Indian Manan Chandra has withdrawn from the 2007 Philippines World Pool
Championship so Lee Kung-Fang gets a second chance.
Chinese Taipei player Lee was first reserve after finishing top of the points
table for men who did not win one of the ten qualifying events, held earlier
this week.
However, Lee had still reached the latter stages of a number of
tournaments, including the final of event seven when he lost 5-9 to Filipino
Roberto Gomez.
This performance saw him become first reserve and he will now officially
become qualifier 11.
He directly replaces Chandra in the draw so Lee, the 14th player from
Chinese Taipei, in the competition, is Player E in Group 15.
His first match will be against German Michael Schmidt on Tuesday,
November 6. Lee has a fine record in the World Pool Championships as he
has played in six events and reached the knockout stages each time.
He was the 1997 runner-up, reached the semi-finals in 1995 and played in
the Last 32 in Manila in 2006.
Group 15 is now...
A. Johnny Archer (USA), B. Chao Fong-pang (TPE), C. Naoyuki Oi (JPN), D.
Michael Schmidt (GER), E. Lee Kun-fang (TPE), F. Greg Jenkins (AUS), G.
Muyat Ayas (TUR), H. Wu Yu-lin (TPE)
Canada (6) - Tyler Edey, Brady Gollan, Alain Martel, Edwin Montal, John Morra, Ronnie Wiseman.
Chile (2) - Alejandro Carvajal, Enrique Rojas.
China (3) - Dang Jinhu, Li He-wen, Xu Meng.
Chinese Taipei (14) - Chang Jung-ling, Chang Pei-wei, Chang Yau-mau, Chao Fong-pang, Chu
Hung-ming, Fu Che-wei, Ko Pin-yi, Kuo Po-cheng, Lee Kung-fang, Liu Chun-chuan, Lu Hui-chan,
Wu Chia-ching, Wu Yu-lin and Yang Ching-shun.
Croatia (1) - Philipp Stojanovic.
Czech Republic (1) - Roman Hybler.
Denmark (1) - Bahram Lotfy.
England (6) - Karl Boyes, Raj Hundal, Imran Majid, Craig Osborne, Daryl Peach, Kevin Uzzell.
Eritrea (1) - Hamza Mohammed Saeed Ali.
Finland (1) - Mika Immonen.
Germany (7) - Thomas Engert, Thorsten Hohmann, Oliver Ortmann, Kay Reike, Michael Schmidt,
Ralf Souquet and Harald Stolka.
Holland (3) - Niels Feijen, Alex Lely and Nick van den Berg.
Hong Kong (2) - Kenny Kwok, Lee Chenman.
Hungary (1) - Vilmos Foldes.
India (1) - Dharminder Singh Lilly.
Indonesia (3) - Alwi, Ricky Yang and Muhammad Zulfikri.
Iran (1) - Farhad Shahverdi.
Ireland (1) - John Wims.
Italy (3) - Vittorio De Falco, Bruno Muratore and Fabio Petroni.
Japan (5) - Kazuo Furuta, Satoshi Kawabata, Hisashi Kusano, Naoyuki Oi and Kenichi Uchigaki.
Korea (2) - Jeong Young-hwa and Rye Seung-woo.
Malaysia (2) - Ibrahim Bin Amir, Alan Tan.
Malta (1) - Tony Drago.
New Zealand (1) - Ceri Worts.
Nicaragua (1) - Carlos Castro.
Philippines (15) - Ronnie Alcano, Leonardo Andam, Francisco Bustamante, Joven Bustamante,
Lee Vann Corteza, Jeff De Luna, Antonio Gabica, Ramil Gallego, Roberto Gomez, Antonio Lining,
Rodolfo Luat, Marlon Manalo, Dennis Orcullo, Alex Pagulayan and Efren Reyes.
Poland (3) - Radoslaw Babica, Tomasz Kaplan and Wojciech Trajdos.
Qatar (1) - Fahad Mohammadi.
Russia (1) - Konstantin Stepanov.
Scotland (3) - Stephen Capaldi, Jonni Fulcher and Pat Holtz.
Serbia (3) - Dejan Dabovic, Goran Mladenovic and Sandor Tot.
Singapore (3) - Chan Keng Kwang, Bernard Tey Choon Kiat and Toh Lian Han.
Slovenia (1) - Matjaz Erculj.
South Africa (1) - Zbynek Vaic.
Spain (2) - David Alcaide and David Alcoberro.
Sweden (1) - Marcus Chamat.
Switzerland (1) - Marco Tschudi.
Thailand (1) - Tepwin Arunnath.
Turkey (1) - Muyat Ayas.
UAE (1) - Saeed Ahmed Al-Mutawa.
USA (11) - Johnny Archer, Charles Bryant, Mike Davis, Corey Deuel, Jeremy Jones, Rodney
Morris, Tony Robles, Robb Saez, Earl Strickland, Shane van Boening and Charlie Williams.
Vietnam (2) - Luong Chi-dung, Pham Tuan Ngoc.
Countries best represented
15 players - Philippines
14 players - Chinese Taipei
11 players - USA
7 players - Germany
6 players - Canada and England
5 players - Japan
4 players - Australia
3 players - China, Holland, Indonesia, Italy, Poland, Scotland, Serbia and Singapore.
2 players - Chile, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Spain and Vietnam.
1 player - Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eritrea, Finland,
Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Malta, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Qatar, Russia, Slovenia,
South Africa,
Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey and UAE.
