2002 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2002
Tournament information
Sport	9-ball
Location	Cardiff, Wales
Dates	July 18, 2002–July 24, 2002
Tournament; format(s)	Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	USA Earl Strickland
Runner-up	PHL Francisco Bustamante

The WPA 9-Ball World Cup 2002 was the 13th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 18 to 24, 2002 in Cardiff, Wales.^[1]^[2]

The event was won by American Earl Strickland with a 17:15 victory in the final against Francisco Bustamante.^[3] Defending champion Mika Immonen was defeated in the round of 64 against Shannon Daulton.^[4]

Format

The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in round robin mode against each other. The top four players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system.^[5]

Prize Money

The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winner Earl Strickland winning $65,000.^[6]

Turnierplatzierung	Preisgeld
First Place (Champion)	$65,000
Second Place (Runner-Up)	$30,000
Third Place (Semi-finalist	$17,500
Fifth place (quarter finalist)	$8,500
Ninth place (loser in round of 16)	$4,000
Seventeenth place (loser in round of 32)	$2,000
Thirty Third (loser in round of 64)	$1,500
Sixty Fifth place (Fifth or sixth in round robin group)	$1,000
Eighty First place (Seventh place in round robin group)	$0

Preliminary Round

The following 64 players dropped out in the group stage:^[5]

	5. Place	6. Place	7. Place	8. Place
Group 1:	KOR Jeong Young-hwa	DEU Brian Naithani	WAL Wayne Lloyd	GRC George Sarmas
Group 2:	NZL Brent Wells	JPN Akikumo Toshikawa	CHE Sascha Specchia	NLD Gilliano Smit
Group 3:	IDN Robby Suarly	TPE Chao Fong-Pang	WAL Lee Walker	ESP David López
Group 4:	JPN Haruyoshi Hinokiyama	USA Frankie Hernandez	NLD Robert Parlevliet	WAL Geoff Dunn
Group 5:	IDN Siauw Wieto	SCO Pat Holtz	IND Alok Kumar	ABW Ryan Rampersaud
Group 6:	CAN Cliff Thorburn	SWE Tom Storm	ENG Kevin Smith	ITA Carmine Nanula
Group 7:	AUS Shawn Budd	ENG Anthony Ginn	HRV Marcos Castro	SGP William Ang Boon Lay
Group 8:	SGP Tiong Boon Tan	CAN Alain Martel	ENG Richard Jones	BEL Gino Vermeesch
Group 9:	MLT Tony Drago	IRL John Wims	CHE Dimitri Jungo	PAN Javier Palacios
Group 10:	IRL Tommy Donlon	WAL Dominic Dale	NOR Ronny Oldervik	TPE Chao Jung-hua
Group 11:	FIN Marko Lohtander	AUS Phil Reilly	USA George SanSouci	CAN Ed Galati
Group 12:	AUS Johl Younger	PHL Leonardo Andam	USA Troy Frank	CAN Mario Morra
Group 13:	DNK Kasper Thygesen	ENG Paul Hunter	ENG Darren Appleton	VEN Luis Miguel Sánchez
Group 14:	DEU Andreas Vondenhoff	ENG Andy Richardson	AUS Greg Jenkins	ARG Jorge Llanos
Group 15:	WAL Rob McKenna	TPE Kuo Yi-che	HRV Ivica Putnik	ABW Ditto Acosta
Group 16:	CAN Gerry Watson	IDN Mohammed Junarto	USA Shawn Putnam	ZAF David David Anderson

Final round

^[5]

