The 2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 15th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 10 to 18, 2004 in the Taiwanese capital city Taipei.
Filipino-Canadian Alex Pagulayan won the championship with a 17–13 victory in the final against Taiwanese Chang Pei-Wei . Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann dropped out in the round of 32 against Kang Chin-ching from Chinese Taipei.
Format The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in round robin mode against each other. The top four players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system, featuring the remaining 64 players.
Group stage The following players exited the competition in the group stage:
5. Place 6. Place 7. Place 8. Place Group 1: Alan Rolon Tim Hall Giovanni Orozco Group 2: Alok Kumar Markus Juva Shintaro Sugaya Corey Harper Group 3: Radosław Babica Ismael Páez David Reljic Group 4: Daryl Peach Michael Schmidt Kazuo Furuta Gustavo Espinosa Group 5: Yulan Govender Ryu Seung-woo Hanni al-Howri Al Logan Group 6: James Kay Emile Riera Cliff Thorburn Anthony Ginn Group 7: Thomas Engert Marco Bacarcic Phil Wilkinson Steve Lillis Group 8: Hsu Chun-yang Richard Wolff Group 9: Vilmos Földes Alan Tan Mike Davis Kamarudin Yudharman Group 10: Hiroshi Takenaka Jimmy Henry Stefan Selberg Kevin Hew Group 11: Akikumo Toshikawa Raj Hundal Siauw Wieto Group 12: Kevin Smith Chachawal Rutphae Chris Orme David Anderson Group 13: Niels Feijen Park Shin-young Matthew McInnes Gabriel Carral Group 14: Max Eberle Chien Ming-wei Lee Jang-su Group 15: Kunihiko Takahashi Sascha Trautmann Group 16: Jose Parica Jeremy Jones Surathep Phoochalam
Final round
See also List of sporting events in Taiwan List of WPA World Nine-ball champions
References
External links Live scoring at WPA-pool.com Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2004 at azbilliards.com