Category: Tournaments

Strickland Salvages World Pool Championship Hopes Earl Strickland put on a dazzling display of pocket billiards as he won nine racks back-to-back to salvage his 2007 World Pool Championship hopes at the expense of China’s Li He-wen. Strickland had earlier rolled over against Malaysia’s Alan Tan, 9-2, in his opening…

Pinoy Billiards Pair Commands the Day There was double joy for Pinoy billiard hopefuls Marlon Manalo and Jeff De Luna as they both battled their way through to the last 64 of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship with two wins from two matches. With four more groups playing double…

German Billiard Duo Stumbles Philippines World Pool Championship Thorsten Hohmann, the 2003 Champion, has hit early trouble in the group stages of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship as he dropped his opening game 9-3 to 18-year-old Ko Pin-yi of Taiwan. Ko, who was a runner-up at last year’s WPA…

More Big Names at 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship A total of 32 billiard players have now earned their positions in the knock-out stages at the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship. A further four groups played on Sunday in a total of 40 matches in the $400,000 event. The most…

Former Billiard Champions Strut Their Stuff With a further four billiards groups in action through Sunday, three former champions have made it through to the last 64 with impressive wins. Played out over nine days with a $400,000 prize fund, the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship is taking place at…

Bustamante Cruises into Last 64 Francisco Bustamante has cruised into the last 64 of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship. Bustamante, known as Django, was the runner-up in 2002 and is into the knock-out stages of this year’s event after victories against South African Zbynek Vaic and Jeong Young-hwa of…

Alcano Fires Warning and Reyes Survives Scare With four of the 16 groups completing their matches in the opening rounds of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship, defending champion Ronnie Alcano fired out a warning shot to his title rivals. Alcano, who took this title a year ago in the…

Reyes Defeated by Uchigaki at World Pool Championship Filipino billiards legend Efren Reyes made a shocking start to his World Pool Championship campaign as he lost his first match 9-2. Reyes was first on the main television table but two unforced errors saw him in danger against Japanese qualifier Kenichi…

2007 Philippines World Pool Championship Qualifying Tournaments Taking place at the Star Billiards Center in Grace Village, Quezon City, the qualifying event boasted a top-level field of nearly 170 players with ten separate tournaments over five days with the winner of each reaching the main event. With the pre-event qualifying…