International Challenge Of Champions
Winner-Take-All For $50,000 August 8-9, 2007
Billiards champions from around the world will go head-to-head in the Seventeenth Annual INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIONS. The winner-take-all $50,000 event will be held Wednesday, August 8th and Thursday 9th at the Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, CT.
The Challenge of Champions is widely considered the toughest tournament to win in professional billiards. Once each year eight international champions are brought together in a sudden-death shootout with a pressure-cooker format of winner-take-all for $50,000 and the winner claims one of the most coveted titles in pool - Champion of Champions.
The 2007 field includes Johnny Archer (USA), Ronnie Alcano (Philippines), Lee Vann Corteza (Philippines), Yang Ching-Shun (Taiwan), Ralf Souquet (Germany), Thorsten Hohmann (Germany), Niels Feijen (Holland) and John Schmidt (USA).
Mohegan Sun Casino, the host site, will make the 2007 event ADMISSION FREE to pool fans from around the USA and the world. The event drew such large crowds last year at Mohegan Sun that it was standing-room-only attendance. There will be four playing sessions in the two-day international tournament. On Wednesday, August 8th, the quarterfinal rounds will be played at 4 PM and 7 PM, with two matches in each session. On Thursday, August 9th, the two semifinals will be played at 4 PM and the final Championship match will be played at 7 PM. The semifinals and the final match will be taped for airing on ESPN.
The INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIONS is regarded as the supreme test of skill in professional billiards. The eight players are so evenly matched that any one player could beat the other seven on a given day. In addition, the tournament format is the most demanding test of 9-Ball skill in the sport. The matches are two sets, race to five games each set, with a 1-game sudden death tie-breaker in the event of tied sets. The 9-ball does not count on the break, and to win a game, the 9-ball is call shot. The caliber of competition is so intense that a single mistake invariably eliminates a player from any chance at the winner-take-all purse of $50,000.
In the 2006 Championship match, Johnny Archer and Thorsten Hohmann played a 1-game sudden death for $50,000 and the Champion of Champions title.
The 2007 tournament will be the Seventeenth Annual event, and has been televised on ESPN in each of the last Seventeen years. Those attending should arrive early for each tournament session. Make plans today to attend the 2007 INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIONS. For information call the Mohegan Sun toll free at 1-888-226-7711, Ext. 7163.
Winner-Take-All For $50,000 August 8-9, 2007
Billiards champions from around the world will go head-to-head in the Seventeenth Annual INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIONS. The winner-take-all $50,000 event will be held Wednesday, August 8th and Thursday 9th at the Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, CT.
The Challenge of Champions is widely considered the toughest tournament to win in professional billiards. Once each year eight international champions are brought together in a sudden-death shootout with a pressure-cooker format of winner-take-all for $50,000 and the winner claims one of the most coveted titles in pool - Champion of Champions.
The 2007 field includes Johnny Archer (USA), Ronnie Alcano (Philippines), Lee Vann Corteza (Philippines), Yang Ching-Shun (Taiwan), Ralf Souquet (Germany), Thorsten Hohmann (Germany), Niels Feijen (Holland) and John Schmidt (USA).
Mohegan Sun Casino, the host site, will make the 2007 event ADMISSION FREE to pool fans from around the USA and the world. The event drew such large crowds last year at Mohegan Sun that it was standing-room-only attendance. There will be four playing sessions in the two-day international tournament. On Wednesday, August 8th, the quarterfinal rounds will be played at 4 PM and 7 PM, with two matches in each session. On Thursday, August 9th, the two semifinals will be played at 4 PM and the final Championship match will be played at 7 PM. The semifinals and the final match will be taped for airing on ESPN.
The INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIONS is regarded as the supreme test of skill in professional billiards. The eight players are so evenly matched that any one player could beat the other seven on a given day. In addition, the tournament format is the most demanding test of 9-Ball skill in the sport. The matches are two sets, race to five games each set, with a 1-game sudden death tie-breaker in the event of tied sets. The 9-ball does not count on the break, and to win a game, the 9-ball is call shot. The caliber of competition is so intense that a single mistake invariably eliminates a player from any chance at the winner-take-all purse of $50,000.
In the 2006 Championship match, Johnny Archer and Thorsten Hohmann played a 1-game sudden death for $50,000 and the Champion of Champions title.
The 2007 tournament will be the Seventeenth Annual event, and has been televised on ESPN in each of the last Seventeen years. Those attending should arrive early for each tournament session. Make plans today to attend the 2007 INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIONS. For information call the Mohegan Sun toll free at 1-888-226-7711, Ext. 7163.
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