2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship

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2015 WPA World 10-Ball Championship
Tournament information
Sport
Single Elimination
Host(s)WPA World Ten-ball Championship
Participants128
Final positions
ChampionChinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi
Runner-upPhilippines Carlo Biado

The WPA 10-Ball World Championship 2015 was the fourth edition of the

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.[1] In the semi-final, Ko defeated his younger brother Ko Ping-chung, whereas Biado won against Spaniard David Alcaide.[1]

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.[2][3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

The following 32 players won once in the preliminary round and lost twice, which means early retirement and places 65 to 96:

Pahdashong Shognosh
Singapore Aloysius Yapp
India Kamal Chawla
Chinese Taipei Liu Cheng-chieh [de]
Philippines Desmothenes Pulpul
Qatar Waleed Majid
Indonesia Muhammad Zulfikiri
Philippines John Rebong
Philippines Ramil Gallego
India Sundeep Gulati [de]
Philippines William Millares
Philippines Val Pauay
Philippines Sean Mark Malayan
Poland Tomasz Kapłan
Philippines Roland Garcia
Philippines Oliver Medenilla
Philippines Elvis Calasang
Croatia Ivica Putnik [de]
United States Jani Sekkinen
Philippines Raymart Camomot
Netherlands Marc Bijsterbosch
Philippines Richard Alinsub
Indonesia Sahroni Sahroni
Philippines Roland Dela Cruz
Michael Feliciano
Philippines Mark Aristotle Mendoza
Philippines Assis Tadique
Philippines Jerico Banares
Philippines Leonardo Didal
Finland Mika Immonen
Canada Erik Hjorleifson
Philippines Ricky Zerna

The following 32 players lost twice in the preliminary round, which means early retirement and places 97–128.[7]

Philippines Boots Augusto
Philippines Christian Garlando
Malaysia Ibrahim Bin Amir [de]
Philippines Antonio Lining
Philippines Jordan Legaspi
Chinese Taipei Hsu Kai-lun [de]
Canada Martin Daigle
India Raj Hundal
Poland Mateusz Śniegocki
United States Vincent Goh
South Korea Won Sik-ham
Philippines Benjie Guevarra
United States Hunter Lombardo
Singapore Toh Lian Han [de]
United States Rodney Morris
Armenia Babken Melkonyan
Chinese Taipei Chen Hsing-ting
Chinese Taipei Cheng Yu-hsuan
Philippines Dante Razaran
Iran Behzad Zareifrad
England Daryl Peach
Philippines Jomel Sultan
Italy Daniele Corrieri [de]
Germany Thorsten Hohmann
Philippines Mark Rodriguez
Russia Konstantin Stepanov
Austria Mario He
England Imran Majid
Philippines Jeffrey Calonge
Canada Stephan Doiron
South Korea Jeong Young-hwa [de]
Philippines Angelo Ariola

Knockout round

The final round took place from February 19 to 21.[8]

