2005 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

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{{Infobox tournament

| name = WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2005

| Logo =

| location = Kaohsiung, Taiwan

| start_date = July 2, 2005

| end_date = July 10, 2005

| sport = 9-ball

| runner-up1 = {{flagicon|TPE}} Kuo Po-Cheng

| tournament_format = Round robin / Single Elimination

| host = WPA World Nine-ball Championship

| participants = 128

| champion = {{flagicon|TPE}} Wu Chia-ching

| previous = 2004

| next = 2006

}}

The 2005 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 16th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 2 to 10, 2005 in the Taiwanese city, Kaohsiung.

Taiwanese Wu Chia-ching won the championship with a 17–16 victory in the final against compatriot Kuo Po-Cheng. Defending champion Alex Pagulayan was eliminated by Vilmos Földes in the round of 32.

Format

The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in round robin mode against each other. The top four players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system, featuring the remaining 64 players.

Group stage

The following players exited the competition in the group stage:

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Group 1:{{flagicon|DEU}} {{Interlanguage link|Jakob Belka|de}}{{flagicon|NLD}} {{Interlanguage link|Rico Diks|de}}{{flagicon|ZAF}} Yulan Govender{{flagicon|TPE}} Pan Shen-ping
Group 2:{{flagicon|AUS}} {{Interlanguage link|Phil Reilly (pool player)|lt=Phil Reilly|de|Phil Reilly}}{{flagicon|MAS}} Patrick Ooi{{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Higton{{flagicon|VEN}} Jerry Calderon
Group 3:{{flagicon|ENG}} Imran Majid{{flagicon|IND}} Manan Chandra{{flagicon|GRC}} Lambros Vrakas{{flagicon|USA}} Charlie Williams
Group 4:{{flagicon|TPE}} Kang Chin-ching{{flagicon|PHL}} Efren Reyes{{flagicon|POL}} Tomasz Kapłan{{flagicon|DNK}} Jakob Lyng
Group 5:{{flagicon|POL}} Radosław Babica{{flagicon|WAL}} Ben Davies{{flagicon|MEX}} Ismael Páez{{flagicon|JPN}} Naoyuki Ōi
Group 6:{{flagicon|SWE}} {{Interlanguage link|Erik Weiselius|de}}{{flagicon|PHL}} Antonio Lining{{flagicon|HKG}} Au Chi-wai{{flagicon|SGP}} Steve Hock Chin
Group 7:{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Wong-dea{{flagicon|FIN}}Marko Lohtander{{flagicon|TPE}} Zeng Ding-yuan{{flagicon|CAN}} Jeff White
Group 8:{{flagicon|ESP}} Samir Kaddur{{flagicon|ENG}} {{Interlanguage link|Craig Osborne|de}}{{flagicon|ARG}} Gustavo Espinosa{{flagicon|MAS}} Alan Tan
Group 9:{{flagicon|BEL}} Jan Dulst{{flagicon|SGP}} {{Interlanguage link|Chan Keng Kwang|de}}{{flagicon|VEN}} José Luis Perez{{flagicon|PAK}} Irfan Ahmed Khan
Group 10:{{flagicon|USA}} John Schmidt{{flagicon|NZL}} Ceri Worts{{flagicon|ESP}} David Alcaide{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Ginn
Group 11:{{flagicon|CHL}} {{Interlanguage link|Enrique Rojas|de}}{{flagicon|ARE}} Hanni al-Howri{{flagicon|AUT}} Cetin Aslan{{flagicon|AUS}} Louis Condo
Group 12:{{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Petroni{{flagicon|DEU}} Thorsten Schober{{flagicon|KOR}} {{Interlanguage link|Jeong Young-hwa|de}}{{flagicon|THA}} Washana Poonjaeng
Group 13:{{flagicon|NOR}} {{Interlanguage link|Roger Lysholm|de}}{{flagicon|CAN}} Erik Hjorleifson{{flagicon|IDN}} Siauw Wieto{{flagicon|HKG}} Lee Chenman
Group 14:{{flagicon|SCG}} Šandor Tot{{flagicon|USA}} Shawn Putnam{{flagicon|DEU}} {{Interlanguage link|Nicolas Ottermann|de}}{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroshi Takenaka
Group 15:{{flagicon|SCG}} Goran Mladenovic{{flagicon|IND}} Dharminder Singh Lilly{{flagicon|AUS}} Stuart Lawler{{flagicon|SWE}} David Larsson
Group 16:{{flagicon|NLD}} Gilliano Smit{{flagicon|DEU}} Ralf Souquet{{flagicon|SGP}} Tiong Boon Tan{{flagicon|NZL}} Phil Wilkinson

