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Competition Format Change Announced
MATCHROOM Sport can announce there will be a change of format for all rounds of the 2006 Philippines World Pool Championship.
In previous years of the event, only the preliminary group stage was played to an alternate break format but in 2006 ALL rounds will be played as alternate break instead of winner breaks.
After much discussion with the WPA as well as other interested parties, it was felt that an alternate break format throughout would give all players an even chance.
A Matchroom Sport spokesman said: “With the standard of play expected to be of the very highest caliber, it was felt that the potential for one-sided matches with one player running out rack after rack was too great.
“With alternate break, the playing field is leveled with all players receiving an equal chance. Hopefully it will mean that the best player always progresses.”
The races for the knock-out stages will stay the same: L64 – 10, L32 – 10, L16 – 11, Quarter-finals – 11, Semi-finals – 11, The Final – 17.
This year’s competition features 128 players from more than 40 countries, all vying for their part of the record $400,000 prize fund.
The event runs from November 4 to November 12 at the Philippine International Convention Center in
Manila
and will be televised live for more than 60 hours throughout Asia via the ESPN Star network and across the
UK
on Sky Sports.
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