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2010 WPA World Eight-ball Championship
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December 2018
WPA World 8-Ball Championship 2010 Fujairah, United Arab Emirates Fujairah Exhibition Centre, Al Diar Siji Hotel April 4, 2010 April 10, 2010 Eight-ball 64 Double Elimination / Single Elimination WPA World Eight-ball Championship ENG Karl Boyes NED Niels Feijen 2008 2011
The 2010 WPA World Eight-ball Championship was an eight-ball world championship, organized by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), and held 4–10 April 2010 at the Fujairah Exhibition Centre of the Al Diar Siji Hotel in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. A total of 64 players competed in the tournament.
The event was won by Englishman Karl Boyes, who defeated Niels Feijen in the final 13–12.World 8-Ball Finals azbilliards.com 31 December 2018 https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6569-world-8-ball-finals/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163007/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6569-world-8-ball-finals/ June 12, 2018 live mdy-allOnly Two Men Left in Fujairah azbilliards.com 31 December 2018 https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6568-only-two-men-left-in-fujairah/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150324193637/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6568-only-two-men-left-in-fujairah/ March 24, 2015 live mdy-all
Tournament summary
The event was split into two sections, a double elimination round, splitting the field from 64 to 32, and then a traditional knockout round.Etisalat WPA World Eight Ball Championships Opening Day azbilliards.com 31 December 2018 https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6557-etisalat-wpa-world-eight-ball-championships-opening-day/ In this round, former two time 9-Ball world champion Thorsten Hohmann lost to Masaaki Tanaka (pool player) Masaaki Tanaka de Masaaki Tanaka (Poolbillardspieler) 8–7, thanks to a miscue in the final rack.Eliminations Complete for Round of Thirty-Two azbilliards.com 31 December 2018 https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6565-eliminations-complete-for-round-of-thirty-two/ Masaki Tanaki https://web.archive.org/web/20160319012240/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6565-eliminations-complete-for-round-of-thirty-two/ March 19, 2016 live mdy-all
David Alcaide also lost in this round of the tournament, despite being 5–3 ahead of Oliver Medenillia; he would lose 8–6. Mika Immonen lost in the round of 32 to Ruslan Chinakhov.Day Four of the World 8-Ball Championships azbilliards.com 31 December 2018 https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6566-day-four-of-the-world-8-ball-championships/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160321171230/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/6566-day-four-of-the-world-8-ball-championships/ March 21, 2016 live mdy-all Chinachov would make it to the semi-finals where he would lose to Karl Boyes, whilst Feijen would overcome Darren Appleton.
In the final, Boyes had the much better start and led Fiejen 4-0 and 11–5, before his opponent started a catch-up and levelled at 12-12. Boyes won the final rack, winning 13–12.
Tournament bracket
Round of 327. April 2010 Round of 168. April 2010 QuarterFinal9. April 2010 SemiFinal9. April 2010 Final10. April 2010 5 SGP # Ricky Yang 8 20 PHL # Jeff de Luna 10 PHL # Dennis Orcollo 9 4 PHL # Lee Vann Corteza 10 19 RUS # Ruslan Chinakhov 10 1 FIN # Mika Immonen 5 FRA # Francis Crevier 6 13 JPN # Yukio Akakariyama 10 PHL # Ronato Alcano 10 ENG # Scott Higgins (pool player) de Scott Higgins Scott Higgins 3 PHL # Venancio Tanio de 10 JOR # Jalal al-Saresi 6 9 ENG # Karl Boyes 10 JPN # Masaaki Tanaka (pool player) Masaaki Tanaka de Masaaki Tanaka (Poolbillardspieler) 3 TPE # Chang Pei-Wei 5 FRA # Stephan Cohen 10 2 DEU # Ralf Souquet 10 NLD # Huidji See 0 QAT # Bashar Hussain 5 7 NLD # Niels Feijen 10 DEU # Andreas Roschkowsky de 10 POL # Mateusz Śniegocki 7 8 SWE # Marcus Chamat 10 11 USA # Shane Van Boening 1 PHL # Raymund Faraon de 1 TPE # Ko Pin-yi 10 CAN # John Morra 4 3 ENG # Darren Appleton 10 17 PHL # Antonio Gabica 10 10 PHL # Marlon Manalo 6 PHL # Oliver Medinilla 3 PHL # Joven Alba 10 20 PHL # Jeffrey de Luna 10 4 PHL # Lee Vann Corteza 2 19 RUS # Ruslan Tschinachow 10 13 JPN # Yukio Akakariyama 7 PHL # Ronato Alcano 4 PHL # Venancio Tanio 10 9 ENG # Karl Boyes 10 FRA # Stephan Cohen 6 2 DEU # Ralf Souquet 9 7 NLD # Niels Feijen 10 DEU # Andreas Roschkowsky 10 8 SWE # Marcus Chamat 6 TPE # Ko Pin-yi 8 3 ENG # Darren Appleton 10 17 PHL # Antonio Gabica 8 PHL # Joven Alba 10 20 PHL # Jeffrey de Luna 5 19 RUS # Ruslan Tschinachow 10 PHL # Venancio Tanio 5 9 ENG # Karl Boyes 10 7 NLD # Niels Feijen 10 DEU # Andreas Roschkowsky 6 3 ENG # Darren Appleton 10 PHL # Joven Alba 8 19 RUS # Ruslan Tschinachow 2 9 ENG # Karl Boyes 10 7 NLD # Niels Feijen 10 3 ENG # Darren Appleton 6 9 ENG # Karl Boyes 13 7 NLD # Niels Feijen 12
References
External links
event at AZbilliards.com
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