Fedor Gorst will begin his World Pool Championship defence against Estonia’s World Cup semi-finalist Mark Magi after the draw was made for the event, which runs from June 6-10 at Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes.
Among the other standout matches for the Double Elimination Group Stage is recent World Pool Masters champion Alex Kazakis against Women’s World Champion Kelly Fisher. Predator Championship League Pool winner faces Italian Mosconi Cup legend Fabio Petroni, while former World Champion Mika Immonen will be up against rising star Kristina Tkach.
Players were seeded with defending champion Fedor Gorst seeded 1, and the remaining 63 seeded determined by the WPA World Ranking. Seeded players were randomly drawn against unseeded players. Since the draw has been made, some players have had to withdraw due to travel issues. Any withdrawals are replaced by players from the waiting list.
The tournament begins with a two-day Double Elimination Group Stage, with the 128 players split into 16 groups of eight players. That will reduce the field down to 64, after which the tournament will adopt a straight knockout format.
Group matches are all race to 9, with knockout stage matches a race to 11 except the final, which is a race to 11.
Players who win their first two matches in the group stage advance to the last 64, while players who lose their first two will be eliminated. Players with one win and one draw will play a third match with the winner advancing to the last 64 and the loser knocked out.
2021 世界撞球錦標賽簽表出爐
Matchroom Pool 於去年取得永久舉辦世界9號球錦標賽的權利後，將賽事名稱由 World 9-Ball Championship (世界 9 球錦標賽) 更名為 World Pool Championship (世界撞球錦標賽)，而比賽除男子選手外，女子球員也可參賽。其賽事原定於去年10月舉行，由於 COVID-19 疫情大流行而決定將活動推遲至今年。賽事將於本周日 (6月6日至10日) 在英國MK體育場中的Marshall Arena場館拉開序幕。
身為衛冕冠軍的 Fedor Gorst 為1號種子選手，其餘的63名種子選手由WPA排名決定，種子球員將以隨機抽取到非種子球員，然後抽籤結束後，一些種子球員則因旅行問題而不得不退出本次比賽，退出球員的名額將會由等待名單上的球員遞補。
128名參賽選手將分為16組，比賽頭兩天進行小組雙敗淘汰，小組賽階段為搶9局，於小組賽中贏得前兩場比賽的球員將晉級至64強，反之則淘汰，而取得一勝一負的選手則將進行第三場比賽，勝者獲得最終的晉級機會。最後晉級64強的選手進入單敗淘汰賽、搶11局，決賽則為搶13局。
今年的參賽球員大多來自歐洲各國、美國、加拿大、墨西哥、科威特、伊朗、智利、南非等國，然而現今在受到疫情及旅行因素的影響下，依簽表所示，亞洲 (東亞) 僅香港與日本有球員參賽。衛冕冠軍 Fedor Gorst 首戰對上愛沙尼亞的 Mark Magi，女子世界冠軍 Kelly Fisher 迎戰剛奪下大師賽冠軍的希臘好手 Alex Kazakis，而在三月贏得 Predator 撞球冠軍聯賽的奧地利名將 Albin Ouschan 則將碰上義大利傳奇名將 Fabio Petroni，芬蘭名將 Mika Immonen 則將迎來俄羅斯新星女子好手 Kristina Tkach 的挑戰。
而兩位香港小將 Robbie Capito 和葉建寧 (Yip Kin-Ling ) 首輪將分別對上墨西哥的 Ruben Bautista 與美國年輕小將 Chris Robinson，新加坡年輕好手葉浚惟 (Aloysuis Yapp) 則將碰上同樣代表參加過青少年世錦賽的美國選手 Kaiden Hunkins 。日本的三位參賽球員方面，前美國青少年代表隊選手 Ricky Evans 將挑戰老將赤狩山 幸男 (Yukio Akagariyama)，吉岡 正登 (Masato Yoshioka) 遇上來自南非的 Muhummed Daydat，最後大井 直幸 (Naoyuki Oi ) 的對手則為美國女子名將 Jennifer Barretta。
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MATCH SCHEDULE 賽程表
All matches in the Group Stage are race to 9, and group fixtures follow this pattern:
Match 1: As Drawn
Match 2: As Drawn
Match 3: As Drawn
Match 4: As Drawn
Match 5: Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2 (winner advances to last 64)
Match 6: Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4 (winner advances to last 64)
Match 7: Loser Match 1 vs. Loser Match 2 (loser is eliminated)
Match 8: Loser Match 3 vs. Loser Match 4 (loser is eliminated)
Match 9: Loser Match 5 vs. Winner Match 8 (winner advances to last 64)