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter final Semi-final Final
            
Jeffrey de Luna
10
Philippines Jundel Mazon 11
Philippines Jundel Mazon 10
Indonesia Irsal Nasution [de] 11
Indonesia Irsal Nasution [de] 11
Philippines Dennis Orcollo 8
Indonesia Irsal Nasution [de] 5
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi 11
Greece Alexander Kazakis 10
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi 11
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi 11
Mexico Rubén Bautista [de] 3
Poland Michał Turkowski [de] 10
Mexico Rubén Bautista [de] 11
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi 11
Chinese Taipei Yang Ching-shun 7
Poland Piotr Kudlik [de] 10
Chinese Taipei Wu Kun-lin 11
Chinese Taipei Wu Kun-lin 10
Sweden Marcus Chamat 11
Sweden Marcus Chamat 11
Chang Yu-Lung
5
Sweden Marcus Chamat 8
Chinese Taipei Yang Ching-shun 11
England Stuart Pettman 7
Chinese Taipei Yang Ching-shun 11
Chinese Taipei Yang Ching-shun 11
Philippines Baseth Mapandi 10
Philippines Baseth Mapandi 11
Philippines Oliver Villafuerte 4
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi 11
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung 2
Emil Martinez
9
Chinese Taipei Liu Ri-teng 11
Chinese Taipei Liu Ri-teng 2
Chinese Taipei Cheng Yu-hsuan 11
Chinese Taipei Cheng Yu-hsuan 11
Philippines James Aranaz 4
Chinese Taipei Cheng Yu-hsuan 9
Philippines Warren Kiamco 11
Philippines Warren Kiamco 11
Poland Karol Skowerski 8
Philippines Warren Kiamco 11
England Darren Appleton 5
  7
England Darren Appleton 11
Philippines Warren Kiamco 1
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung 11
Canada Jason Klatt 10
Russia Ruslan Chinakhov 11
Russia Ruslan Chinakhov 11
Philippines Ruben Cuna 8
Philippines Ruben Cuna 11
Estonia Denis Grabe 4
Russia Ruslan Chinakhov 10
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung 11
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung 11
Philippines Patrick Gonzales 6
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung 11
Philippines Jonas Magpantay 7
Chinese Taipei Hsu Jui-an [de] 9
Philippines Jonas Magpantay 11
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi 11
Philippines Carlo Biado 9
Philippines Francisco Bustamante 9
Spain David Alcaide 11
Spain David Alcaide 11
Chang Jung-Lin
8
Portugal Manuel Gama [de] 2
Chang Jung-Lin
11
Spain David Alcaide 11
Poland Mieszko Fortuński 7
Philippines Raymund Faraon [de] 11
Philippines Ryan Maglassang 5
Philippines Raymund Faraon [de] 9
Poland Mieszko Fortuński 11
Netherlands Marco Teutscher 9
Poland Mieszko Fortuński 11
Spain David Alcaide 11
Philippines Johann Chua 9
Germany Ralf Souquet 9
Philippines Johann Chua 11
Philippines Johann Chua 11
China Wang Can 7
China Wang Can 11
Philippines Antonio Gabica 5
Philippines Johann Chua 11
Lee Van Corteza
10
Chinese Taipei Fu Che-wei 11
Philippines Ronato Alcano 8
Chinese Taipei Fu Che-wei 8
Lee Van Corteza
11
Austria Albin Ouschan 9
Lee Van Corteza
11
Spain David Alcaide 2
Philippines Carlo Biado 11
Philippines Anton Raga 7
England Karl Boyes 11
England Karl Boyes 6
Poland Radosław Babica 11
Philippines Renemar David 10
Poland Radosław Babica 11
Poland Radosław Babica 7
Philippines Carlo Biado 11
Philippines Carlo Biado 11
Greece Nikos Ekonomopoulos 7
Philippines Carlo Biado 11
Philippines Romero Silvano 2
Philippines Romero Silvano 11
Philippines Roberto Gomez 6
Philippines Carlo Biado 11
China Liu Haitao 7
Philippines Elmer Haya [de] 6
Finland Petri Makkonen 11
Finland Petri Makkonen 4
Indonesia Ricky Yang 11
Indonesia Ricky Yang 11
Canada John Morra 7
Indonesia Ricky Yang 6
China Liu Haitao 11
Philippines Jerico Bonus 7
China Liu Haitao 11
China Liu Haitao 11
Canada Alex Pagulayan 10
South Korea Ryu Seung-woo 6
Canada Alex Pagulayan 11

References

  1. ^ a b "WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2015". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Ted Lerner (January 23, 2015). "Manny Pacquiao to bring WPA World 10-Ball Championship to the Philippines in February". wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  3. ^ "Manny Pacquiao To Bring WPA World 10-Ball Championship to The Philippines In February". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  4. ^ "Players Feel The Heat From On High". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  5. ^ "Monies Missing in Pacquiao Events". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  6. ^ Ted Lerner (February 17, 2015). "Striding, And Stumbling, Out Of The Gates". wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  7. ^ Ted Lerner (February 18, 2015). "Orcollo Pulls A Second Great Escape". wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
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