2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2006
Tournament information
Sport Nine-Ball
Location International Convention Center,
Pasay City, Philippines
Dates 4 November 2006[1]–12 November 2006[1]
Tournament
format(s)
 Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s) WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants 128
Final positions
Champion  PHL Ronato Alcano[2]
Runner-up  GER Ralf Souquet

The WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2006 was the seventeenth edition of the WPA World Nine-ball Championship and took place between 4 and 12 November 2006 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City, Philippines. The event was to be held for the first time in the Philippines, on a two year deal, including the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship.[3] The championships were hosted by the World Pool Billiard Association (WPA).

Ronato Alcano won the championship with a 17–11 win in the final against Ralf Souquet of Germany.[4][5] Defending champion Wu Chia-ching was defeated in the quarter-final by Alcano.

Tournament Format

The event featured 128 players, with an alternate break. The event featured a preliminary round robin format to half the field to 64; where the event changed to a knockout format.

Prize Money

PositionPrize
First Place (Champion)$100.000
Second Place (Runner-Up)$40.000
Third Place (Semi-finalist$20.000
Fifth place (quarter finalist)$10.000
Ninth place (loser in round of 16)$4.500
Seventeenth place (loser in round of 32)$3.000
Thirty Third (loser in round of 64)$2.000
Sixty Fifth place (Third place in round robin group)$1.000
Ninety Seventh place (Fourth place in round robin group)$0

Preliminary round

The Preliminary round was played over three days between 4 to 7 November. There were 32 groups of 4, with the first two in each group progressing. Nine top 32 players were knocked out in this section[lower-alpha 1][6]

Finals

The qualifying 64 players would play a knockout structure over six days.[6] The first two rounds were competed as "race to 10", the next three rounds as "race to 11", and the final, as a "race to 17".[6][7]

Round of 64
8. November 2007 		Round of 32
9. November 2007 		Round of 16
10. November 2007 		Quarter final
11. November 2007 		Semi final
11. November 2007 		Final
12. November 2007
            
 PHL Roberto Gomez 1
 PHL Ronato Alcano 10
 PHL Ronato Alcano 10
 PHL Efren Reyes 7
 PHL Dennis Orcollo 6
 PHL Efren Reyes 10
 PHL Ronato Alcano 11
 TPE Kuo Po-Cheng 5
 TPE Hsia Hsun-Kai 3
 TPE Kuo Po-Cheng 10
 TPE Kuo Po-Cheng 10
 PHL Marlon Manalo 7
 PHL Marlon Manalo 10
 SGP C. Keng-Kwang 5
 PHL Ronato Alcano 11
 TPE Wu Chia-ching 6
 SCO Pat Holtz 10
 JPN Tamoo Takano 6
 SCO Pat Holtz 10
 ENG Kevin Uzzell 6
 TPE Chang Jung-Lin 6
 ENG Kevin Uzzell 10
 SCO Pat Holtz 6
 TPE Wu Chia-ching 11
 TPE Wu Chia-ching 10
 USA Corey Deuel 3
 TPE Wu Chia-ching 10
 TPE W. Hung-Hsiang 3
 DEU Michael Schmidt 5
 TPE W. Hung-Hsiang 10
 PHL Ronato Alcano 11
 CHN Li Hewen 8
 FRA Vincent Facquet 4
 TPE Lee Kun-fang 10
 TPE Lee Kun-fang 8
 PHL Jeff de Luna 10
 NED N. van den Berg 8
 PHL Jeff de Luna 10
 PHL Jeff de Luna 6
 VNM Lương Chí Dũng 11
 MEX E. Dominguez 7
 HUN Vilmos Földes 10
 HUN Vilmos Földes 4
 VNM Lương Chí Dũng 10
 VNM Lương Chí Dũng 10
 TPE Nien Rong-Chih 7
 VNM Lương Chí Dũng 7
 CHN Li Hewen 11
 PHL F. Bustamante 7
 DEU Thomas Engert 10
 DEU Thomas Engert 6
 SRB Šandor Tot 10
 USA Charlie Williams 5
 SRB Šandor Tot 10
 SRB Šandor Tot 7
 CHN Li Hewen 11
 CHN Li Hewen 10
 CHI A. Carvajal 5
 CHN Li Hewen 10
 PHL Rudy Morta 8
 FIN Markus Juva 8
 PHL Rudy Morta 10
 PHL Ronato Alcano 17
 DEU Ralf Souquet 11
 DEU Thorsten Hohmann 9
 CAN Tyler Edey 10
 CAN Tyler Edey 10
 IDN Ricky Yang 9
 ENG Daryl Peach 7
 IDN Ricky Yang 10
 CAN Tyler Edey 6
 TPE L. Cheng-Chuan 11
 TPE L. Cheng-Chuan 10
 USA Earl Strickland 2
 TPE L. Cheng-Chuan 10
 KOR Ryu Seung-woo 6
 TPE Lu Hsun-Chen 7
 KOR Ryu Seung-woo 10
 TPE Liu Cheng-Chuan 8
 DEU Ralf Souquet 11
 DEU Ralf Souquet 10
 NED Huidji See 3
 DEU Ralf Souquet 10
 TPE Yang Ching-shun 8
 USA Johnny Archer 6
 TPE Y. Ching-shun 10
 DEU Ralf Souquet 11
 RUS K. Stepanow 4
 RUS K. Stepanow 10
 DEU Oliver Ortmann 6
 RUS K. Stepanow 10
  CHE Marco Tschudi 7
  CHE Marco Tschudi 10
 TPE Huang Kun-Chang 8
 DEU Ralf Souquet 11
 TPE Fu Che-wei 10
 PHL Lee Van Corteza 10
 ENG Imran Majid 4
 PHL Lee Van Corteza 8
 ESP David Alcaide 10
 DEU Jörn Kaplan 7
 ESP David Alcaide 10
 ESP David Alcaide 10
 PHL Rodolfo Luat 11
 PHL Rodolfo Luat 10
 USA Jeremy Jones 5
 PHL Rodolfo Luat 10
 IDN Roy Apancho 6
 DEU A. Roschkowsky 8
 IDN Roy Apancho 10
 PHL Rodolfo Luat 7
 TPE Fu Che-wei 11
 TPE Chao Fong-Pang 10
 PHL Ramil Gallego 5
 TPE Chao Fong-Pang 8
 TPE Fu Che-wei 10
 SWE Marcus Chamat 7
 TPE Fu Che-wei 10
 TPE Fu Che-wei 11
 ENG Steve Davis 8
 ENG Steve Davis 10
 ITA Fabio Petroni 7
 ENG Steve Davis 10
 PHL Jharome Peña 8
 AUS Lou Condo 7
 PHL Jharome Peña 10

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ With their seeding in brackets

References

  1. 1 2 "World Championship Underway". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  2. ↑ "Ronnie Alcano wins World Pool Championship". billiardpulse.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  3. ↑ "World Pool Championship goes to Manila". billiardpulse.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  4. ↑ "ALCANO AND AKAGARIYAMA TO MEET FOR WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP - WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  5. ↑ "Souquet v Alcano for the WPC Crown". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  6. 1 2 3 "WPA World Pool Championship 2006". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  7. ↑ "Alcano Ends Amazing Run By Winning The World Pool Championship". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
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