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World Pool League

The World Pool League (WPL) was a nine ball pool tournament promoted by Matchroom Sport and PartyGaming, and sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). All of the events were held in Warsaw, Poland, annually from 1999 to 2006. Six notable players were selected to participate in each event, which lasted for three days. Despite its name, the events were invitational tournaments, not a league in the usual sporting senses. The victor in the final event was Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines, 8–5 over Niels Feijen of the Netherlands, for a US$20,000 first-place prize.

Format

Round robin stage

The players were arranged such that each on the others once, in round-robin fashion. Unlike most matches in the sport where a player has to score a required number of racks to win, players in this round play in an assigned number of racks (for example: 10 racks or 12 racks). If a player won more racks than those remaining in the match, 2 points were earned. If the match ended with two players in the same score, then both settled for a point each. The leading 4 players in the field proceeded to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals and final

The semi-finals were single-elimination (knock-out). The final was played as a (such as race-to-nine or race-to-eight).

Winners

YearLocationWinnerRunner-up
1998Warsaw,
PolandUnited States Jim RempeItaly Fabio Petroni
1999United States Jim Rempe (2)Philippines Efren Reyes
2000Great Britain Steve KnightPhilippines Francisco Bustamante
2001Philippines Efren ReyesGreat Britain Steve Davis
2002Philippines Efren Reyes (2)United States Earl Strickland
2003United States Rodney MorrisGermany Thorsten Hohmann
2004Philippines Francisco BustamanteCanada Alex Pagulayan
2005Germany Thorsten HohmannPhilippines Francisco Bustamante
2006Philippines Dennis OrcolloNetherlands Niels Feijen

References

References

  1. . (2 October 2006). ["World Pool League: Orcollo Takes The Glory"](http://matchroomsport.com/articleDetail.asp?intArticleId=140). *[[Matchroom Sport]]*.
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