Last 16 players in the world pool champs - 2007

Here are the last 16 players in the champs;

S. KAWABATA (JPN)
J. BUSTAMENTE (PHI)

K. STEPANOV (RUS)
KARL BOYES (ENG)

KUO P0-CHENG (TPE)
COREY DEUEL (USA)

NIELS FEIJEN (NED)
ROBERTO GOMEZ (PHI)

DARYL PEACH (ENG)
HARALD STOLKA (GER)

F BUSTAMANTE (PHI)
ALEX PAGULAYAN (PHI)

ALAIN MARTEL (CAN)
MIKA IMMONEN (FIN)

VILMOS FOLDES (HUN)
LU HUI-CHAN (TPE)

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Pool world champ results - latest

This is the latest news article from the official world pool site;

FRANCISCO Bustamante set up a mouth-watering last 16 contest with fellow Filipino Alex Pagulayan.

Bustamante sealed his place in the fourth round with a thrilling 10-8 victory against Holland's Nick van den Berg in one of the best matches of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship so far.

The host nation has the largest contingent of players left in the competition and, with Bustamante and Pagulayan meeting on Friday, are also the only country to have at least one man guaranteed of appearing in the quarter-finals.

With another sell-out arena crowd at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Manila, popular Filipino Bustamante trailed 4-0 to the young Dutchman before gaining control of the table and running into a 9-4 lead.

Bustamante though, missed a 3 ball into the top left hand pocket when just a few shots from victory and van den Berg grabbed his chance.

He won rack after rack, utilizing the soft break and at 8-9 down looked the favourite to win. However, a rare dry break scuppered his chances and Bustamante cleared to the 8 ball before van den Berg, in a sporting gesture, threw his white towel onto the table and embraced his opponent.

"When I missed that 3 ball I thought I�ve got no more shots in this game. The table was easy breaking and everything was in his control.

"When it was 9-8 I thought I had no more chance but got lucky when he had no ball on the break

"I'm very lucky to be in the last 16 but will try my best as I�m playing the small guy next - Alex Pagulayan!"

Van den Berg put on a brave face at his post match press conference but his pain was apparent. I feel terrible right now. There was nothing I could do and even at 9-7 down I felt I had the best chance," he said.

"I was not nervous the whole time. In fact was more nervous on Table 7 yesterday but if you want to beat Busti you cannot miss any balls," he added.

Also flying the Filipino flag were young guns Roberto Gomez and Joven Bustamante who both won through against Taiwanese opposition.

Bustamante (no relation) beat former champ Wu Chia-ching 10-8 on the TV table while Gomez pounded former two-time champion Chao Fong-pang 10-2. The lone American left in the competition is Corey Deuel following the demise of a lackluster Shane Van Boening.

Deuel showed tremendous heart coming from 9-5 down to get the better of three-time Asian Tour winner Chang Jung-ling of Taiwan. His reward is a match-up with another dangerous Chinese Taipei player, Kuo Po-cheng, a runner-up in this event in 2005.

European No.1 Konstantin Stepanov looked impressive in beating local hope Jeff De Luna 10-5. De Luna is a real crowd pleaser but is often too brave on his shot selection and the 24-year-old Muscovite was too composed for him.

Another Eastern European, Vilmos Foldes, put paid to Shane Van Boening's championship aspirations with a 10-8 win on Table 4. Foldes is the 2003 World Junior Champion and will face Lu Hui-chan who eliminated Poland�s Radoslaw Babica from the competition.

Last year's runner-up Ralf Souquet also exited stage left as Niels Feijen took him down 10-2. Souquet was suffering from a bad back but Feijen, who was a quarter-finalist in this event in 2001, looks a good outside chance.

Two English players are through to Friday's last 16 shake-up. Daryl Peach eliminated qualifier Lee Kun-fang's, a finalist in this event in 1997, on Table 4 and now faces Germany's Harry Stolka on Friday.

If European form is anything to go by, Peach is ranked No.2 on the EPBF rankings while Stolka is back at No.31.

Manchester's Karl Boyes, playing in his first World Championship, came back from 8-5 down to win against bespectacled Korean Ryu Seung-woo. Boyes, a former top English 8 ball player, can look ahead to a do-or-die struggle against European No.1 Konstantin Stepanov (Russia).

Play moves to just two tables on Friday as the races increase to 11.

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World Pool Championship is underway for 2007!

The World Pool Championship in the Philippines is underway and it's already turning into an exciting event. Here are some of the results going on;

Group 1 (SATURDAY, NOV 3)
Match 9 - ALEX LELY 9, RICKY YANG 8
Match 10 - BRADY GOLLAN 3, HARALD STOLKA 9

Match 7 - SAEED A AL-MUTAWA 3, ALEX LELY 9
Match 8 - XU MENG 3, BRADY GOLLAN 9

more results on their way...

Draw for the 2007 World Pool Champs

The draw is as follows;

Group 1 - Saturday, November 3 (tables 2 and 8)
A. Ronnie Alcano (PHI), B. Ricky Yang (INO), C. Xu Meng (CHN), D. Alex Lely (NED), E. Harald Stolka (GER), F. Charlie Williams, G. Brady Gollan (CAN), H. Saeed Ahmed Al-Mutawa (UAE).

