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WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour

Index WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour

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) is an annual series of nine-ball pool tournaments around East and Southeast Asia. [1]

39 relations: Alex Pagulayan, Asia, Au Chi-wai, Bali, Bangkok, Chao Fong-pang, Dennis Orcollo, East Asia, Efren Reyes, Francisco Bustamante, Genting Highlands, Guangzhou, Guinness, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Kaohsiung, Lee Vann Corteza, Li Hewen, Manila, Nine-ball, Penang, Pool (cue sports), Ramil Gallego, Ricky Yang, Rodolfo Luat, Ronato Alcano, San Miguel Corporation, Severe acute respiratory syndrome, Shanghai, Southeast Asia, Sponsor (commercial), Taipei, United States dollar, Wang Hung-hsiang, Warren Kiamco, World Pool-Billiard Association, WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Wu Jia-qing, Yang Ching-shun.

Alex Pagulayan

Alejandro "Alex" Salvador Pagulayan (born June 25, 1976) is a Filipino Canadian professional pool (pocket billiards) and snooker player.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Au Chi-wai

Au Chi-wai (Chinese: 區志偉; pinyin: Ōu Zhì Wěi, sometimes referred to as Au Chi Wai or Chi-wai Au in Western media), is an amateur snooker and pool player from Hong Kong.

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Bali

Bali (Balinese:, Indonesian: Pulau Bali, Provinsi Bali) is an island and province of Indonesia with the biggest Hindu population.

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Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Thailand.

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Chao Fong-pang

Chao Fong-pang (born September 15, 1967 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional pool player.

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Dennis Orcollo

Dennis Orcollo (born January 28, 1979), sometimes called Dennis Orcullo, is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Surigao" (after a province in the Philippines) and "RoboCop".

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East Asia

East Asia is the eastern subregion of the Asian continent, which can be defined in either geographical or ethno-cultural "The East Asian cultural sphere evolves when Japan, Korea, and what is today Vietnam all share adapted elements of Chinese civilization of this period (that of the Tang dynasty), in particular Buddhism, Confucian social and political values, and literary Chinese and its writing system." terms.

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Efren Reyes

Efren Manalang Reyes, (born August 26, 1954), nicknamed the Magician and Bata, is a Filipino professional pool player.

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Francisco Bustamante

Francisco Bustamante (born December 29, 1963, Philippines) is a Filipino professional pocket billiards (pool) player from Tarlac, Central Luzon and the 2010 World Nine-ball Champion, nicknamed "Django", after the lead character of the film of the same name, interview with Bustamante and sometimes also called "Bustie", especially in the United States.

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Genting Highlands

Resorts World Genting (Abbreviation: RWG), originally known as Genting Highlands Resort is an integrated hill resort development comprising hotels, shopping malls, theme parks and casinos, perched on the peak of Mount Ulu Kali at 1,800 meters high and nestled near the border between the states of Pahang and Selangor, Malaysia.

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Guangzhou

Guangzhou, also known as Canton, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong.

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Guinness

Guinness is an Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness (1725–1803) at St. James's Gate brewery in the capital city of Dublin, Ireland.

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Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City (Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh; or; formerly Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville), also widely known by its former name of Saigon (Sài Gòn; or), is the largest city in Vietnam by population.

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Jakarta

Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia.

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Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung City (Hokkien POJ: Ko-hiông; Hakka: Kô-hiùng; old names: Takao, Takow, Takau) is a special municipality located in southern-western Taiwan and facing the Taiwan Strait.

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Lee Vann Corteza

Lee Vann Corteza, also spelled Lee Van Corteza, (born 1 March 1979 in Davao City, Philippines) is a Filipino professional pool player.

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Li Hewen

Li Hewen (born November 30, 1981 in Liaoning, China) is a Chinese professional pool player.

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Manila

Manila (Maynilà, or), officially the City of Manila (Lungsod ng Maynilà), is the capital of the Philippines and the most densely populated city proper in the world.

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Nine-ball

Nine-ball (sometimes written 9-ball) is a contemporary form of pool (pocket billiards), with historical beginnings rooted in the United States and traceable to the 1920s.

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Penang

Penang is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait.

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Pool (cue sports)

Pool is a cue sport played on a table with six pockets along the, into which balls are deposited.

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Ramil Gallego

Ramil Gallego (pronounced gal-ye-go) (b. September 21, 1966 in Bacolod City, Philippines) is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Bebeng".

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Ricky Yang

Ricky Yang is an Indonesian professional pool player of Chinese ancestry.

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Rodolfo Luat

Rodolfo Luat (born December 8, 1957) is a Filipino professional pool player from Angeles City, Pampanga.

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Ronato Alcano

Ronato (Ronnie) Alcano (pronounced al-kah-no) (born 27 July 1972 in Calamba City, Laguna, Philippines), is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Ronnie Calamba" and "the Volcano".

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San Miguel Corporation

San Miguel Corporation is a Filipino multinational publicly listed conglomerate holding company.

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV).

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Shanghai

Shanghai (Wu Chinese) is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.

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Sponsor (commercial)

Sponsoring something (or someone) is the act of supporting an event, activity, person, or organization financially or through the provision of products or services.

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Taipei

Taipei, officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China, "ROC").

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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Wang Hung-hsiang

Wang Hung-hsiang (*April 7, 1981) is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "the Master." During the 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship he survived the group stages and the round of 64, but was eliminated in the round of 32 by Wu Chia-ching.

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Warren Kiamco

Warren Kiamco (born May 2, 1970) is a Filipino professional pool player from Cebu, Philippines.

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World Pool-Billiard Association

The World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) is the international governing body for pocket billiards.

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WPA World Nine-ball Championship

The WPA World Nine-ball Championship is an annual, international, professional nine-ball pool (pocket billiards) tournament, founded in 1990, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), and principally sponsored and organised by Matchroom Sport (who provide the event's official website, under the less specific name World Pool Championship).

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Wu Jia-qing

Wu Jia-qing (born February 9, 1989 in Taiwan) is a professional pool player.

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Yang Ching-shun

Yang Ching-shun (Chinese: 楊清順; born 3 April 1978) is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "the Son of Pool".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPA_Asian_Nine-ball_Tour

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