May 2, 2006
- The 1st Philippine National Pool Championship will be the most
comprehensive and representative tournament to be ever staged in the
country. It is designed as a lead-up event to the 2006 World Pool Championship.
determine players for the Asian Games in December.
determine the 1st BSCP Philippine 9-ball
Champion for this event
To achieve a Representative Field, top players from all
regions will be invited to participate in the tournament. Tournament will start with
a field of sixty-four (64) , twelve (12) of which will be seeded. Format is double
knock-out system, race to nine (9), for the Eliminations. In the end, there will be
two (2) winners and
two (2) losers to comprise the players to play in the semi_finals.
The
semi-finals to finals will be a single knockout
system, race to 11. Event will be covered live in both Cable and Free TV.
A total of Php2.06 million in prize money will be paid out
to the winners in the tournament. Break down is as follows:
Field Position
Prize Money (Php)
Number
Total for field
First Prize
1 Million
x1
1 Million
Second Prize
500,000
x1
500,000
Third & Fourth
150,000 each
x2
300,000
Fifth to Eight
each
x4
Ninth to 16th
each
x8
Since this is the 1st time this
event will be held, formulae for determining the fifty-two (52) and twelve
(12) seeded players is still being finalized. Entry fee is set to Five
Thousand Pesos (Php5,000).
The event will be covered live in both
cable and free TV for a total of twelve (12) hrs for both media.
