In our desire to be good stewards of the game the organizing committee for the 2016 Toronto World 8-Ball Tournament are announcing the cancellation of that event. After awarding the event to Toronto for 2016 the WPA received an offer from a promoter in China to hold a World 8-Ball Tournament for both men and women with a prize fund for each division of $300,000 per event. While the timing of this offer could be viewed as unfortunate, this new promoter has offered to invest $3,000,000 over the next 5 years and we do not wish to hamper anyone who will make that long-term commitment to Professional Pool. We will move on and soon announce new plans for events in North America as our prize fund is still intact due to the loyalty and understanding of our sponsors.
While we had hoped to bring a major World Championship Title to the Western Hemisphere it is unreasonable for us to take a selfish world view. This new development will offer international players a handsome reward, includes both genders, and takes place in a large venue in China. Toronto will still have a major event coming out of The Corner Bank. It has always been our intention to begin a new and exciting tradition with an annual event that will be a cornerstone of every major players’ calendar. We still intend to do just that. We are now making plans for the best avenue of competition available to us and look forward to making an announcement on our developments soon.
多倫多世界8號球錦標賽宣布取消
為了更好地推廣撞球運動，2016多倫多8號球世錦賽組委會宣布取消本項賽事。取消原因是WPA在同意多倫多舉辦該賽事後收到了一份更高的報價。來自中國的贊助商願意在接下來五年裡舉辦8號球世錦賽，並且男女組獎金均為30萬美元。儘管時間緊迫，WPA還是難以拒絕5年300萬美元的報價和長期推廣賽事的承諾。感謝原本多倫多比賽的贊助商的理解和支持，為多倫多準備的獎金依然有效，我們將盡快宣布新的北美賽事。
儘管我們一直想在西半球舉辦大型世錦賽，但也不能狹隘的看待世界。這次改變能讓男女球員收入提高，且在中國的大型球館舉行。The Corner Bank依然會贊助一項多倫多的大型賽事。我們一直以來的目標就是讓新賽事成為傳統，成為球員每年習慣參加的例行賽事。我們正在為此努力，近期會宣布最新進展。