Bi Zhuqing is the new Womens World 9-Ball Champion. The chinese player beat fellow countrywoman Chen Siming in a close final. Bi was at one point 6-3 up, only for Chen to fight back to just one rack behind at 7-6. But it would be Bi’s day when she polished off the final two racks.

The bronze medal went Yu Han to beat Fu Xiao-Fang on the hill (9-8) in the 3rd/4th place play-off. It was an amazing tournament for Chinese who dominated the event with 7 of the final 8 players coming from mainland China.

Final
Bi Zhu-Qing (CHN) 9-7 Chen Siming (CHN)

3rd & 4th place
Yu Han(CHN) 9- 8 Fu Xiao-Fang (CHN)

Semifinals
Yu Han (CHN) 7 – 9 Chen Siming (CHN)
Fu Xiao-Fang (CHN) 6 – 9 Bi Zhu-Qing (CHN)

Quarterfinals
Fu XiaoFang (CHN) 9 – 8 Pan Xiaoting (CHN)
Bi Zhu Qing (CHN) 9 – 7 Lin Yuan Chun (TPE)
Han Yu (CHN) 9 – 7 Liu Sha Sha (CHN)
Chen Siming (CHN) 9 – 3 Zhou Doudou (CHN)

Last 16
Fu, Xiao-Fang (CHN) 9 – 4 Ren, Qiuyue (CHN)
Kim, Ga Young (KOR) 8 – 9 Pan, Xiao-Ting (CHN)
Lin, Yuan-Chun (TPE) 9 – 0 Wu, Jing (CHN)
Bi, Zhu-Qing (CHN) 9 – 6 Kawahara, Chichiro (JPN)
Liu, Sha Sha (CHN) 9 – 1 Gao, Meng (CHN)
Webb, Monica (USA) 8 – 9 Yu, Han (CHN)
Zhou, Doudou (CHN) 9 – 8 Bryant, Brittany (CAN)
Chou, Chieh-Yu (TPE) 6 – 9 Chen, Siming (CHN)

Last 32
Fu Xiao Fang(CHN) 9 – 6 Jasmin Ouschan(AUT)
Ren Qiuyue(CHN) 9 – 7 Park Eun Ji(KOR)
Kim Ga Young(KOR) 9 – 3 Miyuki Fuke(JPN)
Pan Xiaoting(CHN) 9 – 1 Eyul Kybaroglu(TUR)
Lin Yuan Chun(TPE) 9 – 4 Kamila Khodjaeva(BEL)
Wu Jing(CHN) 9 – 5 Tingting(CHN)
Bi Zhu-Qing(CHN) 9 – 4 Line Kjorsvik(NOR)
Chichiro Kawahara(JPN) 9 – 4 Rubilen Amit(PHL)
Lui Sha Sha(CHN) 9 – 4 Tamara Rademakers(NED)
Gao Meng(CHN) 9 – 4 Cha Yu Ram(KOR)
Monica Webb(USA) 9 – 4 Chen Xue(CHN)
Yu Han(CHN) 9 – 7 Tsai Pei Chen(TPE)
Zhou Doudou(CHN) 9 – 2 Lim Yun Mi(KOR)
Brittany Bryant(CAN) 9 – 8 Iris Ranola(PHL)
Chou Chieh Yu (TPE) 9 – 7 Tan Ho-Yun(TPE)
Chen Siming(CHN) 9 – 3 Chan Ya Ting(TPE)

Fu, Xiao-Fang (CHN) v Ren, Qiuyue (CHN)

Kim, Ga Young (KOR) v Pan, Xiao-Ting (CHN)

Lin, Yuan-Chun (TPE) v Wu, Jing (CHN)

Bi, Zhu-Qing (CHN) v Kawahara, Chichiro (JPN)

Liu, Sha Sha (CHN) v Gao, Meng (CHN)

Webb, Monica (USA) v Yu, Han (CHN)

Zhou, Doudou (CHN) v Bryant, Brittany (CAN)

Chou, Chieh-Yu (TPE) v Chen, Siming (CHN)

Really interesting that no european players made it to the last 16.  Its dominated by the Chinese and fellow Asians, along with strong performances from Monica Webb and Brittany Bryant from North America.

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ALL-TIME FIELD IN PLACE AS THE WPA WOMEN’S WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP KICKS OFF THURSDAY IN NORTHEASTERN CHINA

(Shenyang, China)–The center of the pool universe has landed  in northeastern China this week, as the Chevrolet Cup 2011 Women’s World 9-ball Championship gets set to kick off in the ancient cultural city of Shenyang on Thursday.

This year’s field of the finest women pool professionals on the planet promises some extra special excitement as 25 different countries are being represented in the 64 player field, including all World Pool Association top ten ranked women.

