2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

August 2018 WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2004 Taipei, Taiwan July 10, 2004 July 18, 2004 9-ball TPE Chang Pei-Wei Round robin / Single Elimination WPA World Nine-ball Championship 128 CAN Alex Pagulayan 2003 2005 The 2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 15th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 10 to 18, 2004 in the Taiwanese capital city Taipei. Filipino-Canadian Alex Pagulayan won the championship with a 17–13 victory in the final against Taiwanese Chang Pei-Wei . Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann dropped out in the round of 32 against Kang Chin-ching from Chinese Taipei. Format The 128 participating players 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 the final round played in the knockout system, featuring the remaining 64 players. Group stage The following players exited the competition in the group stage: 5. Place 6. Place 7. 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Place Group 1: CHE Marco Tschudi de PRI Alan Rolon USA Tim Hall CRI Giovanni Orozco Group 2: IND Alok Kumar FIN Markus Juva JPN Shintaro Sugaya USA Corey Harper Group 3: POL Radosław Babica MEX Ismael Páez ITA Vittorio De Falco de AUS David Reljic Group 4: ENG Daryl Peach DEU Michael Schmidt JPN Kazuo Furuta ARG Gustavo Espinosa Group 5: ZAF Yulan Govender KOR Ryu Seung-woo ARE Hanni al-Howri CAN Al Logan Group 6: ENG James Kay AUS Emile Riera CAN Cliff Thorburn ENG Anthony Ginn Group 7: DEU Thomas Engert SVN Marco Bacarcic NZL Phil Wilkinson USA Steve Lillis Group 8: TPE Hsu Chun-yang IRL Tommy Donlon de MAS Ibrahim Bin Amir de ABW Richard Wolff Group 9: HUN Vilmos Földes MAS Alan Tan USA Mike Davis IDN Kamarudin Yudharman Group 10: JPN Hiroshi Takenaka NZL Jimmy Henry FIN Stefan Selberg ENG Kevin Hew Group 11: JPN Akikumo Toshikawa LUX Marc Holtz de ENG Raj Hundal IDN Siauw Wieto Group 12: ENG Kevin Smith THA Chachawal Rutphae CAN Chris Orme ZAF David Anderson Group 13: NLD Niels Feijen KOR Park Shin-young NZL Matthew McInnes ESP Gabriel Carral Group 14: HRV Ivica Putnik de USA Max Eberle TPE Chien Ming-wei KOR Lee Jang-su Group 15: KOR Jeong Young-hwa de JPN Kunihiko Takahashi AUS Phil Reilly (pool player) Phil Reilly de Phil Reilly DEU Sascha Trautmann Group 16: PHL Jose Parica DNK Kasper Kristoffersen de USA Jeremy Jones THA Surathep Phoochalam Final round 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) Finale (Race to 17) TPE Chao Fong-pang 9 SCO Michael Valentine 2 MAS Patrick Ooi 9 ARG Jorge Llanos de 2 ENG Imran Majid 9 SCO Pat Holtz 0 JPN Satoshi Kawabata de 9 PHL Antonio Gabica 4 TPE Huang Chien-che 9 SWE Erik Weiselius de 2 NLD Rico Diks de 9 JPN Takeshi Okumura 2 CAN Alex Pagulayan 9 SCG Andreja Klasovic 8 AUT Martin Kempter 9 FIN Marko Lohtander 7 TPE Kang Chin-ching 9 TPE Wang Hung-hsiang 6 DEU Thorsten Hohmann 9 NLD Nick van den Berg 3 PHL Rodolfo Luat 9 ENG Steve Davis 7 TPE Hsia Hui-kai 9 USA Charlie Williams 5 TPE Kuo Po-cheng 9 PER John Lopez 4 ESP David Alcaide 9 MLT Tony Drago 8 USA Earl Strickland 9 DEU Thomas Hasch 4 TPE Fu Che-wei 9 SWE Tom Storm 8 SWE Marcus Chamat 9 DEU Ralf Souquet 6 PHL Ramil Gallego 9 TPE Chen Ying-chieh de 7 DEU Thorsten Schober 9 PHL Lee Vann Corteza 7 USA Rodney Morris 9 USA Tony Crosby 4 PHL Marlon Manalo 9 TPE Yang Ching-shun 7 PHL Francisco Bustamante 9 USA Danny Basavich 2 PHL Efren Reyes 9 NLD Alex Lely 6 DEU Oliver Ortmann 9 ENG Kevin Uzzell 2 PHL Dennis Orcollo 9 USA Danny Harriman 2 RUS Konstantin Stepanov 9 TPE Wu Jia-qing 6 TPE Chang Pei-Wei 9 PHL Warren Kiamco 7 NOR Raymond Hauge de 9 MEX Ernesto Domínguez (pool player) de Ernesto Domínguez Ernesto Domínguez 6 USA Johnny Archer 9 JPN Hisashi Yamamoto 5 CAN Luc Salvas 9 PHL Gandy Valle 8 SWE Niklas Bergendorff de 9 ITA Fabio Petroni 2 FIN Mika Immonen 9 PHL Antonio Lining 4 TPE Chao Fong-pang 9 MAS Patrick Ooi 5 ENG Imran Majid 9 JPN Satoshi Kawabata de 6 TPE Huang Chien-che 9 NLD Rico Diks de 4 CAN Alex Pagulayan 9 AUT Martin