2002 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

August 2018 WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2002 Cardiff, Wales July 18, 2002 July 24, 2002 9-ball Round robin / Single Elimination WPA World Nine-ball Championship,Matchroom Pool PHL Francisco Bustamante 128 USA Earl Strickland 2001 2003 The 2002 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 13th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 18 to 24, 2002 in Cardiff, Wales.Earl Strickland Championship Titles earlstrickland.com June 19, 2018 http://www.earlstrickland.com/career.htm Billiards Digest - 30 Over 30 by Predator Cues, Pool Videos billiardsdigest.com August 10, 2018 http://www.billiardsdigest.com/new_30over30/1.php https://web.archive.org/web/20171226050658/http://www.billiardsdigest.com/new_30over30/1.php December 26, 2017 live mdy-all The event was won by American Earl Strickland with a 17:15 victory in the final against Francisco Bustamante.World Champions - WPA Pool WPA Pool June 19, 2018 http://wpapool.com/world-champions/ Defending champion Mika Immonen was defeated in the round of 64 against Shannon Daulton.Hasseröder WPA World Pool Championship 2002 azbilliards.com June 19, 2018 http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/174-world-9-ball-championship/441-hasseroder-wpa-world-pool-championship-2002/results/ 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.http://www.csns.ca/Charts/WPC02F64.pdf 2002 WPA World Pool Championship Cue Sports Nova csns.ca July 18, 2015 June 19, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211546/http://www.csns.ca/Charts/WPC02F64.pdf September 23, 2015 dead mdy-all Prize money The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winner Earl Strickland winning $65,000. Hasseröder WPA World Pool Championship 2002 azbilliards.com August 9, 2018 http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/174-world-9-ball-championship/441-hasseroder-wpa-world-pool-championship-2002/results/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180619163405/http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/174-world-9-ball-championship/441-hasseroder-wpa-world-pool-championship-2002/results/ June 19, 2018 live mdy-all Position Prize First Place (champion) $65,000 Second Place (runner-up) $30,000 Third Place (semi-finalist $17,500 Fifth place (quarter finalist) $8,500 Ninth place (loser in round of 16) $4,000 Seventeenth place (loser in round of 32) $2,000 Thirty Third (loser in round of 64) $1,500 Sixty Fifth place (Fifth or sixth in round robin group) $1,000 Eighty First place (Seventh place in round robin group) $500 Preliminary round The following 64 players dropped out in the group stage: 5. Place 6. Place 7. Place 8. Place Group 1: KOR Jeong Young-hwa de DEU Brian Naithani de WAL Wayne Lloyd GRC George Sarmas Group 2: NZL Brent Wells JPN Akikumo Toshikawa CHE Sascha Specchia NLD Gilliano Smit Group 3: IDN Robby Suarly TPE Chao Fong-Pang WAL Lee Walker ESP David López Group 4: JPN Haruyoshi Hinokiyama USA Frankie Hernandez NLD Robert Parlevliet WAL Geoff Dunn Group 5: IDN Siauw Wieto SCO Pat Holtz IND Alok Kumar ABW Ryan Rampersaud Group 6: CAN Cliff Thorburn SWE Tom Storm ENG Kevin Smith ITA Carmine Nanula Group 7: AUS Shawn Budd ENG Anthony Ginn HRV Marcos Castro SGP William Ang Boon Lay Group 8: SGP Tiong Boon Tan CAN Alain Martel de ENG Richard Jones (pool player) Richard Jones de Richard Jones (Poolbillardspieler) BEL Gino Vermeesch Group 9: MLT Tony Drago IRL John Wims CHE Dimitri Jungo PAN Javier Palacios Group 10: IRL Tommy Donlon de WAL Dominic Dale NOR Ronny Oldervik TPE Chao Jung-hua Group 11: FIN Marko Lohtander AUS Phil Reilly (pool player) Phil Reilly de Phil Reilly USA George SanSouci CAN Ed Galati Group 12: AUS Johl Younger PHL Leonardo Andam USA Troy Frank CAN Mario Morra