International Challenge of Champions 2016

„Darren Appleton (GBR) gewinnt World 9 Ball Championship 2012 im Finale gegen Lee He Wen (CHN) mit 13-12. In einem wahren Thriller führte Appleton bereits 10-3 und 12-7. Hier ließ er bereits eine große Chance aus das Finale zu gewinnen. Lee He Wen konterte und schaffte den Ausgleich. Bei 12-12 musste Darren Appleton aus einem Save heraus einen Jumpshot spielen, er lochte die 2 und ließ sich diese Chance nicht mehr nehmen…Glückwunsch! Den 3. Platz belegen Ralf Souquet und Naoyuki Oi (JAP).“ Seit dem 18. Juni läuft das Qualifikationsturnier (Stage 1) zur Endrunde (Stage 2) bei der diesjährigen 9 Ball Weltmeisterschaft der Herren in Doha/Qatar. Die Auslosung wird am 22. Juni durchgeführt und der offizielle Starschuss fällt dann am 23. Juni. Die Finalrunde (Einfach KO) der letzten 64 Spieler wird vom 27. – 29. Juni laufen. Wie im Vorjahr wird die World 9 Ball Championship im Al Sadd Sports Club stattfinden, gespielt wird auf 14 Diamond Pool Billard Tischen. Die besten 128 Spieler werden in 16 Gruppen zu 8 Spielern aufgeteilt, dort wird im Doppel […]

Austria’s Albin Ouschan wins the 2016 World 9-ball Championship with an emphatic 13-6 win over American Shane Van Boening. By Ted Lerner – WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy of Vinod Divakaran/ Doha Stadium Plus (Doha, Qatar)–Austria’s Albin Ouschan knew coming into today’s semi-finals and finals at the World 9-ball Championship that just about everything in his personal and professional pool playing life was going just about perfect. But even he couldn’t have imagined the dream day he just conjured up on the way to winning pool’s most prestigious prize. After first blowing out Canada’s Alex Pagulayan in the semi-final, Ouschan came back to put an emphatic and somewhat shocking 13 – 6 drubbing on American Shane Van Boening to capture his first WPA World 9-ball championship in front of over 400 people at the Al Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The victory was all the more sweet for the 25 year old Austrian because just two years ago, he placed second to the Netherland’s Niels Feijen in this very same arena. Ouschan took that loss […]

Van Boening Takes #1 Seed 2nd Year in a Row! 32 Players Eliminated at World 14.1 Photos by Charles Eames New York City, NY – The excitement lasted all day on Day 3 conclusion of the round roin with more than half the field eliminated at the Andy Cloth 75th World Tournament of 14.1 . Van Boening once again dominated his group as he did last year, including lopsided wins over Harriman, Fulcher, and Hernandez. Other players also went undefeated, but couldn’t match Shane’s stat of holding all 6 opponents to 111 balls total. A who’s who of world class players are in attendance to etch their name into history’s elite of the father of all pool games. Darren Appleton, Thorsten Hohmann, Stephan Cohen, Shane Van Boening, Johnny Archer, Earl Strickland, Mika Immonen, Tony Robles and many, many more. The main event will take place once more in New York City. Dragon Promotions is pleased to keep the oldest billiard event in the world alive with the 75th production on July 13th-19th, 2015. As usual, […]