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Final 2010 WPA World Rankings published today!
 Posted on Thursday, November 04 2010 @ 13:07:17 UTCby admin
General WORLD POOL-BILLIARD ASSOCIATION President: Ian Anderson Vice President: Peter Hawley Secretary: To be appointed Treasurer: Peter Hawley Press Officer: Jerry Forsyth Board member: Andy Chang Board member: Ditto Acosta Board member: Ronnie Chua www.wpa-pool.com Thursday 4 November 2010
Rankings updated after China Open Before the China Open, Finland's Mika Immonen was sitting on top of the world in the Men's WPA World Pool Rankings with 7 Europeans listed in the World Top 16 but it's all change at the top with the final end-of-year rankings published today, as Mika is replaced by the Philippine's Francisco Bustamante. Top European in the Men's Ranking List goes to Great Britain's Karl Boyes at No.2 after a tremendous year pushed him skyward, but it's clear that Asia is dominating the top of the list, with the vast majority of the top 16 comprised of Filipinos and Taiwanese players. The Women's Ranking List has a much stronger European presence, with Allison Fisher and Jasmin Ouschan taking No.2 and No.3 spots respectively, after Korea's Ga Young Kim in pole position. "Read More..." for the full rankings.

WORLD POOL-BILLIARD ASSOCIATION
WORLD POOL RANKINGS
MEN
Rank
Name
Country
8-Ball WC 2010
9-Ball WC 2010
China Open 2010
Total Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 19 20 21 22 23 23 23 26 27 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 35 35 38 39 39 39 39 43 44 45 45 47 48 49 50 50 52 53 54 54 56 56 56 56 56 61 62 63 63 65 65 67 67 67 70 70 72 73 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 85 86 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 100 100 102 103 103 103 103 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 118 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 119 136 136 136 136 140 140 140 140 140 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 173
Francisco Bustamante Karl Boyes Antonio Lining Kuo Po-Cheng Jeffrey De Luna Niels Feijen Ronnie Alcano Vicenancio Tanio Marlon Manalo Lee Van Corteza Shane Van Boening Ko Pin-Yi Johnny Archer Ruslan Chinakhov Scott Higgins Raymund Faron Marcus Chamat Yukio Akakariyama Darren Appleton Joven Alba Ralf Souquet Jason Klatt Sandor Tot Oliver Medinilla Francico Felicilda Masaaki Tanaka Stephan Cohen Antonio Gabica Mika Immonen Hajato Hijikata Lee Chen Man Bashar Hussain Liu Haitao Ricky Yang Yousseff Jalal John Morra Dennis Orcullo Nguyen Phuc Long Yang Ching-Shun Craig Osborne Dimitri Jungo Christian Reimering Zhang Yulong Andreas Roschkowski Chang Jung Lin Efren Reyes David Alcaide Huidjie See Dang Jin-Hu Tony Drago Ibrahim Bin Amir Thorsten Hohmann Francis Crevier Chan Keng Kwang Chris Melling Nick van den Berg Mariusz Skoneczny Toru Kuribayashi Bruno Muratore Nitiwat Kanjanasri Lu Hui Chan Radoslaw Babica Charlie Williams Ernesto Dominguez Kenny Kwok Won Sik Ham Chang Pei-Wei Oliver Villafuerte Mateusz Sniegocki Jeong Young-Hwa Corey Deuel Abdulatef Fawal Mohamed Al Hosani Konstantin Stepanov Oliver Ortmann Allan Cuartero Alain Martel Lee Poh Soon Cario Dalmatin So Saw Artem Koshovoj Hanni Al Howri Muhammad Zulfikri Israel Rota Mohammed El Assal Rodney Morris Fu Jianbo