2003 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

August 2018 WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2003 Cardiff, Wales July 12, 2003 July 20, 2003 9-ball Round robin / Single Elimination WPA World Nine-ball Championship,Matchroom Pool CAN Alex Pagulayan 128 DEU Thorsten Hohmann 2002 2004 The 2003 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 14th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 12 to 20, 2003 in Cardiff, Wales. Thorsten Hohmann won the event 17–10 victory in the final against Canadian Alex Pagulayan. Hohmann To Face The Lion for Championship azbilliards.com 2018-08-09 http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/363-hohmann-to-face-the-lion-for-championship/ Defending champion Earl Strickland was eliminated in the semi-final against Hohmann. Tournament format The event featured 128 participating players which were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in round robin mode against each other. The top four players in each group qualified for a knockout round from the stage of the last 64. Controversy The event saw reigning champion Earl Strickland play 6-time world Snooker champion Steve Davis in the last 16. Before the match, held in Cardiff, during a press conference, Strickland commented that he knew that the fans were being disrespectful towards him, and favouring Davis. During the match, Strickland referred to a crowd member as an "asshole", and began to talk during Davis' shots, against the rules. Referee Michaela Tabb warned Strickland, to which he replied that Tabb should "shut up".Mount St Earl Erupts, Wins! http://www.billiardsdigest.com/tournaments/display_article.php?article_id=352&tournament_id=10 Mike Panozzo July 19, 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212070029/http://www.billiardsdigest.com/tournaments/display_article.php?article_id=352&tournament_id=10 February 12, 2012 Davis would use his entitled comfort break shortly before the next frame, despite already being down on the shot to break. Davis would later suggest this was used as gamesmanship. During the break, Strickland put his fingers in his ears to block out the crowd's support for Davis. With the match at 10 racks to 9, in favour of Strickland, he missed a long 6 ball. Using the rest, Davis would miss an "easy" shot (according to Strickland), from where Strickland would leap out of his seat, and exclaim that Davis had "dogged it." Strickland's tirade against Davis, the crowd, and the rules of the event, continued through the main part of a post-match interview, before visibly calming and apologizing for his behaviour. After admitting regret over his reactions during the encounter with Davis, Strickland entered the arena for his next match carrying a bunch of flowers which he gave to Tabb by way of an apology, and proceeded to play in a much calmer manner for the remainder of the event.Mr. Congeniality: 2003 World Championships http://www.billiardsdigest.com/tournaments/display_article.php?article_id=353&tournament_id=10 Billiards Digest Mike Panozzo July 19, 2003 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014739/http://www.billiardsdigest.com/tournaments/display_article.php?article_id=353&tournament_id=10 September 27, 2007 June 6, 2018 Strickland had also played the 2003 World Snooker champion Mark Williams in the preliminaries of the competition, winning 5–3. Preliminary round The following players were knocked out of the competition in the preliminary round, finishing 5th or lower in the round robin.http://www.csns.ca/Charts/WPC03F64.pdf 2003 WPA World Pool Championship Cue Sports Nova Scotia csns.ca July 19, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211548/http://www.csns.ca/Charts/WPC03F64.pdf September 23, 2015 5. Place 6. Place 7. Place 8. Place Group 1: CAN Paul Potier FIN Mark Lohtander HUN Vilmos Földes ZAF Anton Klanfar Group 2: TPE Kuo Po-cheng AUS Phil Reilly HRV Ivica Putnik USA Shawn Putnam Group 3: IDN Siauw Wieto ENG Imran Majid AUS Emile Riera USA Art Wiggins Group 4: POL Radosław Babica FIN Janne Kaipainen AUT Alexander Markut PHL Ronato Alcano Group 5: WAL Rob McKenna CAN Jeff Kennedy USA Charlie Williams PRI Alan Rolon Group 6: ENG Anthony Ginn SCG Šandor Tot AUS David Reljic NLD Anand Manurat Group 7: TPE Chang Pei-Wei CZE Roman Hybler CAN Andre Pelletier ZAF David Anderson Gruppe 8: TPE Chao Fong-Pang ENG Kevin Uzzell DNK Peter Nielsen SWE Erik Weiselius Group 9: DEU Christian Reimering SGP William Ang Boon Lay RUS Konstantin Stepanow ABW Richard Wolff Group 10: GRC John Papadopoulos SGP Bernard Tey Choon Kiat GRC Athanasios Vrakas MEX Mauro Ibarra Group 11: FRA Stephan Cohen NLD Gilliano Smit ABW Ditto Acosta NZL Ceri Worts Group 12: NZL Brent Wells NOR Raymond Hauge ENG Dominic Clemens USA Bill Ferguson Group 13: USA Jimmy Wetch ESP Juan Fernández DEU Thorsten Schober ARE Hanni al-Howri Group 14: DEU Ralph Eckert ENG Daryl Peach ABW Ryan Rampersaud ITA Carmine Nanula Group 15: SWE Tom Storm DEU Michael Schmidt CHE Sascha Specchia SCO Michael Valentine Group 16: USA Nick Varner AUS Robert Elsley PRI Jason Cruz KOR Jong Hong-jo Final round Those that qualified, would play in a knockout round.Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2003 azbilliards.com June 6, 2018 http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/174-world-9-ball-championship/659-empire-poker-wpa-world-pool-championship-2003/results/ Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2003 live https://web.archive.org/web/20170705070100/http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/174-world-9-ball-championship/659-empire-poker-wpa-world-pool-championship-2003/results/ July 5, 2017 no yes Round of 64 (Race to 9) Round of 32 (Race to 9) Round of 16 (Race to 11) Quarter-Final (Race to 11) Semi-Final (Race to 11) Final (Race to 17) MLT Tony Drago 9 GRC Evangelos Vettas 4 USA Danny Harriman 9 TPE Chen Ying-chieh 6 KOR Jeong Young-hwa 9 SGP Tiong Boon Tan 3 PHL Marlon Manalo 9 MEX Ernesto Domínguez 4 KOR Lee Jang-su 9 USA Corey Deuel 2 SWE Marcus Chamat 9 BEL Pascal Budo 7 USA Max Eberle 9 PHL Dennis Orcollo 8 TPE Hsia Hui-kai 9 WAL Mark Williams 0 CAN Alex Pagulayan 9 JPN Shintaro Sugaya 5 USA Rodney Morris 9 ITA Fabio Petroni 8 TPE Lee Kun-fang 9 JPN Hiroshi Takenaka 6 PHL Ramil Gallego 9 RUS Evgeny Stalev 4 NLD Niels Feijen 9 SCO Geoff Dunn 4 KOR Park Shin-young 9 ENG Chris Melling 6 NLD Alex Lely 9 JPN Satoshi Kawabata 8 TPE Fu Che-wei 9 ARG Jorge Llanos 7 USA Earl Strickland 9 DEU Thomas Engert 3 JPN Haruyoshi Hinokiyama 9 PHL Antonio Lining 8 ENG Steve Davis 9 IND Mukesh Rehani 3 JPN Kunihiko Takahashi 9 ENG Roxton Chapman 4 DEU Ralf Souquet 9 CAN Raymond Cruz 6 TPE Yang Ching-shun 9 JPN Akikumo Toshikawa 4 FIN Mika Immonen 9 ENG Steve Knight 3 SWE Niklas Bergendorff 9 TPE Lu Hui-chan 1 PHL Francisco Bustamante 9 DEU Oliver Ortmann 2 PHL Lee Vann Corteza 9 SWE Sten Jarledal 2 PHL Efren Reyes 9 USA Johnny Archer 5 NLD Nick van den Berg 9 ENG Kevin Smith 0 DEU Thorsten Hohmann 9 CAN John Horsfall 6 USA Teddy Garraham 9 NLD Rico Diks 8 CAN Luc Salvas 9 IRL Tommy Donlon 8 LUX Marc Holtz 9 PHL Warren Kiamco 3 MLT Tony Drago 9 USA Danny Harriman 4 KOR Jeong Young-hwa 9 PHL Marlon Manalo 2 KOR Lee Jang-su 3 SWE Marcus Chamat 9 USA Max Eberle 8 TPE Hsia Hui-kai 9 CAN Alex Pagulayan 9 USA Rodney Morris 8 TPE Lee Kun-fang 6 PHL Ramil Gallego 9 NLD Niels Feijen 1 KOR Park Shin-young 9 NLD Alex Lely 9 TPE Fu Che-wei 5 USA Earl Strickland 9 JPN H. Hinokiyama 3 ENG Steve Davis 9 JPN K. Takahashi 6 DEU Ralf Souquet 3 TPE Yang Ching-shun 9 FIN Mika Immonen 9 SWE N. Bergendorff 1 PHL F. Bustamante 9 PHL Lee Vann Corteza 3 PHL Efren Reyes 9 NLD Nick van den Berg 8 DEU T. Hohmann 9 USA Teddy Garraham 3 CAN Luc Salvas 9 LUX Marc Holtz 8 MLT Tony Drago 11 KOR Jeong Young-hwa 9 SWE Marcus Chamat 4 TPE Hsia Hui-kai 11 CAN Alex Pagulayan 11 PHL Ramil Gallego 4 KOR Park Shin-young 11 NLD Alex Lely 5 USA Earl StricklandStrickland beats Davis and crowd to get to WPC Final 8 azbilliards.com June 6, 2018 http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/362-strickland-beats-davis-and-crowd-to-get-to-wpc-final-8/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20180606140323/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/362-strickland-beats-davis-and-crowd-to-get-to-wpc-final-8/ June 6, 2018 11 ENG Steve Davis 9 TPE Yang Ching-shun 11 FIN Mika Immonen 4 PHL F. Bustamante 11 PHL Efren Reyes 8 DEU T. Hohmann 11 CAN Luc Salvas 6 MLT Tony Drago 11 TPE Hsia Hui-kai 8 CAN Alex Pagulayan 11 KOR Park Shin-young 9 USA Earl Strickland 11 TPE Yang Ching-shun 9 PHL F. Bustamante 10 DEU T. Hohmann 11 MLT Tony Drago 6 CAN Alex Pagulayan 11 USA Earl Strickland 4 DEU T. Hohmann 11 CAN Alex Pagulayan 10 DEU Thorsten HohmannHohmann wins World Pool Championship azbilliards.com June 6, 2018 http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/366-hohmann-wins-world-pool-championship/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20160318014407/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/366-hohmann-wins-world-pool-championship/ March 18, 2016 17 References External links Live scoring at WPA-pool.com Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2003 at azbilliards.com 2003 WPA World Nine-ball Championship WPA World Nine-ball Championship Category:International sports competitions hosted by Wales Category:July 2003 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:2000s in Cardiff Category:Sports competitions in Cardiff Category:Cue sports in Wales