The 2005
WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 16th edition of the
WPA World Championship for
9-Ball Pool
Nine-ball (sometimes written 9-ball) is a discipline of the cue sport pool. The game's origins are traceable to the 1920s in the United States. It is played on a rectangular billiard table with at each of the four corners and in the middle of ...
. It took place from July 2 to 10, 2005 in the
Taiwanese city,
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...
.
Taiwanese
Wu Chia-ching
Wu Jiaqing (; born February 9, 1989) is a Taiwanese-born Chinese professional pool player. He is nicknamed the ''Taishan Shentong'' ("Little Genius from Taishan"). Since 2011, Wu switched from representing Chinese Taipei to representing the coun ...
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:
Final round
References
See also
*
List of sporting events in Taiwan
*
List of WPA World Nine-ball champions
External links
Live scoring at WPA-pool.comEmpire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2005 at azbilliards.com
{{World 9-ball championship
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
WPA World Nine-ball Championship
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International sports competitions hosted by Taiwan