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United States Professional Poolplayers Association Sends Players to World 8-Ball Championships
4/18/2008 - PHOENIX, AZ (April 18th, 2008) - The United States Professional Poolplayers Association (the "UPA") will be sending three of their top players to Fujairah, United Arab Emirates from April 18-25, 2008, to participate in the World 8-Ball Pool Championships being held at the Fujairah Exhibition Center. The three players attending this year's event include 2007 U.S. Open Champion, Shane Van Boening, Corey Deuel, and Ronnie Wiseman.
This event will host a total field of sixty-four players which will be divided up into eight groups. The play will consist of races to eight, double elimination, alternate breaks. The top four players that qualify from each group will move on into the final thirty-two. At that point, sixteen players will be seeded upon performance results, while the remaining will be drawn at random to compete against the seeded individuals.
The President of the UPA, Frank Alvarez, would like to send special thanks to the BCA trade organization for helping provide the means for the players to have the opportunity to travel overseas to represent the United States in such a prestigious event.
If you would like to learn more about the UPA organization, our website is located at
www.upatour.com or to contact us directly with questions, please call (480) 353-6747 or email
info@upatour.com
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