Round of 64		Round of 32		Last 16		Quarter final		Semi-Final		Final


DEU Oliver Ortmann	9

ENG Steve Knight	2
		DEU Oliver Ortmann	9

		USA Tony Robles	4
USA Tony Robles	9

CZE Roman Hybler	1
				DEU Oliver Ortmann	5

				PHL Efren Reyes	11
PHL Efren Reyes	9

POL Radosław Babica	2
		PHL Efren Reyes	9

		PHL Dennis Orcollo	6
PHL Dennis Orcollo	9

DEU Ralf Souquet	8
						PHL Efren Reyes	8

						PHL Francisco Bustamante	11
PHL Francisco Bustamante	9

ENG Imran Majid	6
		PHL Francisco Bustamante	9

		DEU Christian Reimering	2
DEU Christian Reimering	9

ESP Victor Tapies	1
				PHL Francisco Bustamante	11

				PHL Antonio Lining	10
DEU Thomas Engert	9

TPE Chen Wei-chih	2
		DEU Thomas Engert	0

		PHL Antonio Lining	9
PHL Antonio Lining	9

NLD Nick van den Berg	4
								PHL Francisco Bustamante	11

								TPE Yang Ching-shun	7
USA Johnny Archer	9

USA Charlie Williams	3
		USA Johnny Archer	9

		NLD Rico Diks	7
NLD Rico Diks	9

RUS Jewgeni Stalew	3
				USA Johnny Archer	11

				TPE Lee Kun-fang	5
FRA Stephan Cohen	9

CAN Paul Potier	7
		FRA Stephan Cohen	3

		TPE Lee Kun-fang	9
TPE Lee Kun-fang	9

ENG Phil Harrison	8
						USA Johnny Archer	2

						TPE Yang Ching-shun	11
ITA Fabio Petroni	9

NLD Niels Feijen	1
		Italy Fabio Petroni	3

		JPN Hiroshi Takenaka	9
JPN Hiroshi Takenaka	9

ESP David Alcaide	6
				JPN Hiroshi Takenaka	9

				TPE Yang Ching-shun	11
ENG Steve Davis	9

PHL Rodolfo Luat	8
		ENG Steve Davis	4

		TPE Yang Ching-shun	9
TPE Yang Ching-shun	9

DEU Michael Schmidt	5
										PHL Francisco Bustamante	15

										USA Earl Strickland	17
USA Earl Strickland	9

ENG Gary Ponting	5
		USA Earl Strickland	9

		KOR Park Shin-young	6
KOR Park Shin-young	9

PHL Warren Kiamco	6
				USA Earl Strickland	11

				USA Jeremy Jones	8
DEU Thorsten Hohmann	9

JPN Shintaro Sugaya	0
		DEU Thorsten Hohmann	2

		USA Jeremy Jones (pool player)	9
USA Jeremy Jones	9

MEX Ignacio Chávez	2
						USA Earl Strickland	11

						JPN Kunihiko Takahashi	3
TPE Huang Kun-chang	9

PHL Lee Van Corteza	8
		TPE Huang Kun-chang	5

		NLD Alex Lely	9
NLD Alex Lely	9

WAL Mark Williams	1
				NLD Alex Lely	8

				JPN Kunihiko Takahashi	11
MEX Ernesto Domínguez	9

GRC Evangelos Vettas	6
		MEX Ernesto Domínguez	3

		JPN Kunihiko Takahashi	9
JPN Kunihiko Takahashi	9

SVN Matjaž Erčulj	0
								USA Earl Strickland	11

								nowrap	5
SWE Marcus Chamat	9

SWE Niklas Bergendorff	7
		SWE Marcus Chamat	9

		USA Corey Deuel	6
USA Corey Deuel	9

USA Kim Davenport	8
				SWE Marcus Chamat	11

				CAN Alex Pagulayan	7
USA Nick Varner	9

YUG Šandor Tot	6
		USA Nick Varner	7

		CAN Alex Pagulayan	9
CAN Alex Pagulayan	9

ENG Daryl Peach	6
						SWE Marcus Chamat	5

						JPN Takeshi Okumura	11
PHL Ramil Gallego	9

USA James Rempe	3
		PHL Ramil Gallego	8

		JPN Takeshi Okumura	9
JPN Takeshi Okumura	9

DNK Peter Nielsen	4
				JPN Takeshi Okumura	11

				TPE Hung Lu-kung	5
TPE Hung Lu-kung	9

TPE Chung Chien-te	7
		TPE Hung Lu-kung	9

		USA Shannon Daulton	1
USA Shannon Daulton	9

FIN Mika Immonen	8

References

↑ "Earl Strickland Championship Titles". earlstrickland.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
↑ "Billiards Digest - 30 Over 30 by Predator Cues, Pool Videos". billiardsdigest.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
↑ "World Champions - WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
↑ "Hasseröder WPA World Pool Championship 2002". azbilliards.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
1 2 3 "2002 WPA World Pool Championship" (PDF). csns.ca. Cue Sports Nova. July 18, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
↑ "Hasseröder WPA World Pool Championship 2002". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.

External links

Live scoring at WPA-pool.com
Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2002 at azbilliards.com

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[earl_Earl-1] "Earl Strickland Championship Titles". earlstrickland.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.

[bill_Bill-2] "Billiards Digest - 30 Over 30 by Predator Cues, Pool Videos". billiardsdigest.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2018.

[wpap_Worl-3] "World Champions - WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Retrieved June 19, 2018.

[azbi_Hass-4] "Hasseröder WPA World Pool Championship 2002". azbilliards.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.

[CSNS-5] 1 2 3 "2002 WPA World Pool Championship" (PDF). csns.ca. Cue Sports Nova. July 18, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2018.

[prize-6] "Hasseröder WPA World Pool Championship 2002". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.