2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship

The 2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship (billed in the host country as 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship) was the 18th annual international nine-ball pool tournament for men sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). It was held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines from 3–11 November 2007. It was the second consecutive time the tournament has been held in the Philippines.

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2007
Tournament information
SportNine-Ball
LocationInternational Convention Center,
Pasay City, Philippines
Dates3 November 2007–11 November 2007
Tournament
format(s)
Double elimination / Single elimination
Host(s)WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants128
Final positions
Champion Daryl Peach
Runner-up Roberto Gomez

The tournament is sponsored by Matchroom Sport, which has sponsored the event since 1999. 128 participants from 46 WPA member countries competed for US$400,000 in total prize money, including defending champion Ronato Alcano of the Philippines. The overall winner received a purse of $100,000, the highest-ever payout for the tournament.

Format

The Format of qualifying used on 2006 was used for 2007. Several last-minute qualifying tournaments were held in the Metro Manila area a few weeks before the tournament starts.

All matches are in winner's break: the winner of the previous rack will break on the next rack, it was reverted from alternate break used in 2006.

There are 32 seeded players prior to the group stages; they are distributed 2 per group. The defending champion, Ronnie Alcano, is seeded #1.

Also, a double-elimination tournament will be used for the group stages; instead of 32 groups of 4, there will be 16 groups of eight, with the top four advancing. Each player will be seeded 1–8 in their groups, with a routine double-elimination tournament following the first round; however the player that wins twice will advance to the quarterfinals and will not take part in other group matches, in contrast if a player loses two games, he is eliminated. The top four players in each group therefore would have won twice. After the group stages, the routine 64-man single elimination tournament follows.

In the initial group stages the format consists of races to 9 racks. The last 64 play races to 10 racks. This is followed by the round of 16 (quarterfinals and semifinals) where the races are to 11 racks. The race in the finals jumps to 17 racks.[1]

Notable occurrences
  • On day 1, a group match (race to 9) between Charles Williams and Ricky Yang took over 2 and half hours to complete, with both players accused of playing too slowly. Calls were made for moves to outlaw overly-slow play in future years.
  • On day 3, Jeremy Jones of the U.S. and Finland's Mika Immonen almost came to blows after Immonen eliminated Jones from contention, 9–6 at the group stages.[2]
  • There was high drama on day 4, Tuesday afternoon at the Big Dome when fire broke out in the lighting rig over Table 5 on the upper tier. Each of the outside tables has a light box with fluorescent tubes that light the table and a short circuit sent sparks flying and before long the box was ablaze. Matchroom Sport's John McDonald alerted venue staff and only his quick thinking saved the table as he and cameraman Lawrence 'Lol' Lustig covered it to stop debris and foam raining down onto the felt. Before long temporary lights were installed and play was able to commence at the designated time.
  • On the quarterfinals, Francisco Bustamante, leading Daryl Peach 10–9 in a race to 11 match, failed to play position on the 3-ball and snookered himself behind the 9-ball. A kick shot struck both the 3 and 9 balls, fluking the 9 into a corner pocket. With the player and crowd celebrating the win, a lengthy inquiry began, in which the referee and tournament officials studied frame-by-frame replays of the shot, before concluding that the 9 had been struck first, and the shot was therefore a foul. After the lengthy break in play, in which Bustamante insisted the shot had been legal, Peach held his nerve amongst a partisan Filipino crowd to run the last two racks of the match to win 11–10, en route to his World Championship victory the following day.

Players

By nation

The WPA considered the home nations of England and Scotland as separate entities for the tournament and the codes of "ENG" and "SCO" was subsequently shown in the TV broadcast instead of "GBR."[3]

Champion
Runner-up
Semifinals
Quarterfinals
Last 16
Last 32
Last 64
Group stages
  • 15 players: Philippines
  • 14 players: Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
  • 11 players: United States
  • 7 players: Germany
  • 6 players: Canada and England
  • 5 players: Japan
  • 4 players: Australia
  • 3 players: China, Holland (Netherlands), Indonesia, Italy, Poland, Scotland, Serbia and Singapore.
  • 2 players: Chile, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Spain and Vietnam.
  • 1 player: Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eritrea, Finland, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Malta, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Qatar, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey and UAE

Seeded

Unseeded players who advanced to the round of 64

Player boldfaced made it to the final.

