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Doha
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18 - 29 June 2012
32 PLAYERS SAY GOODBYE TO DOHA AS ALL BUT ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS STAY ALIVE AT THE 2012 WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
32 players saw their dreams of glory crash and burn after a busy day 2 of the 2012 WPA World 9-ball Championship came to a close here in searing hot Doha, Qatar.
The proceedings inside the Al Sadd Sports Club went pretty much to the script, unlike day 1 where upsets were the order of the day. All but one of the sport’s big name players won and will continue on in the group stages.
The day started with Groups 13 through 16 seeing their first action of the tournament. The Philippines’ Ronnie Alcano, runner up last year in this event, easily took down Singapore’s Toh Kian Han, 9-3. The USA’s Hunter Lombardo, one of only two Americans in this year’s championship, sprinted past Morrocan youngster Al Masskini, 9-2.
World number 8, Lee Van Corteza of the Philippines blanked Croatia’s Ivica Putnik 9-0. Japan’s Tohru Kurbayashi defeated New Zealand’s Ceri Worts, 9-6.
The Philippines’s Dennis Orcullo, definitely one of the top five favorites to win this event, had a tight tussle early with the UAE’s Ali Saeed Alsuwaidi, but prevailed 9-6. Also claiming wins were Germans Oliver Ortmann, and Ralf Souquet. The Netherland’s Nick Van den Berg had a tough opening match against the Philippines Joven Alba, but prevailed, 9-7.
All winners in the group stages need one more win to advance to the knockout stage in the final 64. The losers of each match headed over to the left side of the bracket where they would need to win twice to advance.
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The rest of the day was given over to that left side of the bracket, where a single roll of the ball can spell ultimate doom for any visions of pool grandeur. In other words, one more loss and you’re history.
The most surprising early exit from this year’s event was from England’s Mark Gray. Gray is one of his country’s and Europe’s top talents and was a semi-finalist here last year, where he played gutsy pool in brutally pressure packed situations. But in his do or die match against Hong Kong’s very capable Lee Chenman, Gray fell victim to that mysterious malady that lurks throughout this sport; play great but the balls don’t behave.
“I didn’t miss a pot today,” Gray said afterward. “But I guess I didn’t get the rolls.” Gray’s only consolation is that he’ll be playing with Team England next week in Beijing at the brand new World Team Championship.
For the rest of pool’s top names, the afternoon and evening session of do or die matches spelled pure redemption. The Netherland’s Huidji See and Niels Feijen, Finland’s Mika Immonen, the USA’s Shane Van Boening, and England’s Chris Melling all put in solid efforts to win handily. All are still on the chopping block but will need one more win to advance to the single elimination stage.
The Philippines contingent, which is backed by a vocal throng of overseas Filipinos who work and reside in Doha, bounced back nicely on day 2. Elvis Calasang, Joven Alba, Israel Rota and Raymond Faraon all won in do or die matches are still alive in the event.
The Al Sadd Sports Club is sure to back packed to the rafters on day 3 as Filipino and world pool legend Efren “Bata” Reyes sees action in round two of the winner’s side. Reyes is sure to be received like a rock star by his fellow Filipinos.
The group stages continue on Day 3 with winners’ side matches. All winners of these matches advance to the final 64, while the losers will get one more shot.
The final 64 will begin single elimination play on June 27th. The semi-finals and finals will take place on June 29th. The winner will receive $40,000, while the runner up with take home $20,000.
The WPA will be providing full up to the minute coverage of the 2012 World 9-ball Championship via its website at www.wpapool.com. There you can follow the action through our live scoring platform, articles with insights and analysis, and updated brackets. Fans can also get updates via the WPA Twitter page, @poolwpa.com.
