American Contingent for WPC Qualifications
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QUALIFICATION SYSTEM FOR 2006 WPA WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
The purpose of this category system is to give all serious pool players in the world, the opportunity to compete in the World Pool Championship.
This system has been devised using professional golf tours as a model and it is a system that rewards achievement and ability.
Wherever possible, emerging pool nations have been accommodated to give the event the geographical spread it has enjoyed in past years.
There are a couple of major difference between this system and past years when a straightforward quota has been awarded to various continental associations.
The first is that this system is cross-bordered. That means that players from anywhere in the world can compete in events in other territories and qualify for the final stages of the World Pool Championship.
For example, if an American national decided to enter a Euro Tour event and was to win or come second, then that would give him a spot in the final 128. By the same token, if a European player won or came second in a UPA event in the US, then that too would gain him entrance.
The second major difference is that countries and or continents do not have a set allocation of players. This comes with rewarding success and achievement.
The first three categories are general and applicable to the six areas of Europe, Asia, North America, Oceania, Africa and Developing Pool Nations.
Categories 4 and upwards are different in each territory.
Players will always take their position from the HIGHER category. For example; Alex Pagulayan would enter the 2006 World Pool Championship as a Category 1 player, due to him winning the event in 2004.
However, Alex would also fall into several other categories due to his achievements around the world over the past 12 months.
The fact that he is a Category 1 player DOES NOT free up spots to other players in the other categories he could qualify under. Be aware of this as it is a basic principle of this system.
Categories 1 – 3
Category 1
Previous five winners of the WPA World Pool Championship (in 2006 that would be Wu CC, A Pagulayan, T Hohmann, E Strickland, M Immonen)
Category 2
Previous three beaten finalists at the WPA World Pool Championship (in 2006 they would be Kuo PC, Chang PW, A Pagulayan)
Category 3
Last 16 finisher at the previous WPA World Pool Championship (in 2006 they would be Wu CC, Kuo PC, R Morris, M Manalo, Huang KC, N van den Berg, T Hohmann, M Immonen, R Hybler, TN Nguyen, Chang JL, V Foldes, M Chamat, J Jones, Chen YC, C Deuel)
AFRICA
Category 4
Continental Champion and runner-up ( 2 players )
ASIA
Category 4
Champion and beaten finalist from the All Japan Championship: 2 spots can be Asians or non-Asians
Category 5
APBU – ESPN Asian Tour Ranking 1-10
Category 6
Top 5 of APBU ranking
Category 7
APBU Asian Championship Champion and the beaten finalist
Category 8
APBU Qualifying Tournament for those countries who are not yet nominated through Category 1-7. Each of these countries can send 2 players to this qualifying tournament. Top 5 from this Qualifying Tournament will be entered into the Championship Tournament.
Category 9
National Champions and Runners Up from the following countries
Philippines
Taiwan
Japan
Indonesia
Category 10
National Champions and Runners Up from the following countries
Singapore
China
Korea
Malaysia
Vietnam
Category 11
National Champions in the following countries
Thailand
India
Qatar
Hong Kong
EUROPE
Category 4
The Top Eight players in the 9-Ball division at the 2006 European Pool Championships
The Gold Medallist in the Straight Pool division at the 2006 European Pool Championships
Category 5
Winner and runner-up of all Euro Tour events that take place between 1st May 2005 and 30th April 2006.
Category 6
The top 28 ranked European players on the EPBF Euro Tour Rankings up to 30th April 2006
Category 7
The next five players ranked between 29-50 representing five different European countries not represented in the above six categories from the EPBF Euro Tour Rankings up to 30th April 2006
Category 8
Team Europe representatives at the previous three Mosconi Cups.
NORTH AMERICA
Category 4
Winner and runner-up of all UPA-sanctioned 9 ball events having a field of 48 or more players, that take place within a period that commences immediately after the previous year’s cut-off date (May 15 05) and finishes on the 15th May on the year of the World Pool Championship. This can be extended to 29th May to include the BCA Open (as was) and the Predator Florida Open.
