Runner-up: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
18,000 - Champion: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
36,000
Day 1 (June 25)
First day was devoted to first round matches.- Efren ReyesEfren ReyesEfren Manalang Reyes is a Filipino professional pool player and a two-time world champion. Reyes is considered by many to be the greatest all-around pool player in the history of the game. He is affectionately nicknamed "Bata" and "the Magician".-Early life:Reyes was born in Pampanga in 1954...
needed all 17 racks to defeat Mark GrayMark Gray (pool player)Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta...
. Gray led 6–2 at the start of the match, but Reyes tied the score at 7–all. Reyes later went , but fumbled on the next rack to allow Gray to tie the match at . Reyes sank a ball on the and to win the match.- Defending champion Francisco BustamanteFrancisco BustamanteFrancisco Bustamante is a Filipino professional pocket billiards player from Tarlac, and the 2010 World Nine-ball Champion., nicknamed "Django", after the lead character of the film of the same name, and sometimes also called "Bustie", especially in the United States.-Early life:Bustamante is the...
stayed on the winner's bracket when he won 9–7 after leading 5–2 against Filipino Caneda Villamor. Villamor, who works in Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
as a pool instructor, cut Bustamante's lead to 6–5 when the match turned into a battle of ; Bustamante won after he converted a between the 6-ball and the 9-ball.- Like his opponent at last year's final, 2010 runner-up Kuo Po-chengKuo Po-chengKuo Po-cheng is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "The Little Monster". Kuo finished 1st runner-up to Wu Chia-ching in the 2005 World Pool Championship held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He was also runner-up to Francisco Bustamante in the 2010 World 9-Ball Championship held in Doha,...
also needed 16 racks to beat Ahmad Taufi Murni of Brunei to stay at the winner's bracket.
Day 2 (June 26)
Second day ended the first round matches.- World #2 Ronnie Alcano of the Philippines had an easy time against Eritrean Hamzah al-Saeed, scoring a 9–5 win; his compatriot and World #3 Antonio LiningAntonio LiningAntonio Lining is a Filipino pool player, nicknamed "Nikoy." He is one of the few left-handed Asian players....
also won comfortably with a 9–4 decision against Taiwanese Liu Cheng-Cheih. Lining will face Japanese Tohru Kuribayashi after winning against Oliver OrtmannOliver OrtmannOliver Ortmann is a German top professional pool player whose nickname is "The Machine". He is renowned not only as a World Champion in Nine-Ball but also in the resurgent discipline of 14.1 or straight pool....
of Germany 9–6. - Britain's Daryl PeachDaryl PeachDaryl Peach is an English professional pocket billiards player. Nicknamed "Razzledazzle" and "the Dazzler," he defeated the Philippines' Roberto Gomez in 2007 to become the first English male to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship...
will face Saudi Arabian Mohammad al-Hazmi, who upset world #24 Nguyen Phuc Long 9–6, after beating Singaporean Keng Kwang Chan 9–5. Mohanna Obaidly, the highest ranked player from the host country, prevented elimination by beating Andrew Kong of Hong Kong, while Mark GrayMark Gray (pool player)Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta...
also staved off elimination when he beat Vilmos FoldesVilmos FöldesVilmos Földes is a Hungarian professional Pocket billiards player, nicknamed "the Magic Magyar"....
of Hungary 9–7 after trailing 2–7. - On the day's matches that needed the 17th rack to finish, Radoslav Babica of Poland and Yukio Akakariyama of Japan beat Filipino Raymund Faron and Qatar's Mohammed Al Bin Ali, respectively to stay in the winners' bracket.
Day 3 (June 27)
Third day was devoted to second round matches. Winners in the winners' bracket advance to the Round of 64, while those in the losers' bracket winners will play the winners' bracket losers on the next day.- All Filipinos in the winners' bracket won their matches to advance to the Round of 64; World #1 Dennis Orcollo, Reyes, Bustamante, Oliver Medenilla, Jeffery de Luna, Alan Cuartero, Ronnie Alcano and Antonio LiningAntonio LiningAntonio Lining is a Filipino pool player, nicknamed "Nikoy." He is one of the few left-handed Asian players....
were among the Round of 64 qualifiers. 2006 champion Alcano had to win at the 17th rack to defeat Radoslaw Babica of Poland, while Cuartero, a overseas Filipino worker in Kuwait, defeated Marcus Chamat of Sweden. - Shane Van Boening, one of only two Americans on the tournament, won at the 17th rack against 2005 champion Wu Jia-qing. Wu lead 2–0, then went on the hill at 8–6. Van Boening evened the match and held on to win on the final rack.
