China Open kicks off in new venue – China Open 移師浦東唐鎮 下週拉開戰幕

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2016 World 9-Ball China Open will be held on August 21th-28th in Shanghai, China. As the qualifying tournament gets underway tomorrow with qualifiers 21th to 23th, there are over 70 players in Men’s division and about 50 in Women’s division, competing for 8 qualifiers in each division to the main tournament.

The main tournament starts 25th of August and the final is 28th. 64 men players and 48 women players will be put into groups and apply double elimination format until men’s last 32 and women’s last 16. Until then the game changes from race to 9 for men and 7 for women, to race to 11 for men and race to 9 for women with alternate breaks.

This has been the 8th China Open, which has been supported by Peoples’ Government of Tangzhen Pudong New Area throughout the years. It is the first year the tournament is held in Pudong Tangzhen Culture & Sports Center after 7 years in Shanghai Pudong Yuanshen Stadium.

This event is joined by players over 30 countries , including the world’s top 16 of men players and top 8 women’s players. The new world 9 ball champion Albin Ouschan, the youngest winner of the Amway Cup Chezka Centeno, along with top players like Darren AppletonMika ImmonenThorsten Hohmann
Ralf SouquetNoyuki OiLiu HaitaoDennis OrcolloPin-Yi KoChen SimingLiu Sha ShaKim Ga-YoungKelly FisherJasmin OuschanRubilen AmitChihiro Kawahara and Chou Chieh-Yu will compete for a total prize of 373,600 USD. The Men division has $208,000 USD on offer with $40,000 USD going to the eventual champion same as last year but women’s increases from last year’s $32000 USD to $36000 USD for this year’s winner. (Before Tax)

2016世界9球中國公開賽將再次於上海登場。會外賽將在明天展開,為此屆賽事拉開帷幕。而會外賽將分三場進行,超過70名的男子選手以及超過50的女子選手將爭取最後各8張會內賽的門票。會外賽全部採用單敗淘汰賽制,男子搶9、女子搶7,男子組和女子組第一、二場各取2名、第三場各取4名選手,比賽採用勝方衝球規則。

資格賽結束後,會內賽將緊接於25號登場,第一階段男子64名選手和女子48名,採分組雙敗淘汰賽制,男子搶9局、女子搶7局,男子每組4名選手 (勝部2名、敗部2名) 和女子每組2名選手 (勝部1名、敗部1名) 晉級進入第二階段。第二階段的男子32強及女子16強為單敗淘汰賽,男子搶11局、女子搶9局,比賽採輪流衝球。最終決賽將於8月28日開打。

參加會內賽的男選手64人,女選手48人,其中包括世界排名男子前16名和女子前8名的選手;他們分別來自世界各地近30個國家和地區。

今年是世界9球中國公開賽連續第8年的舉辦,8年間此項賽事受到浦東新區唐鎮人民政府 (Peoples’ Government of Tangzhen Pudong New Area) 的大力支持。已經在浦東源深体育中心 (Shanghai Pudong Yuanshen Stadium) 舉辦7年的賽事,今年將移師位於唐鎮新落成啟用的唐鎮文化體育中心(Pudong Tangzhen Culture & Sports Center) 進行。

據悉,世界排名男子前16位和女子前8位的選手都將參賽。包括新任世界9號球冠軍Albin Ouschan、安麗盃史上最年輕冠軍Chezka CentenoDarren AppletonMika ImmonenThorsten Hohmann
Ralf Souquet大井直幸劉海濤Dennis Orcollo柯秉逸陳思明劉莎莎金佳映Kelly FisherJasmin OuschanRubilen Amit河原千尋周婕妤等世界頂尖選手將悉數到場參賽,這些來自世界各地近30個國家和地區的好手們,將一決高下。

而在總獎金部分,今年也有所提升,尤其是在女子組方面。女子組在所有名次上都有所增加,冠軍獎金將由去年的32000 USD提升至今年的36000 USD。男子組方面則變化不大,冠軍部分持平為40000 USD。

※ Due to this year’s new venue, the quality of streaming facility is uncertain for now. Will figure that out when we arrive at the venue.  

AC & CK

Stage 1 – Qualifying:  August 21-23

Men Division – Shanghai Hot ice Billiard Club (B1, No.1301 Gong he xin Road, Jing’an district)

Women Division – Zhongdu Billiard Club (3/F, No.651 Hangbei Road, Minhang District)

Stage 2:  August 25-28

Venue – Pudong Tangzhen Culture & Sports Center

FORMAT:

Stage 1 (Qualifying)

※ Single elimination、Winner breaks.

※ Men Division – 8 winners qualifiers、Race to 9. Women Division – 8 winners qualifiers、Race to 7  ( 2 qualifiers from Day 1, 2 qualifiers from Day 2 and 4 qualifiers for the last day.)

※ No seeded player in stage 1.

Stage 2 (Main Event)

※ WPA 9- ball rule with the 3 point break shot rule

※ Double Elimination to Men last 32 & Women last 16,Men division- Race to 9. Women division- Race to 7、Alternate breaks。

※ Men last 32 & Women last 16 – Single Elimination,Men Division- Race to 11. Women Division- Race to 9、Alternate breaks。

※ Stage 2 seeded player: Top 16 men players and women players according to current WPA rankings.

※ Stage 2: 2 from winner’s bracket will be seeded into Final Round according to their results from group rounds, 2 from loser’s bracket will be drawn randomly (Men’s); 1 from winner’s bracket will be seeded into Final Round according to their results from group rounds, 1 from loser’s bracket will be drawn randomly (Women’s).

The interpretation of the competition information belongs to the Host. Matters not mentioned herein will be announced.   

會外賽: 8月21-23日

男子組 – 上海 熱冰桌球俱樂部 ( 靜安區共和新路1301號 B1 )

女子組 – 上海 總都台球 上海總部 ( 閔行區航北路651號3樓)

會內賽: 8月25-28日

比賽地點 – 唐鎮文化体育中心

競賽辦法:

(1) 賽事執行WPA規則。

(2) 比賽分為會外賽和會內賽兩個階段。

(3) 會外賽共分3場進行,全部為單敗淘汰賽,男子搶9局,女子搶7局,勝方開球,第一、二場男子組和女子組各取2名,第三場各取4名晉級會內賽。

(4) 會內賽第一階段為雙敗淘汰賽,男子搶9局、女子搶7局,輪流開球,男子前32名和女子前16名晉級第二階段;第二階段為單敗淘汰賽,男子搶11局、女子搶9局,輪流開球;決賽男子搶13局、女子搶11局。