Below is the 128-man field. Strongest field ever assembled since last World 9-ball event. Who do you think will win it all? Who is your dark horse?
Prediction: CS Yang
Dark Horse: Pulpul
Prediction: CS Yang
Dark Horse: Pulpul
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
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
