2016 Kremlin World Cup

The 2016 Kremlin World Cup was a professional pool tournament in the discipline Ten-ball, held from 9–12 November 2016 in Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.^[1]

The winner was Alexander Kazakis, who defeated Thorsten Hohmann 9–6 in the final. and Ralf Souquet took third place. Ruslan Chinachov, the winner of the previous two years, was eliminated in the quarter-final against Kazakis.

Tournament format[]

The event featured 101 participants competing first in a Double-elimination tournament.^[2] When there are 32 players remaining, the tournament progressed to a single-elimination tournament. The event was contested as race to eight racks, with the final as a race to 9 racks. The event was played as winner breaks.^[1][3]

Prize money[]

Results[]

Below is the single elimination round from the last 32 stage onwards.^[1][3][4][5]

	Last 32					Last 16					Quarter-final					Semi-final					Final
	1	Ruslan Chinakhov	8
	32	Babken Melkonyan	3
						Ruslan Chinakhov		8
						David Alcaide		5
	17	David Alcaide	8
	16		0
											Ruslan Chinakhov		4
											Alexander Kazakis		8
	9	Alexander Kazakis	8
	24		2
						Alexander Kazakis		8
						Fedor Gorst		4
	25	Fedor Gorst	8
	8	Corey Deuel	2
																Alexander Kazakis		8
																		3
	5	Damianos Giallourakis	2
	28		8
								8
								4
	21		6
	12		8
													8
													4
	13		4
	20		8
								8
								7
	29		8
	4		6
																					Alexander Kazakis		9
																					Thorsten Hohmann		6
	3	Thorsten Hohmann	8
	30		7
						Thorsten Hohmann		8
						Francisco Sánchez Ruíz		3
	19	Francisco Sánchez Ruíz	8
	14		2
											Thorsten Hohmann		8
											Daniel Kandi		4
	11	Daniel Kandi	8
	22		6
						Daniel Kandi		8
						Darja Sirotina		3
	27		1
	6	Darja Sirotina	8
																Thorsten Hohmann		8
																Ralf Souquet		6
	7	Kristina Tkatsch	2
	26	Denis Grabe	8
						Denis Grabe		7
						Ralf Souquet		8
	23	Eklent Kaçi	5
	10	Ralf Souquet	8
											Ralf Souquet		8
													5
	15		8
	18		1
								8
						Mika Immonen		6
	31	Mika Immonen	8
	2		6

References[]

External links[]

• 2016 Kremlin World Cup at azbilliards.com