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 On the home front the four top Dutch stars will all be taking part. They are Mosconi Cup winner, Nick van den Berg, former Masters champ Alex Lely, 2001 European champ Rico Diks and former World Championship quarter-finalist Niels Feijen.
Play commences on the Friday afternoon and then takes a break on Friday evening while the annual trickshot fest, the World Pool Trickshot Masters takes place. Now in its eighth year, the Trickshot Masters features six players each performing a twelve minute routine with a panel of judges deciding the winner. Players taking part include Bogdan Wolkowski and last year’s winner, Alex Pagulayan of Canada.
Commented Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn, “This is a major breakthrough for the Masters and we will be working very hard with RTL5 to make sure that this is a big success. “Over the years we have had some very successful Dutch players in Matchroom Sport pool events so it seems natural that the likes of Alex, Niels, Nick and Rico be given the chance to show what they can do in front of their countrymen both in the arena and across Holland on television. “The Masters is pool’s premier invitational event and I believe that we can make a big impact with this sport in Holland with the help of RTL5.” For further information contact Luke Riches at Matchroom Sport 01708 782212 / 07785 395688
The 2003 World Pool Masters Tickets The World Pool Masters is played over five sessions through three days and tickets for the event are available from the following outlets: ( To be confirmed ) Day 1 Fri 29 August 14.00 € 5
19.30 World Pool Trickshot Masters € 5
Day 2 Sat 30 August 14.00 € 5
19.00 € 5
Day 3 Sun 31 August 14.00 € 5
19.00 € 5
There are discounts available for multi-buys.
The 2003 World Pool Masters Format and Schedule • This year the World Pool Masters consists of sixteen of the world’s best players competing in a straight knockout single elimination format.
 • Each match is a race to eight racks with the winner breaking. Players will lag to determine the opening breaker.
• Dates - August 29 – 31 2003
Day 1 14.00 3 First Round matches
19.30 The World Pool Trickshot Masters Day 2 14.00 3 First Round matches
19.00 2 First Round matches, 1 Quarter Final Day 3 14.00 3 Quarter Finals
19.00 2 Semi Finals and Final
• Venue - Hotel Zuiderduin, Zeeweg 52, 1931 VL Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands
• TV - Over 15 hours LIVE coverage
15 x 1 hour highlight programmes
1 x 2 hours of the World Pool Trick-shot Masters
• The World Pool Association
The World Pool Masters is sanctioned by the WPA which is the world governing body for pool and administers the game at many levels across the globe. Membership of the WPA is made up of continental members which currently consists of Africa, Asia, Europe, North America Oceania and Latin America and the Caribbean. Individual national associations are in turn members of their continental associations.
The 2003 World Pool Masters – The Players
Ralf Souquet Germany ( Defending Champion ) Niclas Bergendorff Sweden Francisco Bustamante Philippines Steve Davis England Rico Diks Netherlands Tony Drago Malta Niels Feijen Netherlands Thorsten Hohmann Germany Mika Immonen Finland Alex Lely Netherlands Alex Pagulayan Canada Efren Reyes Philippines Tom Storm Sweden Earl Strickland USA Nick van Den Berg Netherlands Hui-kai Hsia Taiwan
The 2003 World Pool Masters – The Draw Round 1 Quarter Final Semi Final Final
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Ralf Souquet (GER) v Mika Immonen (FIN)
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Alex Lely (NED) (QtrF.1) v Steve Davis (ENG)
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Hui-kai Hsia (TPE) (Semi F.1) v Niclas Bergendorff (SWE)
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Rico Diks (NED) (QtrF.2) v Thorsten Hohmann (GER)
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Earl Strickland (USA)
(Final)
v
Niels Feijen (NED)
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Tom Storm (SWE) (QtrF.3) v Efren Reyes (PHI)
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Alex Pagulayan (CAN) (Semi F.2)
v
Tony Drago (MLT)
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Nick van den Berg (NED) (QtrF.4) v Francisco Bustamante (PHI)
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The 2003 World Pool Masters – The Schedule All matches race to 8, winner breaks Friday August 29 2.00 pm Round 1 Ralf Souquet v Mika Immonen
Round 1 Steve Davis v Alex Lely
Round 1 Hui-kai Hsia v Niclas Bergendorff
7.30 pm World Pool Masters Trickshot Championship
Bogdan Wolkowski, Earl Strickland, Alex Pagulayan,
Alex Lely, Tom Eksell & Herbert Friedman
Saturday August 30 2.00 pm Round 1 Rico Diks v Thorsten Hohmann
Round 1 Earl Strickland v Niels Feijen
Round 1 Tom Storm v Efren Reyes
7.00 pm Round 1 Alex Pagulayan v Tony Drago
Round 1 Nick Van Den Berg v Francisco Bustamante
Qtr Final 1 Souquet/Immonen v Davis/Lely
Sunday August 31 2.00 pm Qtr Final 2 Hsia/Bergendorff v Diks/Hohmann
Qtr Final 3 Strickland/Feijen v Storm/Reyes
Qtr Final 4 Pagulayan/Drago v Bustamante/Van Den Berg
7.00pm Semi Final 1
Semi Final 2
Final
The 2003 World Pool Masters – Prize-Fund
Champion $20,000
Runner-Up $ 10,000 Beaten Semi-Finalists $ 5,000 ( x 2 ) Beaten Quarter-Finalists $ 2,500 ( x 4 ) First Round Losers $ 1,500 ( x 8 ) ______
TOTAL $62,000
The 2003 World Pool Masters – Previous Winners
1993 Plymouth Werner Duregger ( Austria )
1994 Doncaster Ralf Souquet ( Germany ) 1995 Blackpool Daryl Peach ( England ) 1996 Blackpool Ralf Souquet ( Germany ) 1997 Lakeside Earl Strickland ( USA ) 1998 Lakeside Francisco Bustamante ( Philippines ) 1999 Lakeside Alex Lely ( Holland ) 2000 Lakeside Ralf Souquet ( Germany ) 2001 Lakeside Francisco Bustamante ( Philippines ) 2002 Milton Keynes Ralf Souquet ( Germany )
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