2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2004
Tournament information
Sport	Nine-ball
Location	Tapei, Taiwan
Dates	July 10, 2004–July 18, 2004
Tournament; format(s)	Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Alex Pagulayan
Runner-up	Chang Pei-Wei
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The WPA 9-Ball World Championship 2004 was the 15th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 10 to 18, 2004 in the Taiwanese capital city Taipei.^[1]

Canadian Alex Pagulayan won the championship with a 17–13 victory in the final against Taiwanese Chang Pei-Wei . Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann dropped out in the round of 32 against Kang Chin-ching from Chinese Taipei.^[2]

Format[]

The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in round robin mode against each other. The top four players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system, featuring the remaining 64 players.^[3]

Group stage[]

The following players exited the competition in the group stage:^[4]^[5]

	5. Place	6. Place	7. Place	8. Place
Group 1:	[de]
Group 2:	Alok Kumar	Markus Juva
Group 3:	Radosław Babica	Ismael Páez	[de]
Group 4:	Daryl Peach	Michael Schmidt
Group 5:		Ryu Seung-woo		Al Logan
Group 6:			Cliff Thorburn
Group 7:	Thomas Engert
Group 8:		[de]	[de]
Group 9:	Vilmos Földes		Mike Davis
Group 10:
Group 11:		[de]	Raj Hundal
Group 12:	Kevin Smith
Group 13:	Niels Feijen
Group 14:	[de]	Max Eberle
Group 15:	[de]	Kunihiko Takahashi	[de]
Group 16:	Jose Parica	[de]	Jeremy Jones

Final round[]

^[4]^[6]^[7]

Round of 64 (Race to 9)		Round of 32 (Race to 9)		Round of 16 (Race to 11)		Quarter-Final (Race to 11)		Semi-Final (Race to 11)		Finale (Race to 17)

Chao Fong-pang	9

	2
		Chao Fong-pang	9

			5
	9

[de]	2
				Chao Fong-pang	11

				Imran Majid	1
Imran Majid	9

Pat Holtz	0
		Imran Majid	9

		[de]	6
[de]	9

Antonio Gabica	4
						Chao Fong-pang	10

						Alex Pagulayan	11
	9

[de]	2
			9

		[de]	4
[de]	9

Takeshi Okumura	2
					7

				Alex Pagulayan	11
Alex Pagulayan	9

	8
		Alex Pagulayan	9

			5
	9

	7
								Alex Pagulayan	11

								Kuo Po-Cheng	4
	9

Wang Hung-hsiang	6
			9

		Thorsten Hohmann	1
Thorsten Hohmann	9

Nick van den Berg	3
					11

				Rodolfo Luat	7
Rodolfo Luat	9

Steve Davis	7
		Rodolfo Luat	9

			2
	9

Charlie Williams	5
							10

						Kuo Po-Cheng	11
Kuo Po-Cheng	9

John Lopez	4
		Kuo Po-Cheng	9

		David Alcaide	8
David Alcaide	9

Tony Drago	8
				Kuo Po-Cheng	11

				Earl Strickland	8
Earl Strickland	9

	4
		Earl Strickland	9

		Fu Che-wei	7
Fu Che-wei	9

Tom Storm	8
										Alex Pagulayan	17

										Chang Pei-Wei	13
Marcus Chamat	9

Ralf Souquet	6
		Marcus Chamat	9

		Ramil Gallego	6
Ramil Gallego	9

[de]	7
				Marcus Chamat	11

					8
	9

Lee Van Corteza	7
			9

		Rodney Morris	6
Rodney Morris	9

	4
						Marcus Chamat	11

						Marlon Manalo	6
Marlon Manalo	9

Yang Ching-shun	7
		Marlon Manalo	9

		Francisco Bustamante	5
Francisco Bustamante	9

	2
				Marlon Manalo	11

				Efren Reyes	4
Efren Reyes	9

Alex Lely	6
		Efren Reyes	9

		Oliver Ortmann	6
Oliver Ortmann	9

Kevin Uzzell	2
								Marcus Chamat	9

								Chang Pei-Wei	11
Dennis Orcollo	9

	2
		Dennis Orcollo	9

		Konstantin Stepanov	5
Konstantin Stepanov	9

Wu Chia-ching	6
				Dennis Orcollo	5

				Chang Pei-Wei	11
Chang Pei-Wei	9

Warren Kiamco	7
		Chang Pei-Wei	9

		[de]	6
[de]	9

[de]	6
						Chang Pei-Wei	11

						Johnny Archer	10
Johnny Archer	9

Hisashi Yamamoto	5
		Johnny Archer	9

		Luc Salvas	6
Luc Salvas	9

	8
				Johnny Archer	11

				[de]	9
[de]	9

Fabio Petroni	2
		[de]	9

		Mika Immonen	7
Mika Immonen	9

Antonio Lining	4

References[]

^ "WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Pool (cue sports) trophy | edubilla.com". Edubilla.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
^ "Pagulayan and Chang in WPC Final". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
^ "World Champions - WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "2004 WPA World Pool Championship" (PDF). csns.ca. Cue Sports Nova Scotia. July 20, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF; 100 KB) on September 23, 2015.
^ "World Championship List of Entrants and Groups". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
^ "Accomplishments – Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan". alexpagulayan.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
^ "WPA World Pool Championship 2004". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2018.

External links[]

Live scoring at WPA-pool.com
Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2004 Archived June 27, 2018, at the Wayback Machine at azbilliards.com

[edub_WPAW-1] "WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Pool (cue sports) trophy | edubilla.com". Edubilla.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2018.

[1SWMD-2] "Pagulayan and Chang in WPC Final". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018.

[wpap_Worl-3] "World Champions - WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.

[CSNS-4] "2004 WPA World Pool Championship" (PDF). csns.ca. Cue Sports Nova Scotia. July 20, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF; 100 KB) on September 23, 2015.

[bdvpK-5] "World Championship List of Entrants and Groups". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018.

[alex_Acco-6] "Accomplishments – Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan". alexpagulayan.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2018.

[azbi_WPAW-7] "WPA World Pool Championship 2004". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2018.

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