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WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2006
Tournament information
SportNine-Ball
LocationInternational Convention Center,
Pasay City, Philippines
Dates4 November 2006[1]–12 November 2006[1]
Tournament
format(s)
Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s)WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants128
Final positions
ChampionPhilippines Ronato Alcano[2]
Runner-upGermany Ralf Souquet
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The WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2006 was the seventeenth edition of the WPA World Nine-ball Championship and took place between 4 and 12 November 2006 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City, Philippines. The event was to be held for the first time in the Philippines, on a two-year deal, including the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship.[3] The championships were hosted by the World Pool Billiard Association (WPA).

Ronato Alcano won the championship with a 17–11 win in the final against Ralf Souquet of Germany.[4][5] Defending champion Wu Chia-ching was defeated in the quarter-final by Alcano.

Tournament format

The event featured 128 players, with an alternate break. The event featured a preliminary round robin format to half the field to 64; where the event changed to a knockout format.

Prize money

Position Prize
First Place (Champion) $100.000
Second Place (Runner-Up) $40.000
Third Place (Semi-finalist) $20.000
Fifth place (quarter finalist) $10.000
Ninth place (loser in round of 16) $4.500
Seventeenth place (loser in round of 32) $3.000
Thirty Third (loser in round of 64) $2.000
Sixty Fifth place (Third place in round robin group) $1.000
Ninety Seventh place (Fourth place in round robin group) $0

Preliminary round

The Preliminary round was played over three days between 4 and 7 November. There were 32 groups of 4, with the first two in each group progressing. Nine top 32 players were knocked out in this section[a][6]

Final round

The qualifying 64 players would play a knockout structure over six days.[6] The first two rounds were competed as "race to 10", the next three rounds as "race to 11", and the final, as a "race to 17".[6][7] Template:64TeamBracket-NoSeed

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ With their seeding in brackets

References

  1. ^ a b "World Championship Underway". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  2. ^ "Ronnie Alcano wins World Pool Championship". billiardpulse.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  3. ^ "World Pool Championship goes to Manila". billiardpulse.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  4. ^ "ALCANO AND AKAGARIYAMA TO MEET FOR WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP - WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  5. ^ "Souquet v Alcano for the WPC Crown". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  6. ^ a b c "WPA World Pool Championship 2006". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  7. ^ "Alcano Ends Amazing Run By Winning The World Pool Championship". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
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