2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship

January 2008 WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2007 Philippines Pasay 128 2007 11 03 2007 11 11 y Double elimination / Single elimination International Convention Center ENG Daryl Peach PHL Roberto Gomez 2006 2010 The 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 18th annual international nine-ball pool tournament for men sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). It was held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines from 3–11 November 2007. It was the second consecutive time the tournament has been held in the Philippines. The tournament is sponsored by Matchroom Sport, which has sponsored the event since 1999. 128 participants from 46 WPA member countries competed for US$400,000 in total prize money, including defending champion Ronato Alcano of the Philippines. The overall winner received a purse of $100,000, the highest-ever payout for the tournament. Format The Format of qualifying used on 2006 was used for 2007. Several last-minute qualifying tournaments were held in the Metro Manila area a few weeks before the tournament starts. All matches are in winner's Break break: the winner of the previous rack will break on the next rack, it was reverted from alternate break used in 2006. There are 32 seeded players prior to the group stages; they are distributed 2 per group. The defending champion, Ronato Alcano, is seeded #1. Also, a double-elimination tournament will be used for the group stages; instead of 32 groups of 4, there will be 16 groups of eight, with the top four advancing. Each player will be seeded 1–8 in their groups, with a routine double-elimination tournament following the first round; however the player that wins twice will advance to the quarterfinals and will not take part in other group matches, in contrast if a player loses two games, he is eliminated. The top four players in each group therefore would have won twice. After the group stages, the routine 64-man single elimination tournament follows.January 2008 In the initial group stages the format consists of Race races to 9 racks. The last 64 play races to 10 racks. This is followed by the round of 16 (quarterfinals and semifinals) where the races are to 11 racks. The race in the finals jumps to 17 racks. Notable occurrences On day 1, a group match (race to 9) between Charles Williams and Ricky Yang took over 2 and half hours to complete, with both players accused of playing too slowly. Calls were made for moves to outlaw overly-slow play in future years. On day 3, Jeremy Jones of the U.S. and Finland's Mika Immonen almost came to blows after Immonen eliminated Jones from contention, 9–6 at the group stages. There was high drama on day 4, Tuesday afternoon at the Big Dome when fire broke out in the lighting rig