The event begins Thursday, September 22 at 10am local time(GMT +8) and will take place at the Liaoning Hunnan Sports Training Base, a beautiful and modern multipurpose sports facility situated just on the outskirts of this city of seven million people. The players will be divided into eight groups of eight players each. Each group will play a double elimination format, race to 7 alternate break, with two players on the winners side and two on the losers side advancing to the round of 32. From there on the tournament will be a single elimination race to 9. $150,000 is up for grabs with $30,000 going to the winner on Sunday.

Defending champion and world number one Fu Xiaofang of China took center stage tonight at the lavish opening banquet inside the grand ballroom of the Sunrise International Hotel, but the diminutive 23 year old superstar is sure to have her plate full holding onto the title she won here last year with a nail biting 9-7 finals win over Hall of Famer Allison Fisher.

Fu’s sensational win in 2010 marked the second year running that a Chinese woman player has won the world 9-ball championship. In 2009, then 16 year old Lui Sha Sha shocked everyone by capturing the world championship in Shenyang despite being completely unknown outside of her own association.

The back to back world title wins in China by Chinese players has sent the sport of 9-ball through to the stratosphere in terms of popularity here.  At today’s press conference organizers revealed that from the quarterfinals to the finals all matches will be televised nationally on China’s CCTV and they estimated the viewing audience will be close to 300 million people.

With these kinds of viewing numbers being thrown about it’s no wonder that all the players in attendance at the press conference today were salivating at the prospect of making their careers this week with a win.  With the quality of talent on hand, though, it’s going to take something special to reach the top of the mountain in Shenyang. That kind of performance might be seen out of some of the other favorites here such as four time World 9-ball champion Fisher, current World 10-ball Champion Jasmin Ouschan of Austria, China’s 17 year old sensation and world number two Chen Siming, world number three Ga Young Kim of Korea, world number five Kelly Fisher of Great Britain, Chinese Taipei’s new star and world number 8 Chou Chei-Yu, or world number 9 Yu Ram Cha of Korea.

This is the third straight year that the WPA Women’s World 9-ball Championship has been staged in Shenyang and the event has become a fabulous success. Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province, is the largest city in Northeast China.  The bustling fast growing metropolis is the economic, cultural, transport and trading hub of northeastern China and provides a unique blend of the old and new, making it a perfect place to hold international sporting events. The city was founded 2300 years ago and is home to the perfectly preserved Imperial Palace of Shenyang, built in 1625 AD. The sprawling complex served as the initial royal palace of the Qing Dynasty before relocating to Beijing in 1644.

It is amidst this fascinating historical backdrop that 64 of the finest women pool players from around the world will be attempting to write their own history this week. The WPA will be providing full coverage of all the action at the 2011 Women’s World 9-ball Championship. Fans around the world can follow matches as they happen via our live scoring platform. The live scoring button can be seen on the front page of the WPA’s new and improved website, www.wpa-pool.com . There you can also see the brackets icon which will give you updated standings from each group and the knockout stage.

In addition,  well known pool commentator  and WPA press officer Ted Lerner is in Shenyang and  will be providing insights and analysis with articles posted several times daily on the WPA home page. Lerner will also be manning the WPA’s Twitter page, providing fans with instant updates, insights and scores  as they happen. The WPA’s  Twitter user name is @poolwpa. You can go directly to our Twitter page at, http://twitter.com/poolwpa.

The 2011 Women’s World 9-ball Championship is being sponsored by Chevrolet Automakers. Star  is the official pool table, while Andy is the official table cloth. The event is sanctioned by the WPA and the Chinese Billiard and Snooker Association.

(image and story: © World Pool-Billiards Association)

Women’s 9-ball World Championship 2011
Tennis Hall of Training Base of Hunnan,
Liaoning 32
Hunnan Mid Road
Hunnan New District
Shenyang
110168
China

Stage 1:　19-21 September 2011
Stage 2: 22 – 25 September 2011

1) DATE:
Stage 1: Sep. 19-21
Stage 2: Sep. 22-25

2) Venue
Stage 2:Tennis Hall of Training Base of Hunnan,Liaoning 32, Hunnan Mid Road, Hunnan New District Shenyang 110168 P.R.China (20 Minutes by Shuttle Bus from Hotel)
Stage 1: Palace 66 128, Zhongjie Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang P.R. China (15 Minutes by taxi from Sunrise International Hotel )

3) RULES: WPA 9-ball Rules

4) FORMAT:
Stage 1) Race to 7, Single Elimination (1Round per day)
Stage 2) Race to 7, Double Elimination to last 32 players
Final) 32 players, race to 9, Single Elimination
Alternative break will be use for all the matches

5) PRIZE MONEY:

The winner: USD30, 000
Runner-up: USD15, 000
3rd: USD10, 000
4th:7, 000
5th-8th: USD5, 000
9th-16th: USD3, 000
17th-32nd: USD2, 000

In a gripping final, Oliwia Czuprynska (POL) won over Anastasia Nechaeva (RUS) with 9:7.

