UK 8 Ball
Topic: World 8-ball Championships Dubai

I fancy Dennis. even though i ripped both of them apart in the IPT American Open (both in my group in last18 stage) i felt that at the time anyway that Dennis had the better 8ball game......i guess Ronnie is flying at the moment with ultra confidence after his superb win in the World 9ball though.


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7-2 to ronnie now...

On 2007-03-02 10:59 , jonni Wrote:
sorry a bit late to reply to this but found something...


WPA WORLD 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Date: 1st – 8th March 2007
Venue: Fujairah, U.A.E.
Prize money: US $120,000
Field: 64 players
It is my understanding that the above event will be played in a new Sports Centre in
Fujairah, UAE. The opening day will be the 1st March, and competition proper will
commence on the 2nd, with the final being played on the 8th.
We are awaiting information regarding hotels etc.
Transportation from Dubai Airport will be provided by the organiser.
The allocation of player spots is as follows:-
AAPA (Africa) 3
APBU (Asia) 12
BCA (North America) 4
CPB (South America) 2
EPBF (Europe) 16
OPBA (Oceania) 2
Defending Champion 1
Organiser Invites 8
UAE Players 16
Total 64
We require a confirmation no later than January 14th, and flight details of the players
in order for the organiser to arrange transportation. Please check early if your players
require visas, and if so, please arrange them early.
DO NOT LEAVE IT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE !! There can be hold-ups in the
issuing of visas for Arab countries.
As soon as any other information comes to hand, it will be distributed immediately.
Thank you
Ian Anderson
President

from the dutch forum....

7-5

Ronnie Alcano does it again!!!
11-8!!!!

Incredible - Next year's 9-Ball World Champion is going to have a lot of pressure to win both now!!!

yeah....thought the Germans would have done better seeing as they had nearly a quarter of the field!

The Philipinos are in a different class for consistancy though!


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this was the prize money..
1st place Ronnie Alcano $25,000.00
2nd place Dennis Orcollo $12,500.00
3rd place Joven Bustamante $6,250.00
3rd place Niels Feijen $6,250.00
5th place Nick Van Den Berg $4,500.00
5th place Thomas Engert $4,500.00
5th place Elvis Casalang $4,500.00
5th place Marcus Chamat $4,500.00
9th place Hisashi Kusano $2,000.00
9th place Goran Mladenovic $2,000.00
9th place Naif Al Jeweni $2,000.00
9th place Alexander Dremsizis $2,000.00
9th place Hui Kai Hsia $2,000.00
9th place Ralf Souquet $2,000.00
9th place Erik Hjorleifson $2,000.00
9th place Efren Reyes $2,000.00

thanks for message daryl just read it..

to myself i was going well 3-3 niether of us made mistake i had simple finish and touched a ball with butt of my cue which turned the game i would have been 4-3 up instead 4-3 down then he broke cleared 5-3 then i made a mistake only one of the match beside the break.. 6-3 he broke cleared 7-3 i broke got kicked in off he missed 7-4 then he broke ran 8-4 then i broke scratched 9-4 he broke cleared 10-4 one very careless mistake which have never done before probably cost me the game never mind!

for me dennis was the best player throughout the tournament and in the final was the best player i think he took difficult finished out where ronnie always had easier clearances dennis didnt make one mistake in the hole match except scracth off the break and 2 dry breaks ronnie made one mistake was high quality stuff but the tables played way too easy!

but great achievement by ronnie

cya u all tmrw or tonight

Nice one Dyno.....i knew it must have been a lot to do with Dry/kicked breaks etc.

I think Dennis Orcollo is the better 8ball player out of the 2 and if they played 10 times he would maybe win 6/7 of em.....especially if the pockets are tighter for sure!


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