over Table 5 on the upper tier. Each of the outside tables has a light box with fluorescent tubes that light the table and a short circuit sent sparks flying and before long the box was ablaze. Matchroom Sport's John McDonald alerted venue staff and only his quick thinking saved the table as he and cameraman Lawrence 'Lol' Lustig covered it to stop debris and foam raining down onto the felt. Before long temporary lights were installed and play was able to commence at the designated time. On the quarterfinals, Francisco Bustamante, leading Daryl Peach 10–9 in a race to 11 match, failed to play position on the 3-ball and snookered himself behind the 9-ball. A kick shot struck both the 3 and 9 balls, fluking the 9 into a corner pocket. With the player and crowd celebrating the win, a lengthy inquiry began, in which the referee and tournament officials studied frame-by-frame replays of the shot, before concluding that the 9 had been struck first, and the shot was therefore a foul. After the lengthy break in play, in which Bustamante insisted the shot had been legal, Peach held his nerve amongst a partisan Filipino crowd to run the last two racks of the match to win 11–10, en route to his World Championship victory the following day. Players By nation The WPA considered the home nations of England and Scotland as separate entities for the tournament and the codes of "ENG" and "SCO" was subsequently shown in the TV broadcast instead of "GBR." Champion Runner-up Semifinals Quarterfinals Last 16 Last 32 Last 64 Group stages 15 players: Philippines 14 players: Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 11 players: United States 7 players: Germany 6 players: Canada and England 5 players: Japan 4 players: Australia 3 players: China, Holland (Netherlands), Indonesia, Italy, Poland, Scotland, Serbia and Singapore. 2 players: Chile, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Spain and Vietnam. 1 player: Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eritrea, Finland, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Malta, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Qatar, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey and UAE Seeded Seed Name Previous titles 2007 finish1 PHI Ronato Alcano 1 (2006) Last 642 GER Ralf Souquet 1 (1996) Last 323 TPE Wu Jia-qing 1 (2005) Last 324 TPE Yang Ching-shun none Last 645 GER Thorsten Hohmann 1 (2003) Group stage6 PHI Efren Reyes 1 (1999) Last 647 TPE Chang Jung-lin none Last 328 PHI Alex Pagulayan 1 (2004) Last 169 PHI Francisco Bustamante none Quarterfinals10 GER Thomas Engert none Last 6411 RUS Konstantin Stepanov none Last 1612 FIN Mika Immonen 1 (2001) Quarterfinals13 USA Shane Van Boening none Last 3214 CHN Li Hewen none Group stage15 USA Johnny Archer 2 (1992, 1997) Group stage16 NED Niels Feijen none Last 16 Seed Name Previous