Group stage

Group 1
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Preliminaries Qualifiers
                             
      Ronnie Alcano 9  
      Saeed Ahmed Al-Mutawa 3    
    Saeed Ahmed Al-Mutawa 3       Ronnie Alcano 9
  Alex Lely 9     Alex Lely 9       Harold Stolka 1
  Ricky Yang 8     Alex Lely 8
    Harald Stolka 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Xu Meng 6  
  Brady Gollan 3       Charles Williams 9  
  Harold Stolka 9     Xu Meng 3       Charles Williams 9
      Brady Gollan 9       Ricky Yang 8
    Ricky Yang 9
      Brady Gollan 4  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 2
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Preliminaries Qualifiers
                             
      Ralf Souquet 5  
      Leonardo Andam 9    
    Ralf Souquet 9       Leonardo Andam 9
  Ralf Souquet 9     Bernard Tey Choon Kiat 6       Raj Hundal 8
  Ronnie Wiseman 3     Bernard Tey Choon Kiat 4
    Raj Hundal 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Mike Davis 5  
  Mike Davis 5       James Delahunty 9  
  Raj Hundal 9     Mike Davis 9       James Delahunty 9
      Tepwin Arunnath 5       Ronnie Wiseman 8
    Ronnie Wiseman 9
      Tepwin Arunnath 7  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 3
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Preliminaries Qualifiers
                             
      Wu Chia-ching 9  
      Carlos Castro 4    
    Carlos Castro 7       Wu Chia-ching 7
  Radosław Babica 9     Radosław Babica 9       Vilmos Foldes 9
  Chu Hung-ming 8     Radosław Babica 8
    Vilmos Foldes 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Chu Hung-ming 9  
  Craig Osborne 4       Craig Osborne 8  
  Wu Chia-ching 9     Craig Osborne 9       Chu Hung-ming 6
      Kusano Hisashi 8       Luong Chi-dung 9
    Luong Chi-dung 9
      Kusano Hisashi 8  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 4
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Preliminaries Qualifiers
                             
      Yang Ching-shun 5  
      Lu Hui-chan 4    
    Yang Ching-shun 9       Lu Hui-chan 9
  Yang Ching-shun 9     Bruno Muratore 6       Antonio Gabica 3
  Jonni Fulcher 0     Bruno Muratore 1
    Antonio Gabica 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Ibrahim Bin Amir 8  
  Ibrahim Bin Amir 6       Joven Bustamante 9  
  Antonio Gabica 9     Ibrahim Bin Amir 9       Joven Bustamante 9
      Enrique Rojas 9       Jonni Fulcher 7
    Jonni Fulcher 9
      Enrique Rojas 3  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 5
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Preliminaries Qualifiers
                             
      Thorsten Hohmann 3  
      Ko Pin-yi 9    
    Thorsten Hohmann 9       Ko Pin-yi 9
  Edwin Montal 1     Edwin Montal 6       Serge Das 3
  Fu Che-wei 9     Edwin Montal 3
    Serge Das 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Jeff De Luna 9  
  Sandor Tot 4       Sandor Tot 5  
  Serge Das 9     Sandor Tot 9       Jeff De Luna 9
      Vittorio De Falco 7       Fu Che-wei 1
    Fu Che-wei 9
      Vittorio De Falco 8  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 6
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Preliminaries Qualifiers
                             
      Efren Reyes 2  
      Kenichi Uchigaki 9    
    Efren Reyes 9       Kenichi Uchigaki 9
  Efren Reyes 9     Liu Cheng-chuan 6       Alain Martel 3
  Tomasz Kapłan 4     Liu Cheng-chuan 3
    Alain Martel 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Tony Robles 0  
  Ceri Worts 6       Tomasz Kapłan 9  
  Alain Martel 9     Tony Robles 7       Tomasz Kapłan 4
      Ceri Worts 9       Tony Drago 9
    Tony Drago 9
      Ceri Worts 7  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 7
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Preliminaries Qualifiers
                             
