World Straight Pool Championship

The World Straight Pool Championship, now marked as simply the World 14.1 Tournament,[lower-alpha 1] is a pool competition, that has been held annually in United States in its present form since 2006. It is one of the successor tournaments (also including the American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship) to the historical World Pocket Billiards Championship (1912–1990). During the modern tournament's early years, it was the only global professional title for straight pool (also known as 14.1 continuous). The event is currently organized by Dragon Promotions, in part to restore the game's popularity in the United States.[1] Throughout the current event's history, only the 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010 editions were sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) to be world championships.[2] Since then, the tournament continues to be held under a different name of the World 14.1 Tournament without WPA sanctioning. Ralph Greenleaf is the most successful player having won the tournament on twenty occasions. The oldest player to win the tournament is Irving Crane at 59 years old at the time of his victory. The youngest player to win the tournament is Ralph Greenleaf at 20 years old at the time of his victory.

Format

All 64 players are divided into 8 groups where they play in round-robin format. Each match in this round is a race to 100 points. The leading 4 players in each group proceed to the next round.[3]

The games of the last-32 round are played in double-elimination format until 16 players remain. Matches are extended to races to 150 points.[3]

The games in the last-16 round are played in single-elimination format, and matches are extended, to races to 200 points.[3] The finals match is further extended to a race to 300 points (with a half-hour break occurring when a player reaches 150).[4]

Winners

In 1910, Jerome Keough (USA) invented the 14.1-continuous game.[5]

1912–1967, traditional era (multiple titles per year)
YearWinner
1912 Edward Ralph
1912 Alfredo DeOro
1912 Alfredo DeOro
1913 Alfredo DeOro
1913 Alfredo DeOro
1913 Bennie Allen
1913 Bennie Allen
1913 Bennie Allen
1914 Bennie Allen
1914 Bennie Allen
1914 Bennie Allen
1915not held
1916 W.E. Blankenship
1916 Johnny Layton
1916 Frank Taberski
1916 Frank Taberski
1916 Frank Taberski
1917 Frank Taberski
1917 Frank Taberski
1917 Frank Taberski
1917 Frank Taberski
1917 Frank Taberski
1917 Frank Taberski
1918 Frank Taberski
1919 Ralph Greenleaf
1920 Ralph Greenleaf
1921 Ralph Greenleaf
1921 Ralph Greenleaf
1922 Ralph Greenleaf
1922 Ralph Greenleaf
1922 Ralph Greenleaf
1922 Ralph Greenleaf
1923 Ralph Greenleaf
1924 Ralph Greenleaf
1925 Frank Taberski
1926 Ralph Greenleaf
1927 Erwin Rudolph
1927 Erwin Rudolph
1927 Thomas Hueston
1927 Frank Taberski
1927 Frank Taberski
1928 Frank Taberski
1928 Ralph Greenleaf
1928 Ralph Greenleaf
1928 Frank Taberski
1929 Ralph Greenleaf
1930 Erwin Rudolph
1931 Ralph Greenleaf
1932 Ralph Greenleaf
1933 Ralph Greenleaf
1933 Erwin Rudolph
1934 Andrew Ponzi
1935 Jimmy Caras
1936 Jimmy Caras
1937 Ralph Greenleaf
1937 Ralph Greenleaf
1937 Ralph Greenleaf
1938 Jimmy Caras
1939not held
1940 Andrew Ponzi
1941 Willie Mosconi
1941 Erwin Rudolph
1942 Irving Crane
1942 Willie Mosconi
1943 Andrew Ponzi
1944 Willie Mosconi
1945 Willie Mosconi
1946 Willie Mosconi
1946 Willie Mosconi
1946 Irving Crane
1947 Willie Mosconi
1947 Willie Mosconi
1948 Willie Mosconi
1949 Jimmy Caras
1950 Willie Mosconi
1951 Willie Mosconi
1952 Willie Mosconi
1953 Willie Mosconi
1954not held
1955 Willie Mosconi
1955 Irving Crane
1955 Willie Mosconi
1956 Willie Mosconi
1956 Willie Mosconi
1956 Willie Mosconi
1957not held
1958not held
1959not held
1960not held
1961not held
1962not held
1963 Luther Lassiter
1963 Luther Lassiter
1964 Luther Lassiter
1964 Arthur Cranfield
1965 Joe Balsis
1965 Joe Balsis
1965 Cisero Murphy
1966 Luther Lassiter
1966 Luther Lassiter
1967 Luther Lassiter
1967 Luther Lassiter

