Everything about The Wpa World Nine-ball Championship totally explained
The
WPA World Nine-ball Championship is an annual, international, professional
nine-ball pool tournament, sanctioned by the
World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). It is divided into men's and women's divisions. One of its sponsors,
Matchroom Sport (which also provides the event's official website) prefers to refer to it under the more vague name "World Pool Championship".
The event was organised solely by the WPA from 1990 to 1999. In July 1999,
Matchroom Sport attempted to get involved with the organisation of the event, but their bid failed. The WPA event was duly played in
Alicante,
Spain, and won by
Nick Varner. Matchroom instead organised what it called the "World Professional Pool Championship", a non-WPA event in
Cardiff,
Wales, and was won by
Efren Reyes. The WPA was impressed by the professionalism of Matchroom's event, and agreed that from
2000, the Matchroom event would be the official WPA world championship. From 2000, Matchroom has referred to the event as the "World Pool Championship", dropping the word "professional" from the title. The WPA also agreed to recognise the results of the 1999 Matchroon event, meaning that official listings show both Varner and Reyes as 1999 world champion.
The event remained in Cardiff up until
2003. The
2004 and
2005 events were held in
Taiwan, with the
2006 and
2007 events taking place in the
Philippines.
The total purse of event is $400K where the champion shall earn $100K.
Historical highlights
- 1990: The first World Nine-ball Championship was held.
- 1999: The WPA Championship was first broadcast, on ESPN. Meanwhile, Matchroom Sport organises the World Professional Pool Championship.
- 2000 The WPA and Matchroom events are unified. Matchroom continues to organise the event, now with WPA sanctioning.
- 2001: The number of contestants in the men's division was increased to 128 and a men's division first prize raised to US$65,000.
- 2004: After being held in Cardiff, Wales for five years, the tournament moved to Taiwan, with a men's division first prize of $75,000.
- 2005: For the first time, the pockets of the tables were slightly narrowed. Last 64 and last 32 matches were extended to format.
- 2006: The tournament moved to the Philippines. All matches became alternating all the way from the group stages to the finals. Men's division first prize escalated to $100,000.
- 2007: Philippines set to host the event again. The tournament began on Saturday, November 3 with the final taking place on Sunday, November 11.
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