10 ball WC Groups are online

Thanks for the great contribution. I've been looking forward to seeing these.

I'm surprised to see that Chang Pei-Wei had to win a qualifier. I assumed that he'd get in for sure after getting second in the event in 2004. Mind you, I guess that was the 9 Ball WPC, and not the 10 ball WPC. Different game I guess.

Too bad Raj Hundal isn't in there. He's one of my favorite players.

And lastly, I'm picking De Luna as my under dog for this year. That guy is my hero.
 
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Predictions in red

Group A
1 Ralf Souquet
2 Kuo Po-Cheng

3 Shawn Putnam
4 Dennis Orcullo
5 Thomasz Kaplan
6 Roman Hybler
7 Matjaz Erculj
8 Steve Villamil (Qualifier 9)


Group B
1 Darren Appleton
2 Nick van den Berg
3 Kim Woong Dae
4 Martin Kempter

5 Ben Nunan
6 Tey Choon Kiat
7 Kenny Kwok
8 M B Alias


Group C
1 Niels Feijen
2 Allan Cuartero

3 Scott Higgins
4 Christoph Reintjes
5 Naoyuki Ooi
6 Vincent Facquet
7 Ramazan Dincer
8 Chang Pei-Wei (Qualifier 4)


Group D
1 Mika Immonen
2 Ruslan Chinakhov

3 Ricardo Jones
4 Oliver Ortmann
5 Basher Hussain
6 Hayato Hijikata
7 Fabio Petroni
8 Ibrahim Bin Amir


Group E
1 Shane Van Boening
2 Yukio Akakariyama

3 Marko Vogel
4 Tyler Edey
5 Serge Das
6 Konstantin Stepanov

7 Ignacio Chavez
8 Nguyen Anh Tuan


Group F
1 Marcus Chamat
2 Imran Majid

3 Toru Kuribayashi
4 Bahram Lofty
5 David Alcaide
6 Frailin Guanica
7 Fu Jianbo
8 Emil Martinez
(Qualifier 7)


Group G
1 Jeffrey De Luna
2 Wang Hung-Hsiang

3 Mario He
4 Mehmet Cankurt
5 Jalal Youse
6 Toh Lian Han
7 Li Hewen
8 Jomar De Ocampo
(Qualifier 10)


Group H
1 Demosthenes Pulpul
2 Karl Boyes
3 Johnny Archer

4 Raymond Cruz
5 Ronnie Alcano
6 Cheng Tsung-Hua

7 Abdulatef Fawal
8 Dang Jin-Hu (first alternate)




Group I
1 Daryl Peach
2 Yang Ching-Shun

3 Charlie Bryant
4 Lee Van Corteza
5 Andreas Koukiadakis

6 Vegar Kristiansen
7 Jason Theron
8 Lee Poh Soon


Group J
1 Jerico Banares
2 Bruno Muratore
3 Shaun Wilkie
4 Alain Martel
5 Jeong Young Hwa
6 Phil Stojanovic
7 Sandor Tot
8 Jundel Mazon
(Qualifier 5)


Group K
1 Ko, Pin-Yi
2 Antonio Gabica

3 Ralf Mund
4 Oscar Dominguez
5 Erik Hjorleifson
6 Mariusz Skoneczny
7 Widi Harsoyo
8 Wang Ming (Qualifier 1)


Group L
1 Marlon Manalo
2 Thorsten Hohmann

3 Craig Osborne
4 Stevie Moore
5 Ryu Seung Woo
6 Chang Yu-Lung
7 Rashid Al Mari
8 Ramil Gallego (Qualifier 2)





Group M
1 Charlie Williams
2 Chris Melling
3 Chao Fong Pang
4 Mateusz Sniegocki

5 Ricky Yang
6 Markus Juva
7 Alphonse Hoge
8 Roberto Gomez (Qualifier 6)



Group N
1 Radoslaw Babica
2 Corey Deuel
3 Phil Burford

4 Choi Chul Mook
5 Warren Kiamco
6 Stephan Cohen
7 Rafael Guzmann
8 Michael Feliciano (Qualifier 3)


Group O
1 Lu Hui Chan
2 Liu Haitao

3 Benjamin Heimmerer
4 Adam Smith
5 Carlo Biado
6 Alwi
7 Huidji See
8 Antonio Lining (Qualifier 8)


Group P
1 Fu, Che-wei
2 Satoshi Kawabata

3 Jonni Fulcer
4 Thomas Engert
5 Kasper Kristoffersen
6 Louis Condo
7 Victor Arpilleda
8 Farhad Shahverdi
 
With the exception of Efren, Bustamante and Alex Pagulayan, all the top Filipinos are here. They have 20 entries and they won 8 out of the 10 qualifiers.
 
