2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2004
Tournament information
Sport Nine-ball
Location Tapei, Taiwan
Dates July 10, 2004–July 18, 2004
Tournament
format(s)
 Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s) WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants 128
Final positions
Champion  CAN Alex Pagulayan
Runner-up  TAI Chang Pei-Wei

The WPA 9-Ball World Championship 2004 was the 15th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 10 to 18, 2004 in the Taiwanese capital city Taipei.[1]

Canadian Alex Pagulayan won the championship with a 17-13 victory in the final against Taiwanese Chang Pei-Wei . Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann dropped out in the round of 32 against Kang Chin-ching from Chinese Taipei.[2]

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, featuring the remaining 64 players.[3]

Group stage

The following players exited the competition in the group stage:[4][5]

5. Place6. Place7. Place8. Place
Group 1:  CHE Marco Tschudi PRI Alan Rolon USA Tim Hall CRI Giovanni Orozco
Group 2: IND Alok Kumar FIN Markus Juva JPN Shintaro Sugaya USA Corey Harper
Group 3: POL Radosław Babica MEX Ismael Páez ITA Vittorio De Falco AUS David Reljic
Group 4: ENG Daryl Peach DEU Michael Schmidt (pool player) JPN Kazuo Furuta ARG Gustavo Espinosa
Group 5: ZAF Yulan Govender KOR Ryu Seung-woo (pool player) ARE Hanni al-Howri CAN Al Logan
Group 6: ENG James Kay AUS Emile Riera CAN Cliff Thorburn ENG Anthony Ginn
Group 7: DEU Thomas Engert SVN Marco Bacarcic NZL Phil Wilkinson USA Steve Lillis
Group 8: TPE Hsu Chun-yang IRL Tommy Donlon MAS Ibrahim Bin Amir ABW Richard Wolff
Group 9: HUN Vilmos Földes MAS Alan Tan USA Mike Davis (pool player) IDN Kamarudin Yudharman
Group 10: JPN Hiroshi Takenaka NZL Jimmy Henry FIN Stefan Selberg ENG Kevin Hew
Group 11: JPN Akikumo Toshikawa LUX Marc Holtz ENG Raj Hundal IDN Siauw Wieto
Group 12: ENG Kevin Smith THA Chachawal Rutphae CAN Chris Orme ZAF David Anderson
Group 13: NLD Niels Feijen KOR Park Shin-young NZL Matthew McInnes ESP Gabriel Carral
Group 14: HRV Ivica Putnik USA Max Eberle TPE Chien Ming-wei KOR Lee Jang-su
Group 15: KOR Jeong Young-hwa JPN Kunihiko Takahashi AUS Phil Reilly DEU Sascha Trautmann
Group 16: PHL Jose Parica DNK Kasper Kristoffersen USA Jeremy Jones THA Surathep Phoochalam

Results

[4][6][7]

Round of 64 (Race to 9) Round of 32 (Race to 9) Round of 16 (Race to 11) Quarter-Final (Race to 11) Semi-Final (Race to 11) Finale (Race to 17)
            