Category 5
The winner and runner-up in the following events having taken place in the 12 months period (May 15 05 – May 28 06) prior to the World Pool Championship: the US Open 9-Ball Championship, the BCA Open 9-Ball Championship
Category 6
The top two highest finishing players at the 2005 Canadian National 9-Ball Championship and the top two highest ranked players on the Stan James Canadian Tour
Category 7
The top 12 ranked North American players on the UPA Calendar rankings up to 28th May.
Category 8
Team America representatives at the previous three Mosconi Cups (in the case of the 2006 Championship, they will be 2005, 2004, 2003)
OCEANIA
Category 4
National Champions of the following countries:
Australia
New Zealand
Category 5
Winners of the following tournaments:
Oceania Championship
Trans Tasman Championship
Category 6
Next 2 highest ranked players on Oceania Rankings
SOUTH AMERICA
Category 4
The Top 5 players at the CPB (South Central American) Championship.
OTHERS
Sponsors’ Wildcards
There will be up to an additional 10 spots available which will be awarded at the promoter’s discretion.
Qualification Tournament
There will be less than 128 names so to make up a full field, a qualifying event will take place in the host city in the week before the Championship. The exact number of spots will only be known in the September.
It will also form the basis of the waiting list in the event of any players not being able to attend.
QUALIFICATION SYSTEM FOR 2006 WPA WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
The purpose of this category system is to give all serious pool players in the world, the opportunity to compete in the World Pool Championship.
This system has been devised using professional golf tours as a model and it is a system that rewards achievement and ability.
Wherever possible, emerging pool nations have been accommodated to give the event the geographical spread it has enjoyed in past years.
There are a couple of major difference between this system and past years when a straightforward quota has been awarded to various continental associations.
The first is that this system is cross-bordered. That means that players from anywhere in the world can compete in events in other territories and qualify for the final stages of the World Pool Championship.
For example, if an American national decided to enter a Euro Tour event and was to win or come second, then that would give him a spot in the final 128. By the same token, if a European player won or came second in a UPA event in the US, then that too would gain him entrance.
The second major difference is that countries and or continents do not have a set allocation of players. This comes with rewarding success and achievement.
The first three categories are general and applicable to the six areas of Europe, Asia, North America, Oceania, Africa and Developing Pool Nations.
Categories 4 and upwards are different in each territory.
Players will always take their position from the HIGHER category. For example; Alex Pagulayan would enter the 2006 World Pool Championship as a Category 1 player, due to him winning the event in 2004.
However, Alex would also fall into several other categories due to his achievements around the world over the past 12 months.
The fact that he is a Category 1 player DOES NOT free up spots to other players in the other categories he could qualify under. Be aware of this as it is a basic principle of this system.
Categories 1 – 3
Category 1
Previous five winners of the WPA World Pool Championship (in 2006 that would be Wu CC, A Pagulayan, T Hohmann, E Strickland, M Immonen)
Category 2
Previous three beaten finalists at the WPA World Pool Championship (in 2006 they would be Kuo PC, Chang PW, A Pagulayan)
Category 3
Last 16 finisher at the previous WPA World Pool Championship (in 2006 they would be Wu CC, Kuo PC, R Morris, M Manalo, Huang KC, N van den Berg, T Hohmann, M Immonen, R Hybler, TN Nguyen, Chang JL, V Foldes, M Chamat, J Jones, Chen YC, C Deuel)
AFRICA
Category 4
Continental Champion and runner-up ( 2 players )
ASIA
Category 4
Champion and beaten finalist from the All Japan Championship: 2 spots can be Asians or non-Asians
Category 5
APBU – ESPN Asian Tour Ranking 1-10
Category 6
Top 5 of APBU ranking
Category 7
APBU Asian Championship Champion and the beaten finalist
Category 8
APBU Qualifying Tournament for those countries who are not yet nominated through Category 1-7. Each of these countries can send 2 players to this qualifying tournament. Top 5 from this Qualifying Tournament will be entered into the Championship Tournament.
