VENUE & TRAVEL INFORMATION

The 2003 World Pool Championship takes place at the Cardiff International Arena, between July 12 and 20.

The CIA is one of the UK's top indoor venues and has successfully hosted the event since 1999.

To plan your route to the CIA by road, click here.
To plan your route to the CIA by rail, click here.
To plan your route to Cardiff by air, click here.

FORMAT

There are 128 players in the main draw. 96 are provided by the World Pool Association, 32 are provided by Matchroom Sport, who are promoting the event.

For the first round, the players are divided in to 16 groups of eight and play each other once over a race to five with alternate breaks (Saturday 12 July - Tuesday 15 July).

At the end of the group section, the top four players in each group move into the last 64 and the bottom four are eliminated.

Thereafter, the format is as follows:

Last 64: race to 9, winner breaks (Wednesday 16 July)

Last 32: race to 9, winner breaks (Thursday 17 July)

Last 16: race to 11, winner breaks (Friday 18 July)

Quarter-Finals: race to 11, winner breaks (Saturday 19 July)

Semi-Finals: race to 11, winner breaks (Saturday 19 July)

Final: race to 17, winner breaks (Sunday 20 July)

PRIZE MONEY

The total prize money for the event is US$300,000. It is divided as follows:

OTHER INFORMATION

DRESS CODE: Smart/Casual. Collared shirts must be worn. No jeans or trainers, no tuxedos, waistcoats or ties.

OFFICIAL TABLES: Brunswick Gold Crown IVs

OFFICIAL CLOTH: Simonis 860

OFFICIAL BALLS: Saluc Super Aramith

OFFICIAL CUE: Predator

WPA REPRESENTATIVES: Ian Anderson, Thomas Overbeck

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