Category: World Pool Championship

  • Luong and Condo First to Advance

    Luong and Condo First to Advance Luong Chi Dung of Vietnam and Australia’s Louis Condo are the first two billiards players to reach the last 32 of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championships. A quarter-finalist in Manila last year, Luong put paid to the hopes of 2002 Champion Earl Strickland…

  • 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship Field Down to 64

    2007 Philippines World Pool Championship Field Down to 64 Billiards action has concluded on the final day of round one action at the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Manila as the 128 man field has been reduced to 64 for the straight knock-out stages…

  • Strickland Salvages World Pool Championship Hopes

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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…