2018 AMWAY eSpringInternational women 9-Ball Championship
Sanctioned By :World Pool-Billiards Association (WPA)
Asian Pocket Billiard Union (APBU)
Organizer : Chinese Taipei Billiards Federation (CTBF)
Tel: +886-2-2728-1993 Fax: +886-2-2726-1130
E-Mail:
Organize Committee : David Lee (Tournament Director)
Hung Ming Hung (Chief Referee)
Qualifying Tournament Information-stage 1
Tournament Dates :Latest arrival date 03 March 2018
Qualifying Tournament from 04 March-06 March2018
Sign Up Open Date : From 26DEC 2017
Entry Closing Date : Closing date for entries is 10 FEB 2018.
INSURANCE:Participants MUST purchase or provide their own personal insurance. The Player acknowledges that by agreeing to participate in the Event that any rights of recovery he/she may have against the Promoter for personal injury or damage to property whilst participating in the Event are waived.
Format : *Race to 7. Winner break. Double elimination if less than 32 players, single elimination from top 8 to final, win and lose brackets are separate drawing. *Single elimination if more than 32 players. 8 Winners selection: 1st Day 2 winners, 2nd Day 2 winners.3rd Day: 4 winners.
Entry Fee :Repeat Entry is permitted.
USD70 (NTD2,300) : for one day Entry Fee.
USD150 (NTD5,000) : for all 3 days Entry Fee.
Venue : Competition start at 10:00am, all players must report to Mr. Chou
directorbefore 09:00am at the venue address below:
Ji- Hsien Pool Club (Tel: +886-2-2283-1919)
2F.No.233, Jixian Road, Lujhou District, New TipeiCity
Hotels and Room Rates :(1) Hotel G7 Taipei: 02-8281-3888
372 Jixian Road, Lujhou District, New Taipei City
(5 minutes by walk to venue)
The rate depends on the room type, and the rate on holiday is different from raising200NT.
Eg, on 4/5 is national holiday and Sunday and Friday is holiday, so the room rate will be NT1700+200 on that night.
Twin Room : NTD1700~2580 (USD55~84)/night /breakfast
4 people: NTD3,200~3,680(USD103~119)/night/ breakfast
(The rate above are subject to change: currency is about 31 = 1 USD)
Main Tournament(stage 2) Information
Latest arrival in TaipeiCity :06March2018
1.Sunworld Dynasty Hotel (Tel: +886-2-2719-7199)
100,Tun Hwa North ROAD,TAIPEI 105
(10 minutes by WALK to venue, Freewifi in room)
Twin/SingleRoom : NTD3,300 (USD109)/night /breakfast/for two person
2.Capital Hotel-Arena (TEL:+886-2-8712-1988)
55-1, Sec 4, Nanjing East Road, Taipei
(2 minutes by WALK to venue, opposite side)
Single Room:NT:2600/ per night/ breakfast and tax included.
Twin Room: NT:2800/ per night/ breakfast and tax included.
Players Meeting: 07 March 201811:00 am Heading to Press Conference
11:30Players Meeting/ Welcome party
14:00 pm Press Conference Rehearsal
15:00 pm Press Conference
16:30 Transportation from conference back to hotel
Entry Fee: 500 USD
(Please email to us if you need the room reservation and the airport pick up service, the Airport pick up service is NT 1200/ for 1-2 persons one way, NT 1400: for 3-4 persons one way)
(The Room rate above are subject to change: currency rate is about 31= 1 USD)
08 March2018 11:00 am Match start
18:00 pm Opening Ceremony
09 March 2018 11:00 am Match Start
10March 2018 11:00 am Match Start
11March 201811:00 am Match Start
21:30 pm Awarding and Closing Ceremony
22:00 pm Farewell Party
12March 2018 Departure
Entry ClosingDate: Closing date for entries is 20Jan 2018.
(Only the entries from continental members are acceptable.)
Draw :The Draw will be made in public by Organize Committee 20 days
before the start of the Championship.
