Category: World Pool Championship

Immonen Last Former Billiards Champ Standing Mika Immonen is now the only remaining former champion left in the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship as he edged past Canada’s Dancing Bear, Alain Martel by 11-8 on Table 2. The 34 year-old Helsinki-born globe-trotter was a champion in Cardiff in 2001 when…

Bustamante Wins All-Filipino Billiards Battle In a flawless performance on the main TV table, Francisco Bustamante won the billiard battle of the Filipino giants as he crushed Alex Pagulayan 11-2 to book a spot in the quarter-finals of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship. Playing in front of a standing…

16 Still in the Hunt for World Billiards Title Following the conclusion of day six of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship there are just 16 players left chasing the biggest prize in the game. The Philippines have the largest contingent with four players left in the competition as Francisco…

Peach on a run at 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship Daryl Peach has continued his best-ever run in the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship. Yesterday, Peach, 35, defeated reigning World Champion Filipino Ronnie Alcano and he followed that up on Thursday with another stunning win in the Araneta Coliseum, Manila,…

Pagulayan Continues at World Pool Championship Former billiards world champion Alex Pagulayan (Philippines) looked in good shape as he comfortably made his way through to the last 16 with a 10-2 victory over Australia’s Louis Condo. Popular Pagulayan now will play either countryman Francisco Bustamante or Nick van den Berg…

Former Billiards Champ Wu Knocked Out Joven Bustamante, one of the unsung dangermen of Filipino pool, eased his way into the last 16 of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship at the expense of 2005 Champion Wu Chia-ching of Taiwan at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Manila. The 29 year-old…

Peach Sends Alcano Packing England’s Daryl Peach has secured his greatest result ever by defeating reigning World Pool Champion Ronnie Alcano – in his own backyard. Peach, 35, beat Filipino Alcano 10-6 in the last 64 of the 2007 World Pool Championships, which is being held at the Araneta Coliseum,…

Reyes Eliminated at 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship Efren Reyes is out of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship. The 53-year-old Filipino legend went down on TV Table 2 at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Manila, at the hands of European No.1 Konstantin Stepanov of Russia. For Reyes, the winner…

Bustamante Continues to Impress at Philippines World Pool Championship Filipino pocket billiards player Francisco Bustamante continued his impressive march through the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship. The Filipino, known as Django, recorded his third straight-forward victory of the competition with a 10-1 triumph over Spain’s David Alcaide to advance into…

Souquet Survives Round Billiard players Ralf Souquet, who won the hearts of the Philippine nation this time last year with his graciousness in defeat in the 2006 final, made his way into the last 32 with a 10-8 win over Naoyuki Oi of Japan. The German though was not happy…