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shir
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Posted: 2007-03-01 14:45
Apparently the opening of the tournament will be at 19.00 Dubai time (15.00 our time) Nothing known yet about the draw nor times...Probably tonight... First matches will start tomorrow... I'll let you know when I hear more... tomorrow 11.00 Dubai time (7.00 our time) the first matches will start... can't find anything about the English players..  Do know something about Nick, Niels and Segre via the Dutch forum.. 13.00: (09.00 our time) Niels - Gunther Geisen (Germany) Serge - Roberto Freitas (Dutch Antillen) 15.00: (11.00 our time) Nick - Issa Al Boloshi (UAE) Imran - ??? Boyzi - ??? Darren - ??? Owh... and by the way.. Wu's not there to defend his title.... [ This message was edited by: shir on 2007-03-02 09:47 ]
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TheSurgeon
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Posted: 2007-03-01 15:04
Please do, cheers.
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indiana
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Posted: 2007-03-01 16:35
it says on the wpa site that they will have results
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dazzler
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Posted: 2007-03-02 09:14
Its a bit of a joke that WU isnt defending his title!.....unless he is ill or something? Who are the Europenas that are in it Shir?....and reason they are in please  ----------------- 
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shir
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Posted: 2007-03-02 09:22
euh.. good question... I'll try to find the answer somewhere..  The website is "not so good" so have to search everywhere else to find anythng about it.. Do know total prize money is about 120 000 but sponsormoney is rumoured to be 400 000
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shir
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Posted: 2007-03-02 09:25
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dazzler
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Posted: 2007-03-02 09:35
Do you mean the rumour says sponsorship money is said to be $400,000 but the are only paying $120,000 ????? I hope i have mis understood here!!! -----------------
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shir
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Posted: 2007-03-02 09:38
yep... Don't know if this is right.. but that's been said on the Dutch forum by one of the players... But I give up.. can't find anything anywhere!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr And this is supposed to be one of the biggest event on the world!!! where is the darn coverage?!?!?!?!?!? there's even more info about the BPPPA than about this!
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shir
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Posted: 2007-03-02 09:38
I'll take another look after the first round..
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shir
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Posted: 2007-03-02 09:50
The organizers tell me they will update the site every day after the rounds are complete. We just started two hours ago and so an update should occur no later than 8PM UAE time (so should be 4 PM our time?)
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jonni
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Posted: 2007-03-02 10:59
Yeah... i'm with Dazzla... I'd like to know who's in and why they got a spot, apart from the qualifiers that is... is this not being televised anywhere? ESPN or something like that?
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crashnburn
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Posted: 2007-03-02 11:36
Not the greatest of website's for a big tournament but after 5 minutes on the live scoring page it automatically updates moving to the next 2 matches but only 4 matches going on and they are: All 3pm matches Ronnie Alcano vs Rafath Habib table 3 Hani Al Howri vs Joven Alba table 4 Ben Nunan vs Erik Hjorleifson table 5 Arif Allah vs Satoshi Kawabata table 6 Nothing on Kevin Smith and Darren Appleton as yet. www.world8ballchampionship.com/livescores.html [ This message was edited by: crashnburn on 2007-03-02 11:39 ]
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alan24
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Posted: 2007-03-02 11:53
