2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship

The WPA 10-Ball World Championship 2015 was the fourth edition of the WPA World 10-ball Championship, the world championship for the discipline of 10-ball pool. It took place from February 17 to 21, 2015 at the SM City Activity Center in General Santos, Philippines.

2015 WPA World 10-Ball Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Ten-Ball
Location	SM City Activity Center General Santos, Manila, Philippines
Dates	February 17, 2015–February 21, 2015
Tournament format(s)	Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Ten-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Ko Pin-yi
Runner-up	Carlo Biado

Taiwan's Ko Pin-yi won the World Cup by beating Filipino Carlo Biado 11–9 in the final.[1] In the semi-final, Ko defeated his younger brother Ko Ping-chung, whereas Biado won against Spaniard David Alcaide.[1]

Defending champion was Dutchman Huidji See, who won the 2011 event but did not participate in this event.

Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao successfully campaigned against the WPA to select his hometown, General Santos, as the venue for the event, in which he has already organized several pool-billiards tournaments.[2][3] The tournament was attended by 128 players from over 20 countries. A total of $200,000 in prize money was distributed, the World Champion received $40,000.

Format

The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in a double elimination tournamen against each other. The remaining 64 players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system.[4]

Prize money

Below was the advertised prize fund for the event. However, shortly after the event, many players commented that they had not received the full prize funds for the event.[5]

Position	Prize
First place (champion)	$40,000
Second place (runner-up)	$20,000
Third place (semi-finalist	$10,000
Fifth place (quarter-finalist)	$7,000
Ninth place (loser in round of 16)	$5,000
17th place (loser in round of 32)	$1,250
33rd place (loser in round of 64)	$700
65th place (loser in preliminaries)	$300

Preliminary round

The preliminary round took place from February 17 to 19.[6]

The following 32 players won once in the preliminary round and lost twice, which means early retirement and places 65 to 96:

Pahdashong Shognosh Aloysius Yapp Kamal Chawla Liu Cheng-chieh Desmothenes Pulpul Waleed Majid Muhammad Zulfikiri John Rebong

Ramil Gallego Sundeep Gulati William Millares Val Pauay Sean Mark Malayan Tomasz Kapłan Roland Garcia Oliver Medenilla

Elvis Calasang Ivica Putnik Jani Sekkinen Raymart Camomot Marc Bijsterbosch Richard Alinsub Sahroni Sahroni Roland Dela Cruz

Michael Feliciano Mark Aristotle Mendoza Assis Tadique Jerico Banares Leonardo Didal Mika Immonen Erik Hjorleifson Ricky Zerna

The following 32 players lost twice in the preliminary round, which means early retirement and places 97-128.[7]

Boots Augusto Christian Garlando Ibrahim Bin Amir Antonio Lining Jordan Legaspi Hsu Kai-lun Martin Daigle Raj Hundal

Mateusz Śniegocki Vincent Goh Won Sik-ham Benjie Guevarra Hunter Lombardo Toh Lian Han Rodney Morris Babken Melkonyan

Chen Hsing-ting Cheng Yu-hsuan Dante Razaran Behzad Zareifrad Daryl Peach Jomel Sultan Daniele Corrieri Thorsten Hohmann

Mark Rodriguez Konstantin Stepanov Mario He Imran Majid Jeffrey Calonge Stephan Doiron Jeong Young-hwa Angelo Ariola

Knockout Round

The final round took place from February 19 to 21.[8]

