2015 World 10-Ball Championship: Kiamco advances to Round of 32

Warren Kiamco still on the running for the World 10-Ball title (Photo from: http://billi-walker.jp by Akira Takata)

General Santos City – The knockout stages have started in the 2015 World 10-Ball Championship. Seven Filipinos so far moved closer to the title by winning their Round of 64 matches.  Among the winners is Cebuano cue artist Warren Kiamco who beat Karol Skowerski, 11-8. Other Filipino winners are Jundel Mazon, Baset Mapandi, Ruben Cuna, Johann Chua, Joseph Magpantay, and Raymund Faraon.

Notable Filipino losers in the Round of 64 are top contenders Dennis Orcollo, Django Bustamante, and Cebuano Gaga Gabica.

Day 3 Results:

RESULTS FINAL 64

Jundel Mazon(PHI) 11 – 10 Jeffrey De Luna(PHI)
Irsa Nasution(INA) 11 – 8 Dennis Orcollo(PHI)
Ko Pin Yi(TPE) 11 – 10 Alex Kazakis(GRE)
Ruben Bautista(MEX) 11- 10Michael Turkowski(POL)
Wu Kun Lin(TPE) 11 – 10 Piotr Kudlik(POL)
Marcus Chamat(SWE) 11 – 5 Chang Yu Lung(TPE)
Yang Ching Shun(TPE) 11 – 7 Stuart Pettman(GBR)
Baseth Mapandi(PHI) 11 – 4 Oliver Villafuerte(PHI)
Liu Ri Teng(TPE) 11 – 9 Emil Martinez(PHI)
Cheng Yu Hsuan(TPE) 11 – 4 James Aranaz(PHI)
Warren Kiamco(PHI) 11 – 8 Karol Skowerski(POL)

Darren Appleton(GBR) 11 – 7 Muhammad Bewi(INA)
Ruslan Chinakhov(RUS) 11 – 10 Jason Klatt(CAN)
Ruben Cuna(PHI) 11 – 4 Denis Grabe(EST)
Ko Ping Chung(TPE) 11 – 6  Patrick Gonzales(PHI)
Jonas Magpantay(PHI) 11 – 9 Hsu Jui An(TPE)
David Alcaide(ESP) 11 – 9 Francisco Bustamante(PHI)
Chang Jung Lin(TPE) 11 – 2 Manuel Gama(POR)
Raymund Faraon(PHI) 11 – 5 Ryan Maglassang(PHI)
Mieszko Fortunski(POL) 11 – 9 Marco Teutscher(NED)
Johann Chua(PHI) 11 – 9 Ralf Souquet(GER)
Wang Can(CHN) 11 – 5 Antonio Gabica(PHI)

RESULTS GROUP STAGE MATCHES FROM THE LOSERS SIDE

2012 WORLD 9 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP Round of 64 update: Reyes wins; Bustamante ousted

Efren Reyes (Photo credit: Doha Stadium Plus)

Twenty Four (24) of thirty-two (32) matches have been completed and 10 Filipinos have played in the round of 64 in the 2012 World 9-Ball Championship. Out of the 10, only 4 survived to continue to the next round of competitions.  The 4 winners so far are Dennis Orcullo, Lee Van Corteza, Cebuano Antonio Gabica, and living legend Efren “Bata” Reyes. Among the casualties are 2010 World 9 Ball Champ Francisco Bustamante and Carlo Biado. Bustamante lost to former World 9 Ball champ Chao Fong Pang of Taipei. Another Taipei bet Chang Jun Lin eliminated Joven Alba.

Here is a recap of how the Pinoy pool stars did so far in this round.

Winners:

Dennis Orcullo 11 – 8 Andrew Kong (HKG)

Lee Van Corteza 11 – 4 Serge Das (BEL)

Antonio Gabica 11 – 7 Mario He (AUT)

Efren Reyes (PHI) 11-6 Toh Lian Han (SIN)

Losers:

Nick Van Der Berg (NED) 11 – 6 Marlon Caneda

Han Hao Xiang (CHI) 11 – 8 Israel Rota

John Morra (CAN) 11 – 7 Elvis Calasang

Ohi Naoyuki (JPN) 11 – 10 Carlo Biado

Chao Fong Pang (TAI) 11 – 6 Francisco Bustamante

Chang Jun Lin (TAI) 11 – 2 Joven Alba (PHI)

---

Related articles

• World 9-Ball Championship 2012 Day 5 First Half Update: 3 up 3 down for the PHL cue artists in the Round of 64 (caloysports.wordpress.com)
• World 9-Ball Championship 2012: 6 Filipinos including Cebuano Israel Rota survive Do or Die Day 4 (cebuislandlive.com)
• 2012 WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP Day 2: PHL pool masters 12-5 in their first matches (caloysports.wordpress.com)
• World 9-Ball Championship 2012 Day 4: Round of 64 cast complete; 13 PHL cue masters qualify (caloysports.wordpress.com)
• World 9-Ball Championship 2012 Day 3: 7 Filipinos enter the Round of 64 including Cebu’s Gaga Gabica (cebuislandlive.com)

2012 World 9-Ball Championship Round of 64: Cebuano Israel Rota and Marlon Caneda are eliminated

The Filipino cue masters are off to a dismal start at the knockout phase of the World 9-Ball Championship. Only 1 of 3 Filipinos have won his Round of 64 match so far. Ten others will have a chance to redeem the campaign and qualify in the Round of 32 for higher prize money and greater glory.