Just been looking at the tournament website -www.world8ballchampionship.com. No info about players but I was looking at the sponsorhip pages - the main sponsor (the tournament will be named after them) has to pay 1,000,000 Saudi Riyal, which converts to approx. $265,000. Looks as though the sponsor money that Shir mentioned is about right, assuming they have been able to sell their diamond, gold and silver sponsorships! In relation to why players get chosen, all I know is that the guy representing Denmark qualified because he got to the quarters of the European Champs last year. [ This message was edited by: alan24 on 2007-03-02 12:00 ]
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shir
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Posted: 2007-03-02 14:38
Group A:
Chia-Ching Wu (TPE) def Carlos Alburez (GUA) 8-0
Thomas Damm (GER) def Kareem Al Gendi (EGY) 8-0
Jason Klatt (CAN) def Saeed Al Mutawe (UAE) 8-3
Elvis Calasang (PHI) def Naif Al Jeweni (KSA) 8-2
Group B:
Thomas Engert (GER) def Nasser Al Mujabal (KUW) 8-1
Goran Mladenovic (SCG) def Omran Salem (UAE) 8-1
Mario Tolentino (PHI) def Mohammed Aseel (EGY) 8-7
Niels Feijen (NED) def Günter Geisen (GER) 8-2
Group C:
Thorsten Hohmann (GER) def Joven Bustamante (PHI) 8-6
Serge Das (BEL) def Roberto Freitas (ANT) 8-2
Farhad Shaverdi (IRA) def Henrik Asperup (DEN) 8-7
Oliver Ortmann (GER) def Muhammed Al Hosani (UAE) 8-2
Group D:
Hui-Kai Hsia (TPE) def Kevin Becker (GER) 8-4
Alec Evriniadis (AUS) def Omar Al Serkal (UAE) 8-7
Nick van den Berg (NED) def Issa Al Boloshi (UAE) 8-4
Group E:
Ronnie Alcano (PHI) def Rafath Habib (IND) 8-3
Joven Alba (PHI) def Hani AL Howri (UAE) 8-4
Erik Hjorleifson (CAN) def Ben Nunan (AUS) 8-6
Swatoshi Kawabata (JPN) def Arif Allah (PAK) 8-3
Group F:
Dennis Orcollo (PHI) def Karl Boyes (GBR) 8-3
Francisco Bustamante (PHI) def Alexander Dremsizis (GER) 8-1
Group G:
Marcus Chamat (SWE) def Hisashi Kusano (JPN) 8-2
Group H:
Joybe Vincente (PHI) def Muhammed Benali (QAT) 8-3
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shir
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Posted: 2007-03-02 14:39
according to this Wu is there to defend the title.. according to the dutch coach (johan) the organization is really bad.. still nothing on the website.. previous post is a article on the WPA-site...
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shir
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Posted: 2007-03-02 15:34
Latest Results from the World 8-Ball Championships
Published Date: Friday, 2 March 2007 | Author: Thomas Overbeck
Group A:
Chia-Ching Wu (TPE) def Carlos Alburez (GUA) 8-0
Thomas Damm (GER) def Kareem Al Gendi (EGY) 8-0
Jason Klatt (CAN) def Saeed Al Mutawe (UAE) 8-3
Elvis Calasang (PHI) def Naif Al Jeweni (KSA) 8-2
Group B:
Thomas Engert (GER) def Nasser Al Mujabal (KUW) 8-1
Goran Mladenovic (SCG) def Omran Salem (UAE) 8-1
Mario Tolentino (PHI) def Mohammed Aseel (EGY) 8-7
Niels Feijen (NED) def Günter Geisen (GER) 8-2
Group C:
Thorsten Hohmann (GER) def Joven Bustamante (PHI) 8-6
Serge Das (BEL) def Roberto Freitas (ANT) 8-2
Farhad Shaverdi (IRA) def Henrik Asperup (DEN) 8-7
Oliver Ortmann (GER) def Muhammed Al Hosani (UAE) 8-2
Group D:
Hui-Kai Hsia (TPE) def Kevin Becker (GER) 8-4
Alec Evriniadis (AUS) def Omar Al Serkal (UAE) 8-7
Nick van den Berg (NED) def Issa Al Boloshi (UAE) 8-4
Group E:
Ronnie Alcano (PHI) def Rafath Habib (IND) 8-3
Joven Alba (PHI) def Hani AL Howri (UAE) 8-4
Erik Hjorleifson (CAN) def Ben Nunan (AUS) 8-6
Swatoshi Kawabata (JPN) def Arif Allah (PAK) 8-3
Group F:
Dennis Orcollo (PHI) def Karl Boyes (GBR) 8-3
Francisco Bustamante (PHI) def Alexander Dremsizis (GER) 8-1
Aki Heiskanen (FIN) def Naoyuki Ohi (JPN) 8-4
James Ortega (PHI) def Saleh Al Rimawi (UAE) 8-5
Group G:
Marcus Chamat (SWE) def Hisashi Kusano (JPN) 8-2
Darren Appleton (GBR) def Ralf Souquet (GER) 8-4
Olaf Köster (GER) def Jobert Panga (PHI) 8-7
Group H:
Joybe Vincente (PHI) def Muhammed Benali (QAT) 8-3
Bashar Hussein (QAT) def Mubarak Al Juneebi (UAE) 8-2
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pottingmad
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Posted: 2007-03-02 16:21
good result for daz well done m8
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poolknight
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Posted: 2007-03-02 17:31
cmon dynamite
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dazzler
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Posted: 2007-03-02 22:35
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that there are: 9 Germans. 10 Philipines. AND NO USA! Whats going on here? -----------------
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poolknight
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Posted: 2007-03-02 22:38
how the mighty fall 
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