Category 1
Previous five winners of the WPA World Pool Championship
(in 2007 that would be R Alcano, Wu CC, A Pagulayan, T Hohmann, E Strickland) 3

Category 2
Previous three beaten finalists at the WPA World Pool Championship
(in 2007 they would be R Souquet, Kuo PC, Chang PW) 2

Category 3
Last 16 finisher at the previous WPA World Pool Championship
(in 2007 they would be R Alcano, R Souquet, Li HW, Fu CW, Wu CC, Luong CD, Liu CC, R Luat, Kuo PC, P Holtz, J De Luna, S Tot, T Edey, C Stepanov, D Alcaide, S Davis) 9

Category 4
Champion and beaten finalist from the All Japan Championship:
2 spots can be Asians or non-Asians.

Category 5
ESPN Asian Tour Ranking 1-10.

Category 6
Top 5 of APBU ranking.

Category 7
Asian Championship Champion and the beaten finalist.

Category 8
Asian Qualifying Tournament for those countries who are not yet nominated through Category 1-7. 

Category 9 - Strong countries
National Champions and Runners Up from the following countries

Philippines
Taiwan
Japan
Indonesia

 

Category 10 - Medium countries
National Champions and Runners Up from the following countries

Singapore
China
Korea
Malaysia
Vietnam

 

Category 11 - Developing countries
National Champions in the following countries

List of Nationality Change

Procedure for changing nationality:

1. Importance: Athlete representing a country and the country's glory is respected by the APBU Asian Pocket Billiard Union. National association's effort of promoting billiard sport locally and effort of affiliating with National Olympic Committee in the country is important for the international improvement.

2. What happens after natinoal change?
For tournaments that are affiliated with WCBS World Confederation of Billiard Sport and WPA World Pool-billiard Association, and has the quota assignment to Asia, only athlete with Asian nationality status is qualified to be on the Asia quota. Entering or waiving, within or out of Asia nationality will be affected accordingly.


3. Nationality maintains for minimum of 3 years.

4. Athlete intending for entering or waiving, within or out of Asia must submit in writing to both the new national association and APBU:

Full name of the athlete:
Gender:
Original country transfering nationality from:
New nationality:
Scanned or fax copy of the passport of new nationality.
Starting:

After confirming the above, APBU will send notice to the original continental federation and this notice board will be updated.



===============
Full name: Alex Pagulayan
Gender: Male
Original country transfering nationality from: Canada /CAN
New nationality: Philippines /PHI
Scanned or fax copy of the passport of new nationality.
Effective: November 1, 2004


Full name: Chen-Man Lee
Gender: Male
Original country transfering nationality from: Great Britain /GBR
New nationality: Hong Kong /HKG
Scanned or fax copy of the passport of new nationality.
Effective: August 1, 2006



Post Edited (12-26-06 12:34)

Rules of Play

 All matches will be played to WPA Standardised Rules of 9 Ball.

 The format of play is ‘scotch doubles’ with alternate break being in force. This means that there will be teams of two players with each player taking alternate shots.

 

 Order of Breaking

 Two players, one from each team, lag for the break. The team that wins the lag then elects one of its team to break.

 From there the sequence of breaking for that team is set: Player A breaks the 1st, 5th, 9th, 13th etc racks and Player B breaks the 3rd, 7th, 11th, 15th racks etc.

 

  the opening rack is complete, the second team elects a player to break the second rack. Once done, their sequence of breaking is then set.

 Order of Play

 Players in each team play alternate shots throughout except for the break shot when it reverts to sequence.

 Push out – If Player A breaks, Player B then pushes out if the situation requires. If the opponents decline the shot, the Player B will play the next shot.

 

 Shot Clock

 There will be a 45 second shot clock in force throughout the tournament.

 will be a 10 second warning issued to the player at the table when 35 seconds have elapsed.

 Each team is allowed one 45 second extension per rack. They must signal this to the referee by clearly saying ‘Extension’. The onus is on the player to make himself loud and clear.

 

  The referee will then repeat 'extension' to confirm that they have heard it.  The player may call 'extension' at any time during the 45 seconds - the additional 45 seconds will not start until the initial 45 seconds has elapsed.

  Ball cleaning, the use of a rest / mechanical bridge, or any other regular interventions by the referee will be included in the 45 second period.  

----- Original Message -----
From: APBU - Asian Pocket Billiard Union
To: APBU - Asian Pocket Billiard Union
Cc: APBU Kazuo Fujima
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 4:27 AM
Subject: Submit annual 2006 national ranking

Time-sensitive email:
Please reply before December 31, 2006

The same email is posted to the APBU notice:
www.cues.com.tw >> EVENTS >> APBU

Dear national association in the APBU,

2006 has been a year full of excitement! We have seen very strong players, such as He-Wen Li of North China, emgering out of the APBU sanctioned ESPN San Miguel 2006 Asian Tour; Vietnam Team, consisting of Luong Chi Dung and Nguyen Thanh Nam, ranked #3 in the WPA sanctioned 1st year World Cup; Lee Ven Corteza of Philippines champed the WPA and APBU sanctioned 39th All Japan Championship; Mohammad Zulfikri of Indonesia in the APBU sanctioned A-Mild Bali Open; and of course the new world champion Ronato Alcano roared up the WPA sanctioned 2006 Philippines World Pool Championship.

The usual year-end routine work is to calculate the annual 2006 Asian ranking. The above mentioned and other tournaments have their places in the Asian ranking and world ranking. Now is the time to include 2006 national ranking in your country to the Asian ranking.

With the introduction WPA sanctioned 8-ball world championship in 2005 in UAE and introduction of Women's division in the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, this is with great pleasure to announce from 15th Asian Games, the 8-ball ranking will be established and up for running to include:

15th Asian Games 8-ball,
WPA World 8-ball Championship,
and, if your country has, the national 8-ball ranking.

Please "Reply to All" to this email to include your country's:

Annual 2006 national ranking based on the tournaments and point system in your country:

Top 16 men: 9-ball
Top 16 women: 9-ball
Top 16 men: 8-ball
Top 16 women: 8-ball

Deadline: December 31, 2006

Thank you and look forward to receiving your annual 2006 national ranking soon.

For the current Asian and World ranking, please visit the Billiard Library: www.cues.com.tw/library/en/

Best regards,

Spencer Shiau
APBU General Secretary
APBU - Asian Pocket Billiard Union

 

Post Edited (12-14-06 17:51)
 
 
 
 Japan annual 2006 national ranking
Author: apbu (74.102.57.---)
Date:   12-15-06 15:55

2006 JAPAN ranking
men: 9-ball
1 Naoyuki OI
2 Satoshi KAWABATA
3 Hisashi KUSANO
4 Masaaki TANAKA
5 Kenichi UCHIGAKI
6 Akikumo TOSHIKAWA
7 Yuichi YANO
8 Keisuke HANAWA
9 Yoshihiro KITATANI
10 Yukio AKAKARIYAMA
11 Daisaku NISHIJIMA
12 Hisashi YAMAMOTO
13 Toru KURIBAYASHI
14 Tomoki MEKARI
15 Kunihiko TAKAHASHI
16 Hayato HIJIKATA

 

women: 9-ball
1 Akimi KAJITANI
2 Akio OOTANI
3 Makiko TAKAGI
4 Kyoko SONE
5 Keko YUKAWA
6 Yuko HAMANISHI
7 Kimiko YAMAUCHI
8 Chihiro KAWAHARA
9 Miyuki FUKE
10 Naomi INOUE
11 Junko MITUOKA
12 Mika MUNETA
13 Risa KIMOTO
14 Masami NOUCHI
15 Rituko GOTO
16 Mariko Shinbo

 

Post Edited (12-15-06 17:05)
 
 
 
 Singapore annual 2006 national ranking
Author: apbu (74.102.57.---)
Date:   12-15-06 17:03

Men's 9 Ball
S/No Name
1 Chan Keng Kwang
2 Toh Lian Han
3 Tan Tiong Boon
4 Ang Boon Lay William
5 Koh Seng Ann Aaron
6 Tey Choon Kiat Bernard
7 Chua Hock Chin Steve
8 Desmond Tee
9 Soh Chye Hian Freddie
10 Quek Wee Meng Bronson
11 Chew Kok Hwa Ricky
12 Simmon Kan
13 Clement Lim Boon Wah
14 Tan Heng Joon John
15 Tan Zhong Wei
16 Ng Hua Seng Fred

Ladies 9 Ball
S/No Name
1 Chai Zeet Huey Charlene
2 Hoe Shu Wah Amy
3 Ong May
4 Tan Bee Yen Jef
5 Emily Ng
6 Tseng Hwee Guek Christine
7 Ng Mein Yar Shemaiah
8 Maria Juana
9 Ng Li Ping Shanna
10 Tang May May Eunice
11 Herianni Bte Ad Samad
12 Foo Yiting
13 Chua Li Li Joanne
14 Julie Tan
15 Camy Teo
16 Azirah Anwari

Men's 8 Ball
S/No Name
1 Tan Tiong Boon
2 Tey Choon Kiat Bernard
3 Toh Lian Han
4 Ang Boon Lay William
5 Chan Keng Kwang
6 Koh Seng Ann Aaron
7 Tang Yong Yao Benjamin
8 Soh Chye Hian Freddie
9 Quek Wee Meng Bronson
10 Koh Kim Swee Brian
11 Tan Heng Joon John
12 Chua Hock Chin Steve
13 Goh Tuan Kiat Vincent
14 Chua Boon Teck Daniel
15 Ang Kee Tian Eddie
16 Siow Nyeok Fui Alex