      Chang Jung-ling 9  
      Alwi 6    
    Alwi 5       Chang Jung-ling 1
  Chan Keng Kwang 9     Chan Keng Kwang 9       Ramil Gallego 9
  Dang Jinhu 4     Chan Keng Kwang 4
    Ramil Gallego 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Nick van den Berg 9  
  Kazuo Furuta 6       John Morra 7  
  Chang Jung-ling 9     John Morra 2       Nick van den Berg 9
      Kazuo Furuta 9       Dang Jinhu 3
    Dang Jinhu 9
      Kazuo Furuta 3  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 8
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Preliminaries Qualifiers
                             
      Alex Pagulayan 9  
      Hamza Mohammed Saeed Ali 0    
    Hamza Mohammed Saeed Ali 4       Alex Pagulayan 9
  Robb Saez 9     Robb Saez 9       Martin Kempter 6
  David Alcaide 4     Martin Kempter 9
    Robb Saez 1  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Muhammad Zulfikri 9  
  Philipp Stojanovic 6       Philipp Stojanovic 5  
  Martin Kempter 9     Philipp Stojanovic 9       Muhammad Zulfikri 9
      Stephen Capaldi 3       David Alcaide 1
    David Alcaide 9
      Stephen Capaldi 0  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 9
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Preliminaries Qualifiers
                             
      Francisco Bustamante 9  
      Zbynek Vaic 4    
    Zbynek Vaic 4       Francisco Bustamante 9
  Antonio Lining 7     Antonio Lining 9       Jeong Young-hwa 0
  Corey Deuel 9     Jeong Young-hwa 9
    Antonio Lining 8  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Oliver Ortmann 9  
  Pham Tuan Ngoc 9       Pham Tuan Ngoc 1  
  Jeong Young-hwa 7     Pham Tuan Ngoc 9       Oliver Ortmann 9
      John Wims 3       Corey Deuel 6
    Corey Deuel 9
      John Wims 3  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 10
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Preliminaries Qualifiers
                             
      Thomas Engert 9  
      Al-Muhtadee Billah 2    
    Al-Muhtadee Billah 4       Thomas Engert 9
  Lee Chenman 3     Lee Chenman 9       Roman Hybler 2
  Kuo Po-cheng 9     Roman Hybler 9
    Lee Chenman 7  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Kuo Po-cheng 9  
  Imran Majid 9       David Alcoberro 3  
  Roman Hybler 8     David Alcoberro 9       Kuo Po-cheng 4
      Imran Majid 3       Louis Condo 9
    Imran Majid 5
      Louis Condo 9  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 11
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Preliminaries Qualifiers
                             
      Konstantin Stepanov 9  
      Alejandro Carvajal 4    
    Alejandro Carvajal 8       Konstantin Stepanov 9
  Bahram Lotfy 9     Bahram Lotfy 9       Rye Seung-woo 2
  Rodney Morris 4     Rye Seung-woo 9
    Bahram Lotfy 4  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Kuo Marco Tschudi 9  
  David Reljic 6       Kevin Uzzell 4  
  Rye Seung-woo 9     Kevin Uzzell 8       Marco Tschudi 9
      David Reljic 9       Rodney Morris 5
    Rodney Morris 9
      David Reljic 0  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 12
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Preliminaries Qualifiers
                             
      Mika Immonen 9  
      Fahad Mohammadi 3    
    Fahad Mohammadi 0       Mika Immonen 9
  Tyler Edey 7     Tyler Edey 9       Jeremy Jones 6
  Goran Mladenovic 9     Tyler Edey 8
    Jeremy Jones 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Chang Pei-wei 6  
  Lee Van Corteza 9       Karl Boyes 9  
  Jeremy Jones 4     Chang Pei-wei 4       Karl Boyes 9
      Lee van Corteza 9       Goran Mladenovic 4
    Lee Van Corteza 7
      Goran Mladenovic 9  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Knockout stages

Section 1
Last 64
Race to 10
Nov 7 		Last 32
Race to 10
Nov 8 		Last 16
Race to 11
Nov 9 		Quarterfinals
Race to 11
Nov 10
            
