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International Challenge of Champions

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The International Challenge of Champions is an annual nine-ball pool tournament held at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. It has always been broadcast on ESPN and is sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association.

As of 2009, four invited notable players compete in this single-elimination event. Different from other pool tournaments, this is a winner-take-all event: The winner earns the entire purse of the division (men's or women's);[1] in 2009, the men's-division pot was US$25,000. Winners of either division earn the title "Champion of Champions".

Format

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Promoters describe the geared-for-television event as "international champions ... battling in short, sudden-death shootouts with pressure-cooker formats".[1]

Each match is compose of two sets; each of them is race to 5 and in alternate break. Players lag to determine who shall break in the first set. The player who loses that set will break in the second.

A 30-second shot clock rule is used. This means a player must make a shot within 30 seconds lest the other player will receive ball-in-hand. Each player, however, can call for an extension but only once per rack.

Unlike other 9-ball tournaments, a player must call the 9-ball before pocketing it. Failing to call the shot or the 9-ball going in another pocket other than the one called will result the 9-ball being respotted and the player loses his turn at the table. Also, a player can't win a rack by pocketing the 9-ball in the break.

To win a match, a player has to win both sets. If the sets are split (one player winning the first but other player winning the next), players again lag to break at the one rack decider.

Winners

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Men

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Year Winner Runner-up
1991 Puerto Rico Mike Lebron United States Buddy Hall
1992 United States Buddy Hall United States Johnny Archer
1993 United States Allen Hopkins United States Jim Rempe
1994 United States Nick Varner United States Tony Ellin
1995 Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-pang Japan Takeshi Okumura
1996 Germany Ralf Souquet United States Earl Strickland
1997 Germany Oliver Ortmann Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-pang
1998 Chinese Taipei Lee Kun-fang Japan Kunihiko Takahashi
1999 Philippines Francisco Bustamante Germany Oliver Ortmann
2000 Germany Oliver Ortmann (2) Philippines Francisco Bustamante
2001 Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-pang (2) Philippines Francisco Bustamante
2002 Philippines Efren Reyes Finland Mika Immonen
2003 Philippines Francisco Bustamante (2) Canada John Horsfall
2004 Germany Thomas Engert Germany Thorsten Hohmann
2005 Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-pang (3) Germany Thomas Engert
2006 United States Johnny Archer Germany Thorsten Hohmann
2007 Netherlands Niels Feijen Philippines Lee Van Corteza
2008 China Fu Jianbo Philippines Dennis Orcollo
2009 Finland Mika Immonen England Darren Appleton
2010 Finland Mika Immonen (2) Philippines Francisco Bustamante
2011 England Darren Appleton Netherlands Huidji See
2012 England Darren Appleton (2) United States Shane Van Boening
2014 Germany Thorsten Hohmann England Darren Appleton
2015 United States Shane Van Boening Netherlands Niels Feijen
2016 Scotland Jayson Shaw United States Shane Van Boening

Top performers

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Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals
Chao Fong-pang  Chinese Taipei 3 1 4
Francisco Bustamante  Philippines 2 3 5
Darren Appleton  England 2 4
Mika Immonen  Finland 1 3
Oliver Ortmann  Germany
Shane Van Boening  United States 1 2
Thorsten Hohmann  Germany
Buddy Hall  United States 1 2
Johnny Archer  United States
Niels Feijen  Netherlands
Thomas Engert  Germany
  • In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.


References

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  1. ^ a b "Meet the Players in 'Champion of Champion' Tournaments (Sept. 29 – Oct. 1)". Pool & Billiard Magazine. 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2018.



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