Format :Group: 8 Groups of 5, Round Robin. Race to 7, winner’s break
Last 24 – QF: Single Elimination, race to 7, winner’s break
Semi Final: Race to 9, winner’s break
Final: Race to 11, winner’s break
INSURANCE:
Participants MUST purchase or provide their own personal insurance. The Player acknowledges that by agreeing to participate in the Event that any rights of recovery he may have against the Promoter for personal injury or damage to property whilst participating in the Event are waived.
Quota (40 Players) :
World Qualifying (8)1 / 5
2 / 6
3 / 7
4 / 8
EPBF (6) / USA(5)
1 / 1
2 / 2
3 / 3
4 / 4
5 / 5
6 / Organizer(3)
OPBA (1) / 1
1 / 2
AAPA(1) / 3
1 / (5)WPA1-10 by ranking
CPB(1) / 1 / Chou Chieh Yu (TPE) 周婕妤 w3
1 / 2 / Tzu-Chien Wei (TPE)魏子茜 w6
APBU(2) by ranking / 3 / RubilenAmit(PHI)盧比倫.艾咪W7
1 / 4 / Chen Chia Hua(TPE) 陳佳樺 W9
2 / 5 / ChezkaCenteno (PHI) 切斯卡.森提諾w10
TOP 8 in 2017 (8)
1 / Chen Siming (CHN)陳思明 w1 / 5 / Kelly Fisher 凱莉‧費雪(GBR) w4
2 / Pan Xiao Ting (CHN) 潘曉婷 w5 / 6 / Yu Han 韓雨(CHN) w8
3 / Kim Ga Young (KOR)金佳映 w11 / 7 / Allison Fisher 艾莉森‧費雪(GBR)
4 / Liu Sha Sha9 (CHN)劉莎莎 w2 / 8 / Karen Corr凱倫.高爾（IRL）
Venue : Competition start at 11:00am, all players must report to TD before 10:00am at the venue address below:
Taipei Gymnasium
Address:No.10 ,Sec. 4, Nanjing E.Rd.,SongShan District, Taipei
Travel Information :Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) ( about 1 hour to New Taipei city)
Or Taipei Songshan international airport(TSA) ( In Taipei, about 30 minutes to Banqiao dist.,)
Information : Title Sponsor : AMWAYeSpring
Discipline : Women’s 9-Ball Single; World Ranking
Entry : From quota assignment and qualifying
Tournament Table :7
Practice Table :4 (Free of charge)
Make of Tables :Aileex Table
Table Clothes : YTT
Balls :Cyclop
Total Prize Money :Net distributed USD93,400 (after taxed and sanctioned fee)
USD34,000 Champion x 1
USD13,000 Runner-up x 1
USD6,000 3rd Place x 2
USD2,800 5th Place x 4
USD1,300 9th (Loser 2nd round) x 8
USD800 17th (Loser 1st round) x 8
USD500 Group 4th x 8
USD300 Group 5th x 8
TV Coverage :Televised : Live from first day to final(Only TV table)
Cable or Air : Cable
TV Station/Youtube :Videoland TV Station
Visa :Entry Visa for Taiwan may be required, please check your travel agency. CTBA may issue to you upon request, an invitation letter for the purpose of participating this event, please send your request by email or fax indicating player name, date of birth and passport number…etc if required.
Logo: The Player will be entitled towear a maximum ofthreelogoson herplaying apparel at the Event. Each logo must not exceed 75 ml x 50 ml (3” x 2”) or 6 square inches.
The organizer shall have absolute discretion to disallow a Player the wearing of any Logo that, in the opinion of the oraganizer, conflicts withany sponsoror broadcaster of the Event.Further, the Organizer shall reserve the right, to be exercised in its sole discretion, to require the Player to display a fourth logo on the Players apparel, for the use by a sponsor of the Event.
Dress code: No Jeans, No sports shoes, Due to the TV broadcasting is upgraded to HD quality, so if your match table is on TV table, TV director advised that players should make up in advance.