Day 4 (June 28)
Fourth day was devoted to second round matches in the losers' bracket. The losers are eliminated.- All Qataris were eliminated from contention: Mohanna Obaidly was beaten by Russian Konstantin StepanovKonstantin StepanovKonstantin Stepanov is a Russian professional pool player. In 2002 he was the Russian 8-ball champion. During the 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Ralf Souquet. This performance...
9–3, Japanese Tohru Kuribayashi only lost one rack en route in beating Taher Hussain, Waleed Majid was the closest among the Qataris in the knockout stage but was beaten by Hunter Lombardo of the U.S. at the 17th rack, while Fawal Abdulatif lost to Naoyuki Oi of Japan 9–6. - The British contingent fared well as seven of them advanced to the knockout round.
- The match between Antonio Gabica of the Philippines and Fu Jian-bo needed 17th racks to finish. The Qatar-based Gabica had a 6–1 lead but the Chinese won the next four racks. Gabica was the first on the hill but Fu won the next three racks. Gabica won the deciding rack to advance to the knockout stage.
- Taiwanese Ko Ping-chun and Kwang Yong of South Korea exchanged leads in their match, until Yong pulled ahead 7–4. Ko tied the match at 7–all but the Korean won the next two racks to qualify to the next round.
- Former double world champion Wu Jia-qing was beaten by Mariusz Skoneczny after Wu missed on the 8-ball on a hill-hill match; the Pole sank the last two balls to eliminate Wu.
Day 5 (June 29)
The Round of 64 was held on the fifth day.- In matchup involving Filipinos, Villamor defeated Reyes 11–5 to advance to the Round of 32. Reyes suffered poor form in breaking that caused his defeat.
- Bustamante and Indonesian Riyan Setiawan will face each other after defeating their opponents; Bustamante won against Germany’s Sascha-Andrej Tege 11–4, while the Indonesian eliminated Carlo Cabello of Spain 11–8.
- Gabica led Finnish Mika ImmonenMika ImmonenMika Immonen is a Finnish professional pool player, nicknamed "the Ice Man."He won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship in Cardiff, Wales in 2001. That same year, he was the runner-up to Corey Deuel in the US Open Nine-ball ChampionshipHe has represented Team Europe on thirteen occasions in the...
4–1, then went on the hill at 10–6 when he . The Finn won the next four racks to go hill-hill; the final rack emerged as a safety battle until Gabica pocketed the 1-ball. The Filipino ran out and won the match.- Mark GrayMark Gray (pool player)Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta...
of the UK had a come-from-behind win against last year's runner-up Kuo Po-chengKuo Po-chengKuo Po-cheng is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "The Little Monster". Kuo finished 1st runner-up to Wu Chia-ching in the 2005 World Pool Championship held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He was also runner-up to Francisco Bustamante in the 2010 World 9-Ball Championship held in Doha,...
. Kuo led 10–6 but Gray won the next racks, including a run out at the final rack, to win the match. Gray will meet fellow Briton Chris MellingChris Melling (pool player)Chris "The Magician" Melling is a British 8-ball pool player and former world number 1.He won the English Pool Association World Rules World Championship twice, in 2001 and 2003. He was ranked #1 in 2003 by the World Eight-ball Pool Federation....
who beat Korean Hwang Yong.
Day 6 (June 30)
By the end of the sixth day, only four players remained to play on the final day.
Round of 32
- Bustamante was leading 9–4 when he got distracted by a press photographer. This is when his Indonesian opponent Riyan Setiawan caught up with him with a score of 10–7. Riyan tied the score at 10–all and Bustamante broke for the match. The two engaged in a safety battle in the final rack when Riyan scratched and Bustamante ran out to advance to the next round later in the day.
- In an all-Filipino match, Carlo Biado led Lee Van CortezaLee Van CortezaLee Vann Corteza is a Filipino professional pool player. He is nicknamed "Van Van", and started playing pool in 1993...
