Qatar Billiards & Snooker Federation
Al Sadd Sports Club
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Doha
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18 - 29 June 2012
2012 World Pool Championship details published!
QATAR is the host country of the 2012 World 9-Ball Championship (W9BC) of the World Pool-Billiard Association. Qatar will hold this championship consecutively until 2013.
There are 128 players in the main event (Stage 2) of the W9BC. In the group round, the players are divided into 16 groups of 8 players each. 4 players from each group advance into the Last 64 final round. 2 from winner’s bracket will be seeded into Final Round according to their results from group rounds. 2 from loser’s bracket will be drawn randomly.
Final Round by the Last 64 to the Final, the competition becomes single elimination with race to 11 and 13 in the final. All matches are by the alternate break.
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All players and officials are responsible for their own flight and accommodation expenses and food. The official hotel of the W9BC is Wyndham Grand Regency Hotel, Doha. This hotel offers special rates with breakfast to players, guests and officials of the W9BC. Airport pick-up service for arrival and departure will be provided by the hotel.
Full details for the rules and regulations, player responsibilities and all other equiries can be found here... www.qbsf.net/en/w9bc-2012.php
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2012 WPA WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
DOHA - QATAR | |
THE PRIZE FUND | |
1st | $ 36,000 |
2nd | $ 18,000 |
3rd ~ 4th | $ 10,000 |
5th ~ 8th | $ 6,000 |
9th ~ 16th | $ 4,000 |
17th ~ 32nd | $ 2,500 |
33rd ~ 64th | $ 2,000 |
65th ~ 96th | $ 500 |
97th ~ 128th | $ 0 |
WPA WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS | ||||
THE WINNER'S LIST | ||||
1990 - 2011 | ||||
 | Earl Strickland |  | USA | |
| Earl Strickland | | USA | |
| Johnny Archer | | USA | |
| Fong-Pang Chao |  | TPE | |
| Takeshi Okumura |  | JPN | |
| Oliver Ortmann |  | GER | |
| Ralf Souquet | | GER | |
| Johnny Archer | | USA | |
| Kunihiko Takahashi | | JPN | |
| Nick Varner | | USA | |
| Efren Reyes |  | PHI | |
| Fong-Pang Chao | | TPE | |
| Mika Immonen |  | FIN | |
| Earl Strickland | | USA | |
| Thorsten Hohmann | | GER | |
| Alex Pagulayan |  | CAN | |
| Chia-Ching Wu | | TPE | |
| Ronnie Alcano | | PHI | |
| Daryl Peach |  | GBR | |
| *Not held |  | --- | |
| *Not held | | --- | |
| Francisco Bustamante | | PHI | |
| Yukio Akakariyama | | JPN | |