The World Pool Masters will maintain last year’s challenging format, with 16 players competing to take home a share of $40,000 from a $125,000 prize pool; The World Cup of Pool 2023 will take place from April 25th to 28th at Halle39 in Hildesheim, Germany – live on Sky Sports
Last updated: 04/22/24 11:39 p.m
Ko Pin Yi will defend his World Pool Masters title
Reigning World Pool Masters champion Ko Pin Yi will face David Alcaide in the opening game of this year’s tournament in Hildesheim, Germany – live on Sky Sports.
World champion and world No. 1 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz faces wildcard James Aranas with Shane Van Boening, the only player to ever win back-to-back titles, and looks for redemption when he takes on Duong Quoc Hoang , who eliminated the “South Dakota Kid” at last year’s World Championships.
Whichever of the two secures victory is expected to face winner Jayson “Eagle Eye” Shaw or Singapore’s Aloysius Yapp.
Albin Ouschan meets former World Cup of Pool teammate Max Lechner in the fight between the Austrians.
The winner of this duel will then have to compete against either world number 2, Fedor Gorst, or “The Panda” Mario He.
The winner between Joshua Filler and Eklent Kaçi, who reunite after meeting in last year’s UK Open final, will face either Wiktor Zielinski or reigning US Open champion Ko Ping Chung to complete the opening round match-ups.
What is the format?
The World Pool Masters will maintain last year’s most demanding format, with 16 players competing to take home a share of $40,000 from a tantalizing $125,000 prize pool.
The opening round encounters will be a race to 9 with the Matchroom breakbox [limiting the breaking area to just the space between the the two diamonds on the head rail]Magic-rending [engineered to hold the balls in place before the break]and winning breaks in action [no alternate breaks] The tournament is spread over a race with 10 participants for the quarter-finals, 11 participants for the semi-finals and 13 participants for the finals.
1st round draw
Francis Sanchez Ruiz vs. James Aranas
David Alcaide vs. Ko Pin Yi
Joshua Filler vs. Eklent Kaçi
Ko Ping Chung against Wiktor Zielinski
Shane Van Boening vs. Duong Quoc Hoang
Jayson Shaw vs. Aloysius Yapp
Albin Ouschan against Max Lechner
Fedor Gorst vs. Mario He
The World Pool Masters 2024 will take place from Thursday, April 25th to Sunday, April 28th at Halle39 in Hildesheim, Germany – live on Sky Sports.
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