Category 9
National Champions and Runners Up from the following countries
Philippines
Taiwan
Japan
Indonesia
Category 10
National Champions and Runners Up from the following countries
Singapore
China
Korea
Malaysia
Vietnam
Category 11
National Champions in the following countries
Thailand
India
Qatar
Hong Kong
EUROPE
Category 4
The Top Eight players in the 9-Ball division at the 2006 European Pool Championships
The Gold Medallist in the Straight Pool division at the 2006 European Pool Championships
Category 5
Winner and runner-up of all Euro Tour events that take place between 1st May 2005 and 30th April 2006.
Category 6
The top 28 ranked European players on the EPBF Euro Tour Rankings up to 30th April 2006
Category 7
The next five players ranked between 29-50 representing five different European countries not represented in the above six categories from the EPBF Euro Tour Rankings up to 30th April 2006
Category 8
Team Europe representatives at the previous three Mosconi Cups.
NORTH AMERICA
Category 4
Winner and runner-up of all UPA-sanctioned 9 ball events having a field of 48 or more players, that take place within a period that commences immediately after the previous year’s cut-off date (May 15 05) and finishes on the 15th May on the year of the World Pool Championship. This can be extended to 29th May to include the BCA Open (as was) and the Predator Florida Open.
Category 5
The winner and runner-up in the following events having taken place in the 12 months period (May 15 05 – May 28 06) prior to the World Pool Championship: the US Open 9-Ball Championship, the BCA Open 9-Ball Championship
Category 6
The top two highest finishing players at the 2005 Canadian National 9-Ball Championship and the top two highest ranked players on the Stan James Canadian Tour
Category 7
The top 12 ranked North American players on the UPA Calendar rankings up to 28th May.
Category 8
Team America representatives at the previous three Mosconi Cups (in the case of the 2006 Championship, they will be 2005, 2004, 2003)
OCEANIA
Category 4
National Champions of the following countries:
Australia
New Zealand
Category 5
Winners of the following tournaments:
Oceania Championship
Trans Tasman Championship
Category 6
Next 2 highest ranked players on Oceania Rankings
SOUTH AMERICA
Category 4
The Top 5 players at the CPB (South Central American) Championship.
OTHERS
Sponsors’ Wildcards
There will be up to an additional 10 spots available which will be awarded at the promoter’s discretion.
Qualification Tournament
There will be less than 128 names so to make up a full field, a qualifying event will take place in the host city in the week before the Championship. The exact number of spots will only be known in the September.
It will also form the basis of the waiting list in the event of any players not being able to attend.
These are the players:
Gustavo Espinosa Argentina South America Cat. 4
Stuart Lawler Australia Oceania Cat. 4
Lou Condo Australia Oceania Cat. 5
David Reljic Australia Oceania Cat. 6
Chris Calabresse Australia Oceania Cat. 6
Prince Haji Billah Brunei Sponsor’s Wildcard
Edwin Montal Canada North America Cat.6
Tyler Edey Canada North America Cat.6
Harold Rousseau Canada North America Cat.6
Nicolas Guimond Canada North America Cat.6
Enrique Rojas Chile South America Cat. 4
Alejandro Carvajal Chile South America Cat. 4
Li He-wen China Asia Cat. 5
Fu Jian-bo China Asia Cat. 10
Xu Meng China Asia Cat. 10