Ladies 8 Ball
S/No Name
1 Chai Zeet Huey Charlene
2 Hoe Shu Wah Amy
3 Tan Bee Yen Jef
4 Tang May May Eunice
5 Ng Li Ping Shanna
6 Julie Tan
7 Juli
8 Wong Lai Kuan Francisca
9 Lim Syl-Lyn
10 Lew Rosaline
11 Tan Hui Ying Eunice
12 Tseng Hwee Guek Christine
13 Herianni Bte Ad Samad
14 Sem Hwee Boon Agnes
15 Ngo Daphne
16 Chen Suk Ngar
 
 
 
 Vietnam annual 2006 national ranking
Author: apbu (220.130.219.---)
Date:   12-26-06 13:58

THE LIST OF NATIONAL RANKING
VIETNAM 2006

MEN 9-ball
1 LUONG CHI DUNG
2 PHAM TUAN NGOC
3 NGUYEN THANH NAM
4 DO HOANG QUAN
5 NGUYEN ANH TUAN
6 VU TRONG KHAI
7 NGUYEN PHUONG THAO
8 BUI DUC NGHIA
MEN 8-ball
1 LUONG CHI DUNG
2 NGUYEN HOANG LAM
3 NGUYEN ANH TUAN
4 LE QUANG TRUNG
5 NGUYEN THANH NAM
6 NGUYEN MANH TUNG
7 BUI DUONG THAI CHAU
8 TA QUOC TUAN

WOMEN 9-ball
1 DUONG THUY VI
2 DOAN NGOC LE
3 AN THI THANH GIANG
4 HUYNH THI NGOC HUYEN
5 NGUYEN HONG GIANG
6 NGUYEN THU HUYEN
7 NGUYEN KIM CHI
8 NGUYEN KIM HA
 
 
 
 Chinese Taipei annual 2006 national ranking
Author: apbu (220.130.219.---)
Date:   01-02-07 15:08

Chinese Taipei ranking:

Men 9-ball:
1. Chia-Ching Wu
2. Ching-Shun Yang
3. Hui-Kai Hsia
4. Kun-Fang Lee
5. Tsung-Hua Cheng
6. Hua-Fong Wang
7. Hui-Chan Lu
8. Chun-Chuan Liu
9. Jung-Ling Chang
10. Ying-Chieh Chen
11. Ming-Wei Chien
12. Hsiao-Hsuan Lee
13. Chin-Ching Kang
14. Shen-Ping Pan
15. Hsun-Chen Lu
16. Fong-Pang Chao

Women 9-ball:
1. Chieh-Yu Chou
2. Shu-Han Chang
3. Shu-Ping Kao
4. Yuan-Chun Lin
5. Shin-Mei Liu
6. Hsiang-Ling Tan
7. Pei-Chen Tsai
8. Ya-Ting Jan
9. Hui-Shan Lai
10. Hsiao-Chi Lin
11. Hsiu-Chun Chen
12. Pei-Chun Lin
13. Yi-Yun Su
14. Hsiao-Wen Wu
15. Jui-Fang Fan
16. Meng-Hsia Hong
 
 
 
 Indonesia annual 2006 national ranking
Author: apbu (211.77.241.---)
Date:   01-08-07 10:13

No. Men 9-Ball
1 Ricky Yang
2 M. Zulfikri
3 Siau Wieto
4 Apsi Chaniago
5 Roy Apancho
6 Widi Harsoyo
7 Jimmy Jusman
8 Nurdin Abuba
9 Robby Suarly
10 Alwi Dodong
11 William Ipaenen
12 Imran Ibrahim
13 Adam Abdurahim
14 Yudharman
15 Ramly Harja
16 Tony CP

 

No. Men 8-Ball
1 M. Zulfikri
2 Siau Wieto
3 Alwi Dodong
4 Jimmy Jusman
5 Robby Suarly
6 Ricky Yang
7 Ramly Harja
8 Adam Abdurahim
9 Yudharman
10 Imran Ibrahim
11 Bambang Susilo
12 Tony CP
13 Apsi Chaniago
14 Budi Sumarno
15 Agus Miage
16 Andre Johan

 

No. Women 9-Ball
1 Nova Floura Rachmawati
2 Sri Wahyuni
3 Amanda
4 Fanny Lestari
5 Angeline Magdalena Ticoalu
6 Junnainy Hartono
7 Asti
8 Desak Raka Kasih Aryati
9 Nunung
10 Sukma
11 Dessi Papua
12 Endah W
13 Lina
14 Meiling
15 Mira
16 Mutiara Sasini Bunga

 

