Tournament information | |
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Dates | 12–19 April 2019[2] |
Venue | Griff’s Bar & Billiards,[1] |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Country | United States |
Organisation(s) | World Pool-Billiard Association and CueSports International |
Format | Single elimination |
Total prize fund | $66,000 |
Winner's share | $10,000 |
Final | |
Champion | Kevin Cheng (TPE) |
Runner-up | Carlo Biado (PHL) |
Score | 12-11 |
The 2019 WPA Players Championship was a 9-Ball pool international event held in Las Vegas, Nevada.[3] The event was organized jointly by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and CueSports International (CI).[4] The event was played with alternate break rules, from a field of 64, with players qualifying from tours such as the WPA and European Pocket Billiard Federation.[4][5][6]
The event consisted of a field of 64 players, with qualification spots given to players in the following ratio:
Tournament Qualifiers | 16 |
WPA rankings | 16 |
APBU | 8 |
EPBF | 8 |
BCA | 6 |
CPB | 4 |
AAPA | 2 |
OPBA | 2 |
Wildcard | 2 |
Total | 64 |
Matches were played with a shot clock, and under alternate break rules.[7]
The event had a prize fund of $66,000, with prize money being paid out of the players entrance fees, plus $50,000.[8]
Prize Money | |
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Winner | 10,000 $ |
Finalist | 7,000 $ |
Semifinalist | 5,000 $ |
Quarterfinalist | 3,000 $ |
last 16 | 1,500 $ |
Last 32 | 400 $ |
Consolation winner | 1,500 $ |
Consolation runner-up | 1,000 $ |
Consolation Semifinalist | 500 $ |
Consolation Quarterfinalist | 250 $ |
Consolation last 16 | 150 $ |
Total | 66.000 $ |