2005 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2005
Tournament information
Sport	Nine-ball
Location	Kaohsiung, Tapei, Taiwan
Dates	July 2, 2005–July 10, 2005
Tournament; format(s)	Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128[1]
Final positions
Champion	TPE Wu Chia-ching[2][3]
Runner-up	TPE Kuo Po-Cheng[2]

The WPA 9-Ball World Championship 2005 was the 16th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 2 to 10, 2005 in the Taiwanese capital city Taipei, at Kaohsiung.^[4]

Taiwanese Wu Chia-ching won the championship with a 17-16 victory in the final against compatriot Kuo Po-Cheng. Defending champion Alex Pagulayan was eliminated by Vilmos Földes in the round of 32.

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.

Group stage

The following players exited the competition in the group stage:^[5]^[2]

	5. Place	6. Place	7. Place	8. Place
Group 1:	DEU Jakob Belka	NLD Rico Diks	ZAF Yulan Govender	TPE Pan Shen-ping
Group 2:	AUS Phil Reilly	MAS Patrick Ooi	ENG Steve Higton	VEN Jerry Calderon
Group 3:	ENG Imran Majid	IND Manan Chandra	GRC Lambros Vrakas	USA Charlie Williams
Group 4:	TPE Kang Chin-ching	PHL Efren Reyes	POL Tomasz Kapłan	DNK Jakob Lyng
Group 5:	POL Radosław Babica	WAL Ben Davies	MEX Ismael Páez	JPN Naoyuki Ōi
Group 6:	SWE Erik Weiselius	PHL Antonio Lining	HKG Au Chi Wai	SGP Steve Hock Chin
Group 7:	KOR Kim Wong-dea	FIN Marko Lohtander	TPE Zeng Ding-yuan	CAN Jeff White
Group 8:	ESP Samir Kaddur	ENG Craig Osborne	ARG Gustavo Espinosa	MAS Alan Tan
Group 9:	BEL Jan Dulst	SGP Chan Keng Kwang	VEN José Luis Perez	PAK Irfan Ahmed Khan
Group 10:	USA John Schmidt	NZL Ceri Worts	ESP David Alcaide	ENG Anthony Ginn
Group 11:	CHL Enrique Rojas	ARE Hanni al-Howri	AUT Cetin Aslan	AUS Louis Condo
Group 12:	ITA Fabio Petroni	DEU Thorsten Schober	KOR Jeong Young-hwa	THA Washana Poonjaeng
Group 13:	NOR Roger Lysholm	CAN Erik Hjorleifson	IDN Siauw Wieto	HKG Lee Chenman
Group 14:	SCG Šandor Tot	USA Shawn Putnam	DEU Nicolas Ottermann	JPN Hiroshi Takenaka
Group 15:	HRV Goran Mladenovic	IND Dharminder Singh Lilly	AUS Stuart Lawler	SWE David Larsson
Group 16:	NLD Gilliano Smit	DEU Ralf Souquet	SGP Tiong Boon Tan	NZL Phil Wilkinson

Results

^[2]^[3]

