9-Ball
Topic: Latest World Pool Rankings...

Men's Rankings
Source: http://www.wpapool.com/web/rankings

Figures in 6 columns are points awarded for...
US Open 9-Ball
2012    45th All Japan Championship
2012    China open
2013    Ultimate 10-Ball
2013    9-Ball WC
2013    Total Points

1    Hohmann, Thorsten    {11}             GER 96    60    168    260    1150    1734
2    Biado, Carlo    {12}             PHI (PHI)    75    60    300    350    736    1521
3    Van Corteza, Lee    {3}             PHI (PHI)        170    600    190    449    1409
4    Orcollo, Dennis    {2}             PHI (PHI)    330    170    228    190    449    1367
5    Boyes, Karl    {7}             GBR (GBR)    75        228    260    736    1299
6    Appleton, Darren    {1}             GBR (GBR)    208    95    168    405    328    1204
7    Van Boening, Shane    {13}             USA     417    130        295    328    1170
8    Pagulayan, Alex    {14}             CAN     292    130    168    322    207    1119
9    Ekonomopoulos, Nick     {15}             GRE 75        228    190    575    1068
10    Immonen, Mika    {6}             FIN (FIN)    96    60        580    328    1064
11    Chang, Jung Lin    {8}             TPE (TPE)    208    330    228        207    973
12    Ko, Pin-Yi    {9}             TPE (TPE)    117    170    228        449    964
13    Melling, Chris    {36}             GBR (GBR)    137        168    78    575    958
14    Wang, Can    {20}             CHN (CHN)    158        96    470    207    931
15    Gabica, Antonio    {32}             PHI (PHI)                    920    920
16    Feijen, Niels    {18}             NED (NED)    187        168    322    207    884
17    Fu, Che Wei    {10}             TPE (TPE)        215    480        92    787
18    van den Berg, Nick    {22}             NED (NED)    137        43        575    755
19    Hsu, Kai Lun    {25}             TPE (TPE)            300        449    749
20    Wu, Jiaqing    {44}             CHN (CHN)            384        328    712
21    Reyes, Efren    {17}             PHI (PHI)    250    95        155    207    707
22    Souquet, Ralf    {5}             GER (GER)    96    27    168    208    207    706
23    See, Huidji    {27}             NED (NED)    137    60    96    78    328    699
24    De Luna, Jeffrey    {126}             PHI (PHI)        27    96        575    698
25    Al-Shaheen, Omar    {16}             KUW (KUW)            384    78    207    669
26    Morra, John    {24}             CAN (CAN)    96        96    116    328    636
27    Ouschan, Albin    {23}             AUT (AUT)    137        168    260    46    611
28    Li Wen, Lo    {39}             JPN (JPN)        130            449    579
29    Alcaide, David    {128}             ESP (ESP)    117                449    566
30    Peach, Daryl    {41}             GBR (GBR)    117        96        328    541
31    Burford, Phil    {50}             USA (USA)    96        43    190    207    536
32    Chang, Yu Lung    {31}             TPE (TPE)        95    228        207    530
33    Cheng, Tsung Hua    {51}             TPE (TPE)            300        207    507
33    Li, Hewen    {4}             CHN (CHN)    187        228        92    507
35    Akagariyama, Yukio    {21}             JPN (JPN)    158    27    96    116    92    489
36    Foldes, Vilmos                 HUN (HUN)                    449    449
36    Petroni, Fabio                 ITA (ITA)                    449    449
36    Bustamante, Francisco    {29}             PHI (PHI)    54    95        208    92    449
39    Archer, Johnny    {37}             USA (USA)    187            260        447
40    Deuel, Corey    {71}             USA (USA)    158            78    207    443
41    Lombardo, Hunter    {38}             USA (USA)    96        96    155    92    439
42    Oi, Naoyuki    {19}             JPN (JPN)        60    43        328    431
43    He, Mario    {59}             AUT (AUT)    96                328    424
43    Yousef , Jalal    {98}             VEN (VEN)            96        328    424
45    Gallego, Ramil    {99}             PHI (PHI)        95            328    423
46    Rota, Israel    {64}             PHI (PHI)    75                328    403
47    Klatt, Jason    {34}             CAN (CAN)    117            190    92    399
48    Chua, Johann Gonzales    {45}             PHI (PHI)        215    168            383
49    Ryu, Seung Woo    {47}             KOR (KOR)            168        207    375
50    Ortmann, Oliver    {137}             GER (GER)    33                328    361
51    Han, Hao Xiang    {28}             CHN (CHN)    96        168        92    356
52    Toh, Lian Han    {79}             SIN (SIN)        27            328    355
53    Dominguez, Oscar    {46}             USA (USA)    117        43    190        350
