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2016 Kremlin Cup (pool)

Russian 10-ball pool tournament, held September 2016

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ27897278
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The 2016 Kremlin Cup was a professional pool tournament in the discipline Ten-ball, held from 9–12 November 2016 in Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.

The winner was Alexander Kazakis, who defeated Thorsten Hohmann 9–6 in the final. Dsmitryj Tschuprou and Ralf Souquet took third place. Ruslan Chinakhov, the winner of the previous two years, was eliminated in the quarter-final against Kazakis.

Tournament format

The event featured 101 participants competing first in a Double-elimination tournament. When there are 32 players remaining, the tournament progressed to a single-elimination tournament. The event was contested as race to eight racks, with the final as a race to 9 racks. The event was played as winner breaks.

Prize money

Results

Below is the single elimination round from the last 32 stage onwards.

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