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2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The 2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 15th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 10 to 18, 2004 in the Taiwanese capital city Taipei. Filipino Alex Pagulayan won the championship with a 17–13 victory in the final against Taiwanese Chang Pei-Wei . Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann 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 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 linksLive scoring at WPA-pool.comEmpire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2004 at azbilliards.com {{World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the northern port city of Keelung. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border. The city of Taipei is home to an estimated population of 2,646,204 (2019), forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro district. The name "Taipei" can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or just the city itself. Taipei has been the seat of the ROC central government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile Riera
Emil or Emile may refer to: Literature *''Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life *''Emil and the Detectives'' (1929), a children's novel *"Emil", nickname of the Kurt Maschler Award for integrated text and illustration (1982–1999) *''Emil i Lönneberga'', a series of children's novels by Astrid Lindgren Military *Emil (tank), a Swedish tank developed in the 1950s * Sturer Emil, a German tank destroyer People *Emil (given name), including a list of people with the given name ''Emil'' or ''Emile'' *Aquila Emil (died 2011), Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer Other * ''Emile'' (film), a Canadian film made in 2003 by Carl Bessai *Emil (river), in China and Kazakhstan See also * * *Aemilius (other) *Emilio (other) *Emílio (other) *Emilios (other) Emilios, or Aimilios, (Greek: Αιμίλιος) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Kay (pool Player)
James Kay may refer to: *James Kay (British inventor) (1774–1857), British inventor *James J. Kay (1954–2004), ecological scientist and policy-maker *Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baronet (1804–1877), British politician and educationalist * James Kay (artist) (1858–1942), Scottish artist *James Franklin Kay (born 1948), American professor *James Ellsworth De Kay James Ellsworth De Kay (alternatively spelled DeKay or Dekay) (October 12, 1792 – November 21, 1851) was an American zoologist. Biography James De Kay was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1792. When he was two years old, his family moved to New Yor ... (1792–1851), American zoologist * James Kay (Kentucky politician) (born 1982), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives * James Kay (golfer) (1855–1927), Scottish golfer See also * James Kaye (other) {{hndis, Kay, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanni Al-Howri
Hanni or Hänni may refer to: People with the given name Hanni: * Hanni Bjartalíð (born 1968), Faroese painter * Hanni Ehlers (born 1954), German translator * Hanni Ossott (1946–2002), Venezuelan poet * Hanni Wenzel (born 1956), Liechtensteiner alpine skier People with the surname Hanni: * Johannes-Andreas Hanni (1957–1982), Estonian serial killer * Kate Hanni, founder of American consumer advocacy organization FlyersRights.org * Liia Hänni (born 1946), Estonian astrophysicist and politician * Sofiane Hanni (born 1990), Algerian professional footballer * Uku Hänni (born 1943), Estonian astrophysicist and civil servant * Wilf Hanni, Canadian politician and oil industry consultant See also * Hanna (other) * Hanne * Hanno (other) * Hannu (other) Hannu (from Hannes, a diminutive of Johannes) is a Finnish first name. Notable people with the name include: * Hannu Aravirta (born 1953), Finnish ice hockey player and an ice hockey coach * Hannu Kaislam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryu Seung-woo (pool Player)
Ryu Seung-woo (born July 8, 1985 ) is a South Korean pool Pool may refer to: Water pool * Swimming pool, usually an artificial structure containing a large body of water intended for swimming * Reflecting pool, a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings * Tide pool, a rocky pool ... player. Sueng-woo reached the third round (last 32) of the WPA World championships on three occasions; this included the 2008 WPA World Eight-ball Championship; 2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championship; and the 2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. However, he did not progress past this stage. References External links Ryu Seung-woo at AZBilliards {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryu, Seung-woo South Korean pool players Living people 1985 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yulan Govender '', a Chinese encyclopedia
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Yulan may refer to Places * Yulan, New York, a community and census tract in the United States * Yulan, Dongkou (毓兰镇), a town of Dongkou County, Hunan, China Chinese names *Gao Yulan (born 1982), Chinese rower *Hu Yulan, Chinese tennis player *Ni Yulan (born 1960), Chinese civil rights lawyer Other uses *Yulan Festival or Ghost Festival, a traditional Chinese festival *''Taiping Yulan The ''Taiping Yulan'', translated as the ''Imperial Reader'' or ''Readings of the Taiping Era'', is a massive Chinese ''leishu'' encyclopedia compiled by a team of scholars from 977 to 983. It was commissioned by the imperial court of the Song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavo Espinosa
Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. It has been a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa. It is derived from Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, also spelled Gustaf, of Old Swedish origin, meaning “staff of the Gods/Goths” or “great royal staff” or "staff of the Geats", derived from the Old Norse elements Gautr ("Geat") and stafr ("staff"). Other Swedish variants/derivatives: Gösta, Göstav, Gustafsson, Gustavsson. Such a name is also etymologically indicative of a Slavonic origin (through Swedish) from "Gostislav", a compound word from Old Slavic "Gost'" ("guest") and "slava" ("glory"). Other Slavonic variants/derivatives: Goslav, Gustaw, Gusti, Gustik, Gusty. Such a name in the United States also bears diminutive forms in English, which serve as nick names: Gus, Gussie, Gussy, Goose. To avoid confusion, note that these nick names are also commonly used for a different cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
