Category: World Pool Championship

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…

2007 Philippines World Pool Championship Qualifier Field Tops 160 Mark More than 160 billiards players have entered the qualifying tournaments in the hope of securing a place in the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship. Players from 23 countries will be competing in the ten qualifying events from Saturday, October 27…

Chenman Replaces Frank at 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship Araneta Coliseum, Manila, Philippines – Lee Chenman, the Hong Kong based pocket billiards player, has been granted a spot in the 128-man starting line-up of the forthcoming Philippines World Pool Championship following the withdrawal of American player Troy Frank. Chenman, 28,…

2007 Philippines World Pool Championship Draw Announced 3 – 11 November Araneta Coliseum, Manila, Philippines Matchroom Sport can announce the groups and draw for the forthcoming Philippines World Pool Championship which takes place at the Areneta Coliseum in Manila from 3 – 11 November. The 128 player field is divided…

Player Groups for World Pool Championship GROUP 1 Nat. GROUP 2 Nat. GROUP 3 Nat. GROUP 4 Nat. Ronnie Alcano PHI A Ralf Souquet GER A Wu Chia-ching TPE A Yang Ching-shun TPE Ricky Yang INO B Ronnie Wiseman CAN B Luong Chi-dung VIE B Jonni Fulcher ENG Xu Meng…

Players Qualified for the World Pool Championship Name Nationality Method of qualifying Cat. Wu Chia-ching Chinese Taipei Previous winner 1 Hohmann, Thorsten Germany Previous winner 1 Alcano, Ronato Philippines Previous winner 1 Pagulayan, Alex Philippines Previous winner 1 Strickland, Earl USA Previous winner 1 Chang Pei-wei Chinese Taipei Previous finalist…

Qualification System for 2007 WPA World Pool Championship The purpose of this category system is to give all serious billiards players in the world, the opportunity to compete in the World Pool Championship. This system has been devised using professional golf tours as a model and it is a system…

2007 Philippines World Pool Championship Araneta Coliseum, Manila, Philippines Matchroom Sport can announce they will be changing the format for the opening round of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship. Double elimination play will be introduced for the first time in the nine years that the UK-based sports promotion company…