The 2006

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was the seventeenth edition of the

and took place between 4 and 12 November 2006 at the

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. The event was to be held for the first time in the Philippines, on a two-year deal, including the

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. The championships were hosted by the World Pool Billiard Association (WPA).

Ronato Alcano Ronato (Ronnie) Alcano (pronounced al-kah-no) (born 27 July 1972), is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Ronnie ''Calamba''" and "the Volcano". He won both the 2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship and the 2007 WPA World Eight-bal ...

won the championship with a 17–11 win in the final against

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of Germany. Defending champion Wu Chia-ching was defeated in the quarter-final by Alcano.

Tournament format

The event featured 128 players, with an . The event featured a preliminary round robin format to half the field to 64; where the event changed to a knockout format.

Prize money

Preliminary round

The Preliminary round was played over three days between 4 and 7 November. There were 32 groups of 4, with the first two in each group progressing. Nine top 32 players were knocked out in this section *

Alex Pagulayan Alejandro Salvador "Alex" Pagulayan (born June 25, 1978) is a Filipino-born Canadian professional pool player. His nickname is "the Lion", given to him by Paul Thornley, Canadian snooker player whom he credits as his mentor. Pagulayan is cons ...

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Mika Immonen Mika Immonen (born 17 December 1972) is a Finnish professional Hall of Fame pool player, nicknamed "The Iceman." Career Immonen was born in London, England, and began playing Snooker at an early age and was known to have made several century br ...

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Rodney Morris Rodney Morris (born November 25, 1970, in Anaheim, California) is a professional pool player, nicknamed "the Rocket". In 2016, he was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame. Morris won the 1996 U.S. Open Nine-ball Champions ...

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Niels Feijen Niels Feijen (born 3 February 1977, The Hague) is a Dutch professional pool player, from the Hague. His nickname is "the Terminator". In 2014 he won the WPA World 9-ball championship. Career In 2001, Feijen reached the finals of a nine-ball to ...

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Jose Parica Jose Parica (born April 18, 1949)"2003 Player Profiles: Jo ...

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Alex Lely Alex Lely (born 30 June 1973) is a Dutch former professional pool player. Lely won the 1999 World Pool Masters after defeating Efren Reyes 7–5, and reached the final in 2000 but lost to Ralf Souquet 7–3. He is a two-time European champion ...

(25) * Chang Pei-Wei (26) * Christian Reimering (28) *

Kunihiko Takahashi (born March 4, 1969, in Nagasaki) is a Japanese professional pool player and a WPA World Nine-ball Champion. Nicknamed "the Sniper". He began practicing pool at 17 and turned professional in 1996. In 1998, he won the WPA World Nine-ball Champio ...

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Final round

The qualifying 64 players would play a knockout structure over six days. The first two rounds were competed as "race to 10", the next three rounds as "race to 11", and the final, as a "race to 17".

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

Live scoring at WPA-pool.com

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