Things looked very promising for Czuprynska in the beginning of the match. She managed to gain a comfortable 4:0 lead over Nechaeva. But then the 18-year old girl from Yekaterinburg struck back. She turned the match and won the next 6 racks, taking a 6:4 lead over Czuprynska. It looked like the pressure was too much for Czuprynska. But far from it! Oliwia Czuprynska suddenly continued her focussed performance from the early stage of the match and in turn put pressure in Nechaeva, taking an 8:6 lead over her Russian opponent. Nechaeva was able to gain one more rack to make the score 8:7 in favour of Czuprynska. In the 16th rack which was a very tough runout, Oliwia Czuprynska eliminated all hopes from her opponent, winning the first World Champion title for her country in pool billiard’s history.

“I am so proud, I cannot find the right words to express my feelings”, said Czuprynska after the final. “The last rack was so tough that I’m still shaking”. “I think it will take some time to realize what I have achieved today” stated Czuprynska.

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Players from all over Canada attended the Canadian Cue Sports Championship event. The youngest was 13-year-old Darienne Drake from Campbell River and the oldest was Bill, 87, from Penticton. Drake was matched up against Kantor in her first match. The match was tied 3-3 on the hill and Drake won it, putting Kantor on the B side. She fought all the way up the B side to take third place overall in the ladies bracket. Im so proud of myself to put Courtenay on the map and bringing home a third-place trophy and winning a spot to go to the Western Championships April 28 to May 2 in Calgary, Kantor said.

I had to take out a master player Mary Rayner from Calgary to get there, but this was the best learning experience for me and I look forward to next year. Finishing second was Andrea Wilson from Victoria and first went to Maryanne McConnell from Port Alberni.

In mens singles Rushton finished ninth in the B Division. Deb Williams and Joe Orel from Oceanview Billiards in Campbell River teamed up in Scotch doubles and took fourth.

Also out of Campbell River, Geoff Comerford finished seventh in the B Division, Peter Drake finished third in the B Division and tied for fifth in 9-ball.

Reyes, the 55-year-old Filipino sensation, won more than 20 major mens professional pool titles during the decade, starting with
his $30,000 Camel Pro 8-Ball Championship win in 2000. Of his 22 major victories, the versatile Reyes won four one-pocket crowns, four 8-ball titles and 14 9-ball titles. He also won the Derby City All-Around title three times.

But it was during the short-lived International Pool Tour that Reyes scored his biggest wins. In three multi-million dollar events, Reyes won two titles (2005 IPT King of the Hill and 2006 IPT North American Open) and pocketed $765,000.

Fisher, meanwhile, continued her dominance over womens pool for a second straight decade. After winning 26 Classic Tour titles during the 90s, the former snooker champion added 27 more from 2000-2010.

In addition to her WPBA Classic Tour titles, Fisher, 41, earned the gold medal at the 2009 World Games, was the 2000 BCA U.S. Open 14.1 champion and won the Tournament of Champions five times. She earned $637,000 over the 10-year span.

Additionally, both Reyes and Fisher were elected into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame during the decade, with Reyes being inducted in 2003 and Fisher in 2009.

In Player of the Decade voting, Reyes out-pointed Johnny Archer, Mika Immonen and Ralf Souquet. Fisher was named woman player of the decade on all but two ballots, with Karen Corr and Jasmin Ouschan each receiving one vote.

Teenager Liu Shasha of China defeated Ireland’s Karen Corr 9-5 to claim the title and set her career in motion in grand style. When the last day of the Kappa 2009 Women’s World 9-Ball Championship in Shengyang, China began there were four undefeated players all seeking the same prize. The two semi-final matches could not have been closer. First, Karen Corr defeated Fu Xiofang of China 9-8 to earn her berth in the final set. Then Liu Shasha edged her fellow Chinese citizen Pan Xiaotang by the same 9-8 margin to get her ticket punched for the honor of playing Corr in the finals.

Before the final match a playoff was held between Pan Xiaotang and Xiaofang to determine our third place finisher. Pan controlled this match throughout and took that spot with a very convincing 9-1 victory. Then a crowd of over 1,000 very excited fans took their seats to watch the final battle.

It appeared that Corr would walk away with the title. She was the master of the table early on and rarely gave Shasha a glimpse of daylight. At one point she led our race to nine games by the score of 5-1. Shasha was obviously nervous and off her game. But then, assuming that she had to be aggressive to have a chance at victory, she put her nerves down and began her march. She won the next game to make the score 5-2, then broke and ran five racks in a row to lead 7-5. The penultimate rack had a bit of back and forth but Shasha won that as well and then on the final break she made four balls on the snap and easily made the clearance to take her 6th break and run of the match and earn the gold!