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Players announced for 2007 World Pool Masters

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Date: Wednesday, March 28 2007 @ 19:00:55 UTC
Topic: 9 Ball



2007 World Pool Masters
Hotel Zuiderduin
Zeeweg 52 - 1931 VL
Postbus 80 - 1930 AB
Egmond aan Zee
Nederland
www.worldpoolmasters.com
www.zuiderduin.nl

Friday 8 June to Sunday 10 June 2007



Matchroom Announce Players for 207 World Pool Masters

MATCHROOM Sport are delighted to announce the proposed line-up for the 2007 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters.

For only the second time in the 15-year history of the tournament there will be a female player among the 16 competitors as the field will include Austrian Jasmin Ouschan.

The 21-year-old is ranked as the World No.1 in the women's rankings and earlier this week clinched the Women's Straight Pool title at the European Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic.

There is a total of $62,000 in prize money with the winner getting $20,000, while first round losers will pocket $1,500. The World Pool Masters is one of the most prestigious competitions in the pool calendar and will again be held in Egmond aan Zee, Holland from Friday, June 8 to Sunday, June 10.

"Read more" for the details.

Player List
(all players appear subject to contract)

1. David Alcaide (Spain)
2. Ronnie Alcano (Philippines)
3. Tony Drago (Malta)
4. Tyler Edey (Canada)
5. Thomas Engert (Germany)
6. Niels Feijen (Holland)
7. Pat Holtz (Scotland)
8. Li He-wen (China)
9. Imran Majid (England)
10. Naoyuki Oi (Japan)
11. Oliver Ortmann (Germany)
12. Jasmin Ouschan (Austria)
13. Fabio Petroni (Italy)
14. Ralf Souquet (Germany)
15. Nick van den Berg (Holland)
16. Wu Chia-ching (Chinese Taipei)


Prize Fund

The total prize fund for the event is US $62,000 broken down as follows:

Champion - $20,000
Runner-Up - $10,000
Semi-Finalists - $5,000 ( x2 )
Quarter-Finalists - $2,500 ( x4 )
First Round Losers - $1,500 ( x8 )




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