IT’S HAPPENING! The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino will be the host for 2019 Predator World 10-Ball Championship. The stage is all set now for the best 64 players from around the world gathered in Las Vegas, USA. There is no WPA sanctioned World Championship in 8-ball, 9-ball or 10-ball has occurred in the United States since Johnny Archer won the World 9-Ball Championship in Chicago in 1997, Predator World 10-Ball Championship will be the first ever World 10-Ball Championship in the United States.
The main tournament starts July 22nd and the final is on the 26th. the 64 players will be apply double elimination format until last 16 (8 on winners’ side & 8 on loss’ side). Until then the game changes from race to 8 to race to 10. The winner will receive a prize of $30,000 USD alone while the runner-up will receive US$20,000.
The draw is done and out! The World ranking Nr. 1, reigning World 9-Ball Champion and US Open 9-Ball Champion, Joshua Filler will play his first match against the Chinese Pool’s legend YAN Fan while a Polish confrontation between Mieszko Fortunski and Wojciech Szewczyk. 2016 World 9-Ball Champion Albin Ouschan against Duong Quoc Hoang of Vietnam, Ouschan’s countryman and friend Mario He will take on „The Kaiser“ Ralf Souquet.
Taiwan’s former ranked #1 Jung-Lin Chang will meet the challenge of young players Kin-Ling Yip from Hong Kong while the 2015 World 9-ball Champion Pin-Yi Ko face to Ariel Casto, and Ko’s younger brother, Ping-Chung Ko will be deal with Poland’s Tomasz Kaplan.
2012 World 9-ball Champion, Darren Appleton will be up against Alex “The Lion” Pagulayan, the Philippines’ James Aranas face down Japanese Toru Kuribayashi, and the Kiwi Matt Edwards deal with the Dutch Marc Bijsterbosch. American, 5 times US Open 9-Ball Champion Shane Van Boening will be facing off against his Mosconi Cup teammate Billy Thorpe.
2019″Predator 美洲豹” 世界10號球錦標賽即將於美國拉斯維加斯拉開序幕。美國本土自1997年Johnny Archer在芝加哥贏得世界9號球錦標賽以後，再也沒有舉辦過任何WPA旗下8號球，9號球或10號球的世錦賽，”美洲豹” 世界10號球錦標賽將是第一個在美國舉辦的世界10號球錦標賽。
正賽於22號拉斯維加斯當地時間開打，64位來自世界各地的球員將競逐最後勝利頭銜與3萬美金獎金。比賽第一階段將採搶8局制的雙敗淘汰至最後16強，勝部及敗部各8名選手晉級到單敗淘汰，搶10局。
籤表已出爐並掛在網上。現世界排名第一、9號球世錦賽冠軍，德國的Joshua Filler首場比賽將對上中國的楊帆，眾所周知，楊帆在中式台球上有非常出色的成績；另將上演一場波蘭內戰，由Mieszko Fortunski 與 Wojciech Szewczyk正面交鋒。奧地利Albin Ouschan 碰上越南選手 Duong Quoc Hoang，他的好友Mario He則將面對名人堂成員，德國名將 Ralf Souquet。
香港年輕小將葉建寧將挑戰前世界冠軍張榮麟，柯秉逸的對手是來自墨西哥的Ariel Casto，弟弟柯秉中則對上波蘭的Tomasz Kaplan。菲律賓年輕好手 James Aranas 將對戰日本世界盃雙打賽成員之一的Toru Kuribayashi，5屆美國公開賽冠軍，Shane Van Boening 則將碰上莫斯考尼盃隊友 Billy Thorpe。
Brackets 簽表
Double Elimination 雙敗
Feww Live stream 網路視頻直播 (YouTube)
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