2003 World Pool Championship – Format & Schedule

2003 World Pool Championship – Format & Schedule Days 1 – 4 Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues 12,13,14,15 July ( 448 matches )First Round Group Play - Race to 5 - Alternate breaksDay 5 Weds 16 July ( 32 matches )Second Round (last 64) - Race to 9 - Winner breaksDay 6 Thurs 17 July ( 16 matches )Third Round (last 32) - Race to 9 - Winner breaksDay 7 Fri 18 July ( 8 matches )Fourth Round (last 16) - Race to 11 - Winner breaksDay 8 Sat 19 July ( 6 matches )Quarter Finals - Race to 11 - Winner breaksSemi Finals - Race to 11 - Winner breaksDay 9 Sun 20 July ( 1 match )Final - Race to 17 - Winner breaks
The Groups – Seeded players in bold Group 1 Earl Strickland USAJorge Llanos ArgentinaYing-chieh Chen Chinese TaipeiVilmos Foldes Hungary Paul Potier CanadaMarko Lohtander Finland Anton Klanfar South AfricaMark Williams Wales Group 2 Francisco Bustamante PhilippinesRaymond Cruz CanadaPo-cheng Kuo Chinese TaipeiIvica Putnik Croatia Phil Reilly AustraliaThomas Engert Germany Shaun Putnam USACardiff Qualifier 6 Tues 8th July Group 3 Ralf Souquet Germany Imran Majid EnglandSiaw Wieto IndonesiaFabio Petroni ItalyEmile Reira AustraliaAlex Lely Holland Max Eberle USACardiff Qualifier 11 Thurs 10th July Group 4 Efren Reyes PhilippinesRadoslaw Babica Poland Sin-young Park KoreaAlexander Markut Austria John Horsfall CanadaJanne Kaipainen Finland Jeremy Jones USACardiff Qualifier 9 Weds 9th July Group 5 Mika Immonen FinlandCharlie Williams USAHinokiyama Haruyoshi JapanPascal Budo Belgium Jeff Kennedy CanadaMarlon Manolo PhilippinesAlan Rolon Puerto RicoRob McKenna Wales Group 6 Ching-shun Yang Chinese TaipeiAkikumo Toshikawa JapanMukesh Rehani IndiaSandor Tot HungaryDavid Reljic AustraliaAnand Manurat Holland Tony Robles USACardiff Qualifier 5 Mon 7th July Group 7 Johnny Archer USARico Diks Holland Pei-wei Chang Chinese TaipeiRoman Hybler Czech Republic Andre Pelletier CanadaSten Jarledal Sweden David Anderson South AfricaCardiff Qualifier 4 Mon 7th July Group 8 Fong-pang Chao Chinese TaipeiNiels Feijen Holland Satoshi Kawabata JapanPeter F Nielsen Denmark Steve Knight EnglandErik Weiselius Sweden Ernesto Dominguez MexicoCardiff Qualifier 2 Sun 6th July Group 9 Warren Kiamco PhilippinesSteve Davis EnglandAng-boon Lay SingaporeKonstantin Stepanov Russia Tony Drago MaltaChristian Reimering Germany Richard Wolff ArubaCardiff Qualifier 7 Tues 8th July Group 10 Cory Deuel USAYoung-hwa Jeong KoreaChoon-kiat Tey SingaporeAnastasias Vrakas Greece Kevin Smith EnglandLee Van Corteza PhilippinesMauro Ibarra MexicoCardiff Qualifier 1 Sat 5th July Group 11 Alex Pagulayan CanadaDanny Harriman USAShintaro Sugaya JapanStephane Cohen France Ceri Worts New ZealandGilliano Smit Holland Ditto Acosta ArubaPro 9 Ball Qualifier 1 Sat 14th June Group 12 Oliver Ortmann Germany Che-wei Fu Chinese TaipeiHiroshi Takenaka JapanRaymond Hauge Norway Brent Wells New ZealandBuddy Hall USANiklas Bergendorff Sweden Junior Qualifier Tues 8th July Group 13 Nick Van Den Berg Holland Kunihiko Takahashi JapanHui-chan Lu Chinese TaipeiJuan Antonio Fernandez Spain Luc Salvas CanadaThorsten Schober Germany Jimmy Wetch USACardiff Qualifier 8 Weds 9th July Group 14 Marcus Chamat SwedenRodney Morris USATiong-boon Tan SingaporeCarmine Nanula Italy Daryl Peach EnglandRalph Eckert Germany Ryan Rampersaud ArubaCardiff Qualifier 3 Sun 6th July Group 15 Kun-fang Lee Chinese TaipeiTom Storm Sweden Jang-su Lee KoreaSascha Spechia Switzerland Michael Valentine ScotlandMichael Schmidt Germany Shannon Daulton USACardiff Qualifier 10 Thurs 10th July Group 16 Nick Varner USAAntonio Lining PhilippinesHong-jo Jung KoreaMarc Holtz Luxembourg Louis Condo AustraliaThorsten Hohmann Germany Miguel Jerez ArgentinaPro 9 Ball Qualifier 2 Sat 28th June Coutries Represented Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chinese, Taipei, Croatia, Czech, Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Wales Visit InsidePOOL for daily updates during the 2003 World Pool Championships.

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