Francisco Bustamante, Terry Bell and Larry Hubbart Gain BCA Hall of Fame Election Filipino star enters in Greatest Player category; Hubbart, Bell recognized for Meritorious Service BROOMFIELD, Colo., July 27, 2010 — Francisco Bustamante, one of the most accomplished players to come out of the Philippines, has been elected for induction into the Billiard...
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...
Francisco Bustamante Wins World Crown Francisco Bustamante has finally put the demons from the past to rest and has won a world championship. He defeated Kuo Po-cheng of Taiwan today 13-7 at the World Pool Championships in Doha, Qatar to finally be known no longer as the finest player not to have won a World...
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...
World 9-Ball Field Whittled to 32 Normally the round of 64 is when the cream begins to rise to the top. But there are so many excellent players in Doha this week that some of that cream is being pushed aside and left on the floor. It is a case of immovable objects meeting...
Group Stages Winding Down in Doha by Jerry Forsythe The World 9-Ball Championship in Doha has been a very hard fought tournament to this point and there are notable casualties. In addition to Peach, Majid and Appleton, we can now add the names of Thorsten Hohmann, Karl Boyes, Huidji See, Fabio Petroni, Niels Feijen and Rodney...
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...
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...
Time For the World 9-Ball Excitement to Begin The World 9-Ball Championship returns on June 29th and runs through July 5th with the greatest cue artists from around the world all converging on Doha, Qatar to stake their claim to the title of World Champion. Kazuo Fujima, Tournament Director of the event for the Qatar...
Local Players Have Edge in Mezz 10-Ball Hard Times Mezz 10-Ball Open / Bellflower, CA by InsidePOOL Staff The field at the Hard Times Mezz 10-Ball Open is closing in on the $4,000 first-place prize. Only eight players remain at the event, which is being hosted by Hard Times Billiards in Bellflower, CA, and sponsored by...