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2012 WPA WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
DOHA - QATAR | |
THE PLAYERS | |
| 1 Akagariyama Yukio JPN 2 Chang Jung Lin TPE 3 Chris Melling GBR 4 Fu Che Wei TPE 5 Huidji See NED 6 Dennis Orcollo PHI 7 Darren Appleton GBR 8 Lee Van Corteza PHI 9 Ronnie Alcano PHI 10 Ko Pin Yi TPE 11 Liu Haitao CHN 12 Carlo Biado PHI 13 Thorsten Hohmann GER 14 Ralf Souquet GER 15 Chang Yu Lung TPE 16 Daryl Peach GBR 17 Fu Jianbo CHN 18 Roberto Gomez PHI 19 Shane Van Boening USA 20 Mark Gray GBR 21 Mika Immonen FIN 22 Lo Li Wen TPE 23 Hwang Yong KOR 24 Alok Kumar IND 25 Sundeep Gulati IND 26 Kuribatashi Tohru JPN 27 Hori Ryouji JPN 28 Kuo Yi Che TPE 29 Hsu Kai Lun TPE 30 Ryu Seung Woo KOR 31 Lee Wan Su KOR 32 Toh Lian Han SIN 33 Aloysius Yapp SIN 34 Do The Kien VIE 35 Nguyen Anh Tuan VIE 36 Francisco Bustamante PHI 37 Jundel Mazon PHI 38 Efren Reyes PHI 39 Antonio Gabica PHI-QAT 40 Israel Rota PHI-QAT 41 Kong Andrew HKG 42 Lee Chenman HKG 43 Lee He Wen CHN 44 Han Hao Xiang CHN 45 Dan Jing Hu CHN 46 Edwin Montal CAN 47 Jason Klatt CAN 48 John Morra CAN 49 Harvey Shognosh CAN 50 Hunter Lombardo USA 51 Tony Drago MLT 52 Philipp Stojanovic CRO 53 Ivica Putnik CRO 54 Karlo Dalmatin CRO 55 Bozidar Primic CRO 56 Malaj Nikolaos ALB 57 Roman Hybler CZE 58 Vincent Facquet FRANCE 59 Francisco Diaz-Pizarro ESP 60 Andrea Klasovic SRB 61 Marus Chamat SWE 62 Aki Heiskanen FIN 63 Mario He AUT 64 Albin Ouschan AUT | 65 Manuel Gama POR 66 Henrique Correia POR 67 Dimitri Jungo SUI 68 Nick van den Berg NED 69 Niels Feijen NED 70 Jason Shaw GBR 71 Imran Majid GBR 72 Richard Jones GBR 73 Karl Boyes GBR 74 Oliver Ortmann GER 75 Jentsch Dominic GER 76 Thomas Engert GER 77 Serge Das BEL 78 Sniegocki Mateusz POL 79 Konstantin Stepanov RUS 80 Bruno Muratore ITA 81 Denis Grabe EST 82 Luis Lemus GUA 83 Jonny Martinez VEN 84 Jalal Yousef VEN 85 Ceri Worts NZL 86 Matthew Edwards NZL 87 Robby Foldvari AUS 88 Mohammad Ali Berjaoui LIB 89 Mazen Berjaoui LIB 90 Takhti Zarekani IRI 91 Ali Pordel IRI 92 Badr Al Awadi KUW 93 Abdullah Al Yousef KUW 94 Abdulwahed Al Awad KSA 95 Abdul Rahman Al Amar KSA 96 Hanni Alhowri UAE 97 Salaheldeen Alrimawi UAE 98 Ali Saeed Alsuwaidi UAE 99 Nayf Abdel Afou JOR 100 Rajandran Nair RSA 101 David N. Anderson RSA 102 Hamza Alsaeed ERI 103 Mohamed Elassal EGY 104 Al Masskini MAR 105 Bashar Hussain QAT 106 Mohd Al Bin Ali QAT 107 Abdulatif Fawal QAT 108 Mohd Buainain QAT 109 Ali Obaidly QAT 110 Waleed Majeed QAT 111 Mohammad Saeed QAT 112 Hayato Hijikata JPN 113 Yang Ching Shun TPE 114 Joyme Vicente PHI-UAE 115 Nick Ekonomopoulos GRE 116 Naoyuki Ohi JPN 117 Oliver Medanilla PHI-UAE 118 Ramil Gallego PHI 119 Joven Alba PHI-UAE 120 Chao Fong Pang TPE 121 Majed Alazmi KUW 122 Marlon Caneda PHI-KSA 123 Omar Al Shahen KUW 124 Takashi Uraoka JPN 125 Elvis Calasang PHI-UAE 126 Khaled Al Mutairi KUW 127 Raymound Faraon PHI-UAE 128 Alaa Bata QAT |
