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WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2006

Tournament information
Sport	9-ball
Location	International Convention Center, Pasay, Philippines
Dates	4 November 2006–12 November 2006
Tournament format(s)	Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Ronnie Alcano
Runner-up	Ralf Souquet
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The 2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the: seventeenth edition of the——WPA World Nine-ball Championship and took place between 4. And 12 November 2006 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Philippines. The event was——to be, held for the "first time in the Philippines," on a two-year deal, including the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. The championships were hosted by, the World Pool Billiard Association (WPA).

Ronato Alcano won the championship with a 17–11 win in the final against Ralf Souquet of Germany. Defending champion Wu Chia-ching was defeated in the quarter-final by Alcano.

Tournament format※

The event featured 128 players, with an alternate break. The event featured a preliminary round robin format——to half the field to 64; where the event changed to a knockout format.

Prize money※

Preliminary round※

The Preliminary round was played over three days between 4 and "7 November." There were 32 groups of 4, "with the first two in each group progressing." Nine top 32 players were knocked out in this section

• Alex Pagulayan (4)
• Mika Immonen (11)
• Rodney Morris (12)
• Niels Feijen (18)
• Jose Parica (23)
• Alex Lely (25)
• Chang Pei-Wei (26)
• Christian Reimering (28)
• Kunihiko Takahashi (29)

Final round※

The qualifying 64 players would play a knockout structure over six days. The first two rounds were competed as "race to 10", the next three rounds as "race to 11", and the final, as a "race to 17".

	Round of 64 8 November 2006				Round of 32 9 November 2006				Round of 16 10 November 2006				Quarter final 11 November 2006				Semi final 11 November 2006				Final 12 November 2006
	Roberto Gomez	1
	Ronnie Alcano	10
					Ronnie Alcano	10
					Efren Reyes	7
	Dennis Orcollo	6
	Efren Reyes	10
									Ronnie Alcano	11
									Kuo Po-Cheng	5
	Hsia Hsun-Kai	3
	Kuo Po-Cheng	10
					Kuo Po-Cheng	10
					Marlon Manalo	7
	Marlon Manalo	10
	C. Keng-Kwang	5
													Ronnie Alcano	11
													Wu Jia-qing	6
	Pat Holtz	10
	Tamoo Takano	6
					Pat Holtz	10
					Kevin Uzzell	6
	Chang Jung-Lin	6
	Kevin Uzzell	10
									Pat Holtz	6
									Wu Chia-ching	11
	Wu Chia-ching	10
	Corey Deuel	3
					Wu Chia-ching	10
					W. Hung-Hsiang	3
	Michael Schmidt	5
	W. Hung-Hsiang	10
																	Ronnie Alcano	11
																	Li Hewen	8
	Vincent Facquet	4
	Lee Kun-fang	10
					Lee Kun-fang	8
					Jeffrey de Luna	10
	N. van den Berg	8
	Jeff de Luna	10
									Jeff de Luna	6
									Lương Chí Dũng	11
	E. Dominguez	7
	Vilmos Földes	10
					Vilmos Földes	4
					Lương Chí Dũng	10
	Lương Chí Dũng	10
	Nien Rong-Chih	7
													Lương Chí Dũng	7
													Li Hewen	11
	F. Bustamante	7
	Thomas Engert	10
					Thomas Engert	6
					Šandor Tot	10
	Charlie Williams	5
	Šandor Tot	10
									Šandor Tot	7
									Li Hewen	11
	Li Hewen	10
	A. Carvajal	5
					Li Hewen	10
					Rudy Morta	8
	Markus Juva	8
	Rudy Morta	10
																					Ronnie Alcano	17
																					Ralf Souquet	11
	Thorsten Hohmann	9
	Tyler Edey	10
					Tyler Edey	10
					Ricky Yang	9
	Daryl Peach	7
	Ricky Yang	10
									Tyler Edey	6
									L. Cheng-Chuan	11
	L. Cheng-Chuan	10
	Earl Strickland	2
					L. Cheng-Chuan	10
					Ryu Seung-woo	6
	Lu Hsun-Chen	7
	Ryu Seung-woo	10
													Liu Cheng-Chuan	8
													Ralf Souquet	11
	Ralf Souquet	10
	Huidji See	3
					Ralf Souquet	10
					Yang Ching-shun	8
	Johnny Archer	6
	Y. Ching-shun	10
									Ralf Souquet	11
									K. Stepanow	4
	K. Stepanow	10
	Oliver Ortmann	6
					K. Stepanow	10
					Marco Tschudi	7
	Marco Tschudi	10
	Huang Kun-Chang	8
																	Ralf Souquet	11
																	Fu Che-wei	10
	Lee Van Corteza	10
	Imran Majid	4
					Lee Van Corteza	8
					David Alcaide	10
	Jörn Kaplan	7
	David Alcaide	10
									David Alcaide	10
									Rodolfo Luat	11
	Rodolfo Luat	10
	Jeremy Jones	5
					Rodolfo Luat	10
					Roy Apancho	6
	A. Roschkowsky	8
	Roy Apancho	10
													Rodolfo Luat	7
													Fu Che-wei	11
	Chao Fong-Pang	10
	Ramil Gallego	5
					Chao Fong-Pang	8
					Fu Che-wei	10
	Marcus Chamat	7
	Fu Che-wei	10
									Fu Che-wei	11
									Steve Davis	8
	Steve Davis	10
	Fabio Petroni	7
					Steve Davis	10
					Jharome Peña	8
	Lou Condo	7
	Jharome Peña	10

Notes and references※

Notes※

References※

External links※

• Live scoring at WPA-pool.com
• Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2003 Archived 2020-09-03 at the Wayback Machine at azbilliards.com