Final round

{{64TeamBracket|seeds=no|nowrap=yes

| RD1=Round of 64 (Race to 9)

| RD2=Round of 32 (Race to 9)

| RD3=Round of 16 (Race to 11)

| RD4=Quarter-Final (Race to 11)

| RD5=Semi-Final (Race to 11)

| RD6=Finale (Race to 17)

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|TPE}} Kuo Po-Cheng

| RD1-score01=10

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

| RD1-score02=7

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|TPE}} Liu Chun-chiang

| RD1-score03=10

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Daryl Peach

| RD1-score04=7

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|CZE}} Roman Hybler

| RD1-score05=10

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|TPE}} Cheng Chong-hua

| RD1-score06=6

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|TPE}} Chao Fong-Pang

| RD1-score07=10

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|SCO}} Michael Valentine

| RD1-score08=2

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|TPE}} Huang Kun-chang

| RD1-score09=10

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|DEU}} Thomas Engert

| RD1-score10=7

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|TPE}} Hsia Hui-kai

| RD1-score11=10

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|USA}} Mike Davis

| RD1-score12=3

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|PHL}} Rodolfo Luat

| RD1-score13=10

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|VIE}} Lương Chí Dũng

| RD1-score14=1

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|VIE}} Thanh Nam Nguyen

| RD1-score15=10

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|NLD}} Niels Feijen

| RD1-score16=8

| RD1-team17={{flagicon|TPE}} Chang Jung-Lin

| RD1-score17=10

| RD1-team18={{flagicon|PHL}} Francisco Bustamante

| RD1-score18=8

| RD1-team19={{flagicon|PHL}} Warren Kiamco

| RD1-score19=10

| RD1-team20={{flagicon|AUS}} David Reljic

| RD1-score20=6

| RD1-team21={{flagicon|USA}} Rodney Morris

| RD1-score21=10

| RD1-team22={{flagicon|CAN}} Luc Salvas

| RD1-score22=2

| RD1-team23={{flagicon|ENG}} Raj Hundal

| RD1-score23=10

| RD1-team24={{flagicon|TPE}} Yang Ching-shun

| RD1-score24=4

| RD1-team25={{flagicon|HUN}} Vilmos Földes

| RD1-score25=10

| RD1-team26={{flagicon|MAS}} {{Interlanguage link|Ibrahim Bin Amir|de}}

| RD1-score26=2

| RD1-team27={{flagicon|PHL}} Alex Pagulayan

| RD1-score27=10

| RD1-team28={{flagicon|KOR}} Park Shin-young

| RD1-score28=5

| RD1-team29={{flagicon|NLD}} Nick van den Berg

| RD1-score29=10