Wu Chia-ching Chinese Taipei Category 1
Chang Pei-wei Chinese Taipei Category 2
Kuo Po-cheng Chinese Taipei Category 2
Huang Kun-chang Chinese Taipei Category 3
Chang Jung-ling Chinese Taipei Category 3
Chen Ying-chieh Chinese Taipei Category 3
Wang Hung-hsiang Chinese Taipei Asia Cat. 5
Yang Ching-shun Chinese Taipei Asia Cat. 5
Chao Fong-pang Chinese Taipei Asia Cat. 5
Fu Che-wei Chinese Taipei Asia Cat. 5
Lee Kun-fang Chinese Taipei Asia Cat. 9
Liu Cheng-chuan Chinese Taipei Asia Cat. 9
Philipp Stojanovic Croatia Europe Cat. 7
Roman Hybler Czech Republic Category 3
Imran Majid England Europe Cat. 4
Darren Appleton England Europe Cat. 5
Daryl Peach England Europe Cat. 6
Andy Worthington England Europe Cat. 6
Kevin Uzzell England Europe Cat. 6
Steve Davis England Europe Cat. 8
Raj Hundal England Europe Cat. 8
Mika Immonen Finland Category 1
Markus Juva Finland Europe Cat. 5
Vincent Facquet France Europe Cat. 4
Benjamin Belhassen France Europe Cat. 7
Thorsten Hohmann Germany Category 1
Oliver Ortmann Germany Europe Cat. 4
Ralf Souquet Germany Europe Cat. 4
Thomas Engert Germany Europe Cat. 5
Andreas Roschkowsky Germany Europe Cat. 5
Christian Reimering Germany Europe Cat. 5
Jorn Kaplan Germany Europe Cat. 6
Sven Pauritsch Germany Europe Cat. 6
Michael Schmidt Germany Europe Cat. 6
Evangelos Vettas Greece Europe Cat. 7
Kong Man-ho Hong Kong Asia Cat. 11
Vilmos Foldes Hungary Category 3
Manan Chandra India Asia Cat. 11
Dharminder Singh Lily India Asia Cat. 8
Muhammad Zulfikri Indonesia Asia Cat. 9
Ricky Yang Indonesia Asia Cat. 9
Apsi Chaniago Indonesia Asia Cat.8
Roy Apancho Indonesia Asia Cat.8
John Wims Ireland Oceania Cat. 6
Fabio Petroni Italy Europe Cat. 6
Takeshi Okumura Japan Asia Cat. 4
Masaki Tanaka Japan Asia Cat. 5
Kunihiko Takahashi Japan Asia Cat. 9
Jeong Young-hwa Korea Asia Cat. 10
Ryu Seong-woo Korea Asia Cat. 10
Patrick Ooi Fook Yuen Malaysia Asia Cat. 10
Ibrahim bin Amir Malaysia Asia Cat. 10
Tony Drago Malta Europe Cat. 4
Ernesto Dominguez Mexico South America Cat. 4
Nick van den Berg Netherlands Category 3
Niels Feijen Netherlands Europe Cat. 4
Huidji See Netherlands Europe Cat. 6
Marcel Martens Netherlands Europe Cat. 6
Alex Lely Netherlands Europe Cat. 6
Ceri Worts New Zealand Oceania Cat. 4
Roger Lysholm Norway Europe Cat. 7
Jose Parica Philippines North America Cat. 4
Marlon Manalo Philippines Category 3
Alex Pagulayan Philippines Category 1
Efren Reyes Philippines Asia Cat. 5
Francisco Bustamante Philippines Asia Cat. 5
Ramil Gallego Philippines Asia Cat. 5
Rodolfo Luat Philippines Asia Cat. 5
Gandy Valle Philippines Asia Cat. 9
Jeff de Luna Philippines Sponsor’s Wildcard
Ronato Alcano Philippines Sponsor’s Wildcard
Dennis Orcollo Philippines Sponsor’s Wildcard
Roland Garcia Philippines Sponsor’s Wildcard
Radoslaw Babica Poland Europe Cat. 6
Ahmed al Sada Qatar Asia Cat. 11
Konstantin Stepanov Russia Europe Cat. 6
Pat Holtz Scotland Sponsors WildCard
Sandor Tot Serbia Montenegro Europe Cat. 6
Chang Keng-kwang Singapore Asia Cat. 10
Toh Lian-han Singapore Asia Cat. 10
Bernard Tey Choon Kiat Singapore Asia Cat. 10
David Alcaide Spain Europe Cat. 6
Marcus Chamat Sweden Category 3
David Larsson Sweden Europe Cat. 4
Marco Tschudi Switzerland Europe Cat. 4
Tepwin Arunnath Thailand Asia Cat. 11
Earl Strickland USA Category 1
Rodney Morris USA Category 3
Jeremy Jones USA Category 3
Corey Deuel USA Category 3
Johnny Archer USA North America Cat. 4
