WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour

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The WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour (also known as the Guinness Asian 9-Ball Tour or San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour for sponsorship reasons) was an annual series of nine-ball pool tournaments around East and Southeast Asia. The tour began in 2003, and is sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association.

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From 2003 to 2005, each leg had a field of 32 players and the total purse was US$50,000. In 2006, the number of players was reduced to 24 and total purse decreased to $40,000.

The winner in each leg of the tour receives a cash prize and points for the ranking for the yearly WPA World Nine-ball Championship.

San Miguel Beer and 188BET were the sponsor of the tournament prior to 2007, when this slot was taken over by Guinness.

Format

In each leg, the 24 players are divided into 8 groups having 3 players each. The players in a particular group play in round-robin where the one who's on top moves into the quarter finals.

From the group stages to the quarter finals, the matchers are race to 9. The semis and final matches are race to 11. Also in the semi-finals and finals, a player must win by at least 2 racks. This means he can 11–9. If the other player manages to makes 10-10, the match goes into extra racks, one of them will have to make 12-10 or 13–11 to win. The maximum extension is up to 13, so it is also a win for a player to score 13–12.

A shot clock of 45 seconds is used with one extension for each player per rack. Failing to shoot within the clock will fine the player US$50.

The "alternating break " rule is enforced.

Starting in 2008, the final will be a race to 11 racks affair and the "at least 2 racks to win" rule has been scrapped.

Tournament results

San Miguel era

YearLocationWinnerScoreRunner-up
2003Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Ching-shun 11-7 Flag of the Philippines.svg Warren Kiamco
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Flag of the Philippines.svg Efren Reyes 11-2 Flag of the Philippines.svg Warren Kiamco
2004Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Flag of the Philippines.svg Efren Reyes (2)11-4 Flag of the Philippines.svg Warren Kiamco
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Flag of the Philippines.svg Efren Reyes (3)11-9 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chao Fong-pang
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Ching-shun (2)11-9 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsia Hui-kai
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Flag of the Philippines.svg Efren Reyes (4)12-10 Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Young Hwa
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Flag of the Philippines.svg Lee Van Corteza 13-11 Flag of the Philippines.svg Francisco Bustamante
2005Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Flag of the Philippines.svg Gandy Valle 11-9 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Jiaqing
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (Jakarta) Flag of the Philippines.svg Efren Reyes (5)11-6 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Ching-shun
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan (Kaoshiung) Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Ching-shun (3)11-3 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Au Chi-wai
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines (Manila) Flag of the Philippines.svg Ronnie Alcano 11-6 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Ching-shun
2006Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) Flag of the Philippines.svg Efren Reyes (6)11-6 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li He-wen
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (Bangkok) Flag of the Philippines.svg Ramil Gallego 11-8 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Au Chi-wai
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan (Kaoshiung) Flag of the Philippines.svg Rodolfo Luat 11-7 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsia Hui-kai
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (Jakarta) Flag of the Philippines.svg Efren Reyes (7)11-6 Flag of Indonesia.svg Ricky Yang

Guinness era

YearLocationWinnerScoreRunner-up
2007Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (Jakarta) Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Jung-lin 11-5 Flag of the Philippines.svg Lee Van Corteza
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan (Kaoshiung) Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Ching-shun (4)11-6 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chao Fong-pang
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Genting Highlands) Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Jung-lin (2)11-8

Flag of India.svg Dharminder Lilly

Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Ching-shun (5)11-8

Flag of Malaysia.svg Ibrahim Bin Amir

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Shanghai) Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Ching-shun (6)12-10 Flag of the Philippines.svg Ronnie Alcano
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (Bali) Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Jung-lin (3)11-8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Lee Van Corteza
2008Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China (Taipei) Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Jung-lin (4)11-5 Flag of the Philippines.svg Joven Bustamante
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Penang) Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Jung-lin (5)11-7 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wang Hung-hsiang
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Genting Highlands) Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Jung-lin (6)11-6 Flag of the Philippines.svg Antonio Gabica
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Flag of the Philippines.svg Alex Pagulayan 11-6 Flag of the Philippines.svg Dennis Orcollo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Guangzhou) Flag of the Philippines.svg Dennis Orcollo 11-9 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wang Hung-hsiang
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (Jakarta) Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Ching-shun (7)11-9 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Jiaqing

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