8–5 when Corteza retook the lead at 9–6 when he missed a shot at the 9-ball that could've put him on the hill. Biado ran out the rest of the racks to score a berth to the next round.
Round of 16
- Shane Van Boening, the only American left in the field, led against British Darren AppletonDarren AppletonDarren Appleton is a British pool player, nicknamed "Dynamite". He won the first WPA World Ten-ball Championship in 2008 against Wu Chia-ching, the former world champion in both nine-ball and eight-ball from Taiwan...
6–3. Appleton tied at 6–6, then took the lead 7–6. The two exchanged leads when Appleton reached the hill first when the American missed. Van Boening tied when he made a and two other difficult shots. On the final rack, Van Boening made a safety in which Appleton studied for ten minutes. Appleton missed, but there was no clear shot as Van Boening studied the ball for several minutes before making the shot and ran out for the win.- 2007 champion Daryl PeachDaryl PeachDaryl Peach is an English professional pocket billiards player. Nicknamed "Razzledazzle" and "the Dazzler," he defeated the Philippines' Roberto Gomez in 2007 to become the first English male to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship...
will face 2011 8-ball champion Dennis OrculloDennis OrculloDennis Orcollo , sometimes called Dennis Orcullo, is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Surigao" and "RoboCop"...
after the Briton defeated Ko Pin-yi. Orcullo had earlier beaten the defending champion Bustamante, who went hill-hill on his Round of 32 match. - Mark GrayMark Gray (pool player)Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta...
defeated fellow Briton Chris MellingChris Melling (pool player)Chris "The Magician" Melling is a British 8-ball pool player and former world number 1.He won the English Pool Association World Rules World Championship twice, in 2001 and 2003. He was ranked #1 in 2003 by the World Eight-ball Pool Federation....
to join Peach as the Britons in the quarterfinals. - Yukio Akakariyama eliminated Biado to join Toru Kuribayashi who also defeated another Filipino, Antonio LiningAntonio LiningAntonio Lining is a Filipino pool player, nicknamed "Nikoy." He is one of the few left-handed Asian players....
. The two Japanese players join the Filipinos, Britons and an American in the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals
- Orcullo led 5-0 against Peach as the Briton would not get any closer as he was blown out 11–2.
- Gray had a 4–0 lead over Van Boening when the American won the next five racks to take a 5–4 lead. Gray then won the next four racks and led 10–6 later the match. Van Boening, who had to win all of the remaining racks, scored on a combination after Gray fouled. Van Boening broke and ran out on the next rack, then Gray fouled on the break on the next rack. Van Boening was on his way on running out when missed on a shot that involved the . The two took their time on studying the nine-ball when Van Boening made an errant safety in which Gray capitalized to win the match.
- Toru Kuribayashi trailed Ronnie Alcano 7–3 when the Japanese tied the score at 8–all. Alcano retook the lead but the Japanese won the next two racks. Alcano ran out on the next rack to tie the score for the final time. Kuribayashi broke for the game but the two got locked in a safety battle. Alcano managed to hit on the 3-ball, that almost did not fall on the pocket; the Filipino then ran out to face Orcullo in the semifinals ensuring that a Filipino will play in the final.
- Vinacio Tanio consistently trailed Akakariyama until he tied the game at 8–all, then led 9–8. He missed an easy shot on the 6-ball that led to Akakariyama running out the rack to tie the match anew. Tanio missed on a bank shot but the ball sank on an unintended pocket to reach the hill first; the Japanese broke and ran out to tie the match for the last time. The Filipino was on his way on a break and run out when he had faced a difficult shot on the 8-ball. He sank the 8-ball but then faced on another difficult shot on the 9-ball. Tanio missed and Akakariyama faced on a table's length shot on the 9-ball. The Japanese took over ten minutes to study the shot before shooting it on a rail to the pocket to clinch a semifinals berth.
