2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship

International pool tournament August 2018 2015 WPA World 10-Ball Championship Ten-Ball SM City Activity Center General Santos, Manila, Philippines February 17, 2015 February 21, 2015 Round robin / Single Elimination WPA World Ten-ball Championship 128 PHL Carlo Biado TPE Ko Pin-yi 2011 2019 The WPA 10-Ball World Championship 2015 was the fourth edition of the WPA World 10-ball Championship, the world championship for the discipline of 10-ball pool. It took place from February 17 to 21, 2015 at the SM City Activity Center in General Santos, Philippines. Taiwan's Ko Pin-yi won the World Cup by beating Filipino Carlo Biado 11–9 in the final.WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2015 azbilliards.com August 16, 2018 http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/168-world-10-ball-championship/6624-wpa-world-10-ball-championship-2015/results/ In the semi-final, Ko defeated his younger brother Ko Ping-chung, whereas Biado won against Spaniard David Alcaide. Defending champion was Dutchman Huidji See, who won the 2011 event but did not participate in this event. Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao successfully campaigned against the WPA to select his hometown, General Santos, as the venue for the event, in which he has already organized several pool-billiards tournaments.http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=236&eventnewsid=209 Manny Pacquiao to bring WPA World 10-Ball Championship to the Philippines in February Ted Lerner World Pool-Billiard Association wpa-pool.com January 23, 2015 February 13, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150213211004/http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=236&eventnewsid=209 February 13, 2015 dead mdy-all Manny Pacquiao To Bring WPA World 10-Ball Championship to The Philippines In February azbilliards.com August 16, 2018 http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/11747-manny-pacquiao-to-bring-wpa-world-10-ball-championship-to-the-philippines-in-february/ The tournament was attended by 128 players from over 20 countries. A total of $200,000 in prize money was distributed, the World Champion received $40,000. Format The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in a double elimination tournament against each other. The remaining 64 players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system.Players Feel The Heat From On High azbilliards.com August 15, 2018 http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/10552-players-feel-the-heat-from-on-high/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170613014125/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/10552-players-feel-the-heat-from-on-high/ June 13, 2017 live Prize money Below was the advertised prize fund for the event. However, shortly after the event, many players commented that they had not received the full prize funds for the event.Monies Missing in Pacquiao Events azbilliards.com August 16, 2018 http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/11811-monies-missing-in-pacquiao-events/ Position Prize First place (champion) $40,000 Second place (runner-up) $20,000 Third place (semi-finalist $10,000 Fifth place (quarter-finalist) $7,000 Ninth place (loser in round of 16) $5,000 17th place (loser in round of 32) $1,250 33rd place (loser in round of 64) $700 65th place (loser in preliminaries) $300 Preliminary round The preliminary round took place from February 17 to 19.http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=236&eventnewsid=211 Striding, And Stumbling, Out Of The Gates Ted Lerner World Pool-Billiard Association wpa-pool.com February 17, 2015 February 18, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150218154523/http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=236&eventnewsid=211 February 18, 2015 dead mdy-all The following 32 players won once in the preliminary round and lost twice, which means early retirement and places 65 to 96: 15em Pahdashong Shognosh SGP # Aloysius Yapp IND # Kamal Chawla TPE # Liu Cheng-chieh de PHL # Desmothenes Pulpul QAT # Waleed Majid IDN # Muhammad Zulfikiri PHL # John Rebong PHL # Ramil Gallego IND # Sundeep Gulati de PHL # William Millares PHL # Val Pauay PHL # Sean Mark Malayan POL # Tomasz Kapłan PHL # Roland Garcia PHL # Oliver Medenilla PHL # Elvis Calasang CRO # Ivica Putnik de USA # Jani Sekkinen PHL # Raymart Camomot NLD # Marc Bijsterbosch PHL # Richard Alinsub IDN # Sahroni Sahroni PHL # Roland Dela Cruz PHL # Michael Feliciano PHL # Mark Aristotle Mendoza PHL # Assis Tadique PHL # Jerico Banares PHL # Leonardo Didal FIN # Mika Immonen CAN # Erik Hjorleifson PHL # Ricky Zerna The following 32 players lost twice in the