2001 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

The 2001 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 12th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 14 to 22, 2001 in Cardiff, Wales.^[1]

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2001

Tournament information
Sport	9-ball
Location	Cardiff, Wales[1]
Dates	July 14, 2001–July 22, 2001[1]
Tournament format(s)	Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Matchroom Pool
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Mika Immonen
Runner-up	Ralf Souquet
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Mika Immonen won the event, defeating German Ralf Souquet in the final, winning 17–10.^[2]

Format

The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in round robin mode against each other. The top four players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system.^[3]

Prize money

The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winner Mika Immonen winning $65,000.^[4]

Position	Prize
First Place (champion)	$65,000
Second Place (runner-up)	$30,000
Third Place (semi-finalist	$17,500
Fifth place (quarter finalist)	$8,500
Ninth place (loser in round of 16)	$4,000
Seventeenth place (loser in round of 32)	$2,000
Thirty Third (loser in round of 64)	$1,500
Sixty Fifth place (Fifth or sixth in round robin group)	$1,000
Eighty First place (Seventh place in round robin group)	$500

Preliminary round

The following 64 players dropped out in the group stage:^[5]

	5. Place	6. Place	7. Place	8. Place
Group 1:	Tom Storm	Fabio Luersen [de]	Apostolis Alexandris	Andy Battams
Group 2:	Jorge de Souza	Pan Shen-ping	Ivica Putnik [de]	Vegar Kristiansen [de]
Group 3:	Evangelos Vettas [de]	Patrick Ooi	Lou Condo [de]	Andrew Richardson
Group 4:	Kunihiko Takahashi	Danny Basavich	Dino Nair	Diego Pedro Simon
Group 5:	Pawel Rogalski	Evgeny Stalev	Daniel Dutz	Aki Heiskanen [de]
Group 6:	Rodolfo Luat	Park Shin-young	Paul Davies	Bill Stephen
Group 7:	Warren Kiamco	Joe Johnson	Gerry Watson	Bruce Anderson
Group 8:	Rob McKenna	Raymond Hauge [de]	George SanSouci	Athanasios Vrakas
Group 9:	Jeong Young-hwa [de]	Adsushi Shiraiwa	Kasper Thygesen [de]	Brent Wells
Group 10:	Jan Dulst	Ross McInnes	Kiyotaka Ohashi	Robert Pleiner
Group 11:	Kenichi Uchigaki	Mark Selby	Jimmy Hendry	Juan Silva
Group 12:	Jon Kucharo	Niklas Bergendorff [de]	Akikumo Tashikawa	Mark Williams
Group 13:	Kang Chin-ching	Imran Majid	Vincent Facquet [de]	Manuel Chau
Group 14:	Thomas Engert	Peter Nielsen [de]	Dominic Dale	Warren King [de]
Group 15:	Surathep Phoochalam	Luc Salvas	Lee Jang-su	Paul Smith
Group 16:	Rico Diks [de]	Dee Adkins	Matjaž Erčulj [de]	Arnold van Staden

Final round

^[3]

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Last 16				Quarter final				Semifinal				Final
	Ralf Souquet	9
	Marc Holtz [de]	7
					Ralf Souquet	9
					Takashi Toda	8
	Takashi Toda	9
	Christian Reimering	3
									Ralf Souquet	11
									Yang Ching-shun	3
	Yang Ching-shun	9
	Dodong Alwi	2
					Yang Ching-shun	9
					Kevin Smith	6
	Kevin Smith	9
	Jorge Llanos [de]	2
													Ralf Souquet	11
													Marcus Chamat	1
	Marcus Chamat	9
	Paul Potier	3
					Marcus Chamat	9
					Lukas Krenek	1
	Lukas Krenek	9
	Nick van den Berg	8
									Marcus Chamat	11
									Andreas Roschkowsky [de]	9
	Earl Strickland	9
	Ramil Gallego	8
					Earl Strickland	7
					Andreas Roschkowsky [de]	9
	Andreas Roschkowsky [de]	9
	Hsia Hui-kai	4
																	Ralf Souquet	11
																	Lai Chia-hsiung	2
	Dimitri Jungo [de]	9
	Ismael Páez	7
					Dimitri Jungo [de]	3
					David Alcaide	9
	David Alcaide	9
	Alex Lely	7
									David Alcaide	9
									Jeremy Jones	11
	Jeremy Jones	9
	Steve Knight	1
					Jeremy Jones	9
					Troy Frank	4
	Troy Frank	9
	Phil Harrison	5
													Jeremy Jones	3
													Lai Chia-hsiung	11
	Oliver Ortmann	9
	Allen Hopkins	3
					Oliver Ortmann	8
					Antonio Lining	9
	Antonio Lining	9
	Hishashi Yamamoto	8
									Antonio Lining	7
									Lai Chia-hsiung	11
	Lai Chia-hsiung	9
	Michael Schmidt	8
					Lai Chia-hsiung	9
					Johnny Archer	4
	Johnny Archer	9
	Fabio Petroni	6
																					Ralf Souquet	10
																					Mika Immonen	17
	Ralph Eckert [de]	9
	Kim Davenport	8
					Ralph Eckert [de]	9
					Thorsten Hohmann	8
	Thorsten Hohmann	9
	Alex Pagulayan	8
									Ralph Eckert [de]	6
									Niels Feijen	11
	Niels Feijen	9
	Quinten Hann	7
					Niels Feijen	9
					Efren Reyes	5
	Efren Reyes	9
	Tiong Boon Tan	3
													Niels Feijen	7
													Mika Immonen	11
	Mika Immonen	9
	Corey Deuel	3
					Mika Immonen	9
					Tony Drago	1
	Tony Drago	9
	Francisco Bustamante	6
									Mika Immonen	11
									Anthony Ginn	2
	Gary Ponting	9
	Radosław Babica	7
					Gary Ponting	3
					Anthony Ginn	9
	Anthony Ginn	9
	Chao Fong-pang	8
																	Mika Immonen	11
																	Alain Martel [de]	7
	Chang Hao-ping	9
	Robby Suarly	6
					Chang Hao-ping	8
					Alain Martel [de]	9
	Alain Martel [de]	9
	Tommy Donlon [de]	5
									Alain Martel [de]	11
									Chris Melling	9
	Steve Davis	9
	Jimmy White	2
					Steve Davis	8
					Chris Melling	9
	Chris Melling	9
	Sandor Tot	8
													Alain Martel [de]	11
													Leonardo Andam	9
	Leonardo Andam	9
	Johl Younger	5
					Leonardo Andam	9
					Satoshi Kawabata [de]	6
	Satoshi Kawabata [de]	9
	Ernesto Domínguez	4
									Leonardo Andam	11
									Charlie Williams	9
	Charlie Williams	9
	Daryl Peach	7
					Charlie Williams	9
					Lee Tucker	8
	Lee Tucker	9
	John Horsfall	8