World Pool League
The World Pool League (WPL) was a nine ball pool tournament promoted by Matchroom Sport and PartyGaming,[1] and sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). All of the events were held in Warsaw, Poland, annually from 1999 to 2006.[1] Six notable players were selected to participate in each event, which lasted for three days.[1] Despite its name, the WPA was simply an invitational tournament, not a league in the usual sporting senses. The victor in the final event was Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines, 8–5 over Niels Feijen of the Netherlands, for a US$20,000 first-place prize.[1]
Format
Round robin stage
The players were arranged such that each on the others once, in round-robin fashion. Unlike most matches in the sport where a player has to score a required number of racks to win, players in this round play in an assigned number of racks (for example: 10 racks or 12 racks). If a player won more racks than those remaining in the match, 2 points were earned. If the match ended with two players in the same score, then both settled for a point each. The leading 4 players in the field proceeded to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals and final
The semi-finals were single-elimination (knock-out). The final was played as a race (such as race-to-nine or race-to-eight).
Winners
Year: | 1st place: | 2nd place: | ||
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1998 | Jim Rempe[1] | United States | Fabio Petroni | Italy |
1999 | Jim Rempe (2) | United States | Efren Reyes | Philippines |
2000 | Steve Knight | Great Britain | Francisco Bustamante | Philippines |
2001 | Efren Reyes [1] | Philippines | Steve Davis | Great Britain |
2002 | Efren Reyes (2) | Philippines | Earl Strickland | United States |
2003 | Rodney Morris[1] | United States | Thorsten Hohmann | Germany |
2004 | Francisco Bustamante[1] | Philippines | Alex Pagulayan | Canada |
2005 | Thorsten Hohmann[1] | Germany | Francisco Bustamante | Philippines |
2006 | Dennis Orcollo[1] | Philippines | Niels Feijen[1] | Netherlands |
References
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