titles 2007 finish17 ENG Daryl Peach none Champion18 TPE Chao Fong-pang 2 (1993, 2000) Last 3219 ITA Fabio Petroni none Last 6420 PHI Dennis Orcollo none Last 6421 PHI Lee Vann Corteza none Last 6422 USA Rodney Morris none Group stage23 ENG Imran Majid none Last 6424 USA Corey Deuel none Last 1625 ESP David Alcaide none Last 6426 GER Christian Reimering none Withdrew27 MLT Tony Drago none Last 3228 TPE Fu Che-wei none Last 6429 SCO Jonni Fulcher none Group stage30 VIE Lương Chí Dũng none Last 3231 CAN Ronnie Wiseman none Group stage32 INA Ricky Yang none Group stage Unseeded players who advanced to the round of 64 Player boldfaced made it to the final. Group 1: USA Charles Williams NED Alex Lely GER Harald Stolka Group 2: PHI Leonardo Andam AUS James Delahunty ENG Raj Hundal Group 3: HUN Vilmos Földes POL Radosław Babica Group 4: TPE Lu Hui-chan PHI Joven Bustamante PHI Antonio Gabica Group 5: TPE Ko Pin-yi PHI Jeff de Luna CAN Edwin Montal SRB Sandor Tot Group 6: JPN Kenichi Uchigaki CAN Alain Martel Group 7: PHI Ramil Gallego NED Nick van den Berg SIN Chan Kwen-Kwang Group 8: INA Muhammad Zulfikri CRO Philipp Stojanovic Group 9: GER Oliver Ortmann VIE Phan Tuan Ngoc Group 10: AUS Louis Condo TPE Kuo Po-cheng Group 11: SUI Marco Tschudi DEN Bahram Lofty KOR Rye Seung-Woo Group 12: ENG Karl Boyes SRB Goran Mladenovic Group 13: JPN Satoshi Kawabata SWE Marcus Chamat Group 14: PHI Marlon Manalo SRB Dejan Dabovic Group 15: TPE Lee Kung-fang JPN Naoyuki Ōi TPE Wu Yun-lin Group 16: PHI Roberto Gomez SLO Matjaz Erculj Group stage Group 1 2 no 200 Preliminaries Qualifiers 1st playoff round 2nd playoff round PHI Ronato Alcano 9 UAE Saeed Ahmed Al-Mutawa 3 NED Alex Lely 8 GER Harald Stolka 9 CHN Xu Meng 6 USA Charles Williams 9 INA Ricky Yang 9 CAN Brady Gollan 4 UAE Saeed Ahmed Al-Mutawa 3 NED Alex Lely 9 CHN Xu Meng 3 CAN Brady Gollan 9 PHI Ronato Alcano 9 GER Harold Stolka 1 USA Charles Williams 9 INA Ricky Yang 8 NED Alex Lely 9 INA Ricky Yang 8 CAN Brady Gollan 3 GER Harold Stolka 9 PHI Ronato Alcano 1 USA Charles Williams 2 NED Alex Lely 3 GER Harold Stolka 4 Group 2 2 no 200 Preliminaries Qualifiers 1st playoff round 2nd playoff round GER Ralf Souquet 5 PHI Leonardo Andam 9 SIN Bernard Tey Choon Kiat 4 ENG Raj Hundal 9 USA Mike Davis 5 AUS James Delahunty 9 CAN Ronnie Wiseman 9 THA Tepwin Arunnath 7 GER Ralf Souquet 9 SIN Bernard Tey Choon Kiat 6 USA Mike Davis 9 THA Tepwin Arunnath 5 PHI Leonardo Andam 9 ENG Raj Hundal 8 AUS James Delahunty 9 CAN Ronnie Wiseman 8 GER Ralf Souquet 9 CAN Ronnie Wiseman 3 USA Mike Davis 5 ENG Raj Hundal 9 PHI Leonardo Andam 2 AUS James Delahunty 1 ENG Raj Hundal 3 GER Ralf Souquet 4 Group 3 2 no 200 Preliminaries Qualifiers 1st playoff round 2nd playoff round TPE Wu Jia-qing 9 NIC Carlos Castro 4 POL Radosław Babica 8 HUN Vilmos Földes 9 TPE Chu Hung-ming 9 ENG Craig