2014 World 9-Ball Championship Archive

Four more for the Big Score

27. Juni 2014 Sixpockets.de Kommentare deaktiviert

Four more for the Big Score Taiwan’s Chang, Austria’s Ouschan, the Netherland’s Feijen, and the Philippines‘ Haya storm into the semi-finals of the 2014 World 9-ball Championship in Doha. By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker (Doha, Qatar)–After a marathon day of pressure packed championship pool played at the highest levels, Taiwan’s Chang Yu-Lung, the Netherlands Niels Feijen, Austria’s Albin Ouschan, and the Philippines Elmer D. Haya all barged into the semi-finals of the 2014 World 9-ball Championship in Doha. Both semi-finals feature east vs. west scenarios. In one race to eleven, alternate break match, Chang will lock horns with Albin Ouschan. In the other semi, which will be played concurrently, Feijen will do battle with Haya. Both matches will begin at 1:30pm Doha time(GMT +3). The final will be a race to 13, alternate break and will begin at 5pm. After the surprise elimination of six world champions, along with several other big names the day before in the round of 64, the race to pool’s crowning glory began the day […]

Rise of the upstarts

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Rise of the upstarts Shock upsets send the big boys packing as the field at the 2014 World 9-ball Championship gets down to the final 32. By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker (Doha, Qatar)–Pool’s next generation of superstars took a giant leap towards claiming their place in the sun today, producing a slew of shocking and unexpected results as the field at the 2014 World 9-ball Championship was cut in half from 64 players down to 32. It was an extraordinary day given over to unknown upstarts, newcomers, fearless young guns, and a few wily but unheralded veterans, all of whom seemed to collectively state to pool’s elite that it was time for some new and different names to grab the headlines for a change. So how bad was it for pool’s biggest names? Well, here’s a statistic that could come straight from the crime blotter; five former world 9-ball champions, and the defending champion Thorsten Hohmann all went down to defeat. Heavy favorites like the Philippines’ Dennis Orcollo and Lee […]

Early house cleaning at the Al Saad

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Early house cleaning at the Al Saad Losers shown no mercy as 32 players head for the exits on Day 2 at the 2014 World 9-Ball Championship in Doha By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker (Doha, Qatar)–Most of Day 2 at the 2014 World 9-ball Championship was given over to the losers. That is, the players who lost their first match in the group stage, and would get one more chance in this double elimination format to get back on track for the knockout rounds, or face the ignominy of complete and utter failure on pool’s biggest stage. Going two losses and out in the World 9-ball Championship is about as bad as it gets for a professional pool player. For the lesser players who never had a real chance in the first place, it only confirms their lowly place in the pecking order of what is already one of this planet’s toughest grinds of a sport. But it’s the top guys you have to really feel for. This is a […]

Experience carries the opening day

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Experience carries the opening day The Philippines‘ Dennis Orcollo barely survives an early test as most favorites win on Day 1 at the 2014 World 9-ball Championship. By Ted Lerner, WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker (Doha, Qatar)–Long time followers of the WPA World 9-ball Championship know that the event is always full of surprises. The upstarts, the unknowns, the unexpected seem to make a splash in each and every edition of pool’s crowning glory. As this slowly building drama begins to rise towards a guaranteed thunderous climax six days from now, fans already know the upsets and shocks are going to start mounting. But while the newbies and nobody’s of pool will definitely make their noise, even more true is that good old fashioned sporting standards like experience, possessing a history of winning and performing under crushing pressure are generally going to carry the day. As day one of the 2014 World 9-ball Championship commenced in this fabulously wealthy desert kingdom this most valuable of athletic tenants carried the storyline in one […]

2014 World 9-Ball Supremacy up for grabs in Doha

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2014 World 9-Ball Supremacy up for grabs in Doha Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann and 127 more of the world’s best pool players set to do battle for pool’s most prestigious prize. By Ted Lerner World Pool & Billiard Association Drama, tension, excitement, heartbreak and glory. These are the enticing elements on offer to pool fans around the globe as the biggest and most prestigious prize in the men’s professional game, the 2014 WPA World 9-ball Championship, goes up for grabs in the searing hot Middle Eastern city of Doha, Qatar, beginning on June 16th and running through June 27th. This will be the fifth straight year that that the tiny Gulf country of Qatar hosts pool’s most prestigious tournament. Once again 128 players from over 40 countries will clash to see who will be crowned the king of 9-ball pool. The tournament, which this year moves back to the beautiful Al Saad Sports Club in Doha, will be run in two stages. Stage 1,which runs from June 16-19, is the qualifying stage where 128 players […]