54    Shaw, Jayson    {30}             GBR (GBR)    187            155        342
55    Vidal, Marc    {68}             USA (USA)    54            190    92    336
56    Manalo, Marlon                 PHI (PHI)                    328    328
56    Zulfikri, Muhammad                 INA (INA)                    328    328
58    Malaj, Nikolaos    {53}             ALB (ALB)    20        96        207    323
59    Shaw, So    {76}             IRI (IRI)    54    13    43    116    92    318
60    Liu, Haitao    {33}             CHN (CHN)    117        96        92    305
61    Nguyen, Anh Tuan    {118}             VIE (VIE)            96        207    303
62    Kong, Bu Kong    {60}             HKG (HKG)        95            207    302
63    Yuxuan, Zheng    {51}             TPE (TPE)            300            300
64    Dechaine, Mike    {54}             USA (USA)                295        295
65    Saez, Rob    {82}             USA (USA)    75            116    92    283
66    Gray, Mark    {135}             GBR (GBR)    75                207    282
67    Yang, Ching-Shun    {26}             TPE (TPE)        270                270
68    Chao, Fong-Pang    {49}             TPE (TPE)        60            207    267
68    Kuribayashi, Toru    {70}             JPN (JPN)        60            207    267
70    Sossei, Jeremy    {63}             USA (USA)    54            208        262
71    AlRiwani, Salah    {105}             UAE (UAE)            168        92    260
71    Babica, Radoslaw    {105}             POL (POL)            168        92    260
73    Wilkie, Shaun    {77}             USA (USA)    96            116    46    258
74    Hundal, Raj    {65}             GBR (GBR)    137            116        253
75    Davis, Mike    {66}             USA (USA)    96            155        251
76    Bartram, Chris    {69}             USA (USA)    33            208        241
77    Dang, Jin Hu    {62}             CHN (CHN)    137        96            233
78    Kiamco, Warren    {72}             PHI (PHI)    75            155        230
79    Parica, Jose    {73}             USA (USA)    229                    229
79    Alcano, Ronnie    {40}             PHI (PHI)    229                    229
81    Chang, Pei-Wei    {74}             TPE (TPE)            228            228
81    Ko, Ping Chung    {74}             TPE (TPE)        60    168            228
83    Kuo, Po-Cheng    {120}             TPE (TPE)        130            92    222
84    Dominguez, Ernesto    {78}             MEX (MEX)    54            155        209
85    Antoni, Mark                  PHI (PHI)                    207    207
85    Kazakis, Alexander                 GRE (GRE)                    207    207
85    Faraon, Raymund    {155}             PHI (PHI)                    207    207
85    Ali Berjaoui, Mohammad Khaled                 LEB (LEB)                    207    207
85    Rojas, Enrique                 CHI (CHI)                    207    207
85    Gama, Manuel    {84}             POR (POR)                    207    207
85    Jentsch, Dominic    {42}             GER (GER)                    207    207
85    Caneda, Marlon    {84}             PHI (PHI)                    207    207
85    Stepanov, Konstantin    {55}             RUS (RUS)                    207    207
85    Jungo, Dimitri    {155}             SUI (SUI)                    207    207
85    Majid, Imran    {155}             GBR (GBR)                    207    207
85    Chinakhov, Ruslan                 RUS (RUS)                    207    207
85    Nguyen, Khanh Hoang                 VIE (VIE)                    207    207
85    Aarts, Ivo                 NED (NED)                    207    207
99    Kwok, Kenny, Chi Ho    {109}             HKG (HKG)        60    96        46    202
100    Shuff, Brandon    {81}             USA (USA)    117            78        195

What do you think?

An awful lot of movement both up and down.

Not enough events really

I always am very impressed by the large number of countries represented. Pool is a global sport, but falls massively behind many other sports in terms of money that can be won, leading to the rankings being more of a case of "find a way to play in every event" and be ranked much higher. Look at Ronnie Alcano, ranked 79, but only played one event.

Only four events used, what about the 14.1 championships? I'd like to see some sort of World Tour, which has about 10 events. Players would need sponsors (or wealth) to travel around and play but the best would find a way.

The recent Charlie Williams promoted event was not a sanctioned event.

It appears to be just a one year ranking list, so that's a bit poor really.

To have a world ranking on 4 events stinks. Way way way way way behind darts and other sports that at one time or another were minority sports.







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Or five events.