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A Four Way Showdown For Pool History

Ko Ping Chung, Ko Pin Yi, Shane Van Boening and Wu Jia Qing reach the final four at the 2015 World 9-ball Championship Day 6 Report from the 2015 World 9-ball Championship by Ted Lerner – WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy Richard Walker & WPA (Doha, Qatar)–If you like your pool served up on a golden platter, with the very best in the sport battling it out for the ultimate prize, count yourself lucky because the 2015 World 9-ball Championship just delivered the goods. With literally everything riding on the line at the Al Arabi Sports Club in Doha, four of the sport’s premiere players braved a marathon day of pool, fought their way through a minefield, and emerged into a final four on Friday that is about as rock solid as it gets in pool. In one semi-final Ko Pin Yi of Taiwan will take on former World 9-ball champion Wu Jia Qing of China. In the other semi-final, Ko’s younger brother Ping Chung will match wits with the USA’s Shane Van Boening. Both […]

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2015 WPA World 9 Ball Championship

Ko Pin-Yi (TW) gewinnt 2015 WPA World 9 Ball Championship im Finale gegen Shane Van Boening (USA) mit 13-11. Den 3. Platz belegen Ko Ping-Chung (TW) und Wu Jiaqing (CHN). Ab dem 07. September 2015 wird in Doha/Katar die diesjährige 9 Ball Weltmeisterschaft ausgetragen. Die 2015 WPA World 9 Ball Championship läuft bis zum 18. September 2015 und es werden so ziemlich alle Stars der Pool Billard Welt in Doha anzutreffen sein. Die 9 Ball WM gehört jedes zu den Events mit der größten Strahlkraft und dem größten Prestige. Und kaum ein anderes Turnier ist wohl so schwer zu gewinnen wie die Titelkämpfe im Al Arabi Sports Club. Extreme Temperaturen draußen, Klimaanlagen die den Spielort ziemlich runterkühlen und die besten Spieler der Welt. Leider hat es dieser WM in den letzten Jahren ein wenig an Atmosphäre gefehlt, gerade dann wenn die „Local Heroes“ ausgeschieden waren wirkte die Stimmung ziemlich zurückhaltend, wir werden sehen, wie es sich in diesem Jahr verhält und sind gespannt auf den Auftritt des Lokalmatadoren Waleed Majid. Titelverteidiger ist der Niederländer Niels […]

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Newly crowned Albin Ouschan becomes the youngest ever China Open Champion

written by Alison Chang (alison-chang.com) The 24 years old Albin Ouschan of Austria has just won his first big tournament of his career. Albin Ouschan overpowered the Canadian top player John Morra (CAN) with 11:8 and obtained the crown of the 2015 China Open. John Morra did not have smooth sailing in the tournament. To the contrary, he lost his first match with Vietnamese Do Thekien 5:7. And had to make his way through the loser’s side. He came up with an impressing performance, overcame Marc Bijsterbosch (NED) 11:8, Warren Kiamco (PHI) 11:9, Fu Jianbo (CHN) 11:10 and Nick van den Berg of Netherlands with 11:8, booked a seat in the final match with Albin Ouschan. Ouschan’s first match played against Jalal Yousef from Chile. Ouschan ended up well, and defeated Yousef with 9:6. In the next match, Ouschan played Che-Wei Fu from Taiwan, both players played solid, however, Fu played a bit better, Ouschan lost 8:9 in the end. Then Ouschan faced the Filipino player Johann Chua, it was a really tough match with […]

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Ko Finally Fulfills The Dream

Taiwan’s Ko Pin Yi wins his first ever world title by capturing the 2015 World 10 Ball Championship with a dramatic 11-9 win over the Philippines Carlo Biado. By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy Dong Secuya/philboxing.com and Bob Guerrero (General Santos City, Philippines)–He’s always had plenty of promise. Now’s he’s reached the promised land. Ko Pin Yi, who twice in the mid-2000’s won the World Junior championship, today fulfilled the dream that everyone in the pool world knew was just a matter of time, capturing his first world title, the 2015 World 10-ball Championship, with a hard fought and dramatic 11-9 win over the Philippines Carlo Biado. A pool prodigy since his mid-teens, the 25 year old Taiwanese star has finally conquered the very best of the pool world, and now that he has his first world crown, nobody is in any doubt that he will soon grab plenty more. All week at the SM City mall in the southern Philippine city of General Santos, Ko displayed his amazing skills, combined with the kind […]

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Eight Gunning for The Big Prize

It’s a wide open race for glory as the final 8 sharpshooters do battle Saturday for the 2015 MP Cup World 10-ball Championship. By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy Dong Secuya/philboxing.com (General Santos City, Philippines)–After a long and tense day of duels at the highest levels of the professional game, the field at the 2015 MP Cup World 10-ball Championship in the southern Philippine city of General Santos has been whittled down to eight superb talents, all of whom have a solid shot at emerging with the title on the final day on Saturday. It’s nearly an all Asian-field, with three Filipinos, three Taiwanese, one Chinese and a Spaniard in the mix. It’s a heady cocktail of long time veterans and some of the great young players of the day. Interestingly, not a single one of the final eight players has ever one won a world title above the junior level. That, of course, will change for one deserving player come early evening on Saturday. Do you like your pool served up with a […]

