World Pool Masters

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The World Pool Masters is an annual international nine-ball tournament. Formerly, it was called the European Pool Masters (until 1995) until players from other parts of the globe were invited.

History[]

Throughout much of its history, the tournament has been featuring sixteen world-class pool players, competing in single-elimination format. In 2010, the number of players was doubled to 32. The first round of the event was played in double elimination with the second round in single-elimination.[1]

In 2011, the tournament reverted to the original 16-player single-elimination format, with each match a race-to-8, winner breaks. The 2011 edition was held in SM North EDSA Mall in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Ralf Souquet of Germany won the said tournament for the record-setting sixth time, beating defending champion Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines, 8–5.[2]

For the 2019 World Pool Masters, the field was changed to accompany 24 players, with seeded players being given a bye through the first round.[3]

Winners[]

Date Host city Winner Runner-up Final score
Plymouth, England Austria Germany Ralf Souquet 2–1 (sets)
Doncaster, England Germany Ralf Souquet England Jimmy White 2–1 (sets)
Blackpool, England England Daryl Peach England Lee Kendall 2–0 (sets)
Blackpool, England Germany Ralf Souquet (2) France 2–1 (sets)
Thurrock, England United States Earl Strickland Republic of Ireland 2–1 (sets)
Thurrock, England Philippines Francisco Bustamante Germany Ralf Souquet 11–9
Thurrock, England Netherlands Alex Lely Philippines Efren Reyes 7–5
Thurrock, England Germany Ralf Souquet (3) Netherlands Alex Lely 7–3
Thurrock, England Philippines Francisco Bustamante (2) United States Earl Strickland 7–6
Milton Keynes, England Germany Ralf Souquet (4) Philippines Efren Reyes 9–4
Egmond, Netherlands Malta Tony Drago Chinese Taipei 8–6
Egmond, Netherlands Germany Thomas Engert Germany Oliver Ortmann 8–6
Doncaster, England England Raj Hundal United States Rodney Morris 8–7
Egmond, Netherlands Germany Ralf Souquet (5) Canada Alex Pagulayan 8–4
Egmond, Netherlands Germany Thomas Engert (2) Spain David Alcaide 8–5
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Canada Alex Pagulayan Finland Mika Immonen 8–6
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA England Darren Appleton Netherlands Nick van den Berg 8–4
2010 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Philippines Dennis Orcollo Japan 8–3
2011 Quezon City, Philippines Germany Ralf Souquet (6) Philippines Dennis Orcollo 8–5
2012 Kielce, Poland Poland Karol Skowerski Poland Mateusz Śniegocki 8–6
2013 Barnsley, England Netherlands Niels Feijen England Darren Appleton 8–6
2014 Nottingham, England United States Shane Van Boening Greece Nikos Ekonomopoulos 8–2
2015 Manchester, England United States Shane Van Boening (2) England Darren Appleton 8–2
2017 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Spain David Alcaide Scotland Jayson Shaw 8–7
2018 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Netherlands Niels Feijen (2) United States Shane Van Boening 8–4
2019 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Spain David Alcaide (2) Greece Alexander Kazakis 9–8
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Europa Point Sports Complex, Gibraltar Greece Alexander Kazakis United States Shane Van Boening 9–0

Records[]

  • Ralf Souquet holds the record for winning the World Pool Masters the most times: six. 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2011.
  • Shane Van Boening holds the record for the most consecutive wins: two. (2014, 2015).
  • The oldest pool player to ever win the tournament to date is Ralf Souquet of Germany, at 42 years old at the time of his victory, The youngest is Daryl Peach of United Kingdom, aged 23 years old at the time of his victory.

Top Performers[]

Rank Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals
1 Ralf Souquet  Germany 6 2 8
2 Shane Van Boening  United States 2 2 4
3 David Alcaide  Spain 2 1 3
4 Francisco Bustamante  Philippines 2 0 2
Thomas Engert  Germany 2 0 2
Niels Feijen  Netherlands 2 0 2
Darren Appleton  United Kingdom 1 2 3
5 Earl Strickland  United States 1 1 2
Alex Lely  Netherlands 1 1 2
Alex Pagulayan  Canada 1 1 2
Dennis Orcollo  Philippines 1 1 2
Alexander Kazakis  Greece 1 1 2
  • Active players are shown in bold.

References[]

  1. ^ Matchroom Sport (January 28, 2010). "Masters Invites Announced". AzBilliards.com. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  2. ^ Matchroom Sport (September 5, 2011). "Souquet wins Masters for the sixth time". MatchroomPool.com. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  3. ^ "Expanded World Pool Masters Returns To Gibraltar, March 29–31 – Matchroom Pool". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

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