Osborne 8 VIE Luong Chi-dung 9 JPN Kusano Hisashi 8 NIC Carlos Castro 7 POL Radosław Babica 9 ENG Craig Osborne 9 JPN Kusano Hisashi 8 TPE Wu Jia-qing 7 HUN Vilmos Földes 9 TPE Chu Hung-ming 6 VIE Luong Chi-dung 9 POL Radosław Babica 9 TPE Chu Hung-ming 8 ENG Craig Osborne 4 TPE Wu Jia-qing 9 HUN Vilmos Földes 2 VIE Luong Chi-dung 1 POL Radosław Babica 3 TPE Wu Jia-qing 4 Group 4 2 no 200 Preliminaries Qualifiers 1st playoff round 2nd playoff round TPE Yang Ching-shun 5 TPE Lu Hui-chan 4 ITA Bruno Muratore 1 PHI Antonio Gabica 9 MAS Ibrahim Bin Amir 8 PHI Joven Bustamante 9 SCO Jonni Fulcher 9 CHI Enrique Rojas 3 TPE Yang Ching-shun 9 ITA Bruno Muratore 6 MAS Ibrahim Bin Amir 9 CHI Enrique Rojas 9 TPE Lu Hui-chan 9 PHI Antonio Gabica 3 PHI Joven Bustamante 9 SCO Jonni Fulcher 7 TPE Yang Ching-shun 9 SCO Jonni Fulcher 0 MAS Ibrahim Bin Amir 6 PHI Antonio Gabica 9 TPE Lu Hui-chan 1 PHI Joven Bustamante 2 TPE Yang Ching-shun 3 PHI Antonio Gabica 4 Group 5 2 no 200 Preliminaries Qualifiers 1st playoff round 2nd playoff round GER Thorsten Hohmann 3 TPE Ko Pin-yi 9 CAN Edwin Montal 3 BEL Serge Das 9 PHI Jeff De Luna 9 SRB Sandor Tot 5 TPE Fu Che-wei 9 ITA Vittorio De Falco 8 GER Thorsten Hohmann 9 CAN Edwin Montal 6 SRB Sandor Tot 9 ITA Vittorio De Falco 7 TPE Ko Pin-yi 9 BEL Serge Das 3 PHI Jeff De Luna 9 TPE Fu Che-wei 1 CAN Edwin Montal 1 TPE Fu Che-wei 9 SRB Sandor Tot 4 BEL Serge Das 9 TPE Ko Pin-yi 1 PHI Jeff De Luna 2 TPE Fu Che-wei 4 SRB Sandor Tot 3 Group 6 2 no 200 Preliminaries Qualifiers 1st playoff round 2nd playoff round PHI Efren Reyes 2 JPN Kenichi Uchigaki 9 TPE Liu Cheng-chuan 3 CAN Alain Martel 9 USA Tony Robles 0 POL Tomasz Kapłan 9 MLT Tony Drago 9 NZL Ceri Worts 7 PHI Efren Reyes 9 TPE Liu Cheng-chuan 6 USA Tony Robles 7 NZL Ceri Worts 9 JPN Kenichi Uchigaki 9 CAN Alain Martel 3 POL Tomasz Kapłan 4 MLT Tony Drago 9 PHI Efren Reyes 9 POL Tomasz Kapłan 4 NZL Ceri Worts 6 CAN Alain Martel 9 JPN Kenichi Uchigaki 1 MLT Tony Drago 2 PHI Efren Reyes 4 CAN Alain Martel 3 Group 7 2 no 200 Preliminaries Qualifiers 1st playoff round 2nd playoff round TPE Chang Jung-ling 9 INA Alwi 6 SIN Chan Keng Kwang 4 PHI Ramil Gallego 9 NED Nick van den Berg 9 CAN John Morra 7 CHN Dang Jinhu 9 JPN Kazuo Furuta 3 INA Alwi 5 SIN Chan Keng Kwang 9 CAN John Morra 2 JPN Kazuo Furuta 9 TPE Chang Jung-ling 1 PHI Ramil Gallego 9 NED Nick van den Berg 9 CHN Dang Jinhu 3 SIN Chan Keng Kwang 9 CHN Dang Jinhu 4 JPN Kazuo Furuta 6 TPE Chang Jung-ling 9 PHI Ramil Gallego 1 NED Nick van den Berg 2 SIN Chan Keng Kwang 3 TPE Chang Jung-ling 4 Group 8 2 no 200 Preliminaries Qualifiers 1st playoff round 2nd playoff round PHI Alex Pagulayan 9 ERI Hamza Mohammed Saeed Ali 0 AUT Martin Kempter 9 USA Robb Saez 1 INA Muhammad Zulfikri 9 CRO Philipp Stojanovic 5 ESP David Alcaide 9 SCO Stephen Capaldi 0 ERI Hamza Mohammed Saeed