2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

The 2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the seventeenth edition of the WPA World Nine-ball Championship and took place between 4 and 12 November 2006 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Philippines. The event was to be held for the first time in the Philippines, on a two-year deal, including the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship.^[3] The championships were hosted by the World Pool Billiard Association (WPA).

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2006

Tournament information
Sport	9-ball
Location	International Convention Center, Pasay, Philippines
Dates	4 November 2006[1]–12 November 2006[1]
Tournament format(s)	Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Ronnie Alcano[2]
Runner-up	Ralf Souquet
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Ronato Alcano won the championship with a 17–11 win in the final against Ralf Souquet of Germany.^[4][5] Defending champion Wu Chia-ching was defeated in the quarter-final by Alcano.

Tournament format

The event featured 128 players, with an alternate break. The event featured a preliminary round robin format to half the field to 64; where the event changed to a knockout format.

Prize money

Position	Prize
First Place (champion)	$100.000
Second Place (runner-up)	$40.000
Third Place (semi-finalist)	$20.000
Fifth place (quarter finalist)	$10.000
Ninth place (loser in round of 16)	$4.500
Seventeenth place (loser in round of 32)	$3.000
Thirty Third (loser in round of 64)	$2.000
Sixty Fifth place (Third place in round robin group)	$1.000
Ninety Seventh place (Fourth place in round robin group)	$0

Preliminary round

The Preliminary round was played over three days between 4 and 7 November. There were 32 groups of 4, with the first two in each group progressing. Nine top 32 players were knocked out in this section^[a][6]

• Alex Pagulayan (4)
• Mika Immonen (11)
• Rodney Morris (12)
• Niels Feijen (18)
• Jose Parica (23)
• Alex Lely (25)
• Chang Pei-Wei (26)
• Christian Reimering (28)
• Kunihiko Takahashi (29)

Final round

The qualifying 64 players would play a knockout structure over six days.^[6] The first two rounds were competed as "race to 10", the next three rounds as "race to 11", and the final, as a "race to 17".^[6][7]

	Round of 64 8 November 2006				Round of 32 9 November 2006				Round of 16 10 November 2006				Quarter final 11 November 2006				Semi final 11 November 2006				Final 12 November 2006
	Roberto Gomez	1
	Ronnie Alcano	10
					Ronnie Alcano	10
					Efren Reyes	7
	Dennis Orcollo	6
	Efren Reyes	10
									Ronnie Alcano	11
									Kuo Po-Cheng	5
	Hsia Hsun-Kai	3
	Kuo Po-Cheng	10
					Kuo Po-Cheng	10
					Marlon Manalo	7
	Marlon Manalo	10
	C. Keng-Kwang	5
													Ronnie Alcano	11
													Wu Jia-qing	6
	Pat Holtz	10
	Tamoo Takano	6
					Pat Holtz	10
					Kevin Uzzell	6
	Chang Jung-Lin	6
	Kevin Uzzell	10
									Pat Holtz	6
									Wu Chia-ching	11
	Wu Chia-ching	10
	Corey Deuel	3
					Wu Chia-ching	10
					W. Hung-Hsiang	3
	Michael Schmidt	5
	W. Hung-Hsiang	10
																	Ronnie Alcano	11
																	Li Hewen	8
	Vincent Facquet	4
	Lee Kun-fang	10
					Lee Kun-fang	8
					Jeffrey de Luna	10
	N. van den Berg	8
	Jeff de Luna	10
									Jeff de Luna	6
									Lương Chí Dũng	11
	E. Dominguez	7
	Vilmos Földes	10
					Vilmos Földes	4
					Lương Chí Dũng	10
	Lương Chí Dũng	10
	Nien Rong-Chih	7
													Lương Chí Dũng	7
													Li Hewen	11
	F. Bustamante	7
	Thomas Engert	10
					Thomas Engert	6
					Šandor Tot	10
	Charlie Williams	5
	Šandor Tot	10
									Šandor Tot	7
									Li Hewen	11
	Li Hewen	10
	A. Carvajal	5
					Li Hewen	10
					Rudy Morta	8
	Markus Juva	8
	Rudy Morta	10
																					Ronnie Alcano	17
																					Ralf Souquet	11
	Thorsten Hohmann	9
	Tyler Edey	10
					Tyler Edey	10
					Ricky Yang	9
	Daryl Peach	7
	Ricky Yang	10
									Tyler Edey	6
									L. Cheng-Chuan	11
	L. Cheng-Chuan	10
	Earl Strickland	2
					L. Cheng-Chuan	10
					Ryu Seung-woo	6
	Lu Hsun-Chen	7
	Ryu Seung-woo	10
													Liu Cheng-Chuan	8
													Ralf Souquet	11
	Ralf Souquet	10
	Huidji See	3
					Ralf Souquet	10
					Yang Ching-shun	8
	Johnny Archer	6
	Y. Ching-shun	10
									Ralf Souquet	11
									K. Stepanow	4
	K. Stepanow	10
	Oliver Ortmann	6
					K. Stepanow	10
					Marco Tschudi	7
	Marco Tschudi	10
	Huang Kun-Chang	8
																	Ralf Souquet	11
																	Fu Che-wei	10
	Lee Van Corteza	10
	Imran Majid	4
					Lee Van Corteza	8
					David Alcaide	10
	Jörn Kaplan	7
	David Alcaide	10
									David Alcaide	10
									Rodolfo Luat	11
	Rodolfo Luat	10
	Jeremy Jones	5
					Rodolfo Luat	10
					Roy Apancho	6
	A. Roschkowsky	8
	Roy Apancho	10
													Rodolfo Luat	7
													Fu Che-wei	11
	Chao Fong-Pang	10
	Ramil Gallego	5
					Chao Fong-Pang	8
					Fu Che-wei	10
	Marcus Chamat	7
	Fu Che-wei	10
									Fu Che-wei	11
									Steve Davis	8
	Steve Davis	10
	Fabio Petroni	7
					Steve Davis	10
					Jharome Peña	8
	Lou Condo	7
	Jharome Peña	10