preliminary round, which means early retirement and places 97–128.http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=236&eventnewsid=212 Orcollo Pulls A Second Great Escape Ted Lerner World Pool-Billiard Association wpa-pool.com February 18, 2015 February 18, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150219002752/http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/index.asp?id=17&pagetype=event_news&eventid=236&eventnewsid=212 February 19, 2015 dead mdy-all 15em PHL # Boots Augusto PHL # Christian Garlando MAS # Ibrahim Bin Amir de PHL # Antonio Lining PHL # Jordan Legaspi TPE # Hsu Kai-lun de CAN # Martin Daigle IND # Raj Hundal POL # Mateusz Śniegocki USA # Vincent Goh KOR # Won Sik-ham PHL # Benjie Guevarra USA # Hunter Lombardo SGP # Toh Lian Han de USA # Rodney Morris ARM # Babken Melkonyan TPE # Chen Hsing-ting TPE # Cheng Yu-hsuan PHL # Dante Razaran IRN # Behzad Zareifrad ENG # Daryl Peach PHL # Jomel Sultan ITA # Daniele Corrieri de DEU # Thorsten Hohmann PHL # Mark Rodriguez RUS # Konstantin Stepanov AUT # Mario He ENG # Imran Majid PHL # Jeffrey Calonge CAN # Stephan Doiron KOR # Jeong Young-hwa de PHL # Angelo Ariola Knockout round The final round took place from February 19 to 21.http://www.wpa-pool.com/scoreuploads/236/Result.PDF Results World Pool-Billiard Association wpa-pool.com February 19, 2015 PDF; 54,8 KB September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes no yes Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter final Semi-final Final PHL # Jeff De Luna 10 PHL # Jundel Mazon 11 IDN # Irsal Nasution de 11 PHL # Dennis Orcollo 8 GRC # Alexander Kazakis 10 TPE # Ko Pin-yi 11 POL # Michał Turkowski de 10 MEX # Rubén Bautista de 11 POL # Piotr Kudlik de 10 TPE # Wu Kun-lin 11 SWE # Marcus Chamat 11 TPE # Chang Yu-lung 5 ENG # Stuart Pettman 7 TPE # Yang Ching-shun 11 PHL # Baseth Mapandi 11 PHL # Oliver Villafuerte 4 PHL # Emil Martinez 9 TPE # Liu Ri-teng 11 TPE # Cheng Yu-hsuan 11 PHL # James Aranaz 4 PHL # Warren Kiamco 11 POL # Karol Skowerski 8 IDN # Muhammad B. Simanjuntak 7 ENG # Darren Appleton 11 CAN # Jason Klatt 10 RUS # Ruslan Chinakhov 11 PHL # Ruben Cuna 11 EST # Denis Grabe 4 TPE # Ko Ping-chung 11 PHL # Patrick Gonzales 6 TPE # Hsu Jui-an de 9 PHL # Jonas Magpantay 11 PHL # Francisco Bustamante 9 ESP # David Alcaide 11 PRT # Manuel Gama de 2 TPE # Chang Jung-lin 11 PHL # Raymund Faraon de 11 PHL # Ryan Maglassang 5 NLD # Marco Teutscher 9 POL # Mieszko Fortuński 11 DEU # Ralf Souquet 9 PHL # Johann Chua 11 CHN # Wang Can 11 PHL # Antonio Gabica 5 TPE # Fu Che-wei 11 PHL # Ronato Alcano 8 AUT # Albin Ouschan 9 PHL # Lee Vann Corteza 11 PHL # Anton Raga 7 ENG # Karl Boyes 11 PHL # Renemar David 10 POL # Radosław Babica 11 PHL # Carlo Biado 11 GRC # Nikos Ekonomopoulos 7 PHL # Romero Silvano 11 PHL # Roberto Gomez 6 PHL # Elmer Haya de 6 FIN # Petri Makkonen 11 IDN # Ricky Yang 11 CAN # John Morra 7 PHL # Jerico Bonus 7 CHN # Liu Haitao 11 KOR # Ryu Seung-woo 6 CAN # Alex Pagulayan 11 PHL # Jundel Mazon 10 IDN # Irsal Nasution de 11 TPE # Ko Pin-yi 11 MEX # Rubén Bautista de 3 TPE # Wu Kun-lin 10 SWE # Marcus Chamat 11 TPE # Yang Ching-shun 11 PHL # Baseth Mapandi 10 TPE # Liu Ri-teng 2 TPE # Cheng Yu-hsuan 11 PHL # Warren Kiamco 11 ENG # Darren Appleton 5 RUS # Ruslan Chinakhov 11 PHL # Ruben Cuna 8 TPE # Ko Ping-chung 11 PHL # Jonas Magpantay 7 ESP # David Alcaide 11 TPE # Chang Jung-lin 8 PHL # Raymund Faraon de 9 POL # Mieszko Fortuński 11 PHL # Johann Chua 11 CHN # Wang Can 7 TPE # Fu Che-wei 8 PHL # Lee Vann Corteza 11 ENG # Karl Boyes 6 POL # Radosław Babica 11 PHL # Carlo Biado 11 PHL # Romero Silvano 2 FIN # Petri Makkonen 4 IDN # Ricky Yang 11 CHN # Liu Haitao 11 CAN # Alex Pagulayan 10 IDN # Irsal Nasution de 5 TPE # Ko Pin-yi 11 SWE # Marcus Chamat 8 TPE # Yang Ching-shun 11 TPE # Cheng Yu-hsuan 9 PHL # Warren Kiamco 11 RUS # Ruslan Chinakhov 10 TPE # Ko Ping-chung 11 ESP # David Alcaide 11 POL # Mieszko Fortuński 7 PHL # Johann Chua 11 PHL # Lee Vann Corteza 10 POL # Radosław Babica 7 PHL # Carlo Biado 11 IDN # Ricky Yang 6 CHN # Liu Haitao 11 TPE # Ko Pin-yi 11 TPE # Yang Ching-shun 7 PHL # Warren Kiamco 1 TPE # Ko Ping-chung 11 ESP # David Alcaide 11 PHL # Johann Chua 9 PHL # Carlo Biado 11 CHN # Liu Haitao 7 TPE # Ko Pin-yi 11 TPE # Ko Ping-chung 2 ESP # David Alcaide 2 PHL # Carlo Biado 11 TPE # Ko Pin-yi 11 PHL # Carlo Biado 9 References External links WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2015 at azbilliards.com 2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship WPA World Ten-ball Championship Category:International sports competitions hosted by the Philippines Category:February 2015 sports events in the Philippines Category:Sports in South Cotabato Category:General Santos