Final
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won1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Ronnie Alcano • 11 Yukio Akakariyama 13
Quarterfinals onward
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Group M
Group N
Group O
Group P
Performance per country
Country / Last |128 |96 |64 |32 |16 |8 |4 |2 Philippines 18 18 17 10 7 3 2 1 Japan 5 5 5 4 2 2 1 1 United Kingdom 9 9 7 6 3 2 1 0 United States 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 Chinese Taipei 7 6 6 4 2 0 0 0 Germany 6 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 Poland 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 Indonesia 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Croatia 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 France 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Netherlands 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 People's Republic of China 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 Iran 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Canada 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 Finland 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Spain 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 South Korea 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Austria 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Belgium 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Brunei 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Russia 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Qatar 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 United Arab Emirates 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kuwait 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syria 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 India 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vietnam 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hong Kong 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lebanon 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portugal 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Singapore 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bangladesh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Egypt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eritrea 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Estonia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hungary 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Italy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Malaysia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sweden 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Uruguay 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Venezuela 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
External links
The 2011 WPA World Nine-ball ChampionshipWPA World Nine-ball ChampionshipThe WPA World Nine-ball Championship is an annual, international, professional nine-ball pool tournament, founded in 1990, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association , and principally sponsored and organised by Matchroom Sport...
(a.k.a. the World Pool Championship 2011) was the professional nine-ball pocket billiards (pool) championship, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard AssociationWorld Pool-Billiard AssociationThe World Pool-Billiard Association is the international governing body for pocket billiards . The group was formed in 1987, and was initially headed by a provisional board of directors consisting of representatives from Japan, the United States, Sweden, and Germany...
(WPA) and organised by Matchroom SportMatchroom SportMatchroom Sport is a sport event promotions company founded by the English entrepreneur Barry Hearn. It first came to attention in the sports of snooker and boxing and is also involved in pool, bowling, golf , fishing, darts and poker...
. It was held from 25 June through 1 July in DohaDohaDoha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...
, QatarQatarQatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
, hosted by the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation. Qualifying tournaments were held from 21 to 23 June, with the Al Sadd Sports Club hosting both qualifying and final tournaments.
Japanese Yukio Akakariyama defeated Ronnie Alcano of the Philippines 13–11 in the final to become the first Japanese world pool champion since 1998 when Takahashi Kunihiko defeated Johnny ArcherJohnny ArcherJohnny Archer is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed "the Scorpion" ....
.
Tournament format
- All matches are via the alternate system. All matches are to nine racks. The winner of the breaks for the first rack and every odd-numbered rack thereafter, including the final rack if needed.
- Double elimination tournament during the group stage: There are 16 groups with each group having eight players. Two wins qualifies the player to the knockout round, while two losses eliminates him, with four players per group advancing to the knockout stage.
- The match-ups are redrawn for the knockout stage, with the undefeated players being seeded.
- Single elimination tournament during the knockout stage. All matches are races to eleven racks, except for the final which is race to 13.
Prize fund
- Eliminated at the group stage: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
500 - Eliminated at the round of 64: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
2,000 - Eliminated at the round of 32: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
2,500 - Eliminated at the round of 16: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
4,000 - Eliminated at the quarterfinals: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
6,000 - Eliminated at the semifinal: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
10,000 - Runner-up: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
18,000 - Champion: USDUnited States dollarThe United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
36,000
Day 1 (June 25)
First day was devoted to first round matches.- Efren ReyesEfren ReyesEfren Manalang Reyes is a Filipino professional pool player and a two-time world champion. Reyes is considered by many to be the greatest all-around pool player in the history of the game. He is affectionately nicknamed "Bata" and "the Magician".-Early life:Reyes was born in Pampanga in 1954...
needed all 17 racks to defeat Mark GrayMark Gray (pool player)Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta...
. Gray led 6–2 at the start of the match, but Reyes tied the score at 7–all. Reyes later went , but fumbled on the next rack to allow Gray to tie the match at . Reyes sank a ball on the and to win the match.- Defending champion Francisco BustamanteFrancisco BustamanteFrancisco Bustamante is a Filipino professional pocket billiards player from Tarlac, and the 2010 World Nine-ball Champion., nicknamed "Django", after the lead character of the film of the same name, and sometimes also called "Bustie", especially in the United States.-Early life:Bustamante is the...
stayed on the winner's bracket when he won 9–7 after leading 5–2 against Filipino Caneda Villamor. Villamor, who works in Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
as a pool instructor, cut Bustamante's lead to 6–5 when the match turned into a battle of ; Bustamante won after he converted a between the 6-ball and the 9-ball.- Like his opponent at last year's final, 2010 runner-up Kuo Po-chengKuo Po-chengKuo Po-cheng is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "The Little Monster". Kuo finished 1st runner-up to Wu Chia-ching in the 2005 World Pool Championship held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He was also runner-up to Francisco Bustamante in the 2010 World 9-Ball Championship held in Doha,...
also needed 16 racks to beat Ahmad Taufi Murni of Brunei to stay at the winner's bracket.
