2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

Professional pool competition, held 2011 May 2020 May 2020 2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship File:2011 World 9-Ball Championship logo.png Logo for the event Al Sadd Sports ClubDoha, Qatar June 21, 2011 July 1, 2011 Nine-ball 128 Double elimination, single elimination WPA World Nine-ball Championship JPN Yukio Akakariyama PHL Ronato Alcano 2010 2012 The 2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was a professional nine-ball pool tournament held from June 25 to July 1, 2011, at the Al Sadd Sports Club in Doha, Qatar. A series of qualifying tournaments were held from June 21 to 23. It was the 2011 edition of the WPA World Nine-ball Championship, which was first held in 1990. The event was organized by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). The defending champion was Filipino Francisco Bustamante, who defeated Kuo Po-cheng 13–7 in the final of the 2010 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Bustamante lost to Dennis Orcollo in the last 32. Japanese player Yukio Akakariyama defeated Ronato Alcano of the Philippines 13–11 in the final to become the first Japanese world pool champion since 1998, when Takahashi Kunihiko defeated Johnny Archer. The event had a prize fund of $250,000, with the winner receiving $30,000. 3 Overview The 2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was a professional nine-ball pool championship, organized and promoted by the World Pool-Billiard Association and Matchroom Sport. It was held at the headquarters of the Qatari Billiard and Snooker Federation, in the Al Sadd Sports Club in Doha, Qatar. The championships were held for 128 competitors between June 25 and July 1, 2011. It had 116 invited players, and a series of three qualifying events from June 21 to 23 produced 12 more players. Matches were played with alternating Glossary of cue sports terms Break breaks as Glossary of cue sports terms Race races-to-nine rack racks. The winner of the Glossary of cue sports terms Lag lag broke for the first rack and every odd-numbered rack thereafter, including the final rack if required. The 128 participants were split into 16 groups of eight, competing in a double-elimination format. When 64 players remained, the event changed to a single-elimination knockout; matches were race-to-11 racks except for the final, which was a race-to-13. The defending champion was Francisco Bustamante, who won the 2010 final against Kuo Po-cheng 13–7. Prize fund The event had a prize fund of $250,000. The winner received $36,000, the same as the 2010 championship. The prize money was divided as follows: Winner: $36,000 Runner-up: $18,000 Semi-finalist: $10,000 Quarter-finalist: $6,000 Last 16: $4,000 Last 32: $2,500 Last 64: $2,000 Group stage: $500 Total: $250,000 Summary Double-elimination round The double-elimination stage, consisting of four rounds, took place on June 21–25. A first-round match between Efren Reyes and Mark Gray went to a deciding frame deciding rack. Gray led 6–2 at the start of the match, but Reyes tied the score at 7–7. Reyes later reached Glossary of cue sports terms On the hill the hill ahead at 8–7, but lost position on the next rack to allow Gray to tie the match at Glossary of cue sports terms Hill-hill hill-hill. Reyes sank a ball on the break and cleared the table to win the match, 9–8. Defending champion Bustamante led fellow Filipino player Caneda Villamor, 5–2. Villamor, a pool instructor in Saudi Arabia, cut Bustamante's lead to 6–5 when the match turned into a battle of Glossary of cue sports terms Safety safety shots. Bustamante made a Glossary of cue sports terms Combination shot combination shot between the six-and 9-balls in rack 16 to win, 9–7. The 2010 runner-up, Kuo Po-cheng, won his first-round match 9–7. The second day featured first- and second-round matches. The Filipino world number-two Ronato Alcano and world number-three Antonio Lining defeated Hamzah al-Saeed 9–5 and Liu Cheng-Cheih 9–4, respectively, in the first round. The 1995 champion, Oliver Ortmann,All systems go for world 9-ball championship Lerner, Ted WPA Pool December 7, 2017 14 May 2020 https://wpapool.com/systems-go-world-9-ball-championship/ lost his opening match 6–9 to Japanese player Tohru