WPA World 8-Ball in Fujairah

Feb 11, 2012

Good luck to Harvey Shognosh who will be representing Canada at this years World 8-Ball Championships in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates from February 12-17th. Harvey earned his spot in this event with his 2nd place finish at the 2011 Canadian 8-Ball Open. The WPA will be providing up to the minute coverage at www.wpa-pool.com.
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY - $156,800 U.S.
Winner $20,000
Runner-up $15,000
Semi Finalist $7,500
Quarter Finalist $4,500 9th – 16th $3,000
17th – 32nd $2,000
33rd – 64th $900
65th – 80th $250
FORMAT:
96 Players
Stage 1 Double Elimination Race to 7 - Alternate break
Stage 2 Single Elimination Race to 9 - Alternate break
VENUE:
Fujairah Tennis Club, Fujairah
Daily Schedule( All times GMT +4 hours)
13 & 14 February Group play 12.00pm 2.00pm 4.00pm 6.00pm 8.00pm 10.00pm
15 February Final 64 2.00 pm 4.00pm
6.00pm 8.00pm
16 February Final 32 2.00pm 4.00pm
Final 16 7.00pm
Quarter Finals 10.00pm
17 February Semi Finals 2.00pm
Final 6.00pm
Closing awards immediately after the final
Confirmed Players as of Feb. 6, 2012
Dennis Orcullo PHI
Yukio Akagariyama JPN
Darren Appleton GBR
Roberto Gomez PHI
Huidji See NED
Lee Van Corteza PHI
Jung Lin Chang TPE
Chris Melling GBR
Antonio Lining PHI
Ralf Souquet GER
Niels Feijen NED
Thorsten Hohmann GER
Daryl Peach GBR
Yu Lung Chang TPE
Carlo Blado PHI
Hewen Li CHN
Chi Ho Kwok HKG
Sayeem Hossaien BAN
Keng Kwang Chan SIN
Yong Hwang KOR
Toru Kuribayashi JPN
Sundeep Gulati IND
Phuc Long Nguyen VIE
Allan Cuarteno PHI
Ryoji Aoki JPN
Pin Yi Ko TPE
Po Cheng Kuo TPE
Chen Man Lee HKG
Dominic Jentsch GER
Reiner Wirsbitzki GER
Carlos Cabello ESP
Francisco Diaz-Pizzaro ESP
Marcus Chamat SWE
Bruno Muratore ITA
Tomasz Kaplan POL
Albin Ouschan AUT
Nick Van Den Berg NED
Serge Das BEL
Stepanov Konstantin RUS
Bahram Lofty DEN
Jason Shaw GBR
Karl Boyes GBR
Mark Gray GBR
Dennis Grabe EST
Brandon Shuff USA
Hunter Lombardo USA
Max Eberle USA
Harvey Shognosh CAN
Westi Morake RSA
Hamza Ali ERI
Mohamed Elassal EGY
Juan Mairena NIC
Jalal Yousef VEN
Stuart Lawler AUS
Mohammed Saed Saed QAT
Meshaal Turki Al-Ali QAT
Mohmmad Khaled Soufi SYR
Omar Abdelhamid Aishaheen KUW
Takhti Zarekani IRI
Hani Al-Houri UAE
Yousfi Chaouki MAR
Mika Immonen FIN
Haitai Liu CHN
Jianbo Fu CHN
Mario He AUT
Radoslaw Babica POL
Karol Skowerski POL
Oliver Ortmann GER
Carlo Dalmatin CRO