2024 World 8 Ball Championship (2-8 Sep), New Zealand , Winner $75K

[spartan]

Weak field for a major event- only 14x800 (By comparison, Matchroom major these days has typically ~30x800. As expected many top 10 Fargo "boycotted" to protest against WPA ban
14x800
Alex Pagulayan
Jung Lin Chang
Kun Lin Wu
Mario He
Mieszko Fortunski
Naoyuki Oi
Sanjin Pehlivanovic
Wojciech Szewczyk
Pijus Labutis
Albin Ouschan
Alex Kazakis
Carlo Biado
Daniel Maciol
Joshua Filler

Brackets
Men World 8 Ball Championship
https://cuescore.com/tournament/bracket/?id=47476219
https://probilliardseries.com/event/new-zealand-2024/men-world-8-ball/matches/

Women World 9 Ball Championship
https://cuescore.com/tournament/bracket/?id=47968054
https://probilliardseries.com/event/new-zealand-2024/women-world-9-ball-championship-2024/matches/

Format

Prize Fund

Tournament Protocol and Information

2024 Yalin WPA Men World 8-Ball Championship | Pro Billiard Series

TOURNAMENT PROTOCOL DRAW - STAGE 1 DRAW - FINAL STAGE

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[jay helfert]

Give the second stringers a chance! Maybe five or six high level players in the field and only two or three who would have a chance against the big guns.

 

[The_JV]

Weak field for a major event- only 9x800 (By comparison, Matchroom major these days has typically ~30x800. As expected many top 10 Fargo "boycotted" to protest against WPA ban
9x800
Alex Pagulayan
Jung Lin Chang
Kun Lin Wu
Mario He
Mieszko Fortunski
Naoyuki Oi
Pijus Labutis
Sanjin Pehlivanovic
Wojciech Szewczyk

So far, only 50 players listed as playing in 64 player field

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Format
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Prize Fund
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Tournament Protocol and Information

2024 Yalin WPA Men World 8-Ball Championship | Pro Billiard Series

TOURNAMENT PROTOCOL DRAW - STAGE 1 DRAW - FINAL STAGE

probilliardseries.com

I can say that we haven't done our national 8 ball tourney yet. Top two made it in last year.

 

[Smutzc]

Out of this field I’d like to sanjin win this one !

 

[spartan]

Out of this field I’d like to sanjin win this one !

This may be his best chance with this weak field. One of those due to win a major.

 

[skogstokig]

i like the predator part, and love that they brought back the W8C, but WPA can go pound sand.

 

[Jaden]

If it's WPA, it's a non starter, the best players aren't likely to be there.

 

[jay helfert]

They're having trouble filling a 64 man field. That will tell you something. At least 15 to 20 players listed are lucky to have a .700 Fargo.

 

[Positively Ralf]

Big tables or small tables?

 

[pwd72s]

New Zealand? Not cheap to get there...

 

[Bob Jewett]

I can say that we haven't done our national 8 ball tourney yet. Top two made it in last year.

I think it would be really neat if the US could follow Canada's lead, but we are incapable of organizing a national championship. Maybe in a few years. I think the last US national championship for men's pool was in the 1950s or so.

 

[The_JV]

I think it would be really neat if the US could follow Canada's lead, but we are incapable of organizing a national championship. Maybe in a few years. I think the last US national championship for men's pool was in the 1950s or so.

Don't give us too much credit. The "national" tourney is usually 90% locals and I can't recall it ever being outside of Ontario.

 

[spartan]

14 more players added so now 64 players field filled
New additions include Joshua Filler, Carlo Biado, Albin Ouschan, Alex Kazakis, Daniel Maciol
Thought Filler boycotted and Biado is banned

 

[KeithS66]

Pretty sure Albin Ouschan posted that he was boycotting WPA events as well for 2024

 

[kling&allen]

14 more players added so now 64 players field filled
New additions include Joshua Filler, Carlo Biado, Albin Ouschan, Alex Kazakis, Daniel Maciol
Thought Filler boycotted and Biado is banned

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Murmurs on social media are that the WPA list is a wishlist and isn’t an indication of who might actually show.

 

[mikepage]

Don't give us too much credit. The "national" tourney is usually 90% locals and I can't recall it ever being outside of Ontario.

Well OK...

But there are 10 provinces, and yours has more people than the bottom 8 combined.

 

[Bob Jewett]

.... Thought Filler boycotted and Biado is banned ...

As far as Biado is concerned, if that is an ACBS ban and not a WPA ban, it's not clear that it would apply to a World Championship, especially since the event is not in Asia.

But I think it will be interesting to see who actually plays.

 

[skogstokig]

Murmurs on social media are that the WPA list is a wishlist and isn’t an indication of who might actually show.

that would be fairly embarrassing if that's true.

if not true, it's just another example of pool player unionizing gone wrong, in record time. like herding cats, as garczar calls it

 

[SA96]

Would be pretty embarrassing for Matchroom if Filler and Ouschan play in this.

 

[Scrunge19]

Would be pretty embarrassing for Matchroom if Filler and Ouschan play in this.

It would be embarrassing for themselves as well. I believe they were both part of the contingent that posted on social media about skipping WPA events until the ban issue was put to sleep. I’ll hold off on making a judgement until we actually see if they show up, but doing so would certainly not be good for their image or credibility.