Ali 4 USA Robb Saez 9 CRO Philipp Stojanovic 9 SCO Stephen Capaldi 3 PHI Alex Pagulayan 9 AUT Martin Kempter 6 INA Muhammad Zulfikri 9 ESP David Alcaide 1 USA Robb Saez 9 ESP David Alcaide 4 CRO Philipp Stojanovic 6 AUT Martin Kempter 9 PHI Alex Pagulayan 1 INA Muhammad Zulfikri 2 ESP David Alcaide 4 CRO Philipp Stojanovic 3 Group 9 2 no 200 Preliminaries Qualifiers 1st playoff round 2nd playoff round PHI Francisco Bustamante 9 RSA Zbynek Vaic 4 KOR Jeong Young-hwa 9 PHI Antonio Lining 8 GER Oliver Ortmann 9 VIE Pham Tuan Ngoc 1 USA Corey Deuel 9 IRE John Wims 3 RSA Zbynek Vaic 4 PHI Antonio Lining 9 VIE Pham Tuan Ngoc 9 IRE John Wims 3 PHI Francisco Bustamante 9 KOR Jeong Young-hwa 0 GER Oliver Ortmann 9 USA Corey Deuel 6 PHI Antonio Lining 7 USA Corey Deuel 9 VIE Pham Tuan Ngoc 9 KOR Jeong Young-hwa 7 PHI Francisco Bustamante 1 GER Oliver Ortmann 2 USA Corey Deuel 3 VIE Pham Tuan Ngoc 4 Group 10 2 no 200 Preliminaries Qualifiers 1st playoff round 2nd playoff round GER Thomas Engert 9 BRU Al-Muhtadee Billah 2 CZE Roman Hybler 9 HKG Lee Chenman 7 TPE Kuo Po-cheng 9 ESP David Alcoberro 3 ENG Imran Majid 5 AUS Louis Condo 9 BRU Al-Muhtadee Billah 4 HKG Lee Chenman 9 ESP David Alcoberro 9 ENG Imran Majid 3 GER Thomas Engert 9 CZE Roman Hybler 2 TPE Kuo Po-cheng 4 AUS Louis Condo 9 HKG Lee Chenman 3 TPE Kuo Po-cheng 9 ENG Imran Majid 9 CZE Roman Hybler 8 GER Thomas Engert 1 AUS Louis Condo 2 TPE Kuo Po-cheng 4 ENG Imran Majid 3 Group 11 2 no 200 Preliminaries Qualifiers 1st playoff round 2nd playoff round RUS Konstantin Stepanov 9 CHI Alejandro Carvajal 4 KOR Rye Seung-woo 9 DEN Bahram Lotfy 4 SUI Kuo Marco Tschudi 9 ENG Kevin Uzzell 4 USA Rodney Morris 9 AUS David Reljic 0 CHI Alejandro Carvajal 8 DEN Bahram Lotfy 9 ENG Kevin Uzzell 8 AUS David Reljic 9 RUS Konstantin Stepanov 9 KOR Rye Seung-woo 2 SUI Marco Tschudi 9 USA Rodney Morris 5 DEN Bahram Lotfy 9 USA Rodney Morris 4 AUS David Reljic 6 KOR Rye Seung-woo 9 RUS Konstantin Stepanov 1 SUI Marco Tschudi 2 DEN Bahram Lotfy 3 KOR Rye Seung-woo 4 Group 12 2 no 200 Preliminaries Qualifiers 1st playoff round 2nd playoff round FIN Mika Immonen 9 QAT Fahad Mohammadi 3 CAN Tyler Edey 8 USA Jeremy Jones 9 TPE Chang Pei-wei 6 ENG Karl Boyes 9 PHI Lee Vann Corteza 7 SRB Goran Mladenovic 9 QAT Fahad Mohammadi 0 CAN Tyler Edey 9 TPE Chang Pei-wei 4 PHI Lee Vann Corteza 9 FIN Mika Immonen 9 USA Jeremy Jones 6 ENG Karl Boyes 9 SRB Goran Mladenovic 4 CAN Tyler Edey 7 SRB Goran Mladenovic 9 PHI Lee Vann Corteza 9 USA Jeremy Jones 4 FIN Mika Immonen 1 ENG Karl Boyes 2 SRB Goran Mladenovic 3 PHI Lee Vann Corteza 4 Knockout stages Section 1 QuarterfinalsRace to 11Nov 10 Last 64Race to 10Nov 7 Last 32Race to 10Nov 8 Last 16Race to 11Nov 9 1 PHI Alcano 6 17 ENG Peach 10 TPE Lee 10 ENG Hundal 6 SLO Erculj 3 GER Stolka 10 PHI Andam 5 TPE Wu Y-L 10 9 PHI F Bustamante 10 25 