1968–present, modern era (one title per year)
YearWinnerRunner-up
1968 Irving Crane Luther Lassiter
1969 Ed Kelly Cisero Murphy
1970 Irving Crane Steve Mizerak
1971 Ray Martin Joe Balsis
1972 Irving Crane Lou Butera
1973 Lou Butera Irving Crane
1974 Ray Martin Allen Hopkins
1975not held
1976 Larry Lisciotti Steve Mizerak
1977 Allen Hopkins Peter Margo
1978 Ray Martin Allen Hopkins
1979 Mike Sigel Joe Balsis
1980 Nick Varner Mike Sigel
1981 Mike Sigel Nick Varner
1982 Steve Mizerak Danny DiLiberto
1983 Steve Mizerak Jimmy Fusco
1984not held
1985 Mike Sigel Jim Rempe
1986 Nick Varner Allen Hopkins
1987not held
1988 Mike Sigel Allen Hopkins
1989not held
1990 Bobby Hunter Ray Martin
1991-
2005		not held
2006 Thorsten Hohmann Thomas Engert
2007 Oliver Ortmann Huidji See
2008 Niels Feijen Francisco Bustamante
2009 Stephan Cohen Mika Immonen
2010 Oliver Ortmann Mika Immonen
2011 Thorsten Hohmann Mike Davis
2012 John Schmidt Efren Reyes
2013 Thorsten Hohmann Darren Appleton
2014 Darren Appleton Shane Van Boening
2015 Thorsten Hohmann Darren Appleton
2016 Mika Immonen Earl Strickland
2017 Lee Vann Corteza Thorsten Hohmann
2018 Thorsten Hohmann Tony Robles
2019 Shane Van Boening Corey Deuel

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Top performers (traditional era)
Rank Name Nationality Winner
1 Ralph Greenleaf  United States 20
2 Willie Mosconi  United States 19
3 Frank Taberski  United States 15
4 Luther Lassiter  United States 7
5 Bennie Allen  United States 6
6 Erwin Rudolph  United States 5
Jimmy Caras  United States 5
7 Andrew Ponzi  United States 4
Alfredo de Oro  Cuba 4
8 Irving Crane  United States 3
9 Joe Balsis  United States 2
  • In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.

Top performers (modern era)
Rank Name Nationality Winner
1 Thorsten Hohmann  Germany 5
2 Mike Sigel  United States 4
3 Irving Crane  United States 3
Ray Martin  United States 3
4 Nick Varner  United States 2
Oliver Ortmann  Germany 2
Steve Mizerak  United States 2
  • Active players are shown in bold.
  • In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.

See also
  •  Cue sports portal

Notes
  1. In some news releases, including some pages in the event's website, names like World 14.1 Tournament or World Tournament of 14.1 are sometimes used. However, the recent website's title page, and promotional pages simply use World Tournament (76th World Tournament, 77th World Tournament. 78th World Tournament, etc.). A different numbering system has also sometimes been used, starting with the first Dragon Promotions event, and including the name of that year's major sponsor, e.g. The BottleDeck.net 7th World 14.1 Tournament.

References
  1. "The World Straight Pool Championship". AZ Billiards. September 29, 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
  2. "Players: World Champions". WPA-Pool.com. Sydney, Australia: World Pool-Billiard Association. November 2011. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  3. "2008 Predator World 14.1 Championship Group Pairings". AZ Billiards. August 24, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
  4. "Billiards: Corteza becomes 1st Asian to win World 14.1 Straight Pool title". ABS-CBN News. October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  5. "The World Tournament – Hall of Fame". TheWorldTournament.com. Dragon Promotions.
  6. "2018 78th World 14.1 - News". Forums.AZBilliards.com.
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