Mike Davis USA North America Cat. 4
Shawn Putnam USA North America Cat. 6
Charlie Williams USA North America Cat. 6
Troy Frank USA North America Cat. 6
Rob Saez USA North America Cat. 6
Charles Bryant USA North America Cat. 6
Tony Crosby USA North America Cat. 6
Gabe Owen USA North America Cat. 7
Gregorio Sanchez Venezuela South America Cat. 4
Thanh Nam Nguyen Vietnam Category 3
Luong Chi Dung Vietnam Asia Cat. 10
Gustavo Espinosa Argentina South America Cat. 4
Stuart Lawler Australia Oceania Cat. 4
Lou Condo Australia Oceania Cat. 5
David Reljic Australia Oceania Cat. 6
Chris Calabresse Australia Oceania Cat. 6
Prince Haji Billah Brunei Sponsor’s Wildcard
Edwin Montal Canada North America Cat.6
Tyler Edey Canada North America Cat.6
Harold Rousseau Canada North America Cat.6
Nicolas Guimond Canada North America Cat.6
Enrique Rojas Chile South America Cat. 4
Alejandro Carvajal Chile South America Cat. 4
Li He-wen China Asia Cat. 5
Fu Jian-bo China Asia Cat. 10
Xu Meng China Asia Cat. 10
Wu Chia-ching Chinese Taipei Category 1
Chang Pei-wei Chinese Taipei Category 2
Kuo Po-cheng Chinese Taipei Category 2
Huang Kun-chang Chinese Taipei Category 3
Chang Jung-ling Chinese Taipei Category 3
Chen Ying-chieh Chinese Taipei Category 3
Wang Hung-hsiang Chinese Taipei Asia Cat. 5
Yang Ching-shun Chinese Taipei Asia Cat. 5
Chao Fong-pang Chinese Taipei Asia Cat. 5
Fu Che-wei Chinese Taipei Asia Cat. 5
Lee Kun-fang Chinese Taipei Asia Cat. 9
Liu Cheng-chuan Chinese Taipei Asia Cat. 9
Philipp Stojanovic Croatia Europe Cat. 7
Roman Hybler Czech Republic Category 3
Imran Majid England Europe Cat. 4
Darren Appleton England Europe Cat. 5
Daryl Peach England Europe Cat. 6
Andy Worthington England Europe Cat. 6
Kevin Uzzell England Europe Cat. 6
Steve Davis England Europe Cat. 8
Raj Hundal England Europe Cat. 8
Mika Immonen Finland Category 1
Markus Juva Finland Europe Cat. 5
Vincent Facquet France Europe Cat. 4
Benjamin Belhassen France Europe Cat. 7
Thorsten Hohmann Germany Category 1
Oliver Ortmann Germany Europe Cat. 4
Ralf Souquet Germany Europe Cat. 4
Thomas Engert Germany Europe Cat. 5
Andreas Roschkowsky Germany Europe Cat. 5
Christian Reimering Germany Europe Cat. 5
Jorn Kaplan Germany Europe Cat. 6
Sven Pauritsch Germany Europe Cat. 6
Michael Schmidt Germany Europe Cat. 6
Evangelos Vettas Greece Europe Cat. 7
Kong Man-ho Hong Kong Asia Cat. 11
Vilmos Foldes Hungary Category 3
Manan Chandra India Asia Cat. 11
Dharminder Singh Lily India Asia Cat. 8
Muhammad Zulfikri Indonesia Asia Cat. 9
Ricky Yang Indonesia Asia Cat. 9
Apsi Chaniago Indonesia Asia Cat.8
Roy Apancho Indonesia Asia Cat.8
John Wims Ireland Oceania Cat. 6
Fabio Petroni Italy Europe Cat. 6
Takeshi Okumura Japan Asia Cat. 4
Masaki Tanaka Japan Asia Cat. 5
Kunihiko Takahashi Japan Asia Cat. 9
Jeong Young-hwa Korea Asia Cat. 10
Ryu Seong-woo Korea Asia Cat. 10
Patrick Ooi Fook Yuen Malaysia Asia Cat. 10
Ibrahim bin Amir Malaysia Asia Cat. 10
Tony Drago Malta Europe Cat. 4
Ernesto Dominguez Mexico South America Cat. 4
Nick van den Berg Netherlands Category 3
Niels Feijen Netherlands Europe Cat. 4
Huidji See Netherlands Europe Cat. 6
Marcel Martens Netherlands Europe Cat. 6
Alex Lely Netherlands Europe Cat. 6
Ceri Worts New Zealand Oceania Cat. 4
Roger Lysholm Norway Europe Cat. 7
Jose Parica Philippines North America Cat. 4
Marlon Manalo Philippines Category 3
Alex Pagulayan Philippines Category 1
Efren Reyes Philippines Asia Cat. 5
