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2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
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WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2006 International Convention Center,Pasay, Philippines 4 November 2006World Championship Underway azbilliards.com 2018-06-06 http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/2909-world-championship-underway/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20180627115252/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/2909-world-championship-underway/ 2018-06-27 12 November 2006 9-ball 128 Round robin / Single Elimination WPA World Nine-ball Championship PHL Ronato AlcanoRonato Alcano wins World Pool Championship billiardpulse.com 2018-06-06 http://www.billiardpulse.com/2006/11/ronnie-alcano-wins-world-pool.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20120207082609/http://www.billiardpulse.com/2006/11/ronnie-alcano-wins-world-pool.html 2012-02-07 GER Ralf Souquet 2005 2007
The 2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the seventeenth edition of the WPA World Nine-ball Championship and took place between 4 and 12 November 2006 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Philippines. The event was to be held for the first time in the Philippines, on a two-year deal, including the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship.World Pool Championship goes to Manila billiardpulse.com 2018-06-06 http://www.billiardpulse.com/2006/03/world-pool-championship-goes-to-manila.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20180619163805/http://www.billiardpulse.com/2006/03/world-pool-championship-goes-to-manila.html 2018-06-19 The championships were hosted by the World Pool Billiard Association (WPA).
Ronato Alcano won the championship with a 17–11 win in the final against Ralf Souquet of Germany.ALCANO AND AKAGARIYAMA TO MEET FOR WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP - WPA Pool WPA Pool 2018-06-06 http://wpapool.com/alcano-akagariyama-meet-world-9-ball-championship/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20180627115252/http://wpapool.com/alcano-akagariyama-meet-world-9-ball-championship/ 2018-06-27 Souquet v Alcano for the WPC Crown azbilliards.com 2018-06-06 http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/2957-souquet-v-alcano-for-the-wpc-crown/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20180627115252/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/2957-souquet-v-alcano-for-the-wpc-crown/ 2018-06-27 Defending champion Wu Jia-qing was defeated in the quarter-final by Alcano.
Tournament format
The event featured 128 players, with an alternate break. The event featured a preliminary round robin format to half the field to 64; where the event changed to a knockout format.
Prize money
Position Prize First Place (champion) $100.000 Second Place (runner-up) $40.000 Third Place (semi-finalist) $20.000 Fifth place (quarter finalist) $10.000 Ninth place (loser in round of 16) $4.500 Seventeenth place (loser in round of 32) $3.000 Thirty Third (loser in round of 64) $2.000 Sixty Fifth place (Third place in round robin group) $1.000 Ninety Seventh place (Fourth place in round robin group) $0
Preliminary round
The Preliminary round was played over three days between 4 and 7 November. There were 32 groups of 4, with the first two in each group progressing. Nine top 32 players were knocked out in this sectionWith their seeding in bracketsWPA World Pool Championship 2006 azbilliards.com 2018-06-06 http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/174-world-9-ball-championship/1487-wpa-world-pool-championship-2006/results/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20170912120746/http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/174-world-9-ball-championship/1487-wpa-world-pool-championship-2006/results/ 2017-09-12
PHL Alex Pagulayan (4)
FIN Mika Immonen (11)
USA Rodney Morris (12)