Lang Zhidong Vincent Facquet Sandile Madlala Ismael Yaqob Saeed Al Mutawe Kim Aquino Mustafa Hassan Takhti Zarekani Shaker Wahdan Maged Al Azmi Ruben Bautista Mehdi Rasheki Toh Lian Han Khalid Al Mutairi Oscar Dominguez Stevie Moore Erik Hjorleifson Wang Hongxieng Fan Zhisong Abdullah El Yousef Khaled Sebata Majid Sultan Omran Salem Amin Fekry Salah Al Remwy Ali Nasih Hussain Sayeem Moein Khedri Sumit Talwar Kang Lee Daryl Peach Thomas Engert Fabio Petroni Majide Alazme Mazen Berjawi Hasan Zeraatgar Salah Al Riwani Khalid Al Kamale Fahad Al Barak Ibrahim Al Khadar Basem Abboud Mohanna Obaidly Ihab Hassan Ahmed Hassan Jakob Belka Del Amo Hector Mark Gray Taqi Aldin Moustafawi Rodolfo Luat Takashi Uraoka Fu Zhewei Naoyuki Oi Amine Ouahbi Boukri Mustapha Zhu Xihe Wang Guobin Li Hewen Imran Majid Martin Kempter Jason Theron Mehdi Rasekhi Sundeep Gulat Abdulla Al Daham Waleed Majid Mohammed Al Hosani Kazuki Nishimura Hussain Jaffer Mohammed Ali Berjawi Mohammed Al Harthi Abas Ali Taher Hussain Mohammed Al Bin Ali Ali Al Obaidy Alaa Bata Muhammad Bewi S. Jim Chawki Aleksandros Kazaqi Heck Helmut Nicolas Otterman Holger Gries Carol Skowersui Richard Jones Wael Talaat Carlo Castro Ben Judge -
PHI GBR PHI TPE PHI NED PHI PHI PHI PHI USA TPE USA RUS GBR PHI SWE JPN GBR PHI GER CAN SER PHI PHI JPN FR PHI FIN JPN HKG QAT CHN INA VEN CAN PHI VIE TPE GBR SUI GER TPE GER TPE PHI ESP NED CHN MLT MAS GER CAN SIN GBR NED POL JPN ITA THA TPE POL USA MEX HKG KOR TPE PHI POL KOR USA QAT UAE RUS GER PHI CAN MAS CRO GBR UKR UAE INA PHI EGY USA CHN TPE FR RSA UAE UAE PHI IRQ IRI JOR KUW MEX IRI SIN KUW USA USA CAN TPE CHN KUW UAE UAE UAE MDV BAN IRI IND HKG GBR GER ITA KUW LEB IRI UAE UAE KSA SYR SYR QAT IRQ IRQ GER ESP GBR ALG PHI JPN TPE JPN MOR MOR CHN TPE CHN GBR AUT RSA IRI IND KSA UAE UAE JPN IRQ LEB KSA BRN QAT QAT QAT QAT INA SWE GRE GER GER GER POL GBR EGY NIC AUS -
750 374 600 284 374 210 284 210 284 480 210 210 284 284 480 374 284 210 284 284 210 96 210 210 210 210 210 374 134 210 134 210 96 96 134 134 210 210 210 96 134 96 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 -
1000 80 640 800 280 80 500 280 380 180 280 280 640 280 380 180 180 40 180 180 380 500 500 500 280 180 180 180 380 280 180 180 80 180 180 180 280 380 380 380 380 180 180 180 80 280 280 280 80 80 180 180 280 280 280 280 280 180 80 180 180 80 80 80 80 40 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 80 80 80 80 40 40 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 -
142 142 300 48 187 142 105 142 240 187 105 142 105 105 105 48 67 142 67 67 67 48 240 105 105 375 187 187 48 67 67 48 48 105 105 105 67 67 67 105 105 48 48 67 142 142 48 48 67 105 105 105 105 48 67 67 67 67 48 48 48 48 48 -
1142 972 940 848 841 822 784 759 732 704 677 669 640 622 595 590 569 569 568 554 531 522 500 500 500 490 464 464 457 447 443 438 420 395 390 390 390 385 380 380 380 380 375 374 367 367 362 357 347 328 328 319 290 285 285 280 280 280 280 280 276 243 247 247 214 214 210 210 210 185 185 184 182 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 176 147 142 142 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 128 128 107 105 105 105 105 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 88 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 67 67 67 67 48 48 48 48 48 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 -
