World Ten Ball Championship

Event Details

29 September to 5 October 2008
Philippine International Convention Center
Metro Manila, Philippines

HOST COUNTRY

The Republic of the Philippines is the host country of the inaugural World Ten
Ball Championship of the World Pool-Billiard Association. It will be the third year
in a row that the country will host a major WPA world pool championship.

On 4-12 November 2006, the capital city of Manila hosted the World 9-Ball Pool
Championship at the Philippine International Convention Center. The following
year, on November 3-11, the suburban city of Quezon in Metro Manila served
as host of the 2007 WPC, with historic Araneta Coliseum as venue.

Now, as Ten Ball takes its bow on the global stage, the Philippines will host the
inaugural world championship of the pool discipline which players and experts is
destined to become the standard of international pool competition all over the
world.

2008 is the first year of the five-year franchise granted to Raya Sports by the
WPA under an agreement signed in Manila in March this year. .

TOURNAMENT DATES
AND VENUES

Qualifying Tournament (Stage 1)
23-27 September 2008
Star Billiards Center
Grace Village, Quezon City

Main Tournament (Stage 2)
29 September – 5 October 2008
Philippine International Convention Center
Cultural Center Complex
Manila Bay Area
Metro Manila

DISCIPLINE

Ten Ball, WPA Rules
Call Shot

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

There are 128 players in the main draw of the WTBC. In the opening round,
the players are divided into 16 groups of 8 players each, and they compete
under a double elimination format. Four players from each group advance into
the Last 64.

From the Last 64 to the Finals, the competition becomes single elimination.

ORGANIZER

Raya Sports
in cooperation with
Billiards & Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP)
and Star Billiards Center

Sanctioned by
World Pool-Billiard Association

PLAYERS

Players are selected by the World Pool-Billiard Association through a qualifying
process and an allocation system for the various continental federations.

Male and female players are eligible in the inaugural WTBC.

Reigning WPA world champions in 8-Ball, 9-Ball and Straight Pool
have guaranteed entry.

All regions and over 40 countries represented

PRIZE FUND

Sanction Fee: 5% to be deducted from prizes as WPA sanction fee.

TV COVERAGE

Philippine Broadcast

•        Terrestrial (ABS-CBN Studio 23)
•        Cable (ESPN Philippines)

International Broadcast

•        ESPN Star Sports
•        ABS-CBN Global – Filipino Channel

TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATIONS

All players and team officials are responsible for their own flight and
accommodation expenses and food.

See section in this website which lists the WTBC partner hotels that are
extending special rates to players and guests.

VISA

Foreign players intending to play in the WTBC should apply for their visas at
least six weeks before their scheduled departure for the Philippines.

If an invitation letter is needed to secure a Philippine visa, please submit your
personal information and necessary documents to Raya Sports at the earliest
convenience.

No visa is required of citizens of ASEAN countries.

Champion	$ 100,000	x 1	$ 100,000
Runner-Up	40,000	x 1	40,000
Final Four	20,000	x 2	40,000
Magic Eight	10,000	x 4	40,000
Last 16	4,500	x 8	36,000
Last 32	3,000	x 16	48,000
Last 64	2,000	x 32	64,000
Last 96	1,000	x 32	32,000
		Total Prize Fund	$ 400,000