Group 13: DNK Kasper Thygesen de ENG Paul Hunter ENG Darren Appleton VEN Luis Miguel Sánchez Group 14: DEU Andreas Vondenhoff de ENG Andy Richardson AUS Greg Jenkins (snooker player) de Greg Jenkins (Snookerspieler) Greg Jenkins ARG Jorge Llanos de Group 15: WAL Rob McKenna TPE Kuo Yi-che HRV Ivica Putnik de ABW Ditto Acosta de Group 16: CAN Gerry Watson IDN Mohammed Junarto USA Shawn Putnam ZAF David David Anderson Final round no yes Round of 64 Round of 32 Last 16 Quarter final Semi-final Final DEU Oliver Ortmann 9 ENG Steve Knight 2 USA Tony Robles 9 CZE Roman Hybler 1 PHL Efren Reyes 9 POL Radosław Babica 2 PHL Dennis Orcollo 9 DEU Ralf Souquet 8 PHL Francisco Bustamante 9 ENG Imran Majid 6 DEU Christian Reimering 9 ESP Victor Tapies 1 DEU Thomas Engert 9 TPE Chen Wei-chih 2 PHL Antonio Lining 9 NLD Nick van den Berg 4 USA Johnny Archer 9 USA Charlie Williams 3 NLD Rico Diks de 9 RUS Evgeny Stalev 3 FRA Stephan Cohen 9 CAN Paul Potier 7 TPE Lee Kun-fang 9 ENG Phil Harrison 8 ITA Fabio Petroni 9 NLD Niels Feijen 1 JPN Hiroshi Takenaka 9 ESP David Alcaide 6 ENG Steve Davis 9 PHL Rodolfo Luat 8 TPE Yang Ching-shun 9 DEU Michael Schmidt 5 USA Earl Strickland 9 ENG Gary Ponting 5 KOR Park Shin-young 9 PHL Warren Kiamco 6 DEU Thorsten Hohmann 9 JPN Shintaro Sugaya 0 USA Jeremy Jones 9 MEX Ignacio Chávez 2 TPE Huang Kun-chang 9 PHL Lee Vann Corteza 8 NLD Alex Lely 9 WAL Mark Williams 1 MEX Ernesto Domínguez 9 GRC Evangelos Vettas de 6 JPN Kunihiko Takahashi 9 SVN Matjaž Erčulj de 0 SWE Marcus Chamat 9 SWE Niklas Bergendorff de 7 USA Corey Deuel 9 USA Kim Davenport 8 USA Nick Varner 9 YUG Šandor Tot 6 PHL Alex Pagulayan 9 ENG Daryl Peach 6 PHL Ramil Gallego 9 USA Jim Rempe 3 JPN Takeshi Okumura 9 DNK Peter Nielsen (pool player) Peter Nielsen de Peter Nielsen (Poolbillardspieler) 4 TPE Hung Lu-kung 9 TPE Chung Chien-te 7 USA Shannon Daulton 9 FIN Mika Immonen 8 DEU Oliver Ortmann 9 USA Tony Robles 4 PHL Efren Reyes 9 PHL Dennis Orcollo 6 PHL Francisco Bustamante 9 DEU Christian Reimering 2 DEU Thomas Engert 0 PHL Antonio Lining 9 USA Johnny Archer 9 NLD Rico Diks 7 FRA Stephan Cohen 3 TPE Lee Kun-fang 9 Fabio Petroni 3 JPN Hiroshi Takenaka 9 ENG Steve Davis 4 TPE Yang Ching-shun 9 USA Earl Strickland 9 KOR Park Shin-young 6 DEU Thorsten Hohmann 2 USA Jeremy Jones 9 TPE Huang Kun-chang 5 NLD Alex Lely 9 MEX Ernesto Domínguez 3 JPN Kunihiko Takahashi 9 SWE Marcus Chamat 9 USA Corey Deuel 6 USA Nick Varner 7 PHL Alex Pagulayan 9 PHL Ramil Gallego 8 JPN Takeshi Okumura 9 TPE Hung Lu-kung 9 USA Shannon Daulton 1 DEU Oliver Ortmann 5 PHL Efren Reyes 11 PHL Francisco Bustamante 11 PHL Antonio Lining 10 USA Johnny Archer 11 TPE Lee Kun-fang 5 JPN Hiroshi Takenaka 9 TPE Yang Ching-shun 11 USA Earl Strickland 11 USA Jeremy Jones 8 NLD Alex Lely 8 JPN Kunihiko Takahashi 11 SWE Marcus Chamat 11 PHL Alex Pagulayan 7 JPN Takeshi Okumura 11 TPE Hung Lu-kung 5 PHL Efren Reyes 8 PHL Francisco Bustamante 11 USA Johnny Archer 2 TPE Yang Ching-shun 11 USA Earl Strickland 11 JPN Kunihiko Takahashi 3 SWE Marcus Chamat 5 JPN Takeshi Okumura 11 PHL Francisco Bustamante 11 TPE Yang Ching-shun 7 USA Earl Strickland 11 JPN Takeshi Okumura 5 PHL Francisco Bustamante 15 USA Earl Strickland 17 References External links Live scoring at WPA-pool.com Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2002 https://web.archive.org/web/20180619163244/http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/174-world-9-ball-championship/659-empire-poker-wpa-world-pool-championship-2002/ June 19, 2018 at azbilliards.com 2002 WPA World Nine-ball Championship WPA World Nine-ball Championship Category:International sports competitions hosted by Wales Category:July 2002 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:Cue sports in Wales Category:2000s in Cardiff Category:Sports competitions in Cardiff