Posts Tagged ‘ World 9 Ball Championships ’

World Cup of Pool Teams Announced Cavalcade of World Champs Manila Bound Matchroom Sport can announce the teams and players to contest the forthcoming Partypoker.net World Cup of Pool which takes place in Manila, Philippines from Tuesday to Sunday 7th to 12th September. With 32 teams representing 31 countries – home nation Philippines has two sides in...
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Four Men Left With A Shot at Greatness in Doha We are down to the final four in Doha at the WPA World 9-Ball Championships. The four men left from the filed of 128 who began the week are Johnny Archer of the USA, Kuo Po Chen of Taipei, and Filipino countrymen Antonio Lining and...
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Bad Day for Champs at World 9-Ball Sometimes being a World Champion puts a big target on your back. Defending Champion Daryl Peach will not repeat his feat as he has gone two and out in Doha and his countryman and former World 10 Ball champion Darren Appleton shared that fate. Peach lost his matches to...
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WPA World 9-Ball Championships Begin Second Stage The World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) World 9-Ball Championship has now begun the second stage in Doha, Qatar at the headquarters of the Qatar Billiard and Snooker Federation (QBSF). The first round of the group stage matches began today. Each contestant is in a group that contains four other...
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WPA To Conduct World 9-Ball Championship in 2010 The World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) is pleased to announce that the World 9-Ball Championship will be conducted in Doha, Qatar from June 25 until July 5, 2010. Qualifiers for this event will be held in Doha from June 25 until June 27 and the main event will...
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Field Reduced to Final Four in China Jerry Forsyth, WPA Press Officer Two rounds were completed on Saturday at the Kappa 209 Women’s World 9-Ball Championship. In the first round the field was reduced from sixteen players to eight. This round found number one seed Chou Chieh-Yu (CHN) upset 9-4 by Zhou Doudou (CHN) and Allison...
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Day Two of the Kappa 2009 Women’s World 9-Ball Championship by Jerry Forsyth, WPA Press Officer The qualifying rounds are over and the main event has begun at the sports complex of the Shenyang Jianzhu University in Shenyang. The day was highlighted by the grand opening ceremony where local government and sports officials welcomed the players...
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Opening Day at the Kappa 2009 Women’s World 9-Ball Championship Jerry Forsyth, WPA Press Officer The first day at the Kappa 2009 Women’s World 9-Ball Championships began with a press conference where local officials welcomed the players to the tournament. A briefing was given on the number of players (64) and the qualifying stages and an...
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JUNIOR BILLIARDS ON NATIONAL TV THIS WEEKEND “Teen Kids News” to Air Segment on World’s Greatest Young Players May 28, 2009 (Lafayette, CO) – The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) is pleased to announce that a segment on junior billiards, including highlights from the WPA World Junior 9-Ball Championships, will air on TEEN KIDS NEWS...
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Fran Crimi Honored with Billiard Congress of America 2008 President’s Award Each year the Billiard Congress of America (BCA) recognizes an outstanding individual who has made significant contributions to the billiard industry with the presentation of the BCA President’s Award. This year the BCA has chosen to recognize Fran Crimi, BCA Instructor Program administrator...
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