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With participation from each federation
of the following countries:
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
- Chile
- Mexico
- Netherlands Antilles
- Panama
- Peru
- Puerto Rico
- Venezuela
Date and Time:
June 3rd 19:00 p.m. – 21:00 p.m.
June 4th 10:00 a.m. – 23:00 p.m.
June 5th 10:00 a.m. – 23:00 p.m.
June 6th 10:00 a.m. – 00:00 pm.
@ Granbeeuw Entertainment Center
Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles) will host the Pan-American 9-Ball Championships from June 3rd through
the 6th. This is the 6th Pan-American 9-Ball Championship masculine and 3rd Pan-American 9-Ball
Championship feminine.
The Pan-American Championships is the most important and prestigious 9 Ball event in this area that
groups seventeen (17) Caribbean, Central and South American Countries.
This event is sanctioned by the World-Pool Billiard Association.
The event qualifies eight (8) male and two (2) female players to represent their countries during the
World Pool Championships masculine to be held this year in Taipei, Taiwan on July 10-18, 2004 and
the World Pool Championships feminine to be held this year in Johannesburg, South Africa in July 2004.
A field of 48 male players and 18 female players will battle each other for the prestigious title, plus points for
the C.P.B. ranking system. The tournament will be held at the Granbeeuw Entertainment Center
Tel. (5999) 7470613.
The Hotels accommodating players will be the Howard Johnson Curaçao Plaza Hotel & Casino
(www.hojo-curacao.com - Tel 5999 4627800) and Hotel Otrabanda
(www.otrobandahotel.com - Tel 5999 4627400).
Jorge Llanos and Laura Famin, both from Argentina, are the defending Champions and have confirmed
their participation in the event.
The complete list of players as of May 13th, is as follows:
1. ARGENTINA: Jorge Llanos, Lucas Schuh, Rodrigo de Luca, Gustavo Espinoza
Laura Famin & Susana de Vita G.
2. ARUBA: Ditto Acosta, Aaron Franken, Jorge Petrocchi, Richard Wolff, Gunnar Leonardo.
Jelitza Trimon, Ghyslaine Kock & Marcia Chirino.
3. BOLIVIA: Sergio Canseco
4. BRAZIL: Rodrigo Turmina & Rafael Langer.
5. CHILE: Alejandro Carvajal, Alejandro Olguin, Victor Silva & Pablo Vieira.
6. COSTA RICA: Giovanni Orozco, Jose Rivera, Christian Campos.
Adriana Villar
7. MEXICO: Ernesto Dominguez & Ismael Paez
8. NETHERLANDS ANTILLES: Johnny Hellmund, David Prins, Bryan Landskind, Bryan Farah
Julien Rijna, Michael Arvelo (Curacao).
John Kruytoff, Rudolf Arrindell (St. Martin).
Milton Anthony & Carino Molina (Bonaire)
Lucia Wever, Signella de Camps, Jennifer Harkelijn & Meredith Trinidat.
9. PANAMA: Javier Palacios, Marco Valencia & Lino Castillo.
Elizabeth Ortiz
10. PERU: Martin Lara, John Lopez, Gustavo Borda, J.Alvarez & Juan Vega
Jessia Mamani, Zdenka Maric Garcia, & Betzabeth Sanabria
11. PUERTO RICO: Jason Cruz, Alan Rolon, Jorge Rivera and Edgardo Irizarry.
Valerie D' Andrea
12. VENEZUELA: Jerry Calderon, Dario Perez, Johnny Martinez, J.Perez & Luis Miguel Sanchez.
Mirjana Grujicic, Alejandra Pererira
For more information about the Pan-American 9-Ball Championships,
contact Nathaniel Zoetrum at Tel. (5999) 5179935 or email: nzoetrum@febiko.com