Group 2 - Monday, November 5 (tables 3 and 4)
A. Ralf Souquet (GER), B. Ronnie Wiseman (CAN), C. Mike Davis (USA), D. Bernard Tey Choon Kiat (SIN), E. Raj Hundal (ENG), F. James Delahunty (AUS), G. Tepwin Arunnath (THA), H. Leonardo Andam (PHI)

Group 3 - Saturday, November 3 (tables 3 and 4)
A. Wu Chia-ching (TPE), B. Luong Chi-dung (VIE), C. Qualifier 10 (TBC), D. Radoslaw Babica (POL), E. Vilmos Foldes (HUN), F. Craig Osborne (ENG), G. Kusano Hisashi (JPN), H. Carlos Castro (NIC)

Group 4 - Saturday, November 3 (tables 6 and 7)
A. Yang Ching-shun (TPE), B. Jonni Fulcher (SCO), C. Ibrahim Bin Amir (MAS), D. Bruno Muratore (ITA), E. Antonio Gabica (PHI), F. Joven Bustamante (PHI), G. Enrique Rojas (CHI), H. Lu Hui-chan (TPE)

Group 5 - Monday, November 5 (tables 2 and 8)
A. Thorsten Hohmann (GER), B. Fu Che-wei (TPE), C. Jeff De Luna (PHI), D. Edwin Montal (CAN), E. Serge Das (BEL), F. Sandor Tot (SER), G. Vittorio De Falco (ITA), H. Ko Pin-yi (TPE)

Group 6 - Saturday, November 3 (tables 1 and 5)
A. Efren Reyes (PHI), B. Tony Drago (MLT), C. Tony Robles (USA), D. Liu Chun-chuan (TPE), E. Alain Martel (CAN), F. Tomasz Kaplan (POL), G. Ceri Worts (NZL), H. Kenichi Uchigaki (JPN)

Group 7 - Sunday, November 4 (tables 3 and 4)
A. Chang Jung-ling (TPE), B. Qualifier 9 (TBC), C. Nick van den Berg (NED), D. Chan Keng Kwang (SIN), E. Ramil Gallego (PHI), F. John Morra (CAN), G. Kazuo Furuta (JPN), H. Alwi (INO)

Group 8 - Sunday, November 4 (tables 6 and 7)
A. Alex Pagulayan (PHI), B. David Alcaide (ESP), C. Muhammad Zulfikri (INO), D. Martin Kempter (AUT), E. Robb Saez (USA), F. Philipp Stojanovic (CRO), G. Stephen Capaldi (SCO), H. Hamza Mohammed Saeed Ali (ERI)

Group 9 - Sunday, November 4 (tables 1 and 5)
A. Francisco Bustamante (PHI), B. Corey Deuel (USA), C. Oliver Ortmann (GER), D. Jeong Young-hwa (KOR), E. Antonio Lining (PHI), F. Pham Tuan Ngoc (VIE), G. John Wims (IRE), H. Zbynek Vaic (RSA)

Group 10 - Monday, November 5 (tables 6 and 7)
A. Thomas Engert (GER), B. Imran Majid (ENG), C. Kuo Po-cheng (TPE), D. Roman Hybler (CZE), E. Lee Chenman (HKG), F. David Alcoberro (ESP), G. Louis Condo (AUS), H. Prince Muhtadee Billah (BRU)

Group 11 - Tuesday, November 6 (tables 3 and 4)
A. Konstantin Stepanov (RUS), B. Rodney Morris (USA), C. Marco Tschudi (SUI), D. Rye Seung-woo (KOR), E. Bahram Lotfy (DEN), F. Kevin Uzzell (ENG), G. David Reljic (AUS), H. Alejandro Carvajal (CHI)

Group 12 - Sunday, November 4 (tables 2 and 8)
A. Mika Immonen (FIN), B. Leevan Corteza (PHI), C. Chang Pei-wei (TPE), D. Tyler Edey (CAN), E. Jeremy Jones (USA), F. Karl Boyes (ENG), G. Goran Mladenovic (SER), H. Fahad Mohammadi (QAT)

Group 13 - Tuesday, November 6 (tables 2 and 8)
A. Shane Van Boening (USA), B. Dennis Orcollo (PHI), C. Marcus Chamat (SWE), D. Pat Holtz (SCO), E. Wojciech Trajdos (POL), F. Satoshi Kawabata (JPN), G. Kenny Kwok (HKG), H. Qualifier 8 (TBC)

Group 14 - Monday, November 5 (tables 1 and 5)
A. Li He-wen (CHN), B. Fabio Petroni (ITA), C. Earl Strickland (USA), D. Marlon Manalo (PHI), E. Dejan Dabovic (SER), F. Alan Tan (MAS), G. Kay Reike (GER), H. Farhad Shahverdi (IRN)

Group 15 - Tuesday, November 6 (tables 1 and 5)
A. Johnny Archer (USA), B. Chao Fong-pang (TPE), C. Naoyuki Oi (JPN), D. Michael Schmidt (GER), E. Manan Chandra (IND), F. Greg Jenkins (AUS), G. Muyat Aras (TUR), H. Wu Yu-lin (TPE)

Group 16 - Tuesday, November 6 (tables 6 and 7)
A. Niels Feijen (NED), B. Daryl Peach (ENG), C. Rodolfo Luat (PHI), D. Dharminder Singh Lilly (IND), E. Charles Bryant (USA), F. Toh Lian Han (SIN), G. Matjaz Erculj (SLO), H. Roberto Gomez (PHI)

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