WPA World 8-Ball Championship 2011

Tournament information
Sport	Eight-ball
Location	Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
Dates	February 19, 2011–February 26, 2011
Tournament format(s)	Double Elimination / Single Elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Eight-ball Championship
Venue	Fujairah Exhibition Centre, Al Diar Siji Hotel
Participants	116
Final positions
Champion	Dennis Orcollo
Runner-up	Niels Feijen
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The 2011 WPA World Eight-ball Championship was an eight-ball world championship, organized by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), and held 19–26 February 2011 at the Fujairah Exhibition Centre of the Al Diar Siji Hotel in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. A total of 116 players from all of the WPA's six regions participated.

The event was won by Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines, ^[1] who won the event with a 9–2 win in the final over Niels Feijen of the Netherlands. ^[2] David Alcaide of Spain, and Darren Appleton of England were third and fourth respectively. The total prize money for the event was US$205,000. The event is also referred to as the 2011 Etisalat World 8 Ball Pool Championship, among other variations, for sponsorship purposes.

Tournament format

• Double-elimination tournament on stage one until 56 players are left.
  • Race to seven racks
• Single-elimination tournament on stage two:
  • The undefeated players are seeded on stage 2 and the best eight will receive first round byes.
  • Race to nine racks, except for the final which is race to eleven. ^[3]

Schedule and prize money

Stage	Date	Prize	Racks
Qualifying tournaments	February 12–18	US$0	7
Players' meeting	February 19	US$0	7
First round	February 20–24	US$0	7
Last 84		US$300	7
Last 56		US$1,000	9
Last 32		US$2,000	9
Last 16		US$3,500	9
Quarterfinals		US$6,000	9
Fourth place	February 26	US$10,000	9
Third place match		US$14,000	9
Runner up		US$25,000	11
Winner		US$40,000	11

Ranked players

Stage 1

^[4]

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Group M

Group N

Stage 2

^[5]

Playoff

Vincent Facquet ( FRA) defeated Phuc Lung Nguyen ( VIE) 3–2 for eighth seed and the last bye to the Round of 32.

Upper half

	Round of 56					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						Antonio Lining		4
	Carlo Dalmatin		9			Carlo Dalmatin		9
	Yukio Akakariyama		7								Carlo Dalmatin		4
	Kuo Po-Cheng		4								Takhti Zarekani		9
	Alok Kumar		9			Alok Kumar		6
	Takhti Zarekani		9			Takhti Zarekani		9
	Thorsten Hohmann		8													Takhti Zarekani		2
	Phuc Long Nguyen		7													Dennis Orcollo		9
	Shane Van Boening		9			Shane Van Boening		9
	Jason Klatt		3			Jalal Yousseff		2
	Jalal Yousseff		9								Shane Van Boening		2
	Stephan Cohen		0								Dennis Orcollo		9
	Dennis Orcollo		9			Dennis Orcollo		9
						Vincent Facquet		8

	Round of 56					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						Chang Jun Lin		9
	Radosław Babica		2			Roberto Gomez		6
	Roberto Gomez		9								Chang Jun Lin		6
	Naoyuki Oi		3								- David Alcaide		9
	David Alcaide		9			David Alcaide		9
	John Salazar		6			Lee Van Corteza		3
	Lee Van Corteza		9													David Alcaide		9
	Thomas Engert		9													Thomas Engert		6
	Raymund Faraon		8			Thomas Engert		9
	Erik Hjorleifson		2			Earl Strickland		7
	Earl Strickland		9								Thomas Engert		9
	Mika Immonen		9								Mika Immonen		1
	Bruno Muratore		4			Mika Immonen		9
						Karl Boyes		1

Lower half

	Round of 56					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						Nick van den Berg		9
	Joven Bustamante		7			Ralf Souquet		1
	Ralf Souquet		9								Nick van den Berg		9
	Rodolfo Luat		5								Omaral Shaheeme		4
	Omaral Shaheeme		9			Omaral Shaheeme		9
	Manuel Gama		9			Manuel Gama		4
	Feliciano Francisco		7													Nick van den Berg		8
	Rodney Morris		9													Niels Feijen		9
	Ramil Gallego		6			Rodney Morris		2
	Do Hoang Quan		6			Niels Feijen		9
	Niels Feijen		9								Niels Feijen		9
	Daryl Peach		6								Oliver Medinilla		4
	Vilmos Foeldes		9			Vilmos Foeldes		5
						Oliver Medinilla		9

	Round of 56					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						Bashar Hussain Abdulmajed		9
	Salah AlRemwy		9			Salah AlRemwy		5
	Ham Won Sik		5								Bashar Hussain Abdulmajed		4
	Konstantin Stepanov		0								Joven Alba		9
	Raj Hundal		9			Raj Hundal		7
	Joven Alba		9			Joven Alba		9
	Efren Reyes		5													Joven Alba		2
	Ronnie Alcano		9													Darren Appleton		9
	Shaker Wahdan		2			Ronato Alcano		9
	Mohammed Abdulmohsen Alhazmi		2			Oliver Ortmann		6
	Oliver Ortmann		9								Ronato Alcano		8
	Marcus Chamat		7								Darren Appleton		9
	Huidje See		9			Huidje See		3
						Darren Appleton		9

Semifinals and Final

	Semifinals					Final
	--	Dennis Orcollo	9
	--	David Alcaide	3
						--	Dennis Orcollo	10
						6	Niels Feijen	3
	6	Niels Feijen	9
	--	Darren Appleton	0			Third place match
						--	David Alcaide	9
						--	Darren Appleton	2

References

External links

• event at AZbilliards.com
• Official World 8-ball Championship website Archived March 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine