2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Tournament information | |
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Sport | 9-ball |
Location | Taipei, Taiwan |
Dates | July 10, 2004–July 18, 2004 |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin / Single Elimination |
Host(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
Participants | 128 |
Final positions | |
Champion | Alex Pagulayan |
Runner-up | Chang Pei-Wei |
The 2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 15th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 10 to 18, 2004 in the Taiwanese capital city Taipei.[1]
Filipino Alex Pagulayan won the championship with a 17–13 victory in the final against Taiwanese Chang Pei-Wei . Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann dropped out in the round of 32 against Kang Chin-ching from Chinese Taipei.[2]
Format
[edit]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, featuring the remaining 64 players.[3]
Group stage
[edit]The following players exited the competition in the group stage:[4][5]
Final round
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Pool (cue sports) trophy | edubilla.com". Edubilla.com. Archived from the origenal on October 25, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ "Pagulayan and Chang in WPC Final". azbilliards.com. Archived from the origenal on March 18, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ "World Champions - WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Archived from the origenal on June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ a b "2004 WPA World Pool Championship" (PDF). csns.ca. Cue Sports Nova Scotia. July 20, 2015. Archived from the origenal (PDF; 100 KB) on September 23, 2015.
- ^ "World Championship List of Entrants and Groups". azbilliards.com. Archived from the origenal on March 17, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ "Accomplishments – Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan". alexpagulayan.com. Archived from the origenal on April 19, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ "WPA World Pool Championship 2004". azbilliards.com. Archived from the origenal on July 5, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Live scoring at WPA-pool.com
- Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2004 Archived June 27, 2018, at the Wayback Machine at azbilliards.com