1 Alcano 6
17 Peach 10
17 Peach 10
Lee 7
Lee 10
Hundal 6
17 Peach 11
Stolka 5
Erculj 3
Stolka 10
Stolka 10
Wu Y-L 2
Andam 5
Wu Y-L 10
17 Peach 11
9  F Bustamante 10
9  F Bustamante 10
25 Alcaide 1
9  F Bustamante 10
van den Berg 8
van den Berg 10
23 Majid 4
9  F Bustamante 11
8 Pagulayan 2
8 Pagulayan 10
Pham 6
8 Pagulayan 10
Condo 2
Condo 10
Kwang 2

Section 2
Last 64
Race to 10
Nov 7 		Last 32
Race to 10
Nov 8 		Last 16
Race to 11
Nov 9 		Quarterfinals
Race to 11
Nov 10
            
Ko 8
Mladenovic 10
Mladenovic 2
Martel 10
Tschudi 4
Martel 10
Martel 8
12 Immonen 11
12 Immonen 10
28 Fu 5
12 Immonen 10
27 Drago 6
27 Drago 10
Lofty 7
12 Immonen 7
Földes 11
13 Van Boening 10
Gabica 7
13 Van Boening 8
Földes 10
Földes 10
Dabovic 2
Földes 11
Lu 5
Lu 10
Chamat 6
Lu 10
Babica 3
Manalo 1
Babica 10

Section 3
Last 64
Race to 10
Nov 7 		Last 32
Race to 10
Nov 8 		Last 16
Race to 11
Nov 9 		Quarterfinals
Race to 11
Nov 10
            
30 Luong 10
Strickland 8
30 Luong 3
Kawabata 10
Kawabata 10
4 Yang 3
Kawabata 9
 J Bustamante 11
19 Petroni 9
3 Wu C-C 10
3 Wu C-C 8
 J Bustamante 10
 J Bustamante 10
Orcollo 6
 J Bustamante 8
Boyes 11
11 Stepanov 10
6 Reyes 5
11 Stepanov 10
de Luna 4
de Luna 10
21 Corteza 7
11 Stepanov 4
Boyes 11
Uchigaki 7
Rye 10
Rye 8
Boyes 10
Boyes 10
Tot 6

Section 4
Last 64
Race to 10
Nov 7 		Last 32
Race to 10
Nov 8 		Last 16
Race to 11
Nov 9 		Quarterfinals
Race to 11
Nov 10
            
Gallego 5
Kuo 10
Kuo 10
Ortmann 7
Ortmann 10
Stojanovic 7
Kuo 11
24 Deuel 7
10 Engert 7
7 Chang 10
7 Chang 9
24 Deuel 10
Zulfikri 4
24 Deuel 10
Kuo 4
  Gomez 11
Oi 8
2 Souquet 10
2 Souquet 2
16 Feijen 10
Williams 7
16 Feijen 10
16 Feijen 0
Gomez 11
Delahunty 0
18 Chao 10
18 Chao 2
Gomez 10
Gomez 10
Lely 1

Semifinals and final
Semi-finals
Race to 11
Nov 10 		Final
Race to 17
Nov 11
      
 17  Peach 11
  Földes 2
 17  Peach 17
  Gomez 15
  Boyes 4
  Gomez 11

Country representation
CountryLast 64Last 32Last 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 England422221
 Philippines1354311
 Hungary11111-
 Chinese Taipei10721--
 Finland1111--
 Germany431---
 United States421---
 Netherlands321---
 Japan311---
 Canada111---
 Russia111---
 Serbia31----
 Australia21----
 Vietnam21----
 Malta11----
 Poland11----
 South Korea11----
Other countries9-----

Final
November 11 Daryl Peach 17–-15 Roberto Gomez Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referee: Michaela Tabb

References
  1. FSN New York broadcast of 2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship (aired January 3, 2008) (highlights from group 6). On screen diagram of race format. Viewed on January 3, 2008
  2. Bustamante waltzes to Last 64 slot
  3. 2007 World Pool Championship website Archived 2012-09-19 at Archive.today -- note the use of "England" and "Scotland" instead of "Great Britain" or "United Kingdom"
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