Kempter 5 TPE Kang Chin-ching 9 DEU Thorsten Hohmann 1 PHL Rodolfo Luat 9 TPE Hsia Hui-kai 2 TPE Kuo Po-cheng 9 ESP David Alcaide 8 USA Earl Strickland 9 TPE Fu Che-wei 7 SWE Marcus Chamat 9 PHL Ramil Gallego 6 DEU Thorsten Schober 9 USA Rodney Morris 6 PHL Marlon Manalo 9 PHL Francisco Bustamante 5 PHL Efren Reyes 9 DEU Oliver Ortmann 6 PHL Dennis Orcollo 9 RUS Konstantin Stepanov 5 TPE Chang Pei-Wei 9 NOR Raymond Hauge de 6 USA Johnny Archer 9 CAN Luc Salvas 6 SWE Niklas Bergendorff de 9 FIN Mika Immonen 7 TPE Chao Fong-pang 11 ENG Imran Majid 1 TPE Huang Chien-che 7 CAN Alex Pagulayan 11 TPE Kang Chin-ching 11 PHL Rodolfo Luat 7 TPE Kuo Po-cheng 11 USA Earl Strickland 8 SWE Marcus Chamat 11 DEU Thorsten Schober 8 PHL Marlon Manalo 11 PHL Efren Reyes 4 PHL Dennis Orcollo 5 TPE Chang Pei-Wei 11 USA Johnny Archer 11 SWE Niklas Bergendorff de 9 TPE Chao Fong-pang 10 CAN Alex Pagulayan 11 TPE Kang Chin-ching 10 TPE Kuo Po-cheng 11 SWE Marcus Chamat 11 PHL Marlon Manalo 6 TPE Chang Pei-Wei 11 USA Johnny Archer 10 CAN Alex Pagulayan 11 TPE Kuo Po-cheng 4 SWE Marcus Chamat 9 TPE Chang Pei-Wei 11 CAN Alex Pagulayan 17 TPE Chang Pei-Wei 13 See also List of sporting events in Taiwan List of WPA World Nine-ball champions References WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Pool (cue sports) trophy edubilla.com Edubilla.com June 27, 2018 http://www.edubilla.com/sport/pool-cue-sports-/trophies/wpa-world-nine-ball-championship/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20151025233702/http://www.edubilla.com/sport/pool-cue-sports-/trophies/wpa-world-nine-ball-championship/ October 25, 2015 World Champions - WPA Pool WPA Pool June 27, 2018 http://wpapool.com/world-champions/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20180619173837/http://wpapool.com/world-champions/ June 19, 2018 http://www.csns.ca/Charts/WPC04F64.pdf 2004 WPA World Pool Championship Cue Sports Nova Scotia csns.ca July 20, 2015 PDF; 100 KB dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211550/http://www.csns.ca/Charts/WPC04F64.pdf September 23, 2015 Accomplishments – Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan alexpagulayan.com June 27, 2018 http://www.alexpagulayan.com/accomplishments/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20160419205540/http://www.alexpagulayan.com/accomplishments/ April 19, 2016 WPA World Pool Championship 2004 azbilliards.com June 27, 2018 http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/174-world-9-ball-championship/900-wpa-world-pool-championship-2004/results/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20170705083800/http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/174-world-9-ball-championship/900-wpa-world-pool-championship-2004/results/ July 5, 2017 Pagulayan and Chang in WPC Final azbilliards.com June 27, 2018 http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/1096-pagulayan-and-chang-in-wpc-final/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20160318221713/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/1096-pagulayan-and-chang-in-wpc-final/ March 18, 2016 World Championship List of Entrants and Groups azbilliards.com June 27, 2018 http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/1049-world-championship-list-of-entrants-and-groups/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20160317033032/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/1049-world-championship-list-of-entrants-and-groups/ March 17, 2016 External links Live scoring at WPA-pool.com Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144509/http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/174-world-9-ball-championship/659-empire-poker-wpa-world-pool-championship-2004/ June 27, 2018 at azbilliards.com 2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship WPA World Nine-ball Championship Category:International sports competitions hosted by Taiwan Category:July 2004 sports events in Asia Category:2000s in Taipei Category:Sports competitions in Taipei Category:Cue sports in Taiwan