No. Women 8-Ball
1 Angeline Magdalena Ticoalu
2 Sri Wahyuni
3 Nunung
4 Shanti
5 A Endah W
6 Desak Raka Kasih Aryati
7 Fanny Lestari
8 Sukma
9 Hani J
10 Ira Z
11 Lercy
12 Mega
13 Mutiara Sasini Bunga
14 Nova Floura Rachmawati
15 Poppy
16 Siti A
 
 
 
 Brunei annual 2006 national ranking
Author: apbu (220.130.219.---)
Date:   01-10-07 10:17

1. PRINCE MUHTADEE BILLAH

2. Ahmad Taufiq

3. Muhd Johnny Aqil

4. Teo Chee Soon

5. Md Hadie

6. Pg A Badiodzaman

7. Saiful Bahani

8 Musaddad

9. Shahrul Fazillah

10. Md Yusri

11.Randy Wong

12. Hj Kamarulzaman

13. Md Rosli

14. Ak Md Saiful Azri

15. Jack Hong

15. Zainal

15. Pg Haslini

16. Pg Ak Hasnan
 
 
 
 China annual 2006 national ranking
Author: apbu (220.130.219.---)
Date:   01-16-07 02:44

The following is the national ranking for China:

Men: Women:
Li Hewen Li Xiao-ting Pan
Meng Xu Mengmeng Zhou
Jian-bo Fu Yu Han
Wei Liu Bi Zhu-Qing Bi
Ming Wang Sisi Ye
Mei Yifei Mei Xue Chen
Yuan-long Chen Xiaofang Fu
Jinhu Dang Qin Su
Lei Zhou Chun-xia Shi
Shu-chun Zhang Qing Shen
Zhijie Sun Si-ming Chen
Zhi-song Fan Qiu-yue Ren
Di-di Lin Fang Han
Peihua Chen Yue Wang
Kai Zhang Binsheng You
Jian Li De-ying Wu
 
 
 South Korea annual 2006 national ranking
Author: apbu (220.130.219.---)
Date:   01-16-07 12:05

[Men's ranking]

1. Ryu, seung-woo

2. Jeung, young-hwa

3. Kim, woong-dae

4. Lee, gun-jae

5. Baek, Min-Hu

6. HaM, won-sik

7. Kim, young-ju

Hwang, chol-ho

9. Kim, hee-chul

10. Han, jin-hyuk

Choi, chul-muk

12. Lee, jang-soo

13. Park, young-soo

Lim, jung-taek

15. Park, shin-young

16. Lee kang

Park, kye-shin

Jung, hong-joo

 

 

[women's ranking]

1. Lim, yun-mi

2. Cha, you-ram

3. Jung, sung-hyun

4. Park, eun gee

5. Woo, jung-sook

6. Hwang, sai-ra

7. Kim, ga-young

8. Kwon, mi-sook

9. Sung, hyun-sun

Hyun, ji-won
 
 
 
 Thailand annual 2006 national ranking
Author: apbu (220.130.219.---)
Date:   01-22-07 14:07

Please note that the following our the 2006 Thai national pool rankings for both 8- and 9-ball.

Men's

1. Tepwin Arunnath
2. Amnuayporn Chotipong
3. Mana Upraphai
4. Chatchawal Rutphae
5. Surathep Phoochalam
6. Vorawit Suriyasriwan

Women's

1. Santhinee Jaisuekul
2. Molrudee Kasemchaiyanan
3. Vutthiphan Kongkaket
 
 
 
 Philippines annual 2006 national ranking
Author: apbu (220.130.219.---)
Date:   01-23-07 15:58

The following is the 2006 Top 16 Pocket Billiard Players of the Philippines:

Men
Efren Reyes
Alex Pagulayan
Dennis Orcullo
Rodolfo Luat
Renato Alcano
Francisco Bustamante
Antonio Gabica
Lee Vann Corteza
Antonio Lining
Marlon Manalo
Ramil Gallego
Gandy Valle
Leonardo Didal
Leonardo Andam
Rolando Garcia
Warren Kiamco

 

Women
Rubilen Amit
Iris Ranola
Mary Ann Basas
Johanna Dee
Bing Flores
Shiela dela Cruz
Nina Angeles
Toni Ann Nobleza
Rubi Marces
Patricia Arandilla
Ces Marquez
Heidi Balao
Jargelyn Maldonado
Angeline Halili
Paula Angeles
Pinky Abad

 

Post Edited (01-26-07 16:43)
 
 
 
 Hong Kong annual 2006 national ranking
Author: apbu (220.130.219.---)
Date:   01-25-07 16:15

Man
first name / family name
1. Au Chi Wai / Au

2. Chen Man, Bobby / Lee

 

Woman
first name / family name

1. Wan In, Jaique / Ip

2. Ching Ching / Yu