 TPE Chao Fong-pang 9
 SCO Michael Valentine 2
 TPE Chao Fong-pang 9
 MAS Patrick Ooi 5
 MAS Patrick Ooi 9
 ARG Jorge Llanos 2
 TPE Chao Fong-pang 11
 ENG Imran Majid 1
 ENG Imran Majid 9
 SCO Pat Holtz 0
 ENG Imran Majid 9
 JPN Satoshi Kawabata 6
 JPN Satoshi Kawabata 9
 PHL Antonio Gabica 4
 TPE Chao Fong-pang 10
 CAN Alex Pagulayan 11
 TPE Huang Chien-che 9
 SWE Erik Weiselius 2
 TPE Huang Chien-che 9
 NLD Rico Diks 4
 NLD Rico Diks 9
 JPN Takeshi Okumura 2
 TPE Huang Chien-che 7
 CAN Alex Pagulayan 11
 CAN Alex Pagulayan 9
 SCG Andreja Klasovic 8
 CAN Alex Pagulayan 9
 AUT Martin Kempter 5
 AUT Martin Kempter 9
 FIN Marko Lohtander 7
 CAN Alex Pagulayan 11
 TPE Kuo Po-Cheng 4
 TPE Kang Chin-ching 9
 TPE Wang Hung-Hsiang 6
 TPE Kang Chin-ching 9
 DEU Thorsten Hohmann 1
 DEU Thorsten Hohmann 9
 NLD Nick van den Berg 3
 TPE Kang Chin-ching 11
 PHL Rodolfo Luat 7
 PHL Rodolfo Luat 9
 ENG Steve Davis 7
 PHL Rodolfo Luat 9
 TPE Hsia Hui-kai 2
 TPE Hsia Hui-kai 9
 USA Charlie Williams 5
 TPE Kang Chin-ching 10
 TPE Kuo Po-Cheng 11
 TPE Kuo Po-Cheng 9
 PER John Lopez 4
 TPE Kuo Po-Cheng 9
 ESP David Alcaide 8
 ESP David Alcaide 9
 MLT Tony Drago 8
 TPE Kuo Po-Cheng 11
 USA Earl Strickland 8
 USA Earl Strickland 9
 DEU Thomas Hasch 4
 USA Earl Strickland 9
 TPE Fu Che-wei 7
 TPE Fu Che-wei 9
 SWE Tom Storm 8
 CAN Alex Pagulayan 17
 TPE Chang Pei-Wei 13
 SWE Marcus Chamat 9
 DEU Ralf Souquet 6
 SWE Marcus Chamat 9
 PHL Ramil Gallego 6
 PHL Ramil Gallego 9
 TPE Chen Ying-chieh 7
 SWE Marcus Chamat 11
 DEU Thorsten Schober 8
 DEU Thorsten Schober 9
 PHL Lee Van Corteza 7
 DEU Thorsten Schober 9
 USA Rodney Morris 6
 USA Rodney Morris 9
 USA Tony Crosby 4
 SWE Marcus Chamat 11
 PHL Marlon Manalo 6
 PHL Marlon Manalo 9
 TPE Yang Ching-shun 7
 PHL Marlon Manalo 9
 PHL Francisco Bustamante 5
 PHL Francisco Bustamante 9
 USA Dan Basavich 2
 PHL Marlon Manalo 11
 PHL Efren Reyes 4
 PHL Efren Reyes 9
 NLD Alex Lely 6
 PHL Efren Reyes 9
 DEU Oliver Ortmann 6
 DEU Oliver Ortmann 9
 ENG Kevin Uzzell 2
 SWE Marcus Chamat 9
 TPE Chang Pei-Wei 11
 PHL Dennis Orcollo 9
 USA Danny Harriman 2
 PHL Dennis Orcollo 9
 RUS Konstantin Stepanow 5
 RUS Konstantin Stepanow 9
 TPE Wu Chia-ching 6
 PHL Dennis Orcollo 5
 TPE Chang Pei-Wei 11
 TPE Chang Pei-Wei 9
 PHL Warren Kiamco 7
 TPE Chang Pei-Wei 9
 NOR Raymond Hauge 6
 NOR Raymond Hauge 9
 MEX Ernesto Domínguez 6
 TPE Chang Pei-Wei 11
 USA Johnny Archer 10
 USA Johnny Archer 9
 JPN Hisashi Yamamoto 5
 USA Johnny Archer 9
 CAN Luc Salvas 6
 CAN Luc Salvas 9
 PHL Gandy Valle 8
 USA Johnny Archer 11
 SWE Niklas Bergendorff 9
 SWE Niklas Bergendorff 9
 ITA Fabio Petroni 2
 SWE Niklas Bergendorff 9
 FIN Mika Immonen 7
 FIN Mika Immonen 9
 PHL Antonio Lining 4

References

  1. ↑ "WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Pool (cue sports) trophy | edubilla.com". Edubilla.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Pagulayan and Chang in WPC Final". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ "World Champions - WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "2004 WPA World Pool Championship" (PDF). csns.ca. Cue Sports Nova Scotia. July 20, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF; 100 KB) on September 23, 2015.
  5. ↑ "World Championship List of Entrants and Groups". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Accomplishments – Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan". alexpagulayan.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "WPA World Pool Championship 2004". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
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