Full List of Entrants and Groups for World Pool Championship

Full List of Entrants and Groups for World Pool ChampionshipWith the start of the 2004 Taiwan World Pool Championship just over three weeks away, the draw for the opening round groups has been made and there are plenty of tough matches in prospect.116 competitors representing 42 countries have been announced to date with the remaining 12 players to come through from pre-tournament qualifying events.The first round in Taipei consists of 16 groups comprising eight players with each group headed by two seeds. The remaining six players are then drawn out of the bag based on geographical areas.No.1 seed and defending champion, Thorsten Hohmann, heads up Group 1 where he will face the likes of Ramil Gallego of the Philippines and the USA's Shawn Putnam.Further down, one of the toughest groups appears to be Group 4 where Ching-shun Yang (Chinese Taipei), Markko Lohtander of Finland, America's Tony Crosby, Filipino hot-shot Lee Van Corteza, Michael Schmidt of Germany and England's fast improving Daryl Peach will all be vying for the four slots in the last 64 knock-out.First Round matches start on Saturday 10th July and conclude on Tuesday 13th - Judgement Day!
PlayersGustavo Espinoza Argentina CPBRichard Wolff Aruba CPBPhil Wilkinson Australia OPBADave Reljic Australia OPBAEmile Reira Australia OPBAPhil Reilly Australia OPBAMartin Kempter Austria EPBFAlex Pagulayan Canada BCA (CBSA) 2003 L16Chris Orme Canada BCA (CBSA)Luc Salvas Canada BCA (CBSA) 2003 L16Al Logan Canada BCA (CBSA)Cliff Thorburn Canada BCA (CBSA)Ching-shun Yang Chinese Taipei APBU 2003 L16Fong-pang Chao Chinese Taipei WPA 2000 ChampionPei-Wei Chang Chinese Taipei MSL CTBA Chin-Ching Kang Chinese Taipei MSL CTBAHui-kai Hsia Chinese Taipei APBU 2003 L16Che-wei Fu Chinese Taipei APBU Ranking ListPo-cheng Kuo Chinese Taipei APBU Ranking ListHung-hsiang Wang Chinese Taipei APBU QualifierChia-ching Wu Chinese Taipei APBU QualifierGiovanni Orozco Costa Rica CPBIvica Putnik Croatia EPBFKasper Kristoffersson Denmark EPBFDaryl Peach England EPBFSteve Davis England MSL 2003 L16Imran Majid England MSL Pro 9Ball Top 3James Kay England MSL Pro 9Ball QualifierRaj Hundal England MSL Open Qualifier LondonKevin Smith England MSL Pro 9Ball QualifierKevin Uzzell England MSL Pro 9Ball QualifierMarkko Lohtander Finland EPBFMarkus Juva Finland EPBFMika Immonen Finland WPA 2001 ChampionStefan Sellberg Finland EPBFThomas Engert Germany EPBFRalf Souquet Germany EPBFOliver Ortmann Germany EPBFThorsten Schober Germany EPBFMichael Schmidt Germany EPBFChristian Reimering Germany EPBFThomas Hasch Germany EPBFThorsten Hohmann Germany WPA 2003 ChampionSascha Trautmann Germany MSL QualifierAlex Lely Holland EPBF 2003 L16Niels Feijen Holland EPBFNick van den Berg Holland EPBFRico Diks Holland EPBFVilmos Foldes Hungary EPBFAlok Kumar India MSL SMB TourSiaw Wieto Indonesia APBU Ranking ListKamarudin Yudharman Indonesia APBU Ranking ListTommy Donlon Ireland MSL Pro 9Ball Top 3Vittorio De Falco Italy EPBFFabio Petroni Italy EPBFShintaro Sugaya Japan WPA WildcardsHiroshi Takenaka Japan WPA WildcardsHisashi Yamamoto Japan MSL Mr TuAkikumo Toshikawa Japan MSL Mr TuSatoshi Kawabata Japan MSL SMB TourKunihiko Takahashi Japan APBU QualifierTakeshi Okumura Japan APBU QualifierShin-young Park Korea APBU 2003 L16Young-hwa Jeong Korea APBU 2003 L16Jang-su Lee Korea APBU QualifierSeung-woo Ryu Korea APBU QualifierMarc Holtz Luxembourg EPBFIbrahim Bin Amir Malaysia APBU Ranking ListAlan Tan Malaysia APBU QualifierPatrick Ooi Fook Malaysia APBU QualifierTony Drago Malta MSL 2003 L16 Ernesto Dominguez Mexico CPBJimmy Henry New Zealand WPAMatthew McInnes New Zealand WPA Raymond Hauge Norway EPBFMarco Valencia Panama CPBLino Castillo Panama CPBJohn Lopez Peru CPBRamil Gallego Philippines APBU 2003 L16Jose Parica Philippines MSL WildcardFrancisco Bustamante Philippines APBU 2003 L16Efren Reyes Philippines APBU 2003 L16Warren Kiamco Philippines MSL SMB TourLee Van Corteza Philippines MSL SMB TourRadoslaw Babica Poland EPBFAlan Rolon Puerto Rico CPBKonstantin Stepanov Russia EPBFMichael Valentine Scotland MSL Pro 9Ball Top 3Pat Holtz Scotland MSL Scottish QualifierAndreja Klasovic Serbia & Montenegro EPBFDavid Alcaide Spain MSL Spot Returned by EPBFGabriel Carral Spain EPBFMarco Barcarcic Slovenia EPBFDavid Anderson South Africa AAPAYulan Govender South Africa AAPAMarcus Chamat Sweden EPBF 2003 L16Tom Storm Sweden EPBFNiclas Bergendorff Sweden EPBFErik Weiselius Sweden EPBFMarco Tschudi Switzerland EPBFSurathep Phoochalam Thailand MSL APBU RankingHanni Al-Howri UAE WPA WildcardEarl Strickland USA WPA 2002 ChampionJohnny Archer USA BCA UPA Ranking 1Charlie Williams USA BCA UPA Ranking 3Rodney Morris USA BCA UPA Ranking 4Max Eberle USA BCA UPA Ranking 10Mike Davis USA BCA UPA Ranking 12Danny Harriman USA BCA UPA Ranking 13Tony Crosby USA BCA UPA Ranking 19Corey Harper USA BCA UPA Ranking 23Shawn Putnam USA BCA UPA Ranking 25John Schmidt USA BCA UPA Ranking 26Steve Lillis USA BCA UPA Ranking 28Jeremy Jones USA BCA UPA Ranking 30Frank Alvarez USA BCA UPA Ranking 31Plus 10 x Pre-event QualifierPlus 1 x Nigeria QualifierPlus 1 x BPPO Qualifier 43 Countries RepresentedArgentina 1Aruba 1Australia 4Austria 1Canada 5Chinese Taipei 9Costa Rica 1Croatia 1Denmark 1England 7Finland 4Germany 9 Holland 4Hungary 1India 1Indonesia 2Ireland 1Italy 2Japan 7Korea 4Luxembourg 1Malaysia 3Malta 1Mexico 1New Zealand 2Nigeria 1Norway 1Panama 2Peru 1Philippines 6Poland 1Puerto Rico 1Russia 1 Scotland 2Serbia & Montenegro 1Spain 2Slovenia 1South Africa 2Sweden 4Switzerland 1Thailand 1UAE 1USA 14 Group 1Thorsten Hohmann GermanyAlan Rolon Puerto RicoShawn Putnam USA Ramil Gallego Philippines Erik Weiselius Sweden Marco Tschudi Switzerland Giovanni Orozco Costa RicaTaipei Qualifier 1Group 2

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