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‘Little Genius’ Comes Up Big in World Pool Championship Final

NewsJuly 10, 2005May 25, 20140

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, July 11 - From boy to man, in five racks. Trailing 16-12 in the all-Taiwanese final of the World Pool Championship, and with his opponent breaking for the title, 16-year-old Chia-Ching Wu took a breath and told himself to hang on. "Getting to the world championship final is …

‘Little Genius’ vs. ‘Little Monster’ in all-Taiwan final

NewsJuly 10, 2005May 25, 20140

[caption id="attachment_2883" align="alignright" width="150"] Taiwan's Chia-Ching Wu[/caption]KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, July 9 - The host country of the World Pool Championship has put two of its own players in the final Sunday. Taiwan's Po-Cheng Kuo and Chia-Ching Wu will lag for the $75,000 grand priz…

Sweet 16 WPC Update

NewsJuly 8, 2005May 25, 20140

The round-of-16 is in progress at the World Pool Championships in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and Billiards Digest is continuing our daily Web updates on our "Tournament Coverage" page. …

Foldes Upsets Pagulayan at WPC

NewsJuly 7, 2005May 25, 20140

20-year-old Vilmos Foldes, the Hungarian European No.8, has caused another big upset at the 2005 Kaohsiung World Pool Championship as he knocked out defending champion Alex Pagulayan in a 10 – 8 dog fight. …

WPC Knows No Favorites as Big Names Fall

NewsJuly 5, 2005May 25, 20140

As round-robin play at the World Pool Championship draws to a close, some big names are arranging for flights out of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Top performers like Mosconi Cup veterans Ralf Souquet (Germany) and Charlie Williams (USA) are packing their bags, and Steve Davis (England) and Filipino legend …

World Pool Championships Underway

NewsJuly 3, 2005May 25, 20140

The round-robin stages of the 2005 World Pool Championship are under way in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and a few big names in the 128-player field are already in danger of missing the cut. Ralf Souquet, Steve Davis and Efren Reyes have already lost three times each, and will need sparkling records from now …

WPC Ups Prize Fund for 2004

NewsApril 16, 2004July 1, 20140

The World Pool Championships have announced the prize breakdowns for this year’s event, to be held July 10-18 in Taipei, Taiwan. They have added $50,000 this year’s prize purse, bringing to total purse to $350,000 and pushing last year’s $65,000 first-place prize up to $75,000. Last year’s runner-up…

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‘Little Genius’ Comes Up Big in World Pool Championship Final

‘Little Genius’ vs. ‘Little Monster’ in all-Taiwan final

Sweet 16 WPC Update

Foldes Upsets Pagulayan at WPC

WPC Knows No Favorites as Big Names Fall

World Pool Championships Underway

WPC Ups Prize Fund for 2004

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