Kuribayashi. Qualifier Mohammad al-Hazmi defeated world number-24 Nguyen Phuc Long, 9–6; he would play Daryl Peach, who defeated Keng Kwang Chan 9–5. Qatar's number-one Mohanna Obaidly lost his first round matches, but defeated Andrew Kong of Hong Kong in the loser's second round. Mark Gray trailed 2–7, but won seven racks in-a-row to win 9–7. Two matches went to a deciding rack; Radosław Babica and Yukio Akakariyama defeated Raymund Faron and Mohammed Al Bin Ali 9–8, respectively. thumb|alt=Wu Jia-qing, concentrating at the table in 2007|The 2005 winner, Wu Jia-qing (shown in 2007), lost twice in the double-elimination round. The third day was devoted to second-round matches. Winners in the winners' bracket advanced to the round of 64, and losers'-bracket winners played the winners'-bracket losers the following day. All Filipino players in the winners' bracket won their matches to advance to the round of 64; WPA world number-one Dennis Orcollo, Reyes, Bustamante, Oliver Medenilla, Jeffery de Luna, Alan Cuartero, Ronato Alcano and Antonio Lining all won their matches and qualified for the knockout round. The 2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner Alcano had to win a deciding rack to defeat Radosław Babica of Poland, and Cuartero (an overseas Filipino worker in Kuwait) defeated Marcus Chamat of Sweden. Shane Van Boening, one of only two Americans in the tournament, defeated 2005 champion Wu Jia-qing. Wu led 2–0, then went on the hill at 8–6. Van Boening evened the match, and held on to win in the final rack. The fourth day was devoted to second-round matches in the losers' bracket, with winners progressing and losers eliminated. All home Qatari players were eliminated from contention in the group stage; Mohanna Obaidly was beaten by Konstantin Stepanov 3–9, Taher Hussain lost to Tōru Kuribayashi de 1–9, Waleed Majid was defeated by Hunter Lombardo 8–9, and Fawal Abdulatif lost to Naoyuki Ōi 9–6. The match between Antonio Gabica and Fu Jianbo finished 9–8. The Qatar-based Gabica had a 6–1 lead, but the Chinese won the next four racks. Gabica was first on the hill, but Fu won the next three racks. Gabica won the deciding rack to advance to the knockout stage. Ko Ping-chung and Kwang Yong exchanged leads in their match until Yong pulled ahead, 7–4. Ko tied the match 7–7, and won next two racks to qualify for the next round. Former two-time world champion Wu Jia-qing was beaten by Mariusz Skoneczny. The match was level at 8–8; but Wu missed the 8-ball and allowed Skoneczny to pot the last two balls for a 9–8 win. Knockout rounds Early rounds (last 64 to last 16) thumb|alt=Francisco Bustamante playing an exhibition shot with the cue behind his back|Defending champion Francisco Bustamante lost in the last 16 to Dennis Orcollo. The tournament changed to single-elimination from June 29 to July 1. The round of 64 was played on June 29, when Efren Reyes was defeated by fellow Filipino Villamor 11–5. Antonio Gabica led Mika Immonen 4–1 and 10–6 when he Glossary of cue sports terms Scratch scratched in rack 17, allowing Immonen to win the next four racks and go hill-hill. The deciding rack was a safety battle until Gabica pocketed the 1-ball and ran the rack to win, 11–10. Kuo Po-cheng led Mark Gray 10–6 before Gray won five racks in a row to win, 11–10. Gray drew fellow Brit Chris Melling, who beat Korean Hwang Yong. Francisco Bustamante defeated Sascha-Andrej Tege, 11–4. In the last 32, played on June 30, Francisco Bustamante was leading 9–4 against Riyan Setiawan when he was reportedly distracted by a press photographer. Setiawan won three of the next four to trail 10–7, but won the next three to take the match to a decider. Bustamante had the break before a safety battle ensued. Riyan scratched, and Bustamante ran out to advance to the last 16. In an all-Filipino match, Carlo Biado led Lee Vann Corteza 8–5; Corteza won the next four frames, however, to lead 9–8. In rack 18, Corteza missed a shot at the nine-ball and Biado won the remaining racks to win 11–9. In the last 16 on June 30, Shane Van Boening (the only American left in the field) led 6–3 against England's Darren Appleton. Appleton tied the match at 6–6, then took the lead 7–6. They exchanged leads when Appleton reached the hill first, but van Boening tied when he made