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2005 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

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WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2005
Tournament information
Sport9-ball
LocationKaohsiung, Taiwan
DatesJuly 2, 2005–July 10, 2005
Tournament
format(s)
Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s)WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants128[1]
Final positions
ChampionChinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching[2][3]
Runner-upChinese Taipei Kuo Po-Cheng[2]
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The 2005 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 16th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 2 to 10, 2005 in the Taiwanese city, Kaohsiung.[4]

Taiwanese Wu Chia-ching won the championship with a 17–16 victory in the final against compatriot Kuo Po-Cheng. Defending champion Alex Pagulayan was eliminated by Vilmos Földes in the round of 32.

Format

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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, featuring the remaining 64 players.

Group stage

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The following players exited the competition in the group stage:[2][5]

5. Place 6. Place 7. Place 8. Place
Group 1: Germany Jakob Belka [de] Netherlands Rico Diks [de] South Africa Yulan Govender Chinese Taipei Pan Shen-ping
Group 2: Australia Phil Reilly [de] Malaysia Patrick Ooi England Steve Higton Venezuela Jerry Calderon
Group 3: England Imran Majid India Manan Chandra Greece Lambros Vrakas United States Charlie Williams
Group 4: Chinese Taipei Kang Chin-ching Philippines Efren Reyes Poland Tomasz Kapłan Denmark Jakob Lyng
Group 5: Poland Radosław Babica Wales Ben Davies Mexico Ismael Páez Japan Naoyuki Ōi
Group 6: Sweden Erik Weiselius [de] Philippines Antonio Lining Hong Kong Au Chi-wai Singapore Steve Hock Chin
Group 7: South Korea Kim Wong-dea FinlandMarko Lohtander Chinese Taipei Zeng Ding-yuan Canada Jeff White
Group 8: Spain Samir Kaddur England Craig Osborne [de] Argentina Gustavo Espinosa Malaysia Alan Tan
Group 9: Belgium Jan Dulst Singapore Chan Keng Kwang [de] Venezuela José Luis Perez Pakistan Irfan Ahmed Khan
Group 10: United States John Schmidt New Zealand Ceri Worts Spain David Alcaide England Anthony Ginn
Group 11: Chile Enrique Rojas [de] United Arab Emirates Hanni al-Howri Austria Cetin Aslan Australia Louis Condo
Group 12: Italy Fabio Petroni Germany Thorsten Schober South Korea Jeong Young-hwa [de] Thailand Washana Poonjaeng
Group 13: Norway Roger Lysholm [de] Canada Erik Hjorleifson Indonesia Siauw Wieto Hong Kong Lee Chenman
Group 14: Serbia and Montenegro Šandor Tot United States Shawn Putnam Germany Nicolas Ottermann [de] Japan Hiroshi Takenaka
Group 15: Serbia and Montenegro Goran Mladenovic India Dharminder Singh Lilly Australia Stuart Lawler Sweden David Larsson
Group 16: Netherlands Gilliano Smit Germany Ralf Souquet Singapore Tiong Boon Tan New Zealand Phil Wilkinson

Final round

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Round of 64 (Race to 9) Round of 32 (Race to 9) Round of 16 (Race to 11) Quarter-Final (Race to 11) Semi-Final (Race to 11) Finale (Race to 17)
            
