2024 Yalin WPA Men World 8-Ball Championship

World Championship
September 2 -September 8, 2024
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Hamilton, New Zealand
64 players
750 Entry Fee
250,000 Prize Fund

EVENT INFO

64 players, 16 seeded, double elimination to last 16, then single elimination. Reigning world champion is seeded #1 in double elimination regardless of their current WPA ranking. Single elimination: new seeding, 8 seeded, reigning world championship is seeded #1 regardless of their current WPA ranking. Remaining 8 players are drawn randomly against seeded athletes. For seeding, WPA rankings as of August 10, 2024, which are referenced in this document, will be used.

Races: Double elimination: single set, race to 8. Single elimination: single set, race to 10.

PAYOUTS

$ 250,000

Total Prize Fund

RoundEarningsSpots
Champion$75,0001
Runner up$45,0001
3-4th Place$22,0002
5-8th Place$11,0004
9-16th Place$5,2508

VENUE DETAILS

Claudelands Event Centre

Hamilton, New Zealand

Gate 1 Heaphy Terrace, Claudelands, Hamilton 3214, Nueva Zelanda

Claudelands has a rich cultural history, and has been hosting events in Hamilton since the late 1800s. The extensive redevelopment of Claudelands began in 2007 and an Open Day was held to mark its re-opening in June 2011. Claudelands’ award-winning design is a reflection of the unique cultural and ecological nature of the area.

players

64 Player Field
Julian Serradilla
Masato Yoshioka
Kashyap Choudhary
Toan Nguyen
Sheridan Burmester
Kurt Dunham
Kenko Suzuki
Hassan Abdalla
Brent Ogg
Albin Ouschan
Zhankui Gao
Wojciech Szewczyk
Thorsten Hohmann
Theodore Mullan
Szymon Kural
Syed Hasan A. Rizvi
Sullivan Clark
Stephen Holem
Stefan Kasper
Ruben Bautista
Roman Hybler
Ralf Souquet
Radoslaw Babica
Pijus Labutis
Phuong Nam Pham
Othman Alzahrani
Naoyuki Oi
Mieszko Fortunski
Matthew Edwards
Mateusz Sniegocki
Mario He
Marco Teutscher
Kun Lin Wu
Konrad Juszczyszyn
Kieran Dempsey

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