ESP Alcaide 1 NED van den Berg 10 23 ENG Majid 4 8 PHI Pagulayan 10 VIE Pham 6 AUS Condo 10 SIN Kwang 2 17 ENG Peach 10 TPE Lee 7 GER Stolka 10 TPE Wu Y-L 2 9 PHI F Bustamante 10 NED van den Berg 8 8 PHI Pagulayan 10 AUS Condo 2 17 ENG Peach 11 GER Stolka 5 9 PHI F Bustamante 11 8 PHI Pagulayan 2 17 ENG Peach 11 9 PHI F Bustamante 10 Section 2 QuarterfinalsRace to 11Nov 10 Last 64Race to 10Nov 7 Last 32Race to 10Nov 8 Last 16Race to 11Nov 9 TPE Ko 8 SRB Mladenovic 10 SUI Tschudi 4 CAN Martel 10 12 FIN Immonen 10 28 TPE Fu 5 27 MLT Drago 10 DEN Lofty 7 13 USA Van Boening 10 PHI Gabica 7 HUN Földes 10 SRB Dabovic 2 TPE Lu 10 SWE Chamat 6 PHI Manalo 1 POL Babica 10 SRB Mladenovic 2 CAN Martel 10 12 FIN Immonen 10 27 MLT Drago 6 13 USA Van Boening 8 HUN Földes 10 TPE Lu 10 POL Babica 3 CAN Martel 8 12 FIN Immonen 11 HUN Földes 11 TPE Lu 5 12 FIN Immonen 7 HUN Földes 11 Section 3 QuarterfinalsRace to 11Nov 10 Last 64Race to 10Nov 7 Last 32Race to 10Nov 8 Last 16Race to 11Nov 9 30 VIE Luong 10 USA Strickland 8 JPN Kawabata 10 4 TPE Yang 3 19 ITA Petroni 9 3 TPE Wu C-C 10 PHI J Bustamante 10 PHI Orcollo 6 11 RUS Stepanov 10 6 PHI Reyes 5 PHI de Luna 10 21 PHI Corteza 7 JPN Uchigaki 7 KOR Rye 10 ENG Boyes 10 SRB Tot 6 30 VIE Luong 3 JPN Kawabata 10 3 TPE Wu C-C 8 PHI J Bustamante 10 11 RUS Stepanov 10 PHI de Luna 4 KOR Rye 8 ENG Boyes 10 JPN Kawabata 9 PHI J Bustamante 11 11 RUS Stepanov 4 ENG Boyes 11 PHI J Bustamante 8 ENG Boyes 11 Section 4 QuarterfinalsRace to 11Nov 10 Last 64Race to 10Nov 7 Last 32Race to 10Nov 8 Last 16Race to 11Nov 9 PHI Gallego 5 TPE Kuo 10 GER Ortmann 10 CRO Stojanovic 7 10 GER Engert 7 7 TPE Chang 10 INA Zulfikri 4 24 USA Deuel 10 JPN Oi 8 2 GER Souquet 10 USA Williams 7 16 NED Feijen 10 AUS Delahunty 0 18 TPE Chao 10 PHI Gomez 10 NED Lely 1 TPE Kuo 10 GER Ortmann 7 7 TPE Chang 9 24 USA Deuel 10 2 GER Souquet 2 16 NED Feijen 10 18 TPE Chao 2 PHI Gomez 10 TPE Kuo 11 24 USA Deuel 7 16 NED Feijen 0 PHI Gomez 11 TPE Kuo 4   PHI Gomez 11 Semifinals and final Semi-finalsRace to 11Nov 10 FinalRace to 17Nov 11  17  ENG Peach 11   HUN Földes 2   ENG Boyes 4   PHI Gomez 11  17  ENG Peach 17   PHI Gomez 15 Country representation Country Last 64 Last 32Last 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalENG 4 2 2 2 2 1PHI 13 5 4 3 1 1HUN 1 1 1 1 1 -TPE 10 7 2 1 - -FIN 1 1 1 1 - -GER 4 3 1 - - -USA 4 2 1 - - -NED 3 2 1 - - -JPN 3 1 1 - - -CAN 1 1 1 - - -RUS 1 1 1 - - -SRB 3 1 - - - -AUS 2 1 - - - -VIE 2 1 - - - -MLT 1 1 - - - -POL 1 1 - - - -KOR 1 1 - - - -Other countries 9 - - - - - Final November 11Daryl Peach ENG 17–15PHI Roberto GomezAraneta Coliseum, Quezon CityReferee: Michaela Tabb References FSN New York broadcast of 2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship (aired January 3, 2008) (highlights from group 6). 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