WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2006
Tournament information
Sport9-ball
LocationInternational Convention Center,
Pasay, 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
ChampionPhilippines Ronnie Alcano[2]
Runner-upGermany Ralf Souquet

The 2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship 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, 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).

Ronato Alcano won the championship with a 1711 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
            
Philippines Roberto Gomez 1
Philippines Ronnie Alcano 10
Philippines Ronnie Alcano 10
Philippines Efren Reyes 7
Philippines Dennis Orcollo 6
Philippines Efren Reyes 10
Philippines Ronnie Alcano 11
Chinese Taipei Kuo Po-Cheng 5
Chinese Taipei Hsia Hsun-Kai 3
Chinese Taipei Kuo Po-Cheng 10
Chinese Taipei Kuo Po-Cheng 10
Philippines Marlon Manalo 7
Philippines Marlon Manalo 10
Singapore C. Keng-Kwang 5
Philippines Ronnie Alcano 11
China Wu Jia-qing 6
Scotland Pat Holtz 10
Japan Tamoo Takano 6
Scotland Pat Holtz 10
England Kevin Uzzell 6
Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin 6
England Kevin Uzzell 10
Scotland Pat Holtz 6
Chinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching 11
Chinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching 10
United States Corey Deuel 3
Chinese Taipei Wu Chia-ching 10
Chinese Taipei W. Hung-Hsiang 3
Germany Michael Schmidt 5
Chinese Taipei W. Hung-Hsiang 10
Philippines Ronnie Alcano 11
China Li Hewen 8
France Vincent Facquet 4
Chinese Taipei Lee Kun-fang 10
Chinese Taipei Lee Kun-fang 8
Philippines Jeffrey de Luna 10
Netherlands N. van den Berg 8
Philippines Jeff de Luna 10
Philippines Jeff de Luna 6
Vietnam Lương Chí Dũng 11
Mexico E. Dominguez 7
Hungary Vilmos Földes 10
Hungary Vilmos Földes 4
Vietnam Lương Chí Dũng 10
Vietnam Lương Chí Dũng 10
Chinese Taipei Nien Rong-Chih 7
Vietnam Lương Chí Dũng 7
China Li Hewen 11
Philippines F. Bustamante 7
Germany Thomas Engert 10
Germany Thomas Engert 6
Serbia Šandor Tot 10
United States Charlie Williams 5
Serbia Šandor Tot 10
Serbia Šandor Tot 7
China Li Hewen 11
China Li Hewen 10
Chile A. Carvajal 5
China Li Hewen 10
Philippines Rudy Morta 8
Finland Markus Juva 8
Philippines Rudy Morta 10
Philippines Ronnie Alcano 17
Germany Ralf Souquet 11
Germany Thorsten Hohmann 9
Canada Tyler Edey 10
Canada Tyler Edey 10
Indonesia Ricky Yang 9
England Daryl Peach 7
Indonesia Ricky Yang 10
Canada Tyler Edey 6
Chinese Taipei L. Cheng-Chuan 11
Chinese Taipei L. Cheng-Chuan 10
United States Earl Strickland 2
Chinese Taipei L. Cheng-Chuan 10
South Korea Ryu Seung-woo 6
Chinese Taipei Lu Hsun-Chen 7
South Korea Ryu Seung-woo 10
Chinese Taipei Liu Cheng-Chuan 8
Germany Ralf Souquet 11
Germany Ralf Souquet 10
Netherlands Huidji See 3
Germany Ralf Souquet 10
Chinese Taipei Yang Ching-shun 8
United States Johnny Archer 6
Chinese Taipei Y. Ching-shun 10
Germany Ralf Souquet 11
Russia K. Stepanow 4
Russia K. Stepanow 10
Germany Oliver Ortmann 6
Russia K. Stepanow 10
Switzerland Marco Tschudi 7
Switzerland Marco Tschudi 10
Chinese Taipei Huang Kun-Chang 8
Germany Ralf Souquet 11
Chinese Taipei Fu Che-wei 10
Philippines Lee Van Corteza 10
England Imran Majid 4
Philippines Lee Van Corteza 8
Spain David Alcaide 10
Germany Jörn Kaplan 7
Spain David Alcaide 10
Spain David Alcaide 10
Philippines Rodolfo Luat 11
Philippines Rodolfo Luat 10
United States Jeremy Jones 5
Philippines Rodolfo Luat 10
Indonesia Roy Apancho 6
Germany A. Roschkowsky 8
Indonesia Roy Apancho 10
Philippines Rodolfo Luat 7
Chinese Taipei Fu Che-wei 11
Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-Pang 10
Philippines Ramil Gallego 5
Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-Pang 8
Chinese Taipei Fu Che-wei 10
Sweden Marcus Chamat 7
Chinese Taipei Fu Che-wei 10
Chinese Taipei Fu Che-wei 11
England Steve Davis 8
England Steve Davis 10
Italy Fabio Petroni 7
England Steve Davis 10
Philippines Jharome Peña 8
Australia Lou Condo 7
Philippines Jharome Peña 10

Notes and references

Notes

  1. With their seeding in brackets

References

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