a Glossary of cue sports terms Jump shot jump shot on the 5-ball in rack 20. In the deciding rack, van Boening made a safety in which Appleton studied for ten minutes. Appleton missed, but there was no clear shot as Van Boening studied the ball for several minutes before making the shot and running out for the win. The 2007 champion, Daryl Peach, defeated Ko Pin-yi after trailing 9–7 and winning four racks in a row. Defending champion Francisco Bustamante, who had only five minutes between matches, lost 11–6 to Dennis Orcollo. In other matches, Yukio Akakariyama eliminated Carlo Biado and Tōru Kuribayashi defeated Antonio Lining. Later rounds (quarter-finals to final) The quarter-finals to the final were played on July 1, the last day of competition. In the quarter-finals, Dennis Orcollo led 5–0 against Daryl Peach early in the match before winning 11–2. Mark Gray played Shane van Boening and held a 4–0 lead before van Boening won five racks in a row to lead, 5–4. Gray then won the next four racks and led, 10–6. Van Boening won the next three frames, but missed a shot using the Glossary of cue sports terms Bridge bridge in rack 20. They took their time studying the nine-ball shot, but van Boening made an errant safety which allowed Gray to capitalize and win the match. Tōru Kuribayashi trailed Ronato Alcano 7–3, but won five of the next six to level the match at 8–8 (which later became 10–10). Kuribayashi broke for the game, but they were locked in a safety battle. After a fluke on the three-ball, Alcano ran the rack to win 11–10. thumb|alt=Ronato Alcano ready to play a shot|The 2006 champion Ronato Alcano lost in the final. Yukio Akakariyama led Vinacio Tanio throughout the match until Tanio tied it 8–8, when Akakariyama lost the next rack to trail 9–8 and 10–9; the match went to a decider after a break and run. Tanio broke in rack 21, but ran out of position on the eight-ball. He sank the ball, but faced another difficult shot on the nine-ball. Tanio missed, and Akakariyama faced a table-length shot on the nine-ball; he took over ten minutes to study the shot before potting it to win, 11–10. The first semi-final saw Orcullo face Alcano.http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=70 and then there were four https://web.archive.org/web/20110703101021/http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=70 July 3, 2011 wpa-pool.com Lerner, Ted May 13, 2020 July 1, 2011 Alcano won the first two racks and remained at least two racks ahead throughout, leading 8–4 and 10–6. Orcullo won three racks in a row before Alcano won rack 20 to win, 11–9.Alcano and Akagariyama To Meet For World 9-Ball Title azbilliards.com May 10, 2020 https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/7873-alcano-and-akagariyama-to-meet-for-world-9-ball-title/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160316232230/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/7873-alcano-and-akagariyama-to-meet-for-world-9-ball-title/ March 16, 2016 live Lerner, Ted July 1, 2011 After the match, Alcano said that his game had improved since he no longer having a manager; instead, he worked with Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao: "[A]ll I need is just a little bit of Manny's good fortune and I can win the World Championship. I just have to win one more match." The second semi-final went to a deciding rack between Yukio Akagariyama and Mark Gray. Yukio led 6–2 and 8–3 before Gray won five racks in a row to level the match at 8–8. Gray missed a bank shot on the nine-ball in rack 17, allowing Yukio to win that rack and the next to lead 10–8. Gray won the next two racks, and had the break in rack 21. The cue ball scratched on his break, allowing Yukio to clear the table and win 11–10. The final was played at 7 p.m. local time (GMT+3) as race-to-13 racks, with breaks alternating between Yukio and Alcano. Alcano won the lag and the racks were won on break until rack nine, when Yukio took a 5–4 lead.http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=72 It's Yukio wpa-pool.