2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The 2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the seventeenth edition of the WPA World Nine-ball Championship and took place between 4 and 12 November 2006 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Philippines. The event was to be held for the first time in the Philippines, on a two-year deal, including the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. The championships were hosted by the World Pool Billiard Association.
Ronato Alcano won the championship with a 17-11 win in the final against Ralf Souquet of Germany. Defending champion Wu Jia-qing was defeated in the quarter-final by Alcano.
Tournament format
The event featured 128 players, with an. The event featured a preliminary round robin format to half the field to 64; where the event changed to a knockout format.Preliminary round
The Preliminary round was played over three days between 4 and 7 November. There were 32 groups of 4, with the first two in each group progressing. Nine top 32 players were knocked out in this section- Alex Pagulayan
- Mika Immonen
- Rodney Morris
- Niels Feijen
- Jose Parica
- Alex Lely
- Chang Pei-Wei
- Christian Reimering
- Kunihiko Takahashi