Day 2 (June 26)
Second day ended the first round matches.- World #2 Ronnie Alcano of the Philippines had an easy time against Eritrean Hamzah al-Saeed, scoring a 9–5 win; his compatriot and World #3 Antonio LiningAntonio LiningAntonio Lining is a Filipino pool player, nicknamed "Nikoy." He is one of the few left-handed Asian players....
also won comfortably with a 9–4 decision against Taiwanese Liu Cheng-Cheih. Lining will face Japanese Tohru Kuribayashi after winning against Oliver OrtmannOliver OrtmannOliver Ortmann is a German top professional pool player whose nickname is "The Machine". He is renowned not only as a World Champion in Nine-Ball but also in the resurgent discipline of 14.1 or straight pool....
of Germany 9–6. - Britain's Daryl PeachDaryl PeachDaryl Peach is an English professional pocket billiards player. Nicknamed "Razzledazzle" and "the Dazzler," he defeated the Philippines' Roberto Gomez in 2007 to become the first English male to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship...
will face Saudi Arabian Mohammad al-Hazmi, who upset world #24 Nguyen Phuc Long 9–6, after beating Singaporean Keng Kwang Chan 9–5. Mohanna Obaidly, the highest ranked player from the host country, prevented elimination by beating Andrew Kong of Hong Kong, while Mark GrayMark Gray (pool player)Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta...
also staved off elimination when he beat Vilmos FoldesVilmos FöldesVilmos Földes is a Hungarian professional Pocket billiards player, nicknamed "the Magic Magyar"....
of Hungary 9–7 after trailing 2–7. - On the day's matches that needed the 17th rack to finish, Radoslav Babica of Poland and Yukio Akakariyama of Japan beat Filipino Raymund Faron and Qatar's Mohammed Al Bin Ali, respectively to stay in the winners' bracket.
Day 3 (June 27)
Third day was devoted to second round matches. Winners in the winners' bracket advance to the Round of 64, while those in the losers' bracket winners will play the winners' bracket losers on the next day.- All Filipinos in the winners' bracket won their matches to advance to the Round of 64; World #1 Dennis Orcollo, Reyes, Bustamante, Oliver Medenilla, Jeffery de Luna, Alan Cuartero, Ronnie Alcano and Antonio LiningAntonio LiningAntonio Lining is a Filipino pool player, nicknamed "Nikoy." He is one of the few left-handed Asian players....
were among the Round of 64 qualifiers. 2006 champion Alcano had to win at the 17th rack to defeat Radoslaw Babica of Poland, while Cuartero, a overseas Filipino worker in Kuwait, defeated Marcus Chamat of Sweden. - Shane Van Boening, one of only two Americans on the tournament, won at the 17th rack against 2005 champion Wu Jia-qing. Wu lead 2–0, then went on the hill at 8–6. Van Boening evened the match and held on to win on the final rack.
Day 4 (June 28)
Fourth day was devoted to second round matches in the losers' bracket. The losers are eliminated.- All Qataris were eliminated from contention: Mohanna Obaidly was beaten by Russian Konstantin StepanovKonstantin StepanovKonstantin Stepanov is a Russian professional pool player. In 2002 he was the Russian 8-ball champion. During the 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Ralf Souquet. This performance...
9–3, Japanese Tohru Kuribayashi only lost one rack en route in beating Taher Hussain, Waleed Majid was the closest among the Qataris in the knockout stage but was beaten by Hunter Lombardo of the U.S. at the 17th rack, while Fawal Abdulatif lost to Naoyuki Oi of Japan 9–6. - The British contingent fared well as seven of them advanced to the knockout round.