Francisco Bustamante Philippines Asia Cat. 5
Ramil Gallego Philippines Asia Cat. 5
Rodolfo Luat Philippines Asia Cat. 5
Gandy Valle Philippines Asia Cat. 9
Jeff de Luna Philippines Sponsor’s Wildcard
Ronato Alcano Philippines Sponsor’s Wildcard
Dennis Orcollo Philippines Sponsor’s Wildcard
Roland Garcia Philippines Sponsor’s Wildcard
Radoslaw Babica Poland Europe Cat. 6
Ahmed al Sada Qatar Asia Cat. 11
Konstantin Stepanov Russia Europe Cat. 6
Pat Holtz Scotland Sponsors WildCard
Sandor Tot Serbia Montenegro Europe Cat. 6
Chang Keng-kwang Singapore Asia Cat. 10
Toh Lian-han Singapore Asia Cat. 10
Bernard Tey Choon Kiat Singapore Asia Cat. 10
David Alcaide Spain Europe Cat. 6
Marcus Chamat Sweden Category 3
David Larsson Sweden Europe Cat. 4
Marco Tschudi Switzerland Europe Cat. 4
Tepwin Arunnath Thailand Asia Cat. 11
Earl Strickland USA Category 1
Rodney Morris USA Category 3
Jeremy Jones USA Category 3
Corey Deuel USA Category 3
Johnny Archer USA North America Cat. 4
Mike Davis USA North America Cat. 4
Shawn Putnam USA North America Cat. 6
Charlie Williams USA North America Cat. 6
Troy Frank USA North America Cat. 6
Rob Saez USA North America Cat. 6
Charles Bryant USA North America Cat. 6
Tony Crosby USA North America Cat. 6
Gabe Owen USA North America Cat. 7
Gregorio Sanchez Venezuela South America Cat. 4
Thanh Nam Nguyen Vietnam Category 3
Luong Chi Dung Vietnam Asia Cat. 10
Prince Haji Billah, is he planning to buy the tour? LOL. Maybe he can invite all his friends.
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Snapshot9 said:
I think they will be using the Brunswick Metro similar to the one's used at all Matchroom events.
Scotland get one place only at the World Championship Scott.Snapshot9 said:
Michael won the qualifier last year defeating Jayson Shaw 10-9 in final.
I won the qualifier this year and in 2004 (Taipei).
Michael qualified for Taipei in 2004 by being No3 ranked in Pro9 UK Tour and they have since changed the qualification system, so thats where the confusion lies.
Renegade said:
Next year he is qualified. I think it has something to do with the cutoff date to win 48+ field tournament/major title which was May 15th.
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2006worldpool.com is now back up. We had some difficulties over the past couple of days due to the storm.
The selection process will be announced officially by matchroom once they open their website. You can check out the official player list here: http://www.2006worldpool.com/Players.htm
No official word yet, but John Schmidt will most likely have a slot for next year. The selections were finalized around late September just before the start of the US Open.
Official Equipment: The Brunswick Metro Tournament Edition. Super Aramith Pro TV (with the pink 4 and 12). Simonis 860.
The selection process will be announced officially by matchroom once they open their website. You can check out the official player list here: http://www.2006worldpool.com/Players.htm
No official word yet, but John Schmidt will most likely have a slot for next year. The selections were finalized around late September just before the start of the US Open.
Official Equipment: The Brunswick Metro Tournament Edition. Super Aramith Pro TV (with the pink 4 and 12). Simonis 860.
I thought Parica was older than Efren by a couple of years...but on the site it says Parica 1957 and Efren 1954? is this correct?
Parica
He is 60.
