World Pool Masters

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Template:Short description The World Pool Masters is an annual international nine-ball tournament. Formerly, it was called the European Pool Masters (until 1995) until players from other parts of the globe were invited.

History

Throughout much of its history, the tournament has featured sixteen world-class pool players, competing in single-elimination format. In 2010, the number of players was doubled to 32. The first round of the event was played in double elimination with the second round in single-elimination.[1]

In 2011, the tournament reverted to the original 16-player single-elimination format, with each match a race-to-8, winner breaks. The 2011 edition was held in SM North EDSA Mall in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Ralf Souquet of Germany won the said tournament for the record-setting sixth time, beating defending champion Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines, 8–5.[2]

For the 2019 World Pool Masters, the field was changed to accommodate 24 players, with seeded players being given a bye through the first round.[3] The 2022 World Pool Masters went back to its original format, inviting 16 players, with 8 seeded players meeting the other 8 in the first round of the single-elimination tournament.

Winners

Date Location Winner Runner-up Final score
1993 Plymouth, England Template:Flagicon Werner Duregger Template:Flagicon Ralf Souquet 2–1 (sets)
1994 Doncaster, England Template:Flagicon Ralf Souquet Template:Flagicon Jimmy White 2–1 (sets)
1995 Blackpool, England Template:Flagicon Daryl Peach Template:Flagicon Lee Kendall 2–0 (sets)
1996 Blackpool, England Template:Flagicon Ralf Souquet (2) Template:Flagicon Vincent Facquet 2–1 (sets)
1997 Thurrock, England Template:Flagicon Earl Strickland Template:Flagicon Tommy Donlon 2–1 (sets)
1998 Thurrock, England Template:Flagicon Francisco Bustamante Template:Flagicon Ralf Souquet 11–9
1999 Thurrock, England Template:Flagicon Alex Lely Template:Flagicon Efren Reyes 7–5
2000 Thurrock, England Template:Flagicon Ralf Souquet (3) Template:Flagicon Alex Lely 7–3
2001 Thurrock, England Template:Flagicon Francisco Bustamante (2) Template:Flagicon Earl Strickland 7–6
2002 Milton Keynes, England Template:Flagicon Ralf Souquet (4) Template:Flagicon Efren Reyes 9–4
2003 Egmond, Netherlands Template:Flagicon Tony Drago Template:Flagicon Hsia Hui-kai 8–6
2004 Egmond, Netherlands Template:Flagicon Thomas Engert Template:Flagicon Oliver Ortmann 8–6
2005 Doncaster, England Template:Flagicon Raj Hundal Template:Flagicon Rodney Morris 8–7
2006 Egmond, Netherlands Template:Flagicon Ralf Souquet (5) Template:Flagicon Alex Pagulayan 8–4
2007 Egmond, Netherlands Template:Flagicon Thomas Engert (2) Template:Flagicon David Alcaide 8–5
2008 Las Vegas, United States Template:Flagicon Alex Pagulayan Template:Flagicon Mika Immonen 8–6
2009 Las Vegas, United States Template:Flagicon Darren Appleton Template:Flagicon Nick van den Berg 8–4
2010 Las Vegas, United States Template:Flagicon Dennis Orcollo Template:Flagicon Toru Kuribayashi 8–3
2011 Quezon City, Philippines Template:Flagicon Ralf Souquet (6) Template:Flagicon Dennis Orcollo 8–5
2012 Kielce, Poland Template:Flagicon Karol Skowerski Template:Flagicon Mateusz Śniegocki 8–6
2013 Barnsley, England Template:Flagicon Niels Feijen Template:Flagicon Darren Appleton 8–6
2014 Nottingham, England Template:Flagicon Shane Van Boening Template:Flagicon Nikos Ekonomopoulos 8–2
2015 Manchester, England Template:Flagicon Shane Van Boening (2) Template:Flagicon Darren Appleton 8–2
2017 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Template:Flagicon David Alcaide Template:Flagicon Jayson Shaw 8–7
2018 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Template:Flagicon Niels Feijen (2) Template:Flagicon Shane Van Boening 8–4
2019 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Template:Flagicon David Alcaide (2) Template:Flagicon Alexander Kazakis 9–8
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Europa Sports Park, Gibraltar Template:Flagicon Alexander Kazakis Template:Flagicon Shane Van Boening 9–0
2022 Europa Sports Park, Gibraltar Template:Flagicon Joshua Filler Template:Flagicon Lo Ho Sum 9–6
2023 Brentwood, England Template:Flagicon Ko Pin-yi Template:Flagicon Eklent Kaçi 13–5
2024 Hildesheim, Germany Template:Flagicon Fedor Gorst Template:Flagicon Joshua Filler 13–12

Records

  • Ralf Souquet holds the record for winning the World Pool Masters the most times: six. (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2011).
  • Shane Van Boening holds the record for the most consecutive wins: two. (2014, 2015).
  • The oldest pool player to ever win the tournament to date is Ralf Souquet of Germany, at 42 years old at the time of his victory. The youngest is Daryl Peach of United Kingdom, aged 23 years old at the time of his victory.

Top Performers

Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals Semi-final
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Shane Van Boening Script error: No such module "flag". 2 4 5
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Francisco Bustamante Script error: No such module "flag". 0 2
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Darren Appleton Script error: No such module "flag". 1 2 3 4
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Earl Strickland Script error: No such module "flag". 4
Alex Lely Script error: No such module "flag". 3
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Ko Pin-yi Script error: No such module "flag". 1 3
Fedor Gorst Script error: No such module "flag". 1 1
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  • Active participants are shown in bold.
  • In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Matchroom Sport (January 28, 2010). "Masters Invites Announced". AzBilliards.com. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Matchroom Sport (September 5, 2011). "Souquet wins Masters for the sixth time". MatchroomPool.com. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Expanded World Pool Masters Returns To Gibraltar, March 29–31 – Matchroom Pool". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

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