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 Kuo Po-Cheng	10

ENG Steve Davis	7
		TPE Kuo Po-Cheng	10

		TPE Liu Chun-chiang	4
TPE Liu Chun-chiang	10

ENG Daryl Peach	7
				TPE Kuo Po-Cheng	11

				CZE Roman Hybler	4
CZE Roman Hybler	10

TPE Cheng Chong-hua	6
		CZE Roman Hybler	10

		TPE Chao Fong-Pang	8
TPE Chao Fong-Pang	10

SCO Michael Valentine	2
						TPE Kuo Po-Cheng	11

						TPE Huang Kun-chang	7
TPE Huang Kun-chang	10

DEU Thomas Engert	7
		TPE Huang Kun-chang	10

		TPE Hsia Hui-kai	8
TPE Hsia Hui-kai	10

USA Mike Davis	3
				TPE Huang Kun-chang	11

				VIE Thanh Nam Nguyen	4
PHL Rodolfo Luat	10

VIE Lương Chí Dũng	1
		PHL Rodolfo Luat	8

		VIE Thanh Nam Nguyen	10
VIE Thanh Nam Nguyen	10

NLD Niels Feijen	8
								TPE Kuo Po-Cheng	11

								USA Rodney Morris	7
TPE Chang Jung-Lin	10

PHL Francisco Bustamante	8
		TPE Chang Jung-Lin	10

		PHL Warren Kiamco	4
PHL Warren Kiamco	10

AUS David Reljic	6
				TPE Chang Jung-Lin	8

				USA Rodney Morris	11
USA Rodney Morris	10

CAN Luc Salvas	2
		USA Rodney Morris	10

		ENG Raj Hundal	9
ENG Raj Hundal	10

TPE Yang Ching-shun	4
						USA Rodney Morris	11

						NLD Nick van den Berg	10
HUN Vilmos Földes	10

MAS Ibrahim Bin Amir	2
		HUN Vilmos Földes	10

		CAN Alex Pagulayan	8
CAN Alex Pagulayan	10

KOR Park Shin-young	5
				HUN Vilmos Földes	10

				NLD Nick van den Berg	11
NLD Nick van den Berg	10

MLT Tony Drago	5
		NLD Nick van den Berg	10

		TPE Wang Hua-fong	6
TPE Wang Hua-fong	10

PHL Dennis Orcollo	5
										TPE Kuo Po-Cheng	16

										TPE Wu Chia-ching	17
SWE Marcus Chamat	10

USA Johnny Archer	5
		SWE Marcus Chamat	10

		CAN Alain Martel	1
CAN Alain Martel	10

USA Earl Strickland	7
				SWE Marcus Chamat	4

				TPE Wu Chia-ching	11
TPE Wu Jiaqing	10

TPE Ko Pin-yi	5
		TPE Wu Chia-ching	10

		DEU Andreas Roschkowsky	6
DEU Andreas Roschkowsky	10

IDN Adam Abdulrahim	2
						TPE Wu Chia-ching	11

						DEU Thorsten Hohmann	5
ENG Kevin Uzzell	10

NLD Alex Lely	7
		ENG Kevin Uzzell	7

		DEU Thorsten Hohmann	10
DEU Thorsten Hohmann	10

PHL Ronato Alcano	7
				DEU Thorsten Hohmann	11

				USA Jeremy Jones	7
USA Gabe Owen	10

DEU Oliver Ortmann	6
		USA Gabe Owen	5

		USA Jeremy Jones	10
USA Jeremy Jones	10

JPN Satoshi Kawabata	8
								TPE Wu Chia-ching	11

								PHL Marlon Manalo	5
PHL Gandy Valle	10

VIE Do Hoang Quan	8
		PHL Gandy Valle	9

		TPE Chen Ying-chieh	10
TPE Chen Ying-chieh	10

TPE Chang Pei-Wei	5
				TPE Chen Ying-chieh	0

				PHL Marlon Manalo	11
PHL Marlon Manalo	10

USA Charlie Bryant	9
		PHL Marlon Manalo	10

		TPE Huang Chien-che	0
TPE Huang Chien-che	10

RUS Konstantin Stepanow	5
						PHL Marlon Manalo	11

						FIN Mika Immonen	9
JPN Kunihiko Takahashi	10

USA Dan Basavich	8
		JPN Kunihiko Takahashi	8

		FIN Mika Immonen	10
FIN Mika Immonen	10

HRV Ivica Putnik	2
				FIN Mika Immonen	11

				USA Corey Deuel	8
USA Corey Deuel	10

TPE Lai Chia-hsiung	2
		USA Corey Deuel	10

		DEU Harald Stolka	9
DEU Harald Stolka	10

TPE Fu Che-wei	6

References

↑ "WPA World Pool Championship 2005". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
1 2 3 4 "WPA World Pool Championship 2005". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
1 2 Affairs, Ministry of Foreign; (Taiwan), Republic of China. "Local pool players cue up against global competition - Taiwan Today". Taiwan Today. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
↑ "'Little Genius' vs. 'Little Monster' in all-Taiwan final". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
↑ "2005 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.

External links

Live scoring at WPA-pool.com
Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2005 at azbilliards.com

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[taiwan_today-3] 1 2 Affairs, Ministry of Foreign; (Taiwan), Republic of China. "Local pool players cue up against global competition - Taiwan Today". Taiwan Today. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.

[dOUaJ-4] "'Little Genius' vs. 'Little Monster' in all-Taiwan final". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.

[CSNS-5] "2005 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.