2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

The WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2006 was the seventeenth edition of the WPA World Nine-ball Championship and took place between 4 and 12 November 2006 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City, Philippines. The event was to be held for the first time in the Philippines, on a two-year deal, including the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship.[3] The championships were hosted by the World Pool Billiard Association (WPA).

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2006
Tournament information
SportNine-Ball
LocationInternational Convention Center,
Pasay City, Philippines
Dates4 November 2006[1]–12 November 2006[1]
Tournament
format(s)
Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s)WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants128
Final positions
Champion Ronato Alcano[2]
Runner-up Ralf Souquet

Ronato Alcano won the championship with a 17–11 win in the final against Ralf Souquet of Germany.[4][5] Defending champion Wu Chia-ching was defeated in the quarter-final by Alcano.

Tournament format

The event featured 128 players, with an alternate break. The event featured a preliminary round robin format to half the field to 64; where the event changed to a knockout format.

Prize money
PositionPrize
First Place (Champion)$100.000
Second Place (Runner-Up)$40.000
Third Place (Semi-finalist)$20.000
Fifth place (quarter finalist)$10.000
Ninth place (loser in round of 16)$4.500
Seventeenth place (loser in round of 32)$3.000
Thirty Third (loser in round of 64)$2.000
Sixty Fifth place (Third place in round robin group)$1.000
Ninety Seventh place (Fourth place in round robin group)$0

Preliminary round

The Preliminary round was played over three days between 4 and 7 November. There were 32 groups of 4, with the first two in each group progressing. Nine top 32 players were knocked out in this section[lower-alpha 1][6]

Final round

The qualifying 64 players would play a knockout structure over six days.[6] The first two rounds were competed as "race to 10", the next three rounds as "race to 11", and the final, as a "race to 17".[6][7]

Round of 64
8 November 2006 		Round of 32
9 November 2006 		Round of 16
10 November 2006 		Quarter final
11 November 2006 		Semi final
11 November 2006 		Final
12 November 2006
            
Roberto Gomez 1
Ronato Alcano 10
Ronato Alcano 10
Efren Reyes 7
Dennis Orcollo 6
Efren Reyes 10
Ronato Alcano 11
Kuo Po-Cheng 5
Hsia Hsun-Kai 3
Kuo Po-Cheng 10
Kuo Po-Cheng 10
Marlon Manalo 7
Marlon Manalo 10
C. Keng-Kwang 5
Ronato Alcano 11
Wu Chia-ching 6
Pat Holtz 10
Tamoo Takano 6
Pat Holtz 10
Kevin Uzzell 6
Chang Jung-Lin 6
Kevin Uzzell 10
Pat Holtz 6
Wu Chia-ching 11
Wu Chia-ching 10
Corey Deuel 3
Wu Chia-ching 10
W. Hung-Hsiang 3
Michael Schmidt 5
W. Hung-Hsiang 10
Ronato Alcano 11
Li Hewen 8
Vincent Facquet 4
Lee Kun-fang 10
Lee Kun-fang 8
Jeff de Luna 10
N. van den Berg 8
Jeff de Luna 10
Jeff de Luna 6
Lương Chí Dũng 11
E. Dominguez 7
Vilmos Földes 10
Vilmos Földes 4
Lương Chí Dũng 10
Lương Chí Dũng 10
Nien Rong-Chih 7
Lương Chí Dũng 7
Li Hewen 11
F. Bustamante 7
Thomas Engert 10
Thomas Engert 6
Šandor Tot 10
Charlie Williams 5
Šandor Tot 10
Šandor Tot 7
Li Hewen 11
Li Hewen 10
A. Carvajal 5
Li Hewen 10
Rudy Morta 8
Markus Juva 8
Rudy Morta 10
Ronato Alcano 17
Ralf Souquet 11
Thorsten Hohmann 9
Tyler Edey 10
Tyler Edey 10
Ricky Yang 9
Daryl Peach 7
Ricky Yang 10
Tyler Edey 6
L. Cheng-Chuan 11
L. Cheng-Chuan 10
Earl Strickland 2
L. Cheng-Chuan 10
Ryu Seung-woo 6
Lu Hsun-Chen 7
Ryu Seung-woo 10
Liu Cheng-Chuan 8
Ralf Souquet 11
Ralf Souquet 10
Huidji See 3
Ralf Souquet 10
Yang Ching-shun 8
Johnny Archer 6
Y. Ching-shun 10
Ralf Souquet 11
K. Stepanow 4
K. Stepanow 10
Oliver Ortmann 6
K. Stepanow 10
Marco Tschudi 7
Marco Tschudi 10
Huang Kun-Chang 8
Ralf Souquet 11
Fu Che-wei 10
Lee Van Corteza 10
Imran Majid 4
Lee Van Corteza 8
David Alcaide 10
Jörn Kaplan 7
David Alcaide 10
David Alcaide 10
Rodolfo Luat 11
Rodolfo Luat 10
Jeremy Jones 5
Rodolfo Luat 10
Roy Apancho 6
A. Roschkowsky 8
Roy Apancho 10
Rodolfo Luat 7
Fu Che-wei 11
Chao Fong-Pang 10
Ramil Gallego 5
Chao Fong-Pang 8
Fu Che-wei 10
Marcus Chamat 7
Fu Che-wei 10
Fu Che-wei 11
Steve Davis 8
Steve Davis 10
Fabio Petroni 7
Steve Davis 10
Jharome Peña 8
Lou Condo 7
Jharome Peña 10

Notes and references

Notes
  1. With their seeding in brackets

References
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