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WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2002
Tournament information
Sport9-ball
LocationCardiff, Wales
DatesJuly 18, 2002–July 24, 2002
Tournament
format(s)
Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s)WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants128
Final positions
Champion USA Earl Strickland
Runner-up PHL Francisco Bustamante
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The WPA 9-Ball World Cup 2002 was the 13th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 18 to 24, 2002 in Cardiff, Wales.[1][2]

The event was won by American Earl Strickland with a 17:15 victory in the final against Francisco Bustamante.[3] Defending champion Mika Immonen was defeated in the round of 64 against Shannon Daulton.[4]

Format

The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in round robin mode against each other. The top four players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system.[5]

Prize Money

The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winner Earl Strickland winning $65,000.[6]

Turnierplatzierung Preisgeld
First Place (Champion) $65,000
Second Place (Runner-Up) $30,000
Third Place (Semi-finalist $17,500
Fifth place (quarter finalist) $8,500
Ninth place (loser in round of 16) $4,000
Seventeenth place (loser in round of 32) $2,000
Thirty Third (loser in round of 64) $1,500
Sixty Fifth place (Fifth or sixth in round robin group) $1,000
Eighty First place (Seventh place in round robin group) $0

Preliminary Round

The following 64 players dropped out in the group stage:[5]

5. Place 6. Place 7. Place 8. Place
Group 1:  KOR Jeong Young-hwa [de]  DEU Brian Naithani [de]  WAL Wayne Lloyd  GRC George Sarmas
Group 2:  NZL Brent Wells  JPN Akikumo Toshikawa   CHE Sascha Specchia  NLD Gilliano Smit [de]
Group 3:  IDN Robby Suarly  TPE Chao Fong-Pang [de]  WAL Lee Walker  ESP David López
Group 4:  JPN Haruyoshi Hinokiyama  USA Frankie Hernandez  NLD Robert Parlevliet  WAL Geoff Dunn
Group 5:  IDN Siauw Wieto  SCO Pat Holtz  IND Alok Kumar  ABW Ryan Rampersaud
Group 6:  CAN Cliff Thorburn  SWE Tom Storm  ENG Kevin Smith  ITA Carmine Nanula
Group 7:  AUS Shawn Budd  ENG Anthony Ginn  HRV Marcos Castro  SGP William Ang Boon Lay
Group 8:  SGP Tiong Boon Tan  CAN Alain Martel [de]  ENG Richard Jones [de]  BEL Gino Vermeesch
Group 9:  MLT Tony Drago  IRL John Wims   CHE Dimitri Jungo [de]  PAN Javier Palacios [de]
Group 10:  IRL Tommy Donlon [de]  WAL Dominic Dale  NOR Ronny Oldervik  TPE Chao Jung-hua
Group 11:  FIN Marko Lohtander  AUS Phil Reilly [de]  USA George SanSouci  CAN Ed Galati
Group 12:  AUS Johl Younger  PHL Leonardo Andam  USA Troy Frank  CAN Mario Morra
Group 13:  DNK Kasper Thygesen [de]  ENG Paul Hunter  ENG Darren Appleton  VEN Luis Miguel Sánchez
Group 14:  DEU Andreas Vondenhoff [de]  ENG Andy Richardson  AUS Greg Jenkins [de]  ARG Jorge Llanos [de]
Group 15:  WAL Rob McKenna  TPE Kuo Yi-che  HRV Ivica Putnik [de]  ABW Ditto Acosta [de]
Group 16:  CAN Gerry Watson  IDN Mohammed Junarto  USA Shawn Putnam  ZAF David David Anderson

Final round

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References

  1. ^ "Earl Strickland Championship Titles". earlstrickland.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Billiards Digest - 30 Over 30 by Predator Cues, Pool Videos". billiardsdigest.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "World Champions - WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  4. ^ "Hasseröder WPA World Pool Championship 2002". azbilliards.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "2002 WPA World Pool Championship" (PDF). csns.ca. Cue Sports Nova. July 18, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Hasseröder WPA World Pool Championship 2002". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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