Among those who lost in the Round of 64 is Cebuano Israel Rota. He lost to Han Hao Xiang of China, 8-11 in their Round of 64 match.  All in all, he won 2 matches and lost 2 matches before he was eliminated.  He lost to German Ralf Souquet in his opening game before booting out Lee Wan Su of Korea and David Anderson of Great Britain in succession. The other Filipino participant who got eliminated was Marlon Caneda, who lost to Nick Van Den Berg of Netherlands with a 6-11 score.  Marlon Caneda opened his campaign with a 9-6 win over  Francisco Diaz-Pizzaro of Spain. He lost his second match to countryman Lee Van Corteza before eliminating Ceri Worts.  The Top 64 finish of both players were worth $2,000.  The top prize of the competition is $40,000.

The only Filipino so far who is assured of a Top 32 slot is Dennis Orcollo.   Orcollo avenged his Day 3 defeat to Andrew Kong by beating the Hong Kong native 11-8 in their Round of 64 match.

Related articles

• World 9-Ball Championship 2012: 6 Filipinos including Cebuano Israel Rota survive Do or Die Day 4 (cebuislandlive.com)
• World 9-Ball Championship 2012 Day 3: 7 Filipinos enter the Round of 64 including Cebu’s Gaga Gabica (cebuislandlive.com)
• 2012 World 9-ball Championship: Gabica wins opening match; 12 -2 so far for PHL bets (cebuislandlive.com)
• 2012 World 9-Ball Championship: OFW Oliver Medenilla first Filipino to be eliminated; 5 more Pinoys win first match (cebuislandlive.com)
• World 9-Ball Championship 2012 Day 4: Round of 64 cast complete; 13 PHL cue masters qualify (caloysports.wordpress.com)
• 2012 WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP Day 2: PHL pool masters 12-5 in their first matches (caloysports.wordpress.com)

World 9-Ball Championship 2012: 6 Filipinos including Cebuano Israel Rota survive Do or Die Day 4

Al Sadd Sports Club, Doha, Qatar– Six more Filipino cue artists enter the Round of 64 of the 2012 World 9-Ball Championship after surviving their final elimination games. The six will join the 7 others who qualified in Day 3. The Filipinos went 6-3 in Day 4 making. The win-loss record of Filipinos so far is 29-14 including 2 matches between compatriots. The Day 4 winners were Jundel Mazon, Elvis Casalsang, Marlon Caneda, Dennis Orcollo, Joven Alba, and Cebuano Israel Rota. Eliminated were Raymund Faraon, Vicente Loyme, and Ramil Gallego.  Faraon was beaten by Orcollo. The 3 Filipinos joined Oliver Medenilla who was eliminated in Day 2.

Here are the results of the matches of the Filipino participants in Day 4:

Huidji See 9-8 Vicente Loyme

Hsu Kai Lun 9-7 Ramil Gallego

Jundel Mazon 9-4 Shane Van Boening

Elvis Casalsang 9-7 Abdul Rahman Al Amar

Marlon Caneda 9-3 Ceri Worts

Dennis Orcollo 9-2 Raymund Faraon

Joven Alba 9-5 Nayf Abdel Afou

Israel Rota 9-7 David Anderson

Dennis Orcollo survives Day 4 (Photo credit: Doha Stadium Plus)

The 6 Day 4 qualifiers joins Efren “Bata” Reyes, Django Bustamante, Ronnie Alcano, Roberto Gomez, Lee Van Corteza, Carlo Biado, and Lapu-Lapu City’s Antonio Gabica.

Related articles

• World 9-Ball Championship 2012 Day 3: 7 Filipinos enter the Round of 64 including Cebu’s Gaga Gabica (cebuislandlive.com)
• 2012 World 9-Ball Championship: OFW Oliver Medenilla first Filipino to be eliminated; 5 more Pinoys win first match (cebuislandlive.com)
• 2012 WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP Day 2: PHL pool masters 12-5 in their first matches (caloysports.wordpress.com)
• 2012 World 9-ball Championship: Gabica wins opening match; 12 -2 so far for PHL bets (cebuislandlive.com)
• World 9-Ball Championship 2012 Day 3: 32 Advance including 7 PHL players (caloysports.wordpress.com)
• Cebuanos in the ABL: Season Stats of Cebuano Beermen so far (cebulive.wordpress.com)

Cebu-based Pulpul among the 9 Filipinos in the Round of 64 in World 8-Ball

Fujirah, UAE – After the group stages in the 2012 World 8-Ball Championships, there are only 64 players left that has a chance to grab 2012 title. Of the 64, nine of them are Filipinos. Among the 9 is Cebu-based Demosthenes “Plong-Plong” Pulpul.

Pulpul squeaked past Austria‘s Albin Ouschan, 7-6, in their elimination match to qualify for a spot in the knockout stages. He earlier downed Bahram Lofty of Denmark but lost to England‘s Mark Gray to set-up the do or die match against Ouschan.  He will be facing Hwang Yong for a slot in the round of 32.

The other Filipino qualifiers are Roberto Gomez, defending champion Dennis Orcollo, Carlo Biado, Lee Van Corteza, Elvis Calasang, Joven Alba, Raymund Faraon, and Elmer Haya.

Related articles

• Cebu’s Amit wins opener in the 2011 World Women’s 10-Ball Championships (cebulive.wordpress.com)
• Past Results: 2012 Sinulog Cup (cebulive.wordpress.com)
• Pinoy Domination: 9 Pinoys in the Top 64 (caloysports)
• World 8-Ball: Biado, Gomez join 7 others in the Round of 64 (Philboxing)