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 been featuring sixteen world-class
pool
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players, competing in
single-elimination
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
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.
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
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Mall in
Quezon City
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,
Metro Manila
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,
Philippines
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.
Ralf Souquet
Ralf Souquet ( ; born 29 November 1968) is a German professional pool player. His nickname is "The Kaiser".
Since 1988, he has won more than 200 tournament titles, including 23 Euro Tour titles, 20 European Pool Championship and 12 German Pool ...
of
Germany
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won the said tournament for the record-setting sixth time, beating defending champion
Dennis Orcollo
Dennis Orcollo (born January 28, 1979), is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "RoboCop" and has been called "The Money-Game King" throughout the Philippines and the United States.
Early life
Orcollo is the second of four brothers. ...
of the
Philippines
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, 8–5.
For the
2019 World Pool Masters, the field was changed to accompany 24 players, with seeded players being given a bye through the first round.
Winners
Records
*
Ralf Souquet
Ralf Souquet ( ; born 29 November 1968) is a German professional pool player. His nickname is "The Kaiser".
Since 1988, he has won more than 200 tournament titles, including 23 Euro Tour titles, 20 European Pool Championship and 12 German Pool ...
holds the record for winning the World Pool Masters the most times: six. (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2011).
*
Shane Van Boening
Shane Van Boening (; born July 14, 1983) is an American professional pool player from Rapid City, South Dakota. As of 2022, Van Boening is the number 1 ranked player in the "World Rankings" published by the Matchroom Pool and the "WPA Ranking ...
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
Ralf Souquet ( ; born 29 November 1968) is a German professional pool player. His nickname is "The Kaiser".
Since 1988, he has won more than 200 tournament titles, including 23 Euro Tour titles, 20 European Pool Championship and 12 German Pool ...
of
Germany
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, at 42 years old at the time of his victory, The youngest is
Daryl Peach
Daryl Peach (born 8 March 1972) is an English professional pool player, from Lancashire, who resides in Blackpool, England. He won the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, where he defeated the Philippines' Roberto Gomez 17–15 in the fina ...
of
United Kingdom
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, aged 23 years old at the time of his victory.
Top Performers
* Active participants are shown in bold.
* In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
References
External links
Official site
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Pool competitions
Recurring sporting events established in 1993