2005 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2005
Tournament information
Sport	Nine-ball
Location	Kaohsiung, Tapei, Taiwan
Dates	July 2, 2005–July 10, 2005
Tournament; format(s)	Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Wu Chia-ching
Runner-up	Kuo Po-Cheng
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The WPA 9-Ball World Championship 2005 was the 16th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 2 to 10, 2005 in the Taiwanese capital city Taipei, at Kaohsiung.^[4]

Taiwanese Wu Chia-ching won the championship with a 17–16 victory in the final against compatriot Kuo Po-Cheng. Defending champion Alex Pagulayan was eliminated by Vilmos Földes in the round of 32.

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.

Group stage[]

The following players exited the competition in the group stage:^[2]^[5]

	5. Place	6. Place	7. Place	8. Place
Group 1:	[de]	[de]
Group 2:	[de]
Group 3:	Imran Majid	Manan Chandra		Charlie Williams
Group 4:		Efren Reyes	Tomasz Kapłan
Group 5:	Radosław Babica		Ismael Páez	Naoyuki Ōi
Group 6:	[de]	Antonio Lining	Au Chi-wai
Group 7:
Group 8:		[de]
Group 9:		[de]
Group 10:	John Schmidt		David Alcaide
Group 11:	[de]
Group 12:	Fabio Petroni		[de]
Group 13:	[de]
Group 14:	Šandor Tot		[de]
Group 15:
Group 16:		Ralf Souquet

Final round[]

^[2]^[3]

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)

Kuo Po-Cheng	10

Steve Davis	7
		Kuo Po-Cheng	10

		Liu Chun-chiang	4
	10

Daryl Peach	7
				Kuo Po-Cheng	11

				Roman Hybler	4
Roman Hybler	10

	6
		Roman Hybler	10

		Chao Fong-Pang	8
Chao Fong-Pang	10

	2
						Kuo Po-Cheng	11

						Huang Kun-chang	7
	10

Thomas Engert	7
		Huang Kun-chang	10

		Hsia Hui-kai	8
	10

Mike Davis	3
				Huang Kun-chang	11

				Thanh Nam Nguyen	4
Rodolfo Luat	10

Lương Chí Dũng	1
		Rodolfo Luat	8

		Thanh Nam Nguyen	10
	10

Niels Feijen	8
								Kuo Po-Cheng	11

								Rodney Morris	7
Chang Jung-Lin	10

Francisco Bustamante	8
		Chang Jung-Lin	10

		Warren Kiamco	4
Warren Kiamco	10

	6
				Chang Jung-Lin	8

				Rodney Morris	11
Rodney Morris	10

Luc Salvas	2
		Rodney Morris	10

		Raj Hundal	9
Raj Hundal	10

Yang Ching-shun	4
						Rodney Morris	11

						Nick van den Berg	10
Vilmos Földes	10

[de]	2
		Vilmos Földes	10

		Alex Pagulayan	8
Alex Pagulayan	10

	5
				Vilmos Földes	10

				Nick van den Berg	11
Nick van den Berg	10

Tony Drago	5
		Nick van den Berg	10

		Wang Hua-fong	6
	10

Dennis Orcollo	5
										Kuo Po-Cheng	16

										Wu Chia-ching	17
Marcus Chamat	10

Johnny Archer	5
		Marcus Chamat	10

		Alain Martel	1
[de]	10

Earl Strickland	7
				Marcus Chamat	4

				Wu Chia-ching	11
Wu Jiaqing	10

Ko Pin-yi	5
		Wu Chia-ching	10

		Andreas Roschkowsky	6
[de]	10

	2
						Wu Chia-ching	11

						Thorsten Hohmann	5
Kevin Uzzell	10

Alex Lely	7
		Kevin Uzzell	7

		Thorsten Hohmann	10
Thorsten Hohmann	10

Ronato Alcano	7
				Thorsten Hohmann	11

				Jeremy Jones	7
[de]	10

Oliver Ortmann	6
		Gabe Owen	5

		Jeremy Jones	10
Jeremy Jones	10

[de]	8
								Wu Chia-ching	11

								Marlon Manalo	5
	10

	8
		Gandy Valle	9

		Chen Ying-chieh	10
[de]	10

Chang Pei-Wei	5
				Chen Ying-chieh	0

				Marlon Manalo	11
Marlon Manalo	10

	9
		Marlon Manalo	10

		Huang Chien-che	0
	10

Konstantin Stepanov	5
						Marlon Manalo	11

						Mika Immonen	9
Kunihiko Takahashi	10

	8
		Kunihiko Takahashi	8

		Mika Immonen	10
Mika Immonen	10

[de]	2
				Mika Immonen	11

				Corey Deuel	8
Corey Deuel	10

	2
		Corey Deuel	10

		Harald Stolka	9
[de]	10

Fu Che-wei	6

References[]

^ "WPA World Pool Championship 2005". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "WPA World Pool Championship 2005". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Affairs, Ministry of Foreign; (Taiwan), Republic of China (May 2008). "Local pool players cue up against global competition - Taiwan Today". Taiwan Today. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
^ "'Little Genius' vs. 'Little Monster' in all-Taiwan final". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
^ "2005 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.

External links[]

Live scoring at WPA-pool.com
Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2005 at azbilliards.com

[participants-1] "WPA World Pool Championship 2005". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2018.

[results-2] "WPA World Pool Championship 2005". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2018.

[taiwan_today-3] Affairs, Ministry of Foreign; (Taiwan), Republic of China (May 2008). "Local pool players cue up against global competition - Taiwan Today". Taiwan Today. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.

[dOUaJ-4] "'Little Genius' vs. 'Little Monster' in all-Taiwan final". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.

[CSNS-5] "2005 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.

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