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CSI Invitational 8-Ball Championship Matches Released on YouTube

CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (January 27, 2015) – CSI is pleased to announce that the 2014 CSI Invitational 8-Ball Championship matches have been released on the CSI YouTube channel.  Fifteen (15) matches featuring some of the best players in the world, all filmed in the Predator Arena, can be viewed in their entirety absolutely free! The format consisted of four groups of four players each competing in a round robin format.  Each group contained one player from each region – North America, Europe, Philippines, and Taiwan.  The top finisher from each group moved into a single elimination finals bracket.  The groups were: Group A Group B Group C Group D Mike Dechaine Corey Deuel Shane Van Boening John Morra Jayson Shaw Thorsten Hohmann Ralf Souquet Darren Appleton Warren Kiamco Efren Reyes Dennis Orcollo Francisco Bustamante Ko, Ping-Chung Chang, Jung-Lin Cheng, Yu-Hsuan Ko, Pin-Yi Watch all of this terrific action using the below links or visit www.playcsipool.com for more information. CSI Invitational 8-Ball Championship Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdCfnbGD70QV-aIvq3xpWM3HoAd8l0X8k CSI YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/csipool/feed Don’t forget to “Subscribe” to the […]

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CSI Invitational 10-Ball Championship Matches Released on YouTube

CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (December 9, 2014) – CSI is pleased to announce that the 2014 CSI Invitational 10-Ball Championship matches have been released on the CSI YouTube channel. Sixteen (16) matches featuring some of the best players in the world, all filmed in the Predator Arena, can be viewed in their entirety absolutely free! The format consisted of four groups of four players each competing in a round robin format. Each group contained one player from each region – North America, Europe, Philippines, and Taiwan. The top finisher from each group moved into a single elimination finals bracket. The groups were: Group A Group B Group C Group D Shane Van Boening Mike Dechaine John Morra Corey Deuel Thorsten Hohmann Darren Appleton Ralf Souquet Jayson Shaw Warren Kiamco Dennis Orcollo Efren Reyes Francisco Bustamante Ko, Pin-Yi Chang, Jung-Lin Ko, Ping-Chung Cheng, Yu-Hsuan  Watch all of this terrific action using the below links or visit www.playcsipool.com for more information. CSI Invitational 10-Ball Championship Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdCfnbGD70QWXy3UcVEHjU_Sc85vNu9Pa CSI YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/csipool/feed Don’t forget to “Subscribe” to the […]

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CSI Invitational Championships 2014

In der Zeit vom 18. – 25. Juli findet im Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas die CSI Invitational Championships 2014 statt. Eines der spannendsten Events des Jahres wird während der nationalen US Amateur Meisterschaft (2014 BCAPL National Championships) ausgetragen. Die BCAPL National Championships ist der perfekte Rahmen für 16 der besten Spieler der Welt. Es gibt bei den CSI Invitational Championships 2014 ein 8 Ball Turnier und ein 10 Ball Turnier. Die 16 Spieler spielen in vier Gruppen mit je vier Spielern im Round Robin System (Jeder gegen jeden/Race to 8) den Gewinner der Gruppe aus. Die ersten vier werden dann laut Veranstalter die Halbfinals und anschließend das Finale (Race to 11) spielen. Die Teilnehmer dieser sehr interessanten Veranstaltung sind für die Philippinen Efren Reyes, Francisco Bustamante, Warren Kiamco und Dennis Orcollo. Für Nord-Amerika gehen Corey Deuel (USA), Mike Dechaine (USA), John Morra (CAN) und Shane Van Boening (USA) an den Start. Die Europäer sind vertreten mit Ralf Souquet (GER), Thorsten Hohmann (GER), Darren Appleton (GBR) und Jayson Shaw (SCO). Und für Taiwan […]

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Experience carries the opening day

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 […]

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2014 WPA World 9 Ball Championship

Niels Feijen (NED) gewinnt 2014 WPA World 9 Ball Championship im Finale gegen Albin Ouschan (AUT) mit 13-10 und sichert sich den begehrtesten Pool Billard Titel der Welt. Den 3. Platz belegen Elmer D. Haya (PHI) und China Open 2014 Champion Chang Yu-Lung (TPE). Ab dem 16. Juni 2014 findet in Doha/Katar die 2014 WPA World 9 Ball Championship statt. Die 9 Ball Weltmeisterschaft der Herren gilt zusammen mit den China Open als eines der interessantesten und spannendsten Pool Billard Events im ganzen Jahr. Bis zum 27. Juni werden im Al Saad Sports Club in Doha die besten Pool Spieler aus der ganzen Welt um den wohl begehrtesten Titel der Szene kämpfen. Sieht man mal von der großen Zahl der einheimischen Spieler ab, die vom Veranstalter eine Wildcard bekommen haben, ist diese 9 Ball Weltmeisterschaft mit den besten Spielern der Welt besetzt. Man wird in diesen Tagen kaum einen Namen vermissen. Im letzten Jahr gewann der deutsche Thorsten Hohmann im Finale gegen Antonio Gabica von den Philippinen mit 13-7. Der Siegeszug des Deutschen bei der […]