| RD1-team30={{flagicon|MLT}} Tony Drago

| RD1-score30=5

| RD1-team31={{flagicon|TPE}} Wang Hua-fong

| RD1-score31=10

| RD1-team32={{flagicon|PHL}} Dennis Orcollo

| RD1-score32=5

| RD1-team33={{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Chamat

| RD1-score33=10

| RD1-team34={{flagicon|USA}} Johnny Archer

| RD1-score34=5

| RD1-team35={{flagicon|CAN}} {{Interlanguage link|Alain Martel|de}}

| RD1-score35=10

| RD1-team36={{flagicon|USA}} Earl Strickland

| RD1-score36=7

| RD1-team37={{flagicon|TPE}} Wu Jiaqing

| RD1-score37=10

| RD1-team38={{flagicon|TPE}} Ko Pin-yi

| RD1-score38=5

| RD1-team39={{flagicon|DEU}} {{Interlanguage link|Andreas Roschkowsky|de}}

| RD1-score39=10

| RD1-team40={{flagicon|IDN}} Adam Abdulrahim

| RD1-score40=2

| RD1-team41={{flagicon|ENG}} Kevin Uzzell

| RD1-score41=10

| RD1-team42={{flagicon|NLD}} Alex Lely

| RD1-score42=7

| RD1-team43={{flagicon|DEU}} Thorsten Hohmann

| RD1-score43=10

| RD1-team44={{flagicon|PHL}} Ronato Alcano

| RD1-score44=7

| RD1-team45={{flagicon|USA}} {{Interlanguage link|Gabe Owen|de}}

| RD1-score45=10

| RD1-team46={{flagicon|DEU}} Oliver Ortmann

| RD1-score46=6

| RD1-team47={{flagicon|USA}} Jeremy Jones

| RD1-score47=10

| RD1-team48={{flagicon|JPN}} {{Interlanguage link|Satoshi Kawabata|de}}

| RD1-score48=8

| RD1-team49={{flagicon|PHL}} Gandy Valle

| RD1-score49=10

| RD1-team50={{flagicon|VIE}} Do Hoang Quan

| RD1-score50=8

| RD1-team51={{flagicon|TPE}} {{Interlanguage link|Chen Ying-chieh|de}}

| RD1-score51=10

| RD1-team52={{flagicon|TPE}} Chang Pei-Wei

| RD1-score52=5

| RD1-team53={{flagicon|PHL}} Marlon Manalo

| RD1-score53=10

| RD1-team54={{flagicon|USA}} Charlie Bryant

| RD1-score54=9

| RD1-team55={{flagicon|TPE}} Huang Chien-che

| RD1-score55=10

| RD1-team56={{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Stepanov

| RD1-score56=5

| RD1-team57={{flagicon|JPN}} Kunihiko Takahashi

| RD1-score57=10

| RD1-team58={{flagicon|USA}} Danny Basavich

| RD1-score58=8

| RD1-team59={{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Immonen

| RD1-score59=10

| RD1-team60={{flagicon|HRV}} {{Interlanguage link|Ivica Putnik|de}}

| RD1-score60=2

| RD1-team61={{flagicon|USA}} Corey Deuel

| RD1-score61=10

| RD1-team62={{flagicon|TPE}} Lai Chia-hsiung

| RD1-score62=2

| RD1-team63={{flagicon|DEU}} {{Interlanguage link|Harald Stolka|de}}

| RD1-score63=10

| RD1-team64={{flagicon|TPE}} Fu Che-wei

| RD1-score64=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|TPE}} Kuo Po-Cheng

