Ine Helvik

Yesterday we had the opening ceremony and draw. First there was a small press conference,  then dinner and then they shipped us of in a bus. The opening ceremony was held in a big sport venue with red carpet and a lot of security. We got numbered and lined up, and then without warning we were sent out on a big stage with more than 2000 spectators and live tv show… They had several performances and also the number one singer in China. Security was massive…I will post pictures of this later:)

 

Around 2215 we were finally ready for the draw. We all went up and drew our own numbers and this is the result (courtesy of Ted Lerner):

 

OUP STAGE DRAW FOR THE 2014 WPA WOMEN’S WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Play begins 1PM(GMT +8)Wednesday, October 15 at the Guilin Gym in Guilin, China.

 

Race to 7, Alternate Break

 

Round Robin in the groups . 4 players in each group will go through to the Final 32, straight knockout.

 

Group A

Han Yu(CHN) vs. Chen Xue(CHN)

Gao Meng(CHN) vs. Park Eun Ji(KOR)

Chezka Centeno(PHL) vs. Yang Fan(CHN)

Katarzyna Wesolowska(POL) vs. Fu Xiaofang(CHN)

 

Group B

Allison Fisher(GBR) vs. Sara Miller(USA)

Jennifer Barretta(USA) vs. Jung Bo Ra(KOR)

Charlene Chai Zeet Huey(SIN) vs. Adriana Villar(CRC)

Wang Xiao Tong(CHN) vs. Chou Chieh Yu(TPE)

 

Group C

Liu Shasha(CHN) vs. Kuo Azu Tinh(TPE)

Li Yun(CHN) vs. TBA

Neena Praveen(IND) vs. Joanne Ashton(CAN)

Karen Corr(GBR) vs. Cha Yu Ram(KOR)

 

Group D

Tan Ho Yun(TPE) vs. Ine Helvik(NOR)

Miyuki Kuribayashi(JPN) vs. Caroline Roos(SWE)

Wu Zhi Ting(TPE) vs. Ina Kaplan(GER)

Chen Siming(CHN) vs. Iris Ranola(PHL)

 

Group E

Rubilen Amit(PHL) vs. Suniti Damani(IND)

Hoe Shu Wan(SIN) vs. Line Kjorsvik(NOR)

Maureen Soto(CAN) vs. Masami Nouchi(JPN)

Akimi Kajatani(JPN) vs. TBA

 

Group F

Pan Xiaoting(CHN) vs. Li Pei Rong(TPE)

Angeline Magdalena Ticaolu(INA) vs. Amanda Rahayu(INA)

Kamila Khodjiaeva(BEL) vs. Liu Shin Mei(TPE)

Kristina Schagan(GER) vs. Kim Ga Young(KOR)

 

Group G

Tsai Pei Chen(TPE) vs. Brittany Bryant(CAN)

Jasmin Michel(GER) vs. Erin Mcmanus(USA)

Zhou Doudou(CHN) vs. Monica Webb(USA)

Wei Tzu-Chien(TPE) vs. Lin Yuan-Chun(TPE)

 

Group H

Wu Jing(CHN) vs. Denise Wilkinson(NZL)

Jiang Teng(CHN) vs. Bolfelli Barbara(ITA)

Jasmin Ouschan(AUT) vs. Chichiro Kawahara(JPN)

Kelly Fisher(GBR) vs. Jeanette Lee(USA)

 

So my first match is at 1500 against a seeded player, Tan from Taiwan. Can’t wait to play!

 

Thanks for reading

 

Ine:)