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International Challenge of Champions

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Format
Men's division winners
Women's division winners
Associated events
Miscellaneous
References

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The International Challenge of Champions is an annual nine-ball pool tournament held at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. It has always been broadcast on ESPN and is sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association.

As of 2009, four invited notable players compete in this single-elimination event. Different from other pool tournaments, this is a winner-take-all event: The winner earns the entire purse of the division (men's or women's)^[1]; in 2009, the men's-division pot was US$25,000. Winners of either division earn the title "Champion of Champions".

Format

Promoters describe the geared-for-television event as "international champions ... battling in short, sudden-death shootouts with pressure-cooker formats".^[1]

Each match is compose of two sets; each of them is race to 5 and in alternate break. Players lag to determine who shall break in the first set. The player who loses that set will break in the second.

A 30-second shot clock rule is used. This means a player must make a shot within 30 seconds lest the other player will receive ball-in-hand. Each player, however, can call for an extension but only once per rack.

Unlike other 9-ball tournaments, a player must call the 9-ball before pocketing it. Failing to call the shot or the 9-ball going in another pocket other than the one called will result the 9-ball being respotted and the player loses his turn at the table. Also, a player can't win a rack by pocketing the 9-ball in the break.

To win a match, a player has to win both sets. If the sets are split (one player winning the first but other player winning the next), players again lag to break at the one rack decider.

Men's division winners

Chao Fong-pang holds the most wins (3) in the tournament.

Year	Winner
1991	USA}} Mike Lebron
1992	USA}} Buddy Hall
1993	USA}} Allen Hopkins
1994	USA}} Nick Varner
1995	TWN}} Chao Fong-pang
1996	GER}} Ralf Souquet
1997	GER}} Oliver Ortmann
1998	TWN}} Lee Kun-fang
1999	PHI}} Francisco Bustamante
2000	GER}} Oliver Ortmann
2001	TWN}} Chao Fong-pang
2002	PHI}} Efren Reyes
2003	PHI}} Francisco Bustamante
2004	GER}} Thomas Engert
2005	TWN}} Chao Fong-pang
2006	USA}} Johnny Archer
2007	NED}} Niels Feijen
2008	CHN}} Fu Jian-bo
2009	FIN}} Mika Immonen
2010	FIN}} Mika Immonen
2011	GBR}} Darren Appleton
2012	GBR}} Darren Appleton
2014	GER}} Thorsten Hohmann
2015	USA}} Shane Van Boening
2016	GBR}} Jayson Shaw

Women's division winners

Associated events

The tournament is held in association with Trick Shot Magic – the highest-rated pool tournament ever shown on ESPN – and the special Hall of Fame Challenge Cup (for the title Challenge Cup Champion), a two-player contest between female members of the BCA Hall of Fame.^[1]

Miscellaneous

The Internatiol Challenge of Champions, as of 2009, has been the only winner-take-all tournament still running. A similar tournament includes the Texas Hold'em Billiards Championship but has been changed and was only short-lived.
The tournament is also known as the being the only one to have used the Elephant Beautiful Balls, a brand of billiard balls with a patented swirly colored design. These were last applied in the 2002 edition of the event. From there, standard balls from Aramith became the norm ever since.

References

1. ^¹²{{cite web |title=Meet the Players in 'Champion of Champion' Tournaments (Sept. 29 – Oct. 1) |date=2015 |work=Pool & Billiard Magazine |url= http://poolmag.com/espn-poolbilliards-tournament-sept-29-oct-1/ |archive-url= |archive-date=January 18, 2018 |access-date=January 18, 2018}}

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