NED Niels Feijen (18)
PHL Jose Parica (23)
NED Alex Lely (25)
TPE Chang Pei-Wei (26)
DEU Christian Reimering (28)
JPN Kunihiko Takahashi (29)
Final round
The qualifying 64 players would play a knockout structure over six days. The first two rounds were competed as "race to 10", the next three rounds as "race to 11", and the final, as a "race to 17".Alcano Ends Amazing Run By Winning The World Pool Championship azbilliards.com 2018-06-06 http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/2959-alcano-ends-amazing-run-by-winning-the-world-pool-championship/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20140821144221/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/2959-alcano-ends-amazing-run-by-winning-the-world-pool-championship/ 2014-08-21
no Round of 648 November 2006 Round of 329 November 2006 Round of 1610 November 2006 Quarter final11 November 2006 Semi final11 November 2006 Final12 November 2006 PHL Roberto Gomez 1 PHL Ronato Alcano 10 16 PHL Dennis Orcollo 6 2 PHL Efren Reyes 10 TPE Hsia Hsun-Kai 3 6 TPE Kuo Po-cheng 10 5 PHL Marlon Manalo 10 SGP Chang Keng-Kwang 5 SCO Pat Holtz 10 JPN Tamoo Takano 6 TPE Chang Jung-lin 6 ENG Kevin Uzzell 10 1 TPE Wu Jia-qing 10 22 USA Corey Deuel 3 DEU Michael Schmidt 5 TPE Wang Hung-hsiang 10 FRA Vincent Facquet 4 TPE Lee Kun-fang 10 15 NED Nick van den Berg 8 PHL Jeff de Luna 10 MEX Ernesto Domínguez 7 27 HUN Vilmos Földes 10 VNM Lương Chí Dũng 10 TPE Nien Rong-Chih 7 10 PHL Francisco Bustamante 7 9 DEU Thomas Engert 10 USA Charlie Williams 5 SRB Šandor Tot 10 CHN Li Hewen 10 CHI Alejandro Carvajal 5 31 FIN Markus Juva 8 PHL Rudy Morta 10 3 DEU Thorsten Hohmann 9 CAN Tyler Edey 10 32 ENG Daryl Peach 7 IDN Ricky Yang 10 TPE Liu Cheng-Chuan 10 17 USA Earl Strickland 2 TPE Lu Hsun-Chen 7 KOR Ryu Seung-woo 10 7 DEU Ralf Souquet 10 NED Huidji See 3 8 USA Johnny Archer 6 14 TPE Yang Ching-shun 10 RUS Konstantin Stepanov 10 21 DEU Oliver Ortmann 6 CHE Marco Tschudi 10 TPE Huang Kun-Chang 8 PHL Lee Vann Corteza 10 20 ENG Imran Majid 4 DEU Jörn Kaplan 7 ESP David Alcaide 10 PHL Rodolfo Luat 10 24 USA Jeremy Jones 5 DEU Andreas Roschkowsky 8 IDN Roy Apancho 10 19 TPE Chao Fong-pang 10 PHL Ramil Gallego 5 13 SWE Marcus Chamat 7 TPE Fu Che-wei 10 ENG Steve Davis 10 30 ITA Fabio Petroni 7 AUS Lou Condo 7 PHL Jharome Peña 10 PHL Ronato Alcano 10 2 PHL Efren Reyes 7 6 TPE Kuo Po-cheng 10 5 PHL Marlon Manalo 7 SCO Pat Holtz 10 ENG Kevin Uzzell 6 1 TPE Wu Jia-qing 10 TPE W. Hung-hsiang 3 TPE Lee Kun-fang 8 PHL Jeff De Luna 10 27 HUN Vilmos Földes 4 VNM Lương Chí Dũng 10 9 DEU Thomas Engert 6 SRB Šandor Tot 10 CHN Li Hewen 10 PHL Rudy Morta 8 CAN Tyler Edey 10 IDN Ricky Yang 9 TPE L. Cheng-Chuan 10 KOR Ryu Seung-woo 6 7 DEU Ralf Souquet 10 14 TPE Yang Ching-shun 8 RUS K. Stepanow 10 CHE Marco Tschudi 7 PHL Lee Vann Corteza 8 ESP David Alcaide 10 PHL Rodolfo Luat 10 IDN Roy Apancho 6 19 TPE Chao Fong-Pang 8 TPE Fu Che-wei 10 ENG Steve Davis 10 PHL Jharome Peña 8 PHL Ronato Alcano 11 6 TPE Kuo Po-cheng 5 SCO Pat Holtz 6 1 TPE Wu Jia-qing 11 PHL Jeff de Luna 6 VNM Lương Chí Dũng 11 SRB Šandor Tot 7 CHN Li Hewen 11 CAN Tyler Edey 6 TPE L. Cheng-Chuan 11 7 DEU Ralf Souquet 11 RUS K. Stepanow 4 ESP David Alcaide 10 PHL Rodolfo Luat 11 TPE Fu Che-wei 11 ENG Steve Davis 8 PHL Ronato Alcano 11 1 CHN Wu Jia-qing 6 VNM Lương Chí Dũng 7 CHN Li Hewen 11 TPE Liu Cheng-Chuan 8 7 DEU Ralf Souquet 11 PHL Rodolfo Luat 7 TPE Fu Che-wei 11 PHL Ronato Alcano 11 CHN Li Hewen 8 7 DEU Ralf Souquet 11 TPE Fu Che-wei 10 PHL Ronato Alcano 17 7 DEU Ralf Souquet 11
Notes and references
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References
External links
Live scoring at WPA-pool.com
Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20200903222622/http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/174-world-9-ball-championship/659-empire-poker-wpa-world-pool-championship-2006/ 2020-09-03 at azbilliards.com
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