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110703101042/http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=72 July 2, 2011 July 3, 2011 Lerner, Ted May 13, 2020 He won the next frame, after a failed jump shot by Alcano. Breaking to have a three-rack lead, Yukio went in-off when potting the nine-ball and allowed Alcano to win the rack. Yukio won the next two to take a 9–6 lead, but Alcano won three in a row to tie the match 9–9. In rack 19, Alcano missed an eight-ball shot which traveled the length of the table; Yukio won the next two to lead, 11–9. Alcano tied the match 11–11 with safety play in the next two racks. Breaking in rack 23, Alcano missed a shot on the two-ball into the middle pocket and Yukio ran the rest of the rack. Yukio broke in rack 24, and ran the balls in order to win 13–11. Knockout stage The knockout draw for the last 64 stages follows; players in bold are match winners. Upper half Section 1 Round of 64(Race to 11) Round of 32(Race to 11) Round of 16(Race to 11) 25px 180px GER Ralf Souquet 11 BEL Serge Das 5 POL Radosław Babica 7 POL Mateusz Śniegocki 11 GER Thorsten Hohmann 7 JPN Lo Li-wen 11 NED Nick van den Berg 7 PHI Vicenancio Tanio 11 GER Ralf Souquet 11 POL Mateusz Śniegocki 2 JPN Lo Li-wen 6 PHI Vicenancio Tanio 11 GER Ralf Souquet 9 PHI Vicenancio Tanio 11 Section 2 Round of 64(Race to 11) Round of 32(Race to 11) Round of 16(Race to 11) 25px 180px CRO Carlo Dalmatin 11 TPE Hsu Kai Lun 7 JPN Yukio Akakariyama 11 IRI Soheil Vahedi 7 PHI Oliver Medenilla 5 PHI Lee Vann Corteza 11 PHI Carlo Biado 11 IRI Takhti Zarekani 6 CRO Carlo Dalmatin 8 JPN Yukio Akakariyama 11 PHI Lee Vann Corteza 10 PHI Carlo Biado 11 JPN Yukio Akakariyama 11 PHI Carlo Biado 9 Section 3 Round of 64(Race to 11) Round of 32(Race to 11) Round of 16(Race to 11) 25px 180px FIN Mika Immonen 10 PHI Antonio Gabica 11 ENG Imran Majid 4 JPN Naoyuki Ōi 11 ENG Chris Melling 11 KOR Hwang Yong 2 TPE Kuo Po-cheng 10 ENG Mark Gray 11 PHI Antonio Gabica 11 JPN Naoyuki Ōi 6 ENG Chris Melling 10 ENG Mark Gray 11 PHI Antonio Gabica 5 ENG Mark Gray 11 Section 4 Round of 64(Race to 11) Round of 32(Race to 11) Round of 16(Race to 11) 25px 180px ENG Darren Appleton 11 CHN Dang Jinhu 6 PHI Alan Cuartero 11 BRU Ahmad Taufiq Murni 9 USA Shane Van Boening 11 RUS Konstantin Stepanov 8 TPE Chang Jung-lin 11 PHI Joven Alba 5 ENG Darren Appleton 11 PHI Alan Cuartero 4 USA Shane Van Boening 11 TPE Chang Jung-lin 5 ENG Darren Appleton 10 USA Shane Van Boening 11 Lower half Section 5 Round of 64(Race to 11) Round of 32(Race to 11) Round of 16(Race to 11) 25px 180px CAN Chris Orme 7 PHI Ronato Alcano 11 IND Raj Hundal 11 JPN Tomoo Takano 10 TPE Chang Yu-lung 11 PHI Israel Rota 9 NED Niels Feijen 10 ENG Scott Higgins 11 PHI Ronato Alcano 11 IND Raj Hundal 9 TPE Chang Yu-lung 11 ENG Scott Higgins 4 PHI Ronato Alcano 11 TPE Chang Yu-lung 5 Section 6 Round of 64(Race to 11) Round of 32(Race to 11) Round of 16(Race to 11) 25px 180px PHI Antonio Lining 11 GER Oliver Ortmann 5 CZE Roman Hybler 11 CHN Liu Haitao 7 AUT Mario He 8 USA Hunter Lombardo 11 NED Huidji See 8 JPN Tōru Kuribayashi de 11 PHI Antonio Lining 11 CZE Roman Hybler 5 USA Hunter Lombardo 4 JPN Tōru Kuribayashi de 11 PHI Antonio Lining 9 JPN Tōru Kuribayashi de 11 Section 7 Round of 64(Race to 11) Round of 32(Race to 11) Round of 16(Race to 11) 25px 180px PHI Dennis Orcollo 11 INA Muhammad Zulfikri 9 PHI Efren Reyes 5 PHI Caneda Villamor 11 PHI Francisco Bustamante 11 GER Sascha-Andrej Tege 4 ESP Carlos Cabello 8 INA Riyan Setiawan 11 PHI Dennis Orcollo 11 PHI Caneda Villamor 6 PHI Francisco Bustamante 11 INA Riyan Setiawan 10 PHI Dennis Orcollo 11 PHI Francisco Bustamante 7 Section 8 Round of 64(Race to 11) Round of 32(Race to 11) Round of 16(Race to 11) 25px 180px PHI Jeff de Luna 9 TPE Fu Che-wei 11 ENG Daryl Peach 11 PHI Roberto Gomez 4 FRA Stephan Cohen 11 PHI Raymund Faron 9 ENG Karl Boyes 8 TPE Ko Pin-yi 11 TPE Fu Che-wei 1 ENG Daryl Peach 11 FRA Stephan Cohen 3 TPE Ko Pin-yi 11 ENG Daryl Peach 11 TPE Ko Pin-yi 9 Quarterfinals onward Quarterfinals(Race to 11) Semifinals(Race to 11) Final(Race to 13) 25px 180px Upper half Lower half PHI Vicenancio Tanio 10 JPN Yukio Akakariyama 11 ENG Mark Gray 11 USA Shane Van Boening 9 PHI Ronato Alcano 11 JPN Tōru Kuribayashi de 10 PHI Dennis Orcollo 11 ENG Daryl Peach 4 JPN Yukio Akakariyama 11 ENG Mark Gray 10 PHI Ronato Alcano 11 PHI Dennis Orcollo 9 JPN Yukio Akakariyama 13 PHI Ronato Alcano 11 Final Player Glossary of cue sports terms Lag Rack Rackswon123456789101112131415161718192021222324PHI Ronato Alcano • alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px 11JPN Yukio Akakariyama alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px alt=Won|20x20px 13 References Time For the World 9-Ball Excitement to Begin! 