The 2004

WPA World Nine-ball Championship The WPA World Nine-ball Championship is an annual professional nine-ball pool tournament contested since 1990. The championship is sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and principally sponsored and organised by Matchroom Spor ...

was the 15th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 10 to 18, 2004 in the

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ese capital city

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. Filipino

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won the championship with a 17–13 victory in the final against Taiwanese Chang Pei-Wei . Defending champion

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dropped out in the round of 32 against Kang Chin-ching from Chinese Taipei.

Format

The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in

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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:

Final round

References

External links

Live scoring at WPA-pool.com

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International sports competitions hosted by Taiwan

Format

Group stage

Final round

References

See also

External links