This Philippine Hall of famer has one of the most devastating offensive weapons in billiards. He pioneered the Filipino invasion in the United States and brought the game of 9-ball to a higher level.
Personal Information
Name : Jose Parica Jr.
Residence : La Puente, California, USA
DOB : April 18, 1946
Birthplace : Manila, Philippines
Career History
2003 Derby Classic One Pocket Division Champion
2003 Joss Northeast Tour Stop 2
2003 Joss Northeast Tour Stop 4
2002 Capital City Classic One-Pocket Champion
2002 Derby City Classic All-Around Champion
2002 HardTimes Summer Jamboree One Pocket Champion
2000 Derby City Classic 9-Ball Banks
2000 Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour Stop 11
2000 Hard Times Winter Jamboree 9-Ball
1998 8th Annual Andy Mercer Memorial 9-BAll Classic
1997 Legends of 9-Ball
1996 Lion's Den Tournament, Las Vegas, NV
1996 Shooter's Open Championships
1995 On Cue Billiards Tournament, La Mesa, CA
1994 Tommy's Billiards Tournament, Mesa, AZ
World Team Championship (Team Philippines)
1992 Philippine 9-Ball Open Championship
1991 Flodrida State Open
1991 Ohio State Open
1990 Tennessee Bar Table Championship
1990 Flodrida State Open
1990 Ohio State Open
1990 World Pro 9-Ball Championship (Japan)
1990 Jupiter Open
1989 World Pro 9-Ball Championship (Japan)
1989 International Open 9-Ball
1988 Gandy Open
1988 Japan Open
1988 International Open 9-Ball
1988 Gandy Open
1986 Great American Open
1986 Clyde Chilress, Classic Cup V USPPA Pro
1982 Playboy All-Around Classic
1980 Int. All-Around Taiwan
Philippine Open 8-Ball
1979 Japan Open
1978 Int. All-Around Japan
Philippine Hall of Fame Awardee
Nostroke said:
He is 60.
This Philippine Hall of famer has one of the most devastating offensive weapons in billiards. He pioneered the Filipino invasion in the United States and brought the game of 9-ball to a higher level.
Personal Information
Name : Jose Parica Jr.
Residence : La Puente, California, USA
DOB : April 18, 1946
Birthplace : Manila, Philippines
Career History
2003 Derby Classic One Pocket Division Champion
2003 Joss Northeast Tour Stop 2
2003 Joss Northeast Tour Stop 4
2002 Capital City Classic One-Pocket Champion
2002 Derby City Classic All-Around Champion
2002 HardTimes Summer Jamboree One Pocket Champion
2000 Derby City Classic 9-Ball Banks
2000 Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour Stop 11
2000 Hard Times Winter Jamboree 9-Ball
1998 8th Annual Andy Mercer Memorial 9-BAll Classic
1997 Legends of 9-Ball
1996 Lion's Den Tournament, Las Vegas, NV
1996 Shooter's Open Championships
1995 On Cue Billiards Tournament, La Mesa, CA
1994 Tommy's Billiards Tournament, Mesa, AZ
World Team Championship (Team Philippines)
1992 Philippine 9-Ball Open Championship
1991 Flodrida State Open
1991 Ohio State Open
1990 Tennessee Bar Table Championship
1990 Flodrida State Open
1990 Ohio State Open
1990 World Pro 9-Ball Championship (Japan)
1990 Jupiter Open
1989 World Pro 9-Ball Championship (Japan)
1989 International Open 9-Ball
1988 Gandy Open
1988 Japan Open
1988 International Open 9-Ball
1988 Gandy Open
1986 Great American Open
1986 Clyde Chilress, Classic Cup V USPPA Pro
1982 Playboy All-Around Classic
1980 Int. All-Around Taiwan
Philippine Open 8-Ball
1979 Japan Open
1978 Int. All-Around Japan
Philippine Hall of Fame Awardee
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shir said:
So no female player is good enough for WPC?
no-sho said:
Anita Rizzuti who I think is from Norway played in the WPC qualifiers.
I think the organizers may have since changed the rules allowing women to participate in the qualifiers.
As I have said before I think women should be allowed to enter a qualifier and if they win a spot in the main tournament they deserve to play.