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July 1, 2011 Ted Lerner wpa-pool.com July 5, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110703101021/http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=70 July 3, 2011 http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=444407&version=1&template_id=49&parent_id=29 Japan's Yukio lifts title with a thrilling win over Alcano July 3, 2011 Gulf Times July 4, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120923080129/http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=444407&version=1&template_id=49&parent_id=29 September 23, 2012 http://www.wpa-pool.com/scoreuploads/32/Result.PDF Tournament Bracket wpa-pool.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130731183935/http://www.wpa-pool.com/scoreuploads/32/Result.PDF July 31, 2013 June 26, 2011 Lerner, Ted http://wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=55 Jewel in the desert wpa-pool.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110630221353/http://wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=55 June 30, 2011 Lerner, Ted June 17, 2011 May 13, 2020 http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=59 The Wow factor in Doha June 26, 2011 wpa-pool.com May 10, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20160402012943/http://wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=59 April 2, 2016 dead Lerner, Ted http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=63 Loser's feel the squeeze June 28, 2011 wpa-pool.com May 10, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20170111182855/http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=63 January 11, 2017 dead Lerner, Ted Dazlin Daryl is in it to Win it June 30, 2011 azbilliards.com May 10, 2020 https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/7864-dazlin-daryl-is-in-it-to-win-it/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160827125606/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/7864-dazlin-daryl-is-in-it-to-win-it/ August 27, 2016 live Lerner, Ted Great Escapes Into the Sweet Sixteen azbilliards.com May 10, 2020 https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/7866-great-escapes-into-the-sweet-sixteen/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160827114014/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/7866-great-escapes-into-the-sweet-sixteen/ August 27, 2016 live Lerner, Ted June 30, 2011 Clutch, Tough and Moving On azbilliards.com May 10, 2020 https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/7867-clutch-tough-and-moving-on/ July 1, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20160317033331/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/7867-clutch-tough-and-moving-on/ March 17, 2016 live Lerner, Ted http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=58 Pool's pantheon awaits June 25, 2011 wpa-pool.com May 10, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20160402011553/http://wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=58 April 2, 2016 dead http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=56 second to none https://web.archive.org/web/20120317082225/http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=56 June 19, 2011 March 17, 2012 wpa-pool.com Lerner, Ted May 13, 2020 http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=64 Americas last best hope wpa-pool.com May 10, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20160402010953/http://wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=32&eventnewsid=64 April 2, 2016 dead Lerner, Ted June 28, 2011 External links https://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/174-world-9-ball-championship/3906-wpa-world-9-ball-championship-2011/ Live scoring at WPA-pool.com 2011 2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship WPA World Nine-ball Championship Category:International sports competitions hosted by Qatar Category:Sports competitions in Doha Category:June 2011 sports events in Asia Category:July 2011 sports events in Asia Category:Cue sports in Qatar