The 2016

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was a professional pool tournament in the discipline

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, held from 9–12 November 2016 in

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, Russia. The winner was Alexander Kazakis, who defeated

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9–6 in the final. Dsmitryj Tschuprou and Ralf Souquet took third place.

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, the winner of the previous two years, was eliminated in the quarter-final against Kazakis.

Tournament format

The event featured 101 participants competing first in a Double-elimination tournament. When there are 32 players remaining, the tournament progressed to a

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. The event was contested as to eight racks, with the final as a race to 9 racks. The event was played as winner breaks.

Prize money

Results

Below is the single elimination round from the last 32 stage onwards.

References

External links

{{AZB, http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/99-independent-tournaments/7348-2016-kremlin-cup/ 2016 in cue sports Kremlin Cup (pool)