1 and 2 Day Results- Feb 23 & 24 qualifiers for the Las Vegas World Cup
Eight US Players Punch Their Tickets to World Cup
Eight American players qualified for the Las Vegas World Cup in the USBA
February 23 qualifying tournament held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
Vicke Pineda
Chang Pyun
Harry Pe ña
Youngha Choi
Wilmer de J Giraldo
Luis Castillo
Jesus Corona
Hernan Patarroyo
They will join ten other US Players who are in the World Cup field.
Current US National Champion Pedro Piedrabuena and Hugo Patiño were
selected by the corporate organizer, Predator. They will play in the round of 32.
Players who placed third through tenth at the 2022 USBA Nationals have
qualified for the preliminary rounds:
Third Carlos Mario Villegas
Fourth Kang Lee
Fifth John Park
Sixth Raymond Groot
Seventh Tae Kyu Lee
Eighth Quoc Tran Vo
Ninth Frank Torres
Tenth Victor Cuzzi
Miguel Torres, who placed second, was unable to attend.
The USBA will hold a qualifier on February 24. Six additional players will
qualify.The World Cup, which brings the top intentional players together, will begin on
February 26 and end on March 4.
On February 24, nine (9) players qualified to the big dance via the USBA qualifier:
Christian Tejada
Bilal Khalifa
Jefferson Bolivar
Seung Kwon Hong
Jovanny Ceballos
Kang Shin
Eric Kwon
Eder Zapata
Mitch Arnold
The World Cup will begin on February 26