Predictions in red

I agree with most of those, but I can't discount Hybler, Oscar, Pulpul, or Williams. They're just too strong to not make it through the group stages without an upset.

....Mind you, Hybler's group is brutally difficult, so if anyone goes out early, it could be him. I'm hoping he makes a comeback, as he has been MIA for the past few years. I miss his intimidating presence at the table,
 
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My version

Group A
1 Ralf Souquet
2 Kuo Po-Cheng

3 Shawn Putnam
4 Dennis Orcullo
5 Thomasz Kaplan
6 Roman Hybler
7 Matjaz Erculj
8 Steve Villamil (Qualifier 9)


Group B
1 Darren Appleton
2 Nick van den Berg
3 Kim Woong Dae
4 Martin Kempter

5 Ben Nunan
6 Tey Choon Kiat
7 Kenny Kwok
8 M B Alias


Group C
1 Niels Feijen
2 Allan Cuartero
3 Scott Higgins
4 Christoph Reintjes
5 Naoyuki Ooi
6 Vincent Facquet
7 Ramazan Dincer
8 Chang Pei-Wei (Qualifier 4)


Group D
1 Mika Immonen
2 Ruslan Chinakhov

3 Ricardo Jones
4 Oliver Ortmann
5 Basher Hussain
6 Hayato Hijikata
7 Fabio Petroni
8 Ibrahim Bin Amir


Group E
1 Shane Van Boening
2 Yukio Akakariyama

3 Marko Vogel
4 Tyler Edey
5 Serge Das
6 Konstantin Stepanov

7 Ignacio Chavez
8 Nguyen Anh Tuan


Group F
1 Marcus Chamat
2 Imran Majid

3 Toru Kuribayashi
4 Bahram Lofty
5 David Alcaide
6 Frailin Guanica
7 Fu Jianbo
8 Emil Martinez (Qualifier 7)


Group G
1 Jeffrey De Luna
2 Wang Hung-Hsiang
3 Mario He
4 Mehmet Cankurt
5 Jalal Youse
6 Toh Lian Han
7 Li Hewen
8 Jomar De Ocampo (Qualifier 10)


Group H
1 Demosthenes Pulpul
2 Karl Boyes
3 Johnny Archer

4 Raymond Cruz
5 Ronnie Alcano
6 Cheng Tsung-Hua
7 Abdulatef Fawal
8 Dang Jin-Hu (first alternate)




Group I
1 Daryl Peach
2 Yang Ching-Shun

3 Charlie Bryant
4 Lee Van Corteza
5 Andreas Koukiadakis
6 Vegar Kristiansen
7 Jason Theron
8 Lee Poh Soon


Group J
1 Jerico Banares
2 Bruno Muratore
3 Shaun Wilkie
4 Alain Martel
5 Jeong Young Hwa
6 Phil Stojanovic
7 Sandor Tot
8 Jundel Mazon (Qualifier 5)


Group K
1 Ko, Pin-Yi
2 Antonio Gabica

3 Ralf Mund
4 Oscar Dominguez
5 Erik Hjorleifson
6 Mariusz Skoneczny
7 Widi Harsoyo
8 Wang Ming (Qualifier 1)


Group L
1 Marlon Manalo
2 Thorsten Hohmann

3 Craig Osborne
4 Stevie Moore
5 Ryu Seung Woo
6 Chang Yu-Lung
7 Rashid Al Mari
8 Ramil Gallego (Qualifier 2)





Group M
1 Charlie Williams
2 Chris Melling
3 Chao Fong Pang
4 Mateusz Sniegocki
5 Ricky Yang
6 Markus Juva
7 Alphonse Hoge
8 Roberto Gomez



Group N
1 Radoslaw Babica
2 Corey Deuel
3 Phil Burford
4 Choi Chul Mook
5 Warren Kiamco
6 Stephan Cohen
7 Rafael Guzmann
8 Michael Feliciano (Qualifier 3)


Group O
1 Lu Hui Chan
2 Liu Haitao

3 Benjamin Heimmerer
4 Adam Smith
5 Carlo Biado
6 Alwi
7 Huidji See
8 Antonio Lining (Qualifier 8)


Group P
1 Fu, Che-wei
2 Satoshi Kawabata

3 Jonni Fulcher
4 Thomas Engert
5 Kasper Kristoffersen
6 Louis Condo
7 Red"]Victor Arpilleda
8 Farhad Shahverdi
 
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