Chinese Taipei Kuo Po-Cheng 10
England Steve Davis 7
Chinese Taipei Kuo Po-Cheng 10
Chinese Taipei Liu Chun-chiang 4
Chinese Taipei Liu Chun-chiang 10
England Daryl Peach 7
Chinese Taipei Kuo Po-Cheng 11
Czech Republic Roman Hybler 4
Czech Republic Roman Hybler 10
Chinese Taipei Cheng Chong-hua 6
Czech Republic Roman Hybler 10
Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-Pang 8
Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-Pang 10
Scotland Michael Valentine 2
Chinese Taipei Kuo Po-Cheng 11
Chinese Taipei Huang Kun-chang 7
Chinese Taipei Huang Kun-chang 10
Germany Thomas Engert 7
Chinese Taipei Huang Kun-chang 10
Chinese Taipei Hsia Hui-kai 8
Chinese Taipei Hsia Hui-kai 10
United States Mike Davis 3
Chinese Taipei Huang Kun-chang 11
Vietnam Thanh Nam Nguyen 4
Philippines Rodolfo Luat 10
Vietnam Lương Chí Dũng 1
Philippines Rodolfo Luat 8
Vietnam Thanh Nam Nguyen 10
Vietnam Thanh Nam Nguyen 10
Netherlands Niels Feijen 8
Chinese Taipei Kuo Po-Cheng 11
United States Rodney Morris 7
Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin 10
Philippines Francisco Bustamante 8
Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin 10
Philippines Warren Kiamco 4
Philippines Warren Kiamco 10
Australia David Reljic 6
Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin 8
United States Rodney Morris 11
United States Rodney Morris 10
Canada Luc Salvas 2
United States Rodney Morris 10
England Raj Hundal 9
England Raj Hundal 10
Chinese Taipei Yang Ching-shun 4
United States Rodney Morris 11
Netherlands Nick van den Berg 10
Hungary Vilmos Földes 10
Malaysia Ibrahim Bin Amir [de] 2
Hungary Vilmos Földes 10
Philippines Alex Pagulayan 8
Philippines Alex Pagulayan 10
South Korea Park Shin-young 5
Hungary Vilmos Földes 10
Netherlands Nick van den Berg 11
Netherlands Nick van den Berg 10
Malta Tony Drago 5
Netherlands Nick van den Berg 10
Chinese Taipei Wang Hua-fong 6
Chinese Taipei Wang Hua-fong 10
Philippines Dennis Orcollo 5
Chinese Taipei Kuo Po-Cheng 16
Chinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching 17
Sweden Marcus Chamat 10
United States Johnny Archer 5
Sweden Marcus Chamat 10
Canada Alain Martel 1
Canada Alain Martel [de] 10
United States Earl Strickland 7
Sweden Marcus Chamat 4
Chinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching 11
Chinese Taipei Wu Jiaqing 10
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi 5
Chinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching 10
Germany Andreas Roschkowsky 6
Germany Andreas Roschkowsky [de] 10
Indonesia Adam Abdulrahim 2
Chinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching 11
Germany Thorsten Hohmann 5
England Kevin Uzzell 10
Netherlands Alex Lely 7
England Kevin Uzzell 7
Germany Thorsten Hohmann 10
Germany Thorsten Hohmann 10
Philippines Ronato Alcano 7
Germany Thorsten Hohmann 11
United States Jeremy Jones 7
United States Gabe Owen [de] 10
Germany Oliver Ortmann 6
United States Gabe Owen 5
United States Jeremy Jones 10
United States Jeremy Jones 10
Japan Satoshi Kawabata [de] 8
Chinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching 11
Philippines Marlon Manalo 5
Philippines Gandy Valle 10
Vietnam Do Hoang Quan 8
Philippines Gandy Valle 9
Chinese Taipei Chen Ying-chieh 10
Chinese Taipei Chen Ying-chieh [de] 10
Chinese Taipei Chang Pei-Wei 5
Chinese Taipei Chen Ying-chieh 0
Philippines Marlon Manalo 11
Philippines Marlon Manalo 10
United States Charlie Bryant 9
Philippines Marlon Manalo 10
Chinese Taipei Huang Chien-che 0
Chinese Taipei Huang Chien-che 10
Russia Konstantin Stepanov 5
Philippines Marlon Manalo 11
Finland Mika Immonen 9
Japan Kunihiko Takahashi 10
United States Danny Basavich 8
Japan Kunihiko Takahashi 8
Finland Mika Immonen 10
Finland Mika Immonen 10
Croatia Ivica Putnik [de] 2
Finland Mika Immonen 11
United States Corey Deuel 8
United States Corey Deuel 10
Chinese Taipei Lai Chia-hsiung 2
United States Corey Deuel 10
Germany Harald Stolka 9
Germany Harald Stolka [de] 10
Chinese Taipei Fu Che-wei 6

References

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  1. ^ "WPA World Pool Championship 2005". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "WPA World Pool Championship 2005". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Affairs, Ministry of Foreign; (Taiwan), Republic of China (May 2008). "Local pool players cue up against global competition - Taiwan Today". Taiwan Today. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  4. ^ "'Little Genius' vs. 'Little Monster' in all-Taiwan final". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  5. ^ "2005 WPA World Pool Championship" (PDF). csns.ca. Cue Sports Nova Scotia. July 20, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF; 100 KB) on September 23, 2015.

See also

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