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WORLD POOL-BWOILLIARD ASSOCIATION
WORLD POOL RANKINGS
WOMEN
Rank
Name
Country
Amway Cup 2010
9-Ball WC 2010
China Open 2010
10-Ball WC 2010
Total Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 52 54 54 56 57 57 57 57 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 79 79 79 79 83 83 83 83 83 83 89 89 89 89 93 93 93 96 96 98
Kim Ga Young Allison Fisher Jasmin Ouschan Xiao-Fang Fu Kelly Fisher Chen Siming Rubelin Amit Yu Ram Cha Chang Shu-Han Liu Sha Sha Karen Corr Tan Ho-Yun Lin Yuan-Chun Tsai Pei Chen Zhou Doudou Chou Chieh-Yu Line Kjorsvik Han Yu Ji-Won Hyun Brittany Bryant Akimi Kajatani Miyuki Fuke Li Jia Ina Jentschura Liu Shin-Mei Julie Kelly Charlene CZ Huey Vivian Villarreal Monica Webb Chen Xue Veronique Menard Angelina Paglia Ine Helvic Yun-Mi Lim Tamara Rademakers Sarah Rousey Xiao-Ting Pan Marika Poikkijoki Lyndall Hulley Zheng Xiaochun Keiko Yukawa Chichiro Kawahara Lai Hui-Shan Eun Ji Park Gerda Hofstatter Joanne Ashton Iris Ranola Esther Kwan Suet Yee Wu Jing Lin Hsiao-Chi Chan Ya-Ting Adriana Villar Lin Miao Zhu Shuming Dara Aft Hoe Shu Wah Suhana Dewi b Sabtu Cheung Pui Man Ellen Kynthia Orfanidis Carlynn Sanchez Shanelle Lorraine Gillian Go Meldred Almero Mica Claveria J M Maldonado Junko Tsuchiya A Vargas A Donola A Tulauan Z Oryan Amy Chen Mirjana Grujicic Claudia Kunz Amalia Matas Sylvia Gaudino Neslihan Gurel Ren Qiuyue Handan Karadag Yukiko Oi Lin Beijun Han Fang Zhu-Qing Bi Esmerelda Coetzee Natalie Kwong Nataly Camacho Johanna Ep. Fajardo Dang Chan Denise Belanger Lin Pei-Chun Kaneko Sayuri Ye Sisi Su Qin Angeline Ticoalu Maureen Seto Liz Ford Gao Meng Kamila Khodjaeva -
KOR GBR AUT CHN GBR CHN PHI KOR TPE CHN IRL TPE TPE TPE CHN TPE NOR CHN KOR CAN JPN JPN CHN GER TPE USA SIN USA USA CHN CAN USA NOR KOR NED USA CHN FIN AUS CHN JPN JPN TPE KOR AUT CAN PHI MAS CHN TPE TPE CRC TPE CHN USA SIN MAS HKG NED VEN USA PHI PHI PHI PHI JPN PHI PHI PHI PHI USA VEN SUI ESP ITA USA CHN TUR JPN TPE CHN CHN RSA RSA BOL VEN CHN CAN TPE JPN CHN CHN INA CAN USA CHN UZB -
250 156 118 118 156 200 103 320 200 88 118 118 103 103 103 118 156 77 88 77 103 77 67 156 88 118 88 103 67 77 118 67 67 118 103 88 67 88 77 67 67 103 88 88 77 77 77 67 -
374 600 134 750 284 374 210 96 450 526 134 284 374 210 284 374 96 96 210 284 96 134 134 210 284 210 210 210 284 210 134 284 284 210 210 210 134 96 210 210 134 134 210 134 134 96 134 134 210 210 134 96 96 96 96 134 134 134 96 96 96 96 96 96 -
103 250 103 118 118 320 156 156 156 156 200 67 200 118 118 118 67 88 67 67 118 67 67 67 103 67 67 103 88 118 67 103 88 118 88 88 67 67 88 67 67 67 103 103 103 88 88 67 -
500 134 640 400 400 236 312 236 236 206 312 236 206 206 236 236 312 236 134 134 134 134 134 134 206 134 206 312 206 134 236 206 206 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 -
1227 1040 995 986 958 894 869 808 806 770 764 705 677 667 608 595 593 576 560 557 538 514 513 513 490 488 478 469 460 446 423 418 418 416 411 375 370 369 365 344 340 340 313 312 289 273 268 251 236 222 211 210 210 206 206 201 163 163 163 163 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 103 103 103 103 96 96 96 96 96 96 88 88 88 88 77 77 77 67 67 -
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