The 2001 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 12th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 14 to 22, 2001 in Cardiff, Wales.
Mika Immonen won the event, defeating German Ralf Souquet in the final, winning 17–10.
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 Mika Immonen 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: Tom Storm Apostolis Alexandris Andy Battams Group 2: Jorge de Souza Pan Shen-ping Group 3: Patrick Ooi Andrew Richardson Group 4: Kunihiko Takahashi Danny Basavich Dino Nair Diego Pedro Simon Group 5: Pawel Rogalski Evgeny Stalev Daniel Dutz Group 6: Rodolfo Luat Park Shin-young Paul Davies Bill Stephen Group 7: Warren Kiamco Joe Johnson Gerry Watson Bruce Anderson Group 8: Rob McKenna George SanSouci Athanasios Vrakas Group 9: Adsushi Shiraiwa Brent Wells Group 10: Jan Dulst Ross McInnes Kiyotaka Ohashi Robert Pleiner Group 11: Kenichi Uchigaki Mark Selby Jimmy Hendry Juan Silva Group 12: Jon Kucharo Akikumo Tashikawa Mark Williams Group 13: Kang Chin-ching Imran Majid Vincent Facquet Manuel Chau Group 14: Thomas Engert Dominic Dale Warren King Group 15: Surathep Phoochalam Luc Salvas Lee Jang-su Paul Smith Group 16: Dee Adkins Arnold van Staden
Final round
References
External links Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2001 at azbilliards.com