MATCHROOM Sport can announce the groups and draw for the forthcoming Philippines World Pool Championship which takes place at the Areneta Coliseum in Manila from 3 – 11 November.
The 128 player field is divided into 16 groups of eight players who will be playing in double elimination brackets to halve the field to 64 for the straight knockout play which commences on Wednesday 7th November.
All ten matches in each group will take place on two tables on the same day and the running order is as follows:
Saturday 3rd – Groups 1, 3, 4 & 6
Sunday 4th – Groups 7, 8, 9 & 12
Monday 5th – Groups 2, 5, 10 & 14
Tuesday 6th – Groups 11, 13, 15 & 16
All group matches are a race-to-nine with winner breaks.
Commented a spokesman for Matchroom Sport, “There are some very interesting matches and with the seeded draw, plenty of the lesser known players will have golden opportunities to upset the apple cart.
“That said, with the double elimination format, there will be no room for lapses in concentration and all players, whatever their standing, will be under pressure from the opening lag to the final 9 ball.”
For general event information go to: www.worldpoolchampionship.com
| Group 1 |
Nation |
| Ronnie Alcano |
PHI |
| Ricky Yang |
INO |
| Xu Meng |
CHN |
| Alex Lely |
NED |
| Harald Stolka |
GER |
| Charlie Williams |
USA |
| Brady Gollan |
CAN |
| Saeed Ahmed Al-Mutawa |
UAE |
| Group 2 |
Nation |
| Ralf Souquet |
GER |
| Ronnie Wiseman |
CAN |
| Mike Davis |
USA |
| Bernard Tey Choon Kiat |
SIN |
| Raj Hundal |
ENG |
| James Delahunty |
AUS |
| Tepwin Arunnath |
THA |
| Manila Qualifier 6 |
TBA |
| Group 3 |
Nation |
| Wu Chia-ching |
TPE |
| Luong Chi-dung |
VIE |
| John Schmidt |
USA |
| Radoslaw Babica |
POL |
| Vilmos Foldes |
HUN |
| Craig Osborne |
ENG |
| Kusano Hisashi |
JPN |
| Carlos Castro |
NIC |
| Group 4 |
Nation |
| Yang Ching-shun |
TPE |
| Jonni Fulcher |
ENG |
| Ibrahim Bin Amir |
MAS |
| Bruno Muratore |
ITA |
| Shawn Putnam |
USA |
| Joven Bustamante |
PHI |
| Enrique Rojas |
CHI |
| Manila Qualifier 1 |
TBA |
| Group 5 |
Nation |
| Thorsten Hohmann |
GER |
| Fu Che-wei |
TPE |
| Jeff De Luna |
PHI |
| Edwin Montal |
CAN |
| Serge Das |
BEL |
| Sandor Tot |
SCG |
| Vittorio De Falco |
ITA |
| Manila Qualifier 3 |
TBA |
| Group 6 |
Nation |
| Efren Reyes |
PHI |
| Tony Drago |
MLT |
| Tony Robles |
USA |
| Liu Chun-chuan |
TPE |
| Alain Martel |
CAN |
| Thomasz Kaplan |
POL |
| Ceri Worts |
NZL |
| Manila Qualifier 2 |
TBA |
| Group 7 |
Nation |
| Chang Jung-ling |
TPE |
| Manila Qualifier 9 |
TBA |
| Nick van den Berg |
NED |
| Chan Keng Kwang |
SIN |
| Ramil Gallego |
PHI |
| John Morra |
CAN |
| Kasuo Furuta |
JPN |
| Manila Qualifier 5 |
TBA |
| Group 8 |
Nation |
| Alex Pagulayan |
PHI |
| David Alcaide |
ESP |
| Muhammad Zulfikri |
INO |
| Martin Kempter |
AUT |
| Robb Saez |
USA |
| Philipp Stojanovic |
CRO |
| Stephen Capaldi |
SCO |
| Hamsa Mohammed Saeed Ali |
ERI |
| Group 9 |
Nation |
| Francisco Bustamante |
PHI |
| Corey Deuel |
USA |
| Oliver Ortmann |
GER |
| Jeong Young-hwa |
KOR |
| Antonio Lining |
PHI |
| Pham Tuan Ngoc |
VIE |
| John Wims |
IRE |
| Zbynek Vaic |
RSA |
| Group 10 |
Nation |
| Thomas Engert |
GER |
| Imran Majid |
ENG |
| Kuo Po-cheng |
TPE |
| Roman Hybler |
CZE |
| Troy Frank |
USA |
| David Alcoberro |
ESP |
| Louis Condo |
AUS |
| Prince Muhtadee Billah |
BRU |
| Group 11 |
Nation |
| Konstantin Stepanov |
RUS |
| Rodney Morris |
USA |
| Marco Tschudi |
SUI |
| Rye Seung-woo |
KOR |
| Bahram Lotfy |
DEN |
| Kevin Uzzell |
ENG |
| David Reljic |
AUS |
| Alejandro Carvajal |
CHI |
| Group 12 |
Nation |
| Mika Immonen |
FIN |
| Lee Van Corteza |
PHI |
| Chang Pei-wei |
TPE |
| Tyler Edey |
CAN |
| Jeremy Jones |
USA |
| Karl Boyes |
ENG |
| Goran Mladenovic |
SCG |
| Fahad Mohammadi |
QAT |
| Group 13 |
Nation |
| Shane Van Boening |
USA |
| Dennis Orcollo |
PHI |
| Marcus Chamat |
SWE |
| Pat Holtz |
SCO |
| Wojciech Trajdos |
POL |
| Masaaki Tanaka |
JPN |
| Kenny Kwok |
HKG |
| Manila Qualifier 8 |
TBA |
| Group 14 |
Nation |
| Li He-wen |
CHN |
| Fabio Petroni |
ITA |
| Earl Strickland |
USA |
| Marlon Manalo |
PHI |
| Dejan Dabovic |
AUT |
| Alan Tan |
MAS |
| Kay Reike |
GER |
| Farhad Shahverdi |
IRN |
| Group 15 |
Nation |
| Johnny Archer |
USA |
| Chao Fong-pang |
TPE |
| Naoyuki Oi |
JPN |
| Michael Schmidt |
GER |
| Manan Chandra |
IND |
| Greg Jenkins |
AUS |
| Muyat Ayas |
TUR |
| Manila Qualifier 4 |
TBA |
| Group 16 |
Nation |
| Niels Feijen |
NED |
| Daryl Peach |
ENG |
| Rodolfo Luat |
PHI |
| Dharminder Singh Lilly |
IND |
| Charles Bryant |
USA |
| Toh Lian Han |
SIN |
| Matjaz Erculj |
SLO |
| Manila Qualifier 7 |
TBA |