Match 10: Loser Match 6 vs. Winner Match 7 (winner advances to last 64)
GROUP DRAW 小組簽表
Group A
Fedor Gorst (RUS) vs Mark Magi (EST)
Mark Gray (GBR) vs Julio Burgos (PUR)
Jeffrey De Luna (PHI) vs Dimitri Jungo (SUI)
Konrad Juszczyszyn (POL) vs Jasmin Ouschan (AUT)
Group B
Albin Ouschan (AUT) vs Fabio Petroni (ITA)
Roberto Gomez (PHI) vs TBC
Omar Al-Shaheen (KUW) vs Alain Da Costa (FRA)
Aloysuis Yapp 葉浚惟 (SGP) vs Kaiden Hunkins (USA)
Group C
Billy Thorpe (USA) vs Francisco Gatsby (CHI)
Marc Vidal (USA) vs Ivica Putnik (CRO)
Petri Makkonen (FIN) vs Benjamin Belhassen (FRA)
Mieszko Fortunski (POL) vs Marcel Price (GBR)
Group D
Thorsten Hohmann (GER) vs Tobias Bongers (GER)
Mika Immonen (FIN) vs Kristina Tkach (RUS)
Sanjin Pehlivanovic (BIH) vs Kevin Lannoye (BEL)
Ralf Souquet (GER) vs Ronald Regli (SUI)
Group E
Jayson Shaw (GBR) vs Moritz Neuhausen (GER)
Jani Siekkinen (FIN) vs Michal Gavenciak (CZE)
Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS) vs Alex Montpellier (FRA)
Marc Bijsterbosch (NED) vs Imran Majid (GBR)
Group F
Casper Matikainen (FIN) vs Elliot Sanderson (GBR)
Mark Foster (GBR) vs Jan van Lierop (NED)
Mohammad Ali Berjawi (LEB) vs Vladimir Matvienko (RUS)
Max Lechner (AUT) vs Mickey Krause (DEN)
Group G
David Alcaide (ESP) vs Andreja Klasovic (SRB 塞爾維亞)
Pijus Labutis (LTU) vs Jeremy Sossei (USA)
Robbie Capito (HKG) vs Ruben Bautista (MEX 墨西哥)
Denis Grabe (EST) vs Vitaliy Patsura (UKR)
Group H
Skyler Woodward (USA) vs Jaroslav Polach (SVK 斯洛伐克)
Radoslaw Babica (POL) vs Ivo Aarts (NED)
Vincent Halliday (RSA) vs DJ McGinley (CAN)
Daniel Schneider (SUI) vs So Shaw (IRI)
Group I
Shane van Boening (USA) vs Petr Urban (CZE 捷克)
Oscar Dominguez (USA) vs Roberto Bartol (CRO 克羅埃西亞)
Karol Skowerski (POL) vs Jonas Souto Comino (ESP)
Hunter Lombardo (USA) vs Mats Schjetne (NOR)
Group J
Wojciech Szewczyk (POL) vs Marco Dorenburg (GER)
Richard Halliday (RSA) vs Aleksa Pecelj (SRB)
Oliver Szolnoki (HUN) vs Daniele Corrieri (ITA)
Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (ESP) vs TBC
Group K
Eklent Kaci (ALB) vs Lukas Fracasso Verner (USA)
Stephen Holem (CAN) vs Badar Alawadhi (KUW)
Yukio Akagariyama 赤狩山 幸男 (JPN) vs Ricky Evans (USA)
Corey Deuel (USA) vs Benji Buckley (GBR)
Group L
Darren Appleton (GBR) vs Shane Wolford (USA)
Marco Teutscher (NED) vs Christoph Reintjes (GER)
Ricardo Sini (ITA) vs Jeff Nieuwenhuyzen (AHO)
Alexander Kazakis (GRE) vs Kelly Fisher (GBR)
Group M
Niels Feijen (NED) vs Tim de Ruyter (NED)
Chris Robinson (USA) vs Yip Kin-Ling 葉建寧 (HKG)
Nick Malai (GRE) vs Veronika Ivanovskaia (GER)
Masato Yoshioka 吉岡 正登 (JPN) vs Muhummed Daydat (RSA)
Group N
Mateusz Sniegocki (POL) vs Miguel Silva (POR)
Mario He (AUT) vs Philipp Stojanovic (CRO)
Jakub Koniar (SVK) vs Vania Franco (POR)
Tyler Styer (USA) vs Henrique Correia (POR)
Group O
Naoyuki Oi 大井 直幸(JPN) vs Jennifer Barretta (USA)
Roman Hybler (CZE) vs Daniel Maciol (POL)
Donny Olson (USA) vs Bahram Lotfy (DEN)
Chris Melling (GBR) vs April Larson (USA)
Group P
Tomasz Kaplan (POL) vs Sergey Lutsker (RUS)
Chris Alexander (GBR) vs Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE)
Wiktor Zielinski (POL) vs Kim Laaksonen (FIN)
Joshua Filler (GER) vs Margaret Fefilova (BLR)