DRAW MADE FOR WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
Jun 2, 2021
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.
MATCH SCHEDULEAll matches in the Group Stage are race to 9, and group fixtures follow this pattern:
Match 1: As DrawnMatch 2: As DrawnMatch 3: As DrawnMatch 4: As Drawn
Match 5: Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2 winner advances to last 64Match 6: Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4 winner advances to last 64Match 7: Loser Match 1 vs. Loser Match 2 loser is eliminatedMatch 8: Loser Match 3 vs. Loser Match 4 loser is eliminatedMatch 9: Loser Match 5 vs. Winner Match 8 winner advances to last 64Match 10: Loser Match 6 vs. Winner Match 7 winner advances to last 64
GROUP DRAW
Group AFedor Gorst (ROC) 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 BAlbin Ouschan (AUT) vs Fabio Petroni (ITA)Roberto Gomez (PHI) vs TBCOmar Al-Shaheen (KUW) vs Alain Da Costa (FRA)Aloysuis Yapp (SGP) vs Kaiden Hunkins (USA)
Group CBilly 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 DThorsten Hohmann (GER) vs Tobias Bongers (GER)Mika Immonen (FIN) vs Kristina Tkach (ROC)Sanjin Pehlivanovic (BIH) vs Kevin Lannoye (BEL)Ralf Souquet (GER) vs Ronald Regli (SUI)
Group EJayson Shaw (GBR) vs Moritz Neuhausen (GER)Jani Siekkinen (FIN) vs Michal Gavenciak (CZE)Ruslan Chinakhov (ROC) vs Alex Montpellier (FRA)Marc Bijsterbosch (NED) vs Imran Majid (GBR)
Group FCasper Matikainen (FIN) vs Elliot Sanderson (GBR)Mark Foster (GBR) vs Jan van Lierop (NED)Mohammad Ali Berjawi (LEB) vs Vladimir Matvienko (ROC)Max Lechner (AUT) vs Mickey Krause (DEN)
Group GDavid Alcaide (ESP) vs Andreja Klasovic (SRB)Pijus Labutis (LTU) vs Jeremy Sossei (USA)Robbie Capito (HKG) vs Ruben Bautista (MEX)Denis Grabe (EST) vs Vitaliy Patsura (UKR)
Group HSkyler Woodward (USA) vs Jaroslav Polach (SVK)Radoslaw Babica (POL) vs Ivo Aarts (NED)Vincent Halliday (RSA) vs DJ McGinley (CAN)Daniel Schneider (SUI) vs So Shaw (IRI)
Group IShane van Boening (USA) vs Petr Urban (CZE)Oscar Dominguez (USA) vs Roberto Bartol (CRO)Karol Skowerski (POL) vs Jonas Souto Comino (ESP)Hunter Lombardo (USA) vs Mats Schjetne (NOR)
Group JWojciech 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 KEklent Kaci (ALB) vs Lukas Fracasso Verner (USA)Stephen Holem (CAN) vs Badar Alawadhi (KUW)Yukio Akagariyama (JPN) vs Ricky Evans (USA)Corey Deuel (USA) vs Benji Buckley (GBR)
Group LDarren 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 MNiels Feijen (NED) vs Tim de Ruyter (NED)Chris Robinson (USA) vs Yip Kin-Ling (HK)Nick Malai (GRE) vs Veronika Ivanovskaia (GER)Masato Yoshioka (JPN) vs Muhummed Daydat (RSA)
Group NMateusz 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 ONaoyuki Oi (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 PTomasz Kaplan (POL) vs Sergey Lutsker (ROC)Chris Alexander (GBR) vs Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE)Wiktor Zielinski vs Kim Laaksonen (FIN)Joshua Filler (GER) vs Margaret Fefilova (BLR)