- The match between Antonio Gabica of the Philippines and Fu Jian-bo needed 17th racks to finish. The Qatar-based Gabica had a 6–1 lead but the Chinese won the next four racks. Gabica was the first on the hill but Fu won the next three racks. Gabica won the deciding rack to advance to the knockout stage.
- Taiwanese Ko Ping-chun and Kwang Yong of South Korea exchanged leads in their match, until Yong pulled ahead 7–4. Ko tied the match at 7–all but the Korean won the next two racks to qualify to the next round.
- Former double world champion Wu Jia-qing was beaten by Mariusz Skoneczny after Wu missed on the 8-ball on a hill-hill match; the Pole sank the last two balls to eliminate Wu.
Day 5 (June 29)
The Round of 64 was held on the fifth day.- In matchup involving Filipinos, Villamor defeated Reyes 11–5 to advance to the Round of 32. Reyes suffered poor form in breaking that caused his defeat.
- Bustamante and Indonesian Riyan Setiawan will face each other after defeating their opponents; Bustamante won against Germany’s Sascha-Andrej Tege 11–4, while the Indonesian eliminated Carlo Cabello of Spain 11–8.
- Gabica led Finnish Mika ImmonenMika ImmonenMika Immonen is a Finnish professional pool player, nicknamed "the Ice Man."He won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship in Cardiff, Wales in 2001. That same year, he was the runner-up to Corey Deuel in the US Open Nine-ball ChampionshipHe has represented Team Europe on thirteen occasions in the...
4–1, then went on the hill at 10–6 when he . The Finn won the next four racks to go hill-hill; the final rack emerged as a safety battle until Gabica pocketed the 1-ball. The Filipino ran out and won the match.- Mark GrayMark Gray (pool player)Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta...
of the UK had a come-from-behind win against last year's runner-up Kuo Po-chengKuo Po-chengKuo Po-cheng is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "The Little Monster". Kuo finished 1st runner-up to Wu Chia-ching in the 2005 World Pool Championship held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He was also runner-up to Francisco Bustamante in the 2010 World 9-Ball Championship held in Doha,...
. Kuo led 10–6 but Gray won the next racks, including a run out at the final rack, to win the match. Gray will meet fellow Briton Chris MellingChris Melling (pool player)Chris "The Magician" Melling is a British 8-ball pool player and former world number 1.He won the English Pool Association World Rules World Championship twice, in 2001 and 2003. He was ranked #1 in 2003 by the World Eight-ball Pool Federation....
who beat Korean Hwang Yong.
Day 6 (June 30)
By the end of the sixth day, only four players remained to play on the final day.
Round of 32
- Bustamante was leading 9–4 when he got distracted by a press photographer. This is when his Indonesian opponent Riyan Setiawan caught up with him with a score of 10–7. Riyan tied the score at 10–all and Bustamante broke for the match. The two engaged in a safety battle in the final rack when Riyan scratched and Bustamante ran out to advance to the next round later in the day.
- In an all-Filipino match, Carlo Biado led Lee Van CortezaLee Van CortezaLee Vann Corteza is a Filipino professional pool player. He is nicknamed "Van Van", and started playing pool in 1993...
8–5 when Corteza retook the lead at 9–6 when he missed a shot at the 9-ball that could've put him on the hill. Biado ran out the rest of the racks to score a berth to the next round.
Round of 16
- Shane Van Boening, the only American left in the field, led against British Darren AppletonDarren AppletonDarren Appleton is a British pool player, nicknamed "Dynamite". He won the first WPA World Ten-ball Championship in 2008 against Wu Chia-ching, the former world champion in both nine-ball and eight-ball from Taiwan...
6–3. Appleton tied at 6–6, then took the lead 7–6. The two exchanged leads when Appleton reached the hill first when the American missed. Van Boening tied when he made a and two other difficult shots. On the final rack, Van Boening made a safety in which Appleton studied for ten minutes. Appleton missed, but there was no clear shot as Van Boening studied the ball for several minutes before making the shot and ran out for the win.- 2007 champion Daryl PeachDaryl PeachDaryl Peach is an English professional pocket billiards player. Nicknamed "Razzledazzle" and "the Dazzler," he defeated the Philippines' Roberto Gomez in 2007 to become the first English male to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship...
