Doha: Two-time world champion Efren Reyes of the Philippines kept his qualification hopes for the round of 64 at the 2014 World 9-ball Championship (W9BC) alive by winning his second match here yesterday.
The Filipino veteran, who lost on the first day of the $200,000 championship sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association, defeated Denis Grabe of Estonia 9-8 in a closely fought match.
Another former champion Daryl peach of England also won defeating Vilmos Foldes of Hungary by an identical score.
This is the fifth straight year that the Qatar is hosting the W9BC. The players are competing in 16 groups of eight playing a race-to-9, alternate break, double elimination format.
Four players from each group will make up the final 64, which marks the start of the always tense and dramatic single elimination phase of the tournament.
Matches will then become race to 11, alternate break. The final, which takes place on June 27, will be a race to 13. The winner will receive $30,000. The runner-up will receive $15,000. The total prize is $200,000. The players are competing on Wiraka New Model Tables with Simonis 860 Cloth, Electric Blue Color and using Aramith Super Pro TV Balls. The Qatar Billiard and Snooker Federation, which is hosting and organising the W9BC, is providing free live streaming of the entire tournament on its website, http://live.qbsf.qa/. THE PENINSULA
2014 World 9-ball Championship (W9BC)
Group 1
Sumit Talwar(IND) bt
Mohamed Al Hosani(UAE) 9-1
Erik Hjorleifson (CAN) bt
Mohd Al Bin Ali(QAT) 9-8
Group 2
Scott Cooney(GBR) bt John Morra(CAN) 9-6
Dimitri Jungo(SUI) bt
Hasan Hwaida Idan(IRQ) 9-3
Group 3
Alexander Kazakis(GRE) bt Hamzaa M. Saeed Ali(ERI) 9-6
Melkonyan Babken(ROU) bt Ahmad Taufiq(BRU) 9-4
Group 4
Ramil Gallego(PHL) bt Mishel Turkey(QAT) 9-7
Kuo Po Cheng(TPE) bt
Fahim Sinha(BAN) 9-3
Group 5
Liu Hai Tao(CHN) bt
Yukio Akagariyama(JPN) 9-6
Hunter Lombardo(USA) bt
Detlef Grzella(RSA) 9-2
Group 6
Frailin Guanipa(VEN) bt Mohamed Hamouda(EGY) 9-2
Stephen Cohen(FRA) bt Eric Lee(HKG) 9-6
Group 7
Jason Klatt(CAN) bt Karol Skowerski(POL) 9-4
Chang Jung Lin(TPE) bt Abdulla Mohammad(UAE) 9-2
Group 8
Daryl Peach(GBR) bt Vilmos Foldes(HUN) 9-8
Glen Coutts(NZL) bt Nour Wasfi Al Jarrah(JOR) 9-4
Group 9
Maj Al Azmi(KUW) bt Sayeem Hossain(BAN) 9-4
Efren Reyes(PHL) bt Denis Grabe(EST) 9-8
Group 10
Mazen Berjaoui(LEB) bt S Sprangers(NED) 9-6
Albin Ouschan(AUT) bt
Alejandro Carbajal(CHI) 9-6
Group 11
Brandon Shuff(USA) bt Mohammed Elassal(EGY) 9-2
Mohammadali Pordel(IRI) bt Jurgen Jenisy(AUT) 9-5
Group 12
Chang Yu Lung(TPE) bt Mohammed Ali Berjaou(LEB) 9-2
Francisco Felicilda(PHL) bt Christian Aguirre(ECU) 9-5
Group 13
Petri Makkonen(FIN) bt
Bader Al Hamdan(KSA) 9-1
Corey Duel(USA) bt Koh Seng Ann Aaron(SIN) 9-2
Darren Appleton(GBR) bt Petri Makkonen(FIN) 9-4
Lin Cheng Chieh(TPE) bt Bader Al Hamden(KSA) 9-0
Lo Li Wen(TPE) bt Koh Seng Ann Aaron(SIN) 9-4
Johann Chua(PHL) bt Corey Deuel(USA) 9-2
Group 14
Tomasz Kaplan(POL) bt J-Ram Alabanzas(RSA) 9-1
Manuel Gama(POR) bt Imran Majid(GBR) 9-6
Jeffrey De Luna(PHL) bt Tomasz Kaplan(POL) 9-8
Israel Rota(PHL) bt J-Ram Alabanzas(RSA) 9-0
Ko Pin Yi(TPE) bt Manuel Gama(POR) 9-6
Salaheldeen Al Rimawi(UAE) bt Imran Majid(GBR) 9-6
Group 15
Naoyuki Oi(JPN) bt So Shaw(IRI) 9-1
Ivica Putnik(CRO) bt Kwok Chi Ho(HKG) 9-6
Alex Pagulayan(CAN) bt Naoyuki Oi(JPN) 9-5
Radoslaw Babica(POL) bt So Shaw(IRI) 9-5
Omar Al Shaheen(KUW) bt Kwok Chi Ho(HKG) 9-1
Li He Wen(CHN) bt Ivica Putnik(CRO) 9-2
Group 16
Sundeep Gulati(IND) bt Bashar Hussain(QAT) 9-3
Lee Vann Corteza(PHL) bt Mario Morra(CAN) 9-6
Oliver Ortmann(GER) bt Bashar Hussain(QAT) 9-2
Omran Salem(UAE) bt Sundeep Gulati(IND) 9-8
Elmer D. Haya(PHL) bt Lee Van Corteza(PHL) 9-2
Artem Koshovyi(UKR) bt Mario Morra(CAN) 9-5
