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The World Pool Championships
The Philippine International Convention Center (PICC)
Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP Complex)
Roxas Blvd.
1307 Pasay City
Metro Manila
Philippines
Tel: (632) 551-7920 / 551-7415 / 551-6917
Fax: (632) 551-6372
www.worldpoolchampionship.com

4-12 November 2006

WPC Interim Website Online NOW!

Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that 2006 World Pool Championship will take place in Manila, Philippines from Saturday to Sunday 4-12 November.

Hosted by Raya Sports and Events, a division of Prism Communications, the tournament will feature 128 players from an estimated 40-plus countries competing for a US$400,000 prize fund, a record for the event.

The 2006 World Pool Championship will be televised across Asia by host broadcaster ESPN Star Sports of Singapore and will also be aired live in various European countries including the UK.

In addition, a host of countries around the world will be taking highlights packages of the event.

Click on "Read More..." for the details.

Day	Date	Event
Day 1	Saturday 4 November	Groups 1-16 opening matches
Day 2	Sunday 5 November	Groups 1-16 closing matches
Day 3	Monday 6 November	Groups 17-32 opening matches
Day 4	Tuesday 4 November	Groups 17-32 closing matches
Day 5	Wednesday 8 November	Last 64 straight knockout
Day 6	Thursday 9 November	Last 32 straight knockout
Day 7	Friday 10 November	Last 16 straight knockout
Day 8	Saturday 11 November	Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals
Day 9	Sunday 12 November	The Final

Format

Group Stages �32 x seeded groups of 4 with each player playing the others once, giving three matches per player and six matches per group in total. All matches are race-to-8 alternate break, with two points for a win.

The top two in each group move forward to the knockout stages. Order is decided by total points, followed by most racks won, followed by most racks conceded, followed by the result of the match between players concerned

Last 64 � race-to-10 racks, winner breaks.

Last 32 � race-to-10 racks winner breaks.

Last 16 � race-to-11 racks winner breaks

Quarter-Finals � race-to-11 racks winner breaks

Semi-Finals � race-to-11 racks winner breaks

The Final � race-to-17 racks winner breaks

Tickets

All ticket details including VIP, daily passes and season tickets will be available nearer the time.

Hotels

Matchroom Sport will source a selection of hotels in Manila at a range of prices. Full information as well as booking forms will be available nearer the time.

Prize Fund
Winner	$100,000	x 1 = $100,000
Runner-Up	$40,000	x 1 = $40,000
Semi-Finalists	$20,000	x 2 = $40,000
Quarter-Finalists	$10,000	x 4 = $40,000
Last 16	$4,500	x 8 = $36,000
Last 32	$3,000	x 16 = $48,000
Last 64	$2,000	x 32 = $64,000
3rd Place in Group	$1,000	x 32 = $32,000
Total Prize Fund = $400,000

Other Information

Table Used - Brunswick Metro (Tournament Edition)

Cloth Used � Simonis 860

Balls Used � Saluc Super Aramith

Official Cue - Predator

Sanctioning

The 2006 World Pool Championship is sanctioned by the World Pool Association which is the world governing body for pool and administers the game at many levels across the globe. Membership of the WPA is made up of continental members which currently consists of Africa, Asia, Europe, North America Oceania and Latin America and the Caribbean. Individual national associations are in turn members of their continental associations.

Previous Champions

2005 Wu Chia-ching (Taiwan) bt Kuo Po-cheng (Taiwan) 17 � 16 - Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2004 Alex Pagulayan (Canada) bt Pei-wei Chang (Taiwan) 17 � 13 - Taipei, Taiwan

2003 Thorsten Hohmann (Germany) bt Alex Pagulayan (Canada) 17 � 10 - Cardiff Wales

2002 Earl Strickland (USA) bt Francisco Bustamante (Philippines) 17 � 15 - Cardiff, Wales

2001 Mika Immonen (Finland) bt Ralf Souquet (Germany) 17 � 10 - Cardiff, Wales

2000 Fong Pang Chao (Taiwan) bt Ismael Paez (Mexico) 17 - 6 - Cardiff, Wales

1999 Efren Reyes (Philippines) bt Hao-ping Chang (Taiwan) 17 - 8 - Cardiff, Wales Nick Varner (USA) bt Jeremy Jones (USA) - Alicante, Spain

1998 Kunihiko Takahashi (Japan) bt Johnny Archer (USA) - Taipei, Taiwan

1997 Johnny Archer (USA) bt Kun-Fang Lee (Taiwan) - Illinois, USA

1996 Ralph Souquet (Germany) bt Tom Storm (Sweden) - Borlange, Sweden

1995 Oliver Ortmann (Germany) bt Dallas West (USA) - Taipei, Taiwan

1994 Takeshi Okumura (Japan) bt Yasunari Itsuzaki (Japan) - Illinois, USA

1993 Fong-Pang Chao (Taiwan) bt Thomas Hasch (Germany) - Konigswinter, Germany

1992 Johnny Archer (USA) bt Bobby Hunter (USA) - Taipei, Taiwan

1991 Earl Strickland (USA) bt Nick Varner (USA) - Las Vegas, USA

1990 Earl Strickland (USA) bt Jeff Carter (USA) - Bergheim, Germany

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