will face 2011 8-ball champion Dennis OrculloDennis OrculloDennis Orcollo , sometimes called Dennis Orcullo, is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Surigao" and "RoboCop"...
after the Briton defeated Ko Pin-yi. Orcullo had earlier beaten the defending champion Bustamante, who went hill-hill on his Round of 32 match. - Mark GrayMark Gray (pool player)Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta...
defeated fellow Briton Chris MellingChris Melling (pool player)Chris "The Magician" Melling is a British 8-ball pool player and former world number 1.He won the English Pool Association World Rules World Championship twice, in 2001 and 2003. He was ranked #1 in 2003 by the World Eight-ball Pool Federation....
to join Peach as the Britons in the quarterfinals. - Yukio Akakariyama eliminated Biado to join Toru Kuribayashi who also defeated another Filipino, Antonio LiningAntonio LiningAntonio Lining is a Filipino pool player, nicknamed "Nikoy." He is one of the few left-handed Asian players....
. The two Japanese players join the Filipinos, Britons and an American in the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals
- Orcullo led 5-0 against Peach as the Briton would not get any closer as he was blown out 11–2.
- Gray had a 4–0 lead over Van Boening when the American won the next five racks to take a 5–4 lead. Gray then won the next four racks and led 10–6 later the match. Van Boening, who had to win all of the remaining racks, scored on a combination after Gray fouled. Van Boening broke and ran out on the next rack, then Gray fouled on the break on the next rack. Van Boening was on his way on running out when missed on a shot that involved the . The two took their time on studying the nine-ball when Van Boening made an errant safety in which Gray capitalized to win the match.
- Toru Kuribayashi trailed Ronnie Alcano 7–3 when the Japanese tied the score at 8–all. Alcano retook the lead but the Japanese won the next two racks. Alcano ran out on the next rack to tie the score for the final time. Kuribayashi broke for the game but the two got locked in a safety battle. Alcano managed to hit on the 3-ball, that almost did not fall on the pocket; the Filipino then ran out to face Orcullo in the semifinals ensuring that a Filipino will play in the final.
- Vinacio Tanio consistently trailed Akakariyama until he tied the game at 8–all, then led 9–8. He missed an easy shot on the 6-ball that led to Akakariyama running out the rack to tie the match anew. Tanio missed on a bank shot but the ball sank on an unintended pocket to reach the hill first; the Japanese broke and ran out to tie the match for the last time. The Filipino was on his way on a break and run out when he had faced a difficult shot on the 8-ball. He sank the 8-ball but then faced on another difficult shot on the 9-ball. Tanio missed and Akakariyama faced on a table's length shot on the 9-ball. The Japanese took over ten minutes to study the shot before shooting it on a rail to the pocket to clinch a semifinals berth.
Final
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won1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Ronnie Alcano • 11 Yukio Akakariyama 13
Quarterfinals onward
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Group M
Group N
Group O
Group P
Performance per country
Country / Last |128 |96 |64 |32 |16 |8 |4 |2 Philippines 18 18 17 10 7 3 2 1 Japan 5 5 5 4 2 2 1 1 United Kingdom 9 9 7 6 3 2 1 0 United States 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 Chinese Taipei 7 6 6 4 2 0 0 0 Germany 6 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 Poland 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 Indonesia 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Croatia 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 France 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Netherlands 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 People's Republic of China 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 Iran 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Canada 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 Finland 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Spain 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 South Korea 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Austria 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Belgium 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Brunei 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Russia 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Qatar 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 United Arab Emirates 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kuwait 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syria 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 India 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vietnam 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hong Kong 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lebanon 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portugal 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Singapore 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bangladesh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Egypt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eritrea 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Estonia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hungary 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Italy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Malaysia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sweden 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Uruguay 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Venezuela 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
External links
- 2007 champion Daryl Peach
- Mark Gray
- Like his opponent at last year's final, 2010 runner-up Kuo Po-cheng
- Defending champion Francisco Bustamante
- 2007 champion Daryl Peach
- Mark Gray
- Like his opponent at last year's final, 2010 runner-up Kuo Po-cheng
- Defending champion Francisco Bustamante
- 2007 champion Daryl Peach
- Mark Gray
- Like his opponent at last year's final, 2010 runner-up Kuo Po-cheng
- Defending champion Francisco Bustamante