Tournament information | |
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Dates | 28 March–1 April |
Venue | Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Organisation(s) | World Pool-Billiard Association CueSports International |
Format | Double-elimination / single-elimination |
Discipline | Ten-ball |
Total prize fund | $226,000 |
Winner's share | $60,000 |
Defending champion | Eklent Kaçi (ALB) |
Final | |
Champion | Wojciech Szewczyk (POL) |
Runner-up | Christopher Tévez (PER) |
Score | 10–8 |
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The 2022 WPA World Ten-ball Championship was a professional pool tournament for the discipline of ten-ball organised by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and CueSports International. It was the seventh WPA World Ten-ball Championship. Held in Las Vegas, the event started on March 28 with the championship match on April 1.[1] The event featured a prize fund of $226,000.
The competition began with 128 participants, selected according to world and continental pool rankings as well as qualifying events. The tournament was played as a double-elimination bracket until 32 players remained, at which point it changed to a single-elimination format.
Defending champion Eklent Kaçi of Albania reached the semi-finals before being eliminated, as did Jayson Shaw of Scotland. In the championship match, Wojciech Szewczyk of Poland defeated Christopher Tévez of Peru, 10–8.[2]