2006 Philippines World Pool Championship Groups Announced

2006 Philippines World Pool Championship Billiards Groups Announced 128 of the finest billiard players from around the world will gather at the Philippine International Convention Center in Metro Manila on Saturday 4th November to contest the most anticipated billiards event of the year – the World Pool Championship.Discuss the World Pool Championship
With a record prize fund of $400,000 and an unprecedented 60-plus hours of live TV over the nine days of the event, the Philippines World Pool Championship promises to be deliver its customary high-octane mix of drama, excitement and tension.Promoters Matchroom Sport can announce the 32 x four-man groups to contest the opening stages of the competition.Each group is headed by one of 32 seeded players, with defending champion Wu Chia-ching taking the top spot of No.1 seed.The second player in each group comes from a second group of 32 seeded players although these players were not placed in any order of merit and were drawn randomly.The final two players were drawn randomly from geographical-based draw bags.Group 1Wu Chia-ching (TPE) Chang Keng-kwang (SIN)Harold Rousseau (CAN)Sven Pauritsch (GER) Group 2Efren Reyes (PHI) Radoslaw Babica (POL) Roy Apancho (INA)Tony Crosby (USA)Group 3Thorsten Hohmann (GER) Edwin Montal (CAN) Qualifier 9Andy Worthington (ENG)Group 4Alex Pagulayan (PHI)Li He-wen (CHN) Lee Kun-fang (TPE)Gustavo Espinosa (ARG) Group 5Marlon Manalo (PHI) Mike Davis (USA)Fu Che-wei (TPE)Nicolas Guimond (CAN) Group 6Kuo Po-cheng (TPE) Ernesto Dominguez (MEX)Dharminder Singh Lily (IND)Roger Lysholm (Nor)Group 7Ralf Souquet (GER) Chang Jung-ling (TPE) TBAQualifier 10Group 8Johnny Archer (USA) Huang Kun-chang (TPE) Xu Meng (CHN)Gregorio Sanchez (VEN)Group 9Thomas Engert (GER) Stuart Lawler (AUS) Qualifier 4Philipp Stojanovic (CRO)Group 10Francisco Bustamante (PHI) Darren Appleton (ENG) Prince Haji Billah (BRU)Charles Bryant (USA)Group 11Mika Immonen (FIN) David Alcaide (ESP) Qualifier 6Marco Tschudi (SUI)Group 12Rodney Morris (USA) Enrique Rojas (CHI) Qualifier 7Jorn Kaplan (GER)Group 13Marcus Chamat (SWE) Jeong Young-hwa (KOR) Roland Garcia (PHI)Benjamine Belhassen (FRA)Group 14Yang Ching-shun (TPE) Raj Hundal (ENG) Mohammed Zulfikri (INA)Tyler Edey (CAN)Group 15Nick van den Berg (NED) Sandor Tot (SCG) Gandy Valle (PHI)Fahad Mohammaddi (QAT)Group 16Dennis Orcollo (PHI) Thanh Nam Nguyen (VIE) Steve Davis (ENG)Dave Reljic (AUS)Group 17Earl Strickland (USA) Chen Ying-chieh (TPE) Manan Chandra (IND)Vincent Facquet (FRA)Group 18Niels Feijen (NED) Takeshi Okumura (JAP) Ryu Seong-woo (KOR)Michael Schmidt (GER)Group 19Chao Fong-pang (TPE) Roman Hybler (CZE) Bernard Tey Choon Kiat (SIN)Huidji See (NED)Group 20Imran Majid (ENG) Patrick Ooi Fook Yuen (MAS) Wang Hung-hsiang (TPE)Evangelos Vettas (GRE)Group 21Oliver Ortmann (GER) Rodolfo Luat (PHI) Fu Jian-bo (CHN)David Larsson (SWE)Group 22Corey Deuel ( USA) Masaki Tanaka (JAP)Qualifier 1John Wims (IRE)Group 23Jose Parica (PHI) Shawn Putnam (USA) Ricky Yang (INA)Pat Holtz (SCO)Group 24Jeremy Jones (USA) Tony Drago (MAL) Liu Cheng-chuan (TPE)Ceri Worts (NZL)Group 25Alex Lely (NED) Gabe Owen (USA) Qualifier 2Lou Condo (AUS)Group 26Chang Pei-wei (TPE) Andreas Roschkowsky (GER) Ibrahim bin Amir (MAS)Alejandro Carvajal (CHI)Group 27Vilmos Foldes (HUN) Toh Lian-han (SIN) Qualifier 5Africa 1 Group 28Christian Reimering (GER) Ronato Alcano (PHI) Luong Chi Dung (VIE)Marcel Martens (NED)Group 29Kunihiko Takahashi (JAP) Kevin Uzzell (ENG) Jeff de Luna (PHI)Chris Calabrese (AUS)Group 30Fabio Petroni (ITA) Charlie Williams (USA) Qualifier 3Apsi Taniago (INA)Group 31Markus Juva (FIN) Konstantin Stepanov (RUS) Qualifier 8Africa 2Group 32Daryl Peach (ENG) Ramil Gallego (PHI) Tepwin Arunnath (THA)Rob Saez (USA)

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