The 2002 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 13th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 18 to 24, 2002 in Cardiff, Wales.
The event was won by American Earl Strickland with a 17:15 victory in the final against Francisco Bustamante. Defending champion Mika Immonen was defeated in the round of 64 against Shannon Daulton.
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.
Prize money The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winner Earl Strickland winning $65,000. Position Prize First Place (champion) $65,000 Second Place (runner-up) $30,000 Third Place (semi-finalist $17,500 Fifth place (quarter finalist) $8,500 Ninth place (loser in round of 16) $4,000 Seventeenth place (loser in round of 32) $2,000 Thirty Third (loser in round of 64) $1,500 Sixty Fifth place (Fifth or sixth in round robin group) $1,000 Eighty First place (Seventh place in round robin group) $500
Preliminary round The following 64 players dropped out in the group stage:
5. Place 6. Place 7. Place 8. Place Group 1: Wayne Lloyd George Sarmas Group 2: Brent Wells Akikumo Toshikawa Sascha Specchia Gilliano Smit Group 3: Robby Suarly Chao Fong-Pang Lee Walker David López Group 4: Haruyoshi Hinokiyama Frankie Hernandez Robert Parlevliet Geoff Dunn Group 5: Siauw Wieto Pat Holtz Alok Kumar Ryan Rampersaud Group 6: Cliff Thorburn Tom Storm Kevin Smith Carmine Nanula Group 7: Shawn Budd Anthony Ginn Marcos Castro William Ang Boon Lay Group 8: Tiong Boon Tan Gino Vermeesch Group 9: Tony Drago John Wims Dimitri Jungo Javier Palacios Group 10: Dominic Dale Ronny Oldervik Chao Jung-hua Group 11: Marko Lohtander George SanSouci Ed Galati Group 12: Johl Younger Leonardo Andam Troy Frank Mario Morra Group 13: Paul Hunter Darren Appleton Luis Miguel Sánchez Group 14: Andy Richardson Group 15: Rob McKenna Kuo Yi-che Group 16: Gerry Watson Mohammed Junarto Shawn Putnam David David Anderson
Final round
References
External links Live scoring at WPA-pool.com Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2002 at azbilliards.com