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter final				Semi-final				Final
	Jeffrey de Luna	10
	Jundel Mazon	11
					Jundel Mazon	10
					Irsal Nasution	11
	Irsal Nasution	11
	Dennis Orcollo	8
									Irsal Nasution	5
									Ko Pin-yi	11
	Alexander Kazakis	10
	Ko Pin-yi	11
					Ko Pin-yi	11
					Rubén Bautista	3
	Michał Turkowski	10
	Rubén Bautista	11
													Ko Pin-yi	11
													Yang Ching-shun	7
	Piotr Kudlik	10
	Wu Kun-lin	11
					Wu Kun-lin	10
					Marcus Chamat	11
	Marcus Chamat	11
	Chang Yu-Lung	5
									Marcus Chamat	8
									Yang Ching-shun	11
	Stuart Pettman	7
	Yang Ching-shun	11
					Yang Ching-shun	11
					Baseth Mapandi	10
	Baseth Mapandi	11
	Oliver Villafuerte	4
																	Ko Pin-yi	11
																	Ko Ping-chung	2
	Emil Martinez	9
	Liu Ri-teng	11
					Liu Ri-teng	2
					Cheng Yu-hsuan	11
	Cheng Yu-hsuan	11
	James Aranaz	4
									Cheng Yu-hsuan	9
									Warren Kiamco	11
	Warren Kiamco	11
	Karol Skowerski	8
					Warren Kiamco	11
					Darren Appleton	5
		7
	Darren Appleton	11
													Warren Kiamco	1
													Ko Ping-chung	11
	Jason Klatt	10
	Ruslan Chinakhov	11
					Ruslan Chinakhov	11
					Ruben Cuna	8
	Ruben Cuna	11
	Denis Grabe	4
									Ruslan Chinakhov	10
									Ko Ping-chung	11
	Ko Ping-chung	11
	Patrick Gonzales	6
					Ko Ping-chung	11
					Jonas Magpantay	7
	Hsu Jui-an	9
	Jonas Magpantay	11
																					Ko Pin-yi	11
																					Carlo Biado	9
	Francisco Bustamante	9
	David Alcaide	11
					David Alcaide	11
					Chang Jung-Lin	8
	Manuel Gama	2
	Chang Jung-Lin	11
									David Alcaide	11
									Mieszko Fortuński	7
	Raymund Faraon	11
	Ryan Maglassang	5
					Raymund Faraon	9
					Mieszko Fortuński	11
	Marco Teutscher	9
	Mieszko Fortuński	11
													David Alcaide	11
													Johann Chua	9
	Ralf Souquet	9
	Johann Chua	11
					Johann Chua	11
					Wang Can	7
	Wang Can	11
	Antonio Gabica	5
									Johann Chua	11
									Lee Van Corteza	10
	Fu Che-wei	11
	Ronato Alcano	8
					Fu Che-wei	8
					Lee Van Corteza	11
	Albin Ouschan	9
	Lee Van Corteza	11
																	David Alcaide	2
																	Carlo Biado	11
	Anton Raga	7
	Karl Boyes	11
					Karl Boyes	6
					Radosław Babica	11
	Renemar David	10
	Radosław Babica	11
									Radosław Babica	7
									Carlo Biado	11
	Carlo Biado	11
	Nikos Ekonomopoulos	7
					Carlo Biado	11
					Romero Silvano	2
	Romero Silvano	11
	Roberto Gomez	6
													Carlo Biado	11
													Liu Haitao	7
	Elmer Haya	6
	Petri Makkonen	11
					Petri Makkonen	4
					Ricky Yang	11
	Ricky Yang	11
	John Morra	7
									Ricky Yang	6
									Liu Haitao	11
	Jerico Bonus	7
	Liu Haitao	11
					Liu Haitao	11
					Alex Pagulayan	10
	Ryu Seung-woo	6
	Alex Pagulayan	11

References

1. "WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2015". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
2. Ted Lerner (January 23, 2015). "Manny Pacquiao to bring WPA World 10-Ball Championship to the Philippines in February". wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
3. "Manny Pacquiao To Bring WPA World 10-Ball Championship to The Philippines In February". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
4. "Players Feel The Heat From On High". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
5. "Monies Missing in Pacquiao Events". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
6. Ted Lerner (February 17, 2015). "Striding, And Stumbling, Out Of The Gates". wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
7. Ted Lerner (February 18, 2015). "Orcollo Pulls A Second Great Escape". wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
8. "Results" (PDF; 54,8 KB). wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

External links

• WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2015 at azbilliards.com