2012 WPA WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
DOHA - QATAR | |
THE GROUPS | |
| GROUP 1 Huidji See Badr Al Awadi Efren Reyes Philipp Stojanovic Hwang Yong John Morra Mohammad Berjawi Joyme Vicente | GROUP 2 Mika Immonen Tony Drago Sundeep Gulati Ramil Gallego Thorsten Hohmann Hsu Kai Lun Ali Pordel Abdulwahed Al Awa |
| GROUP 3 Chris Melling Jundel Mazon Aloysius Yapp Vincent Faquet Shane Van Boening Matthew Edwards Abdulatif Fawal Malaj Nikolaos | GROUP 4 Lee He Wen Chao Fang Pang Edwin Montal Thomas Engert Carlo Biado Rajandran Nair Roman Hybler Waleed Majeed |
| GROUP 5 Fu Che Wei Do The Kien Carlo Dalmatin Mohd Buainain Fu Jianbo Marcus Chamat Takashi Uraoka Jayson Shaw | GROUP 6 Neils Feijen Aki Heikanen Khaled Al Mutairi Mohd Al Bin Ali Chang Jung Lin Dimitri Jungo Robby Foldvari Naoyuki Oi |
| GROUP 7 Chang Yu Lung Jalal Yousef Dang Jinghu Albin Ouschan Karl Boyes Ryu Seung Woo Hanni Alhowri Yang Ching Shun | GROUP 8 Mark Gray Hayato Hijikata Lee Chenman Manuel Gama Ko Pin Yi Luis Lemus Serge Das Omar Al Shahen |
| GROUP 9 Daryl Peach Mateusz Sniegocki Mazen Berjaoui Bozo Primic Lo Li Wen Francisco Bustamante Abdullah Al Yousef Oliver Medenilla | GROUP 10 Roberto Gomez Takhti Zarekani Mohammad Saeed Alaa Bata Yukio Akagariyama Dominic Jentsch Harvey Shognosh Konstantin Stepanov |
| GROUP 11 Darren Appleton Hamza Alsaeed Abdul Rahman Al Amar Bruno Muratore Bashas Hussain Kuo Yi Che Elver Casalang Han Hao Xiang | GROUP 12 Jasan Klatt Imran Majid Mohamed Elassal Ali Obaidly Liu Haitao Mario He Alok Kumar Nick Ekonomopoulos |
| GROUP 13 Ronnie Alcano Toh Lian Han Hunter Lombardo Al Masskini Antonio Gabica Andrea Klasovic Salaheldeen Alrimawi Denis Grabe | GROUP 14 Tohru Kuribayashi Ceri Worts Nguyen Anh Tuan Majed Alazmi Lee Van Corteza Ivica Putnik Francisco Diaz-Pizarro Marlon Caneda |
| GROUP 15 Dennis Orcollo Ali Saeed Alsuwaidi Hori Ryouji Kong Andrew Oliver Ortmann Richard Jones Jonny Martinez Raymound Faraon | GROUP 16 Nick Van Den Berg Joven Alba David N. Anderson Henrique Correia Ralf Souquet Israel Rota Nayf Abdel Afou Lee Wan Su |
2012 WPA WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
DOHA - QATAR | |
THE PRIZE FUND | |
1st | $ 40,000 |
2nd | $ 20,000 |
3rd ~ 4th | $ 12,000 |
5th ~ 8th | $ 8,000 |
9th ~ 16th | $ 5,000 |
17th ~ 32nd | $ 3,000 |
33rd ~ 64th | $ 2,000 |
65th ~ 96th | $ 1,000 |
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 | |