WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2018Tournament information |
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Sport | 9-ball |
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Location | al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar[1] |
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Dates | December 14, 2018–December 20, 2018[2] |
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Tournament format(s) | Double elimination / Single elimination |
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Host(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
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Participants | 128 |
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Final positions |
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Champion | Joshua Filler |
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Runner-up | Carlo Biado |
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The 2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was a 9-Ball pool world Championships. The event took place between December 10 to 20, 2018 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha, Qatar.[1] The Qatari capital held the event for the eighth time in a row.[3]
The reigning champion was Filipino Carlo Biado, who defeated his compatriot Roland Garcia 13–5 in the 2017 final.[4][5] Biado would reach the final of the event, defeating Shane Van Boening in the semi-final. Germany's Joshua Filler won the event, defeating Biado in the final 13–10.[6]
Tournament summary
The event was entered by 128 participants who were initially divided into 16 groups of 8 players, in which they competed against each other from December 14 to 16 in a double elimination tournament. Four players in each group qualified for the final round, which will be played from December 17 to 20. The event was played under "alternating break" format.[7]
In the initial double-elimination round, 2003 and 2013 champion Thorsten Hohmann was eliminated, having first lost 6–9 to Jason Theron,[8] and then to 2005 champion Wu Jiaqing also 6–9, despite being ahead 6–2.[9]
Later in the event, 9-ball world number one Klenti Kaci was defeated in the round of 32 – 10–11 to 17 year old Robbie Capito. Capito was at one stage 7–1, and 10–8 down in the match, but won the final three racks to win the match.[10][11]
The semi-finals and final were played on the December 20, 2018.[12] The reigning champion Carlo Biado defeated Shane Van Boening in the first semi-final, whilst Joshua Filler defeated Alexander Kazakis in a final rack decider. Filler would win the event; climbing to an 11–7 lead, and eventually winning 13–10.[6][13]
Prize money
The event saw a total prize pool of $200,000.[14]
| Prize money[7] |
Winner | 40.000 US$ |
Final | 15.000 US$ |
Semi-final | ? US$ |
Quarter-final | ? US$ |
Last 16 | ? US$ |
Last 32 | ? US$ |
Last 64 | ? US$ |
Total | 200.000 US$ |
Preliminary round
[15][16]
Group 1
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| Eklent Kaçi | 9 |
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| Alejandro Carvajal [de] | 7 | | |
| | | Eklent Kaçi | 9 |
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| | | Meshaal al-Murdhi | 6 |
| Meshaal al-Murdhi | 9 | | |
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| Abdulatif Alfawal | 5 | | |
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| Aloysius Yapp | 9 |
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| Fayaz Hussain | 3 | | |
| | | Aloysius Yapp | 9 |
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| | | Witalij Pazura [de] | 8 |
| Witalij Pazura [de] | 9 | | |
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| Ryu Seung-woo | 5 | | |
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| 1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round |
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| | Abdulatif Alfawal | 6 |
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| Alejandro Carvajal [de] | 4 | | | Witalij Pazura [de] | 9 |
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| Abdulatif Alfawal | 9 | | | |
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| | Ryu Seung-woo | 9 |
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| Fayaz Hussain | 3 | | | Meshaal al-Murdhi | 3 |
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| Ryu Seung-woo | 9 | | | |
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Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
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| Main Round | | | Winner’s Round |
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| Carlo Biado | 9 |
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| Jorge Llanos [de] | 3 | | |
| | | Carlo Biado | 9 |
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| | | Sergei Luzker | 5 |
| Sergei Luzker | 9 | | |
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| Nguyễn Anh Tuấn | 8 | | |
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| Wiktor Zieliński | 7 |
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| Tomoya Iima | 9 | | |
| | | Tomoya Iima | 9 |
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| | | Dương Quốc Hoàng | 7 |
| Ameer Ali | 5 | | |
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| Dương Quốc Hoàng | 9 | | |
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| 1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round |
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| | Nguyễn Anh Tuấn | 9 |
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| Jorge Llanos [de] | 2 | | | Dương Quốc Hoàng | 5 |
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| Nguyễn Anh Tuấn | 9 | | | |
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| | Wiktor Zieliński | 9 |
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| Wiktor Zieliński | 9 | | | Sergei Luzker | 7 |
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| Ameer Ali | 8 | | | |
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Group 10
Group 11
Group 12
Group 13
Group 14
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| Main Round | | | Winner’s Round |
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| Denis Grabe | 3 |
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| Phone Myint Kyaw | 9 | | |
| | | Phone Myint Kyaw | 9 |
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| | | Lo Ho Sum | 4 |
| Toh Lian Han [de] | 3 | | |
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| Lo Ho Sum | 9 | | |
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| Konstantin Stepanov | 9 |
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| Enrique Rojas [de] | 8 | | |
| | | Konstantin Stepanov | 9 |
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| | | Dang Jinhu [de] | 4 |
| Lin Ta Li | 8 | | |
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| Dang Jinhu [de] | 9 | | |
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| 1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round |
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| | Denis Grabe | 6 |
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| Denis Grabe | 9 | | | Dang Jinhu [de] | 9 |
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| Toh Lian Han [de] | 2 | | | |
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| | Lin Ta Li | 9 |
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| Enrique Rojas [de] | 8 | | | Lo Ho Sum | 6 |
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| Lin Ta Li | 9 | | | |
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Group 15
Group 16
Finals
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Grand Final
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References
- ^ a b "THE WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP TO STAY IN QATAR FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS – WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ^ "2018 WPA Men's World 9-Ball Champs". WPA Pool. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ Ted Lerner (December 7, 2017). "All Systems go for World 9-Ball Championship". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ "BIADO FINALLY REACHES POOL'S MOUNTAINTOP – WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Archived from the original on December 18, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ^ "Biado Finally Reaches Pool's Mountaintop". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ^ a b "Final Scorecard". December 20, 2018. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ^ a b Ted Lerner (December 13, 2018). "It's Anyone's Game in Doha". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ "Van Boening, Other Top Stars Cruise On Day One In Doha". azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
Jason Theron
- ^ "Judgement Day Casts Out The Weak As Fantastic Final 64 Gets Set To Do Battle". azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ "17 Year Old Hong Kong Native Capito Stuns Kaci To Reach Final 16". azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ Goral, Dariusz. "Eklent KaÇi vs Robbie Capito – Scoresheet". esnooker.pl. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ Lerner, Ted. "It's Biado vs. Van Boening, Filler vs. Kazakis As The 2018 World 9-ball Championship Heads To Final Day". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ^ "Billiards: Carlo Biado bows to German foe in World 9-Ball Championship". ABS-CBN News. December 20, 2018. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
- ^ "WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2018". azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ "World 9-Ball Championship Double Elimination – Doha / Qatar 2018". esnooker.pl. Dariusz Goral. December 16, 2018.
- ^ a b "2018 WPA Mens World 9-Ball Champs – Live Scoring Link". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. December 13, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ "World 9 Ball Championship Men – Doha / Qatar 2018 (Knockout)". esnooker.pl. Dariusz Goral. December 16, 2018.
- ^ Goral, Dariusz. "Scoresheet". esnooker.pl. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
External links
- WPA World 9-ball championship 2018 Archived August 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine at azbilliards.com
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