| RD2-score01=10

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|TPE}} Liu Chun-chiang

| RD2-score02=4

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|CZE}} Roman Hybler

| RD2-score03=10

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|TPE}} Chao Fong-Pang

| RD2-score04=8

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|TPE}} Huang Kun-chang

| RD2-score05=10

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|TPE}} Hsia Hui-kai

| RD2-score06=8

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|PHL}} Rodolfo Luat

| RD2-score07=8

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|VIE}} Thanh Nam Nguyen

| RD2-score08=10

| RD2-team09={{flagicon|TPE}} Chang Jung-Lin

| RD2-score09=10

| RD2-team10={{flagicon|PHL}} Warren Kiamco

| RD2-score10=4

| RD2-team11={{flagicon|USA}} Rodney Morris

| RD2-score11=10

| RD2-team12={{flagicon|ENG}} Raj Hundal

| RD2-score12=9

| RD2-team13={{flagicon|HUN}} Vilmos Földes

| RD2-score13=10

| RD2-team14={{flagicon|PHL}} Alex Pagulayan

| RD2-score14=8

| RD2-team15={{flagicon|NLD}} Nick van den Berg

| RD2-score15=10

| RD2-team16={{flagicon|TPE}} Wang Hua-fong

| RD2-score16=6

| RD2-team17={{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Chamat

| RD2-score17=10

| RD2-team18={{flagicon|CAN}} Alain Martel

| RD2-score18=1

| RD2-team19={{flagicon|TPE}} Wu Chia-ching

| RD2-score19=10

| RD2-team20={{nowrap|{{flagicon|DEU}} Andreas Roschkowsky}}

| RD2-score20=6

| RD2-team21={{flagicon|ENG}} Kevin Uzzell

| RD2-score21=7

| RD2-team22={{flagicon|DEU}} Thorsten Hohmann

| RD2-score22=10

| RD2-team23={{flagicon|USA}} Gabe Owen

| RD2-score23=5

| RD2-team24={{flagicon|USA}} Jeremy Jones

| RD2-score24=10

| RD2-team25={{flagicon|PHL}} Gandy Valle

| RD2-score25=9

| RD2-team26={{flagicon|TPE}} Chen Ying-chieh

| RD2-score26=10

| RD2-team27={{flagicon|PHL}} Marlon Manalo

| RD2-score27=10

| RD2-team28={{flagicon|TPE}} Huang Chien-che

| RD2-score28=0

| RD2-team29={{flagicon|JPN}} Kunihiko Takahashi

| RD2-score29=8

| RD2-team30={{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Immonen

| RD2-score30=10

| RD2-team31={{flagicon|USA}} Corey Deuel

| RD2-score31=10

| RD2-team32={{flagicon|DEU}} Harald Stolka

| RD2-score32=9

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|TPE}} Kuo Po-Cheng

| RD3-score01=11

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|CZE}} Roman Hybler

| RD3-score02=4

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|TPE}} Huang Kun-chang

| RD3-score03=11

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|VIE}} Thanh Nam Nguyen

| RD3-score04=4

| RD3-team05={{flagicon|TPE}} Chang Jung-Lin

| RD3-score05=8

| RD3-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Rodney Morris

| RD3-score06=11

| RD3-team07={{flagicon|HUN}} Vilmos Földes

| RD3-score07=10

| RD3-team08={{flagicon|NLD}} Nick van den Berg

| RD3-score08=11

| RD3-team09={{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Chamat

| RD3-score09=4

| RD3-team10={{flagicon|TPE}} Wu Chia-ching

| RD3-score10=11

| RD3-team11={{nowrap|{{flagicon|DEU}} Thorsten Hohmann}}

| RD3-score11=11

| RD3-team12={{flagicon|USA}} Jeremy Jones

| RD3-score12=7

| RD3-team13={{flagicon|TPE}} Chen Ying-chieh

| RD3-score13=0

| RD3-team14={{flagicon|PHL}} Marlon Manalo

| RD3-score14=11

| RD3-team15={{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Immonen

| RD3-score15=11

| RD3-team16={{flagicon|USA}} Corey Deuel

| RD3-score16=8

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|TPE}} Kuo Po-Cheng

| RD4-score01=11

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|TPE}} Huang Kun-chang

| RD4-score02=7

| RD4-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Rodney Morris

| RD4-score03=11

| RD4-team04={{flagicon|NLD}} Nick van den Berg

| RD4-score04=10

| RD4-team05={{flagicon|TPE}} Wu Chia-ching

| RD4-score05=11

| RD4-team06={{nowrap|{{flagicon|DEU}} Thorsten Hohmann}}

| RD4-score06=5

| RD4-team07={{flagicon|PHL}} Marlon Manalo

| RD4-score07=11

| RD4-team08={{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Immonen

| RD4-score08=9

| RD5-team01={{flagicon|TPE}} Kuo Po-Cheng

| RD5-score01=11

| RD5-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Rodney Morris

| RD5-score02=7

| RD5-team03={{nowrap|{{flagicon|TPE}} Wu Chia-ching}}

| RD5-score03=11

| RD5-team04={{flagicon|PHL}} Marlon Manalo

| RD5-score04=5

| RD6-team01={{flagicon|TPE}} Kuo Po-Cheng

| RD6-score01=16

| RD6-team02={{nowrap|{{flagicon|TPE}} Wu Chia-ching}}

| RD6-score02=17

}}

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See also