WPC 2005 groups

no way ...

No way Chamat will be in the finals. His game is not at that level, and he
is way too inconsistent.
 
Can't the Europeans ...

mjantti said:
Players can only use the cues that they bring to the table before their match commences. Jump cues (minimum 1mtr long) and break cues may be used but they must be with you when you first come to the table.
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just break down and say 40" for a jump cue like everyone else does. Do they
have to do the 'meter' thing, which is 39.6"?

Do you know of any jump stick makers that make a jump stick between
39.6" long and under 40" long? I don't ...
 
Snapshot9 said:
just break down and say 40" for a jump cue like everyone else does. Do they
have to do the 'meter' thing, which is 39.6"?

Do you know of any jump stick makers that make a jump stick between
39.6" long and under 40" long? I don't ...
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Well, 1 meter is much more easier to measure by feel than 40" for Europeans and Asians. If you'd say 40", I wouldn't have any idea how long is that without making some calculations.

Checked it out and the WPA rulebooks says that the minimum length of a cue is not 1 meter, it's 40". Weird, how are they gonna proceed if a player shows up with a jump cue exactly 1 meter long ? In the tournament poster it's perfectly legal, by WPA rules it's not being 16mm too short. (40" = 1,016m). In this sense Scott has a point here.
 
It's suppose to be in Edmonton next year, at least that's what I heard. The problem with the Canadian championship is that it's very expensive for players that have to travel by plane, the entry fee is 500$ and there is no good money if you're not in the top 3. Let's just say it's not very appealing like this.

Thierry Layani
www.layanicues.com
 
Snapshot9 said:
No way Chamat will be in the finals. His game is not at that level, and he
is way too inconsistent.
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Are you kidding? His game definately is at that level, and he is very consistent. He made it to the semis in '04.
 
Snapshot9 said:
No way Chamat will be in the finals. His game is not at that level, and he
is way too inconsistent.
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Surely you gest. A year ago, Manalo was good enough to beat Francisco, Efren, and Yang, but in the quartertfinals, Chamat knocked Manalo out of the tournament. Chamat came third.

Chamat, in my opinion, plays only about a ball under Immonen, Souquet, and Hohmann, all of whom own world titles.
 
sjm said:
Surely you gest. A year ago, Manalo was good enough to beat Francisco, Efren, and Yang, but in the quartertfinals, Chamat knocked Manalo out of the tournament. Chamat came third.

Chamat, in my opinion, plays only about a ball under Immonen, Souquet, and Hohmann, all of whom own world titles.
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Definitely these past few months Chamat has been stepping up his game. I didn't use to think he's got what it takes but with the way he's been playing lately I don't think we can discount him just yet. Remember at last year's competition no one expected him to reach the semis.....
 
I think the winner of Group 14 will go on to win this tournament, and I will go out on a limb and say that it will be Shawn Putnam. In my opinion he is playing the best of any of the top US pros, however John Schmidt (group 10) is ready to make his presence known in the WPC now that he has his passport issues resolved. John is pumped just to be going this year and I think he will do very well and he may even win it.
 
I'm bored, so I'm going to make some prediction of who I think will make it past the group stages. Just for fun.

Group 1

Alex Pagulayan Canada
Charles Bryant USA
Shen-ping Pang Chinese Taipei
Rico Diks Holland

Group 2

Ching-shun Yang Chinese Taipei
Steve Davis England
Rodolfo Luat Philippines

toss up between the rest

Group 3

Thorsten Hohmann Germany
Kunihiko Takahashi Japan
Charlie Williams USA

Toss Up between qualifier and Imram Majid

Group 4

Efren Reyes Philippines
Mike Davis USA
Chin-ching Kang Chinese Taipei
Tony Drago Malta

Group 5

Fong-pang Chao Chinese Taipei
Nick van den Berg Holland
Dennis Orcollo Philippines

Toss Up:
Radoslaw Babica Poland
Ismael Paez Mexico
Qualifier 6 TBA

Group 6

Johnny Archer USA
Satoshi Kawabata Japan
Santos Sambajon Philippines

Toss Up:
Eric Weiselius Sweden
Qualifier 2 TBA

Group 7

Francisco Bustamante Philippines
Thomas Engert Germany
Che-wei Fu Chinese Taipei

Toss Up: I think it's probably between Lottander and Stepanov
Jeff White Canada
Wong-dea Kim Korea
Marko Lohtander Finland
Konstantin Stepanov Russia


Group 8

Alex Lely Holland
Hui-kai Hsia Chinese Taipei
Dan Bassavich USA
Shin-young Park Korea


Group 9

Mika Immonen Finland
Rodney Morris USA
Luc Salvas Canada

Don't know the 4 below:
Keng Kwang Chan Singapore
Daryl Peach England
Jan Dulst Belgium
Jose Luis Perez Venezuela

Group 10

Marcus Chamat Sweden
Andreas Roschkowsky Germany
John Schmidt USA
Gandy Valle Philippines
Ying-chieh Chen Chinese Taipei
David Alcaide Spain

Group 10's probably gonna be a really tight race between these 6. I think Chamat, Valle, Chen, and Schmidt will go on though.

Group 11

Pei-wei, Chang Chinese Taipei
Gabe Owen USA
Chien-che Huang Chinese Taipei

Toss up between the rest

Group 12

Niels Feijen Holland
Young-hwa Jeong Korea
Cory Deuel USA
Ronato Alcano Philippines
Thorsten Schober Germany
Fabio Petroni Italy
Qualifier 3 TBA

Another real tight finish, too close to call. Feijen, Deuel, and Alcano probably will go through.

Group 13

Earl Strickland USA
Oliver Ortmann Germany
Erik Hjorleifson Canada
Qualifier 5 TBA


Group 14

Alain Martel Canada
Shawn Putnam USA
Ching-chia Wu Chinese Taipei
Hiroshi Takenaka Japan

Group 15

Jeremy Jones USA
Marlon Manalo Philippines

2 out of these 4:
Hua-fong Wang Chinese Taipei
Goran Mladenovic Serbia Montenegro
David Larsson Sweden
Qualifier 4 TBA

Group 16

Po-cheng Kuo Chinese Taipei
Ralf Souquet Germany

two of these 4:
Luong Chi Dung Vietnam
Tan Tiong Boon Singapore
Ivica Putnik Croatia
Gilliano Smit Holland
 
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