The 2005 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 16th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 2 to 10, 2005 in the Taiwanese city, Kaohsiung.
Taiwanese Wu Chia-ching won the championship with a 17–16 victory in the final against compatriot Kuo Po-cheng. Defending champion Alex Pagulayan was eliminated by Vilmos Földes in the round of 32.
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: Yulan Govender Pan Shen-ping Group 2: Patrick Ooi Steve Higton Jerry Calderon Group 3: Imran Majid Manan Chandra Lambros Vrakas Charlie Williams Group 4: Kang Chin-ching Efren Reyes Tomasz Kapłan Jakob Lyng Group 5: Radosław Babica Ben Davies Ismael Páez Naoyuki Ōi Group 6: Antonio Lining Au Chi-wai Steve Hock Chin Group 7: Kim Wong-dea Marko Lohtander Zeng Ding-yuan Jeff White Group 8: Samir Kaddur Gustavo Espinosa Alan Tan Group 9: Jan Dulst José Luis Perez Irfan Ahmed Khan Group 10: John Schmidt Ceri Worts David Alcaide Anthony Ginn Group 11: Hanni al-Howri Cetin Aslan Louis Condo Group 12: Fabio Petroni Thorsten Schober Washana Poonjaeng Group 13: Erik Hjorleifson Siauw Wieto Lee Chenman Group 14: Šandor Tot Shawn Putnam Hiroshi Takenaka Group 15: Goran Mladenovic Dharminder Singh Lilly Stuart Lawler David Larsson Group 16: Gilliano Smit Ralf Souquet Tiong Boon Tan Phil Wilkinson
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 2005 at azbilliards.com