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 championWu 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]
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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 WPA World 9 Ball Championship 2018Tournament informationSport9 ballLocational Arabi Sports Club Doha Qatar 1 DatesDecember 14 2018 December 20 2018 2 Tournamentformat s Double elimination Single eliminationHost s WPA World Nine ball ChampionshipParticipants128Final positionsChampionJoshua FillerRunner upCarlo Biado 20172019 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 Contents 1 Tournament summary 1 1 Prize money 2 Preliminary round 2 1 Group 1 2 2 Group 2 2 3 Group 3 2 4 Group 4 2 5 Group 5 2 6 Group 6 2 7 Group 7 2 8 Group 8 2 9 Group 9 2 10 Group 10 2 11 Group 11 2 12 Group 12 2 13 Group 13 2 14 Group 14 2 15 Group 15 2 16 Group 16 3 Finals 3 1 Grand Final 4 References 5 External linksTournament summary EditThe 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 Edit 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 Edit 15 16 Group 1 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Eklent Kaci9 Alejandro Carvajal de 7 Eklent Kaci9 Meshaal al Murdhi6 Meshaal al Murdhi9 Abdulatif Alfawal5 Aloysius Yapp9 Fayaz Hussain3 Aloysius Yapp9 Witalij Pazura de 8 Witalij Pazura de 9 Ryu Seung woo51st playoff round2nd playoff round Abdulatif Alfawal6 Alejandro Carvajal de 4 Witalij Pazura de 9 Abdulatif Alfawal9 Ryu Seung woo9 Fayaz Hussain3 Meshaal al Murdhi3 Ryu Seung woo9Group 2 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Joshua Filler9 Stanimir Ruslanow5 Joshua Filler9 Mazen Berjaoui5 Mazen Berjaoui9 Matthew Edwards6 Hunter Lombardo5 Radoslaw Babica9 Radoslaw Babica6 Jeff de Luna9 Sami Koylu7 Jeff de Luna91st playoff round2nd playoff round Matthew Edwards7 Stanimir Ruslanow5 Radoslaw Babica9 Matthew Edwards9 Hunter Lombardo8 Hunter Lombardo9 Mazen Berjaoui9 Sami Koylu7Group 3 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Roland Garcia8 Hsu Jui an de 9 Hsu Jui an de 9 Bader al Awadhi1 Ahmed Nizam Uddin1 Bader al Awadhi9 Billy Thorpe9 Ahmed Aleqaly4 Billy Thorpe7 Liu Ri teng9 Liu Ri teng9 David Alcaide11st playoff round2nd playoff round Roland Garcia9 Roland Garcia9 Billy Thorpe5 Ahmed Nizam Uddin5 David Alcaide7 Ahmed Aleqaly2 Bader al Awadhi9 David Alcaide9Group 4 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Fjodor Gorst9 Omar Al Shaheen6 Fjodor Gorst9 Jeong Young hwa de 1 Mohammad Soufi de 7 Jeong Young hwa de 9 Wojciech Szewczyk5 Robbie Capito9 Robbie Capito9 Sanjin Pehlivanovic5 Sanjin Pehlivanovic9 Johann Chua71st playoff round2nd playoff round Omar Al Shaheen9 Omar Al Shaheen9 Sanjin Pehlivanovic6 Mohammad Soufi de 6 Johann Chua9 Wojciech Szewczyk3 Jeong Young hwa de 7 Johann Chua9Group 5 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Niels Feijen9 Chang Yu Lung5 Niels Feijen9 Francisco Diaz Pizarro7 Francisco Diaz Pizarro9 Israel Rota2 Corey Deuel9 Ahmed Tanvir5 Corey Deuel9 Petri Makkonen4 Fawaz al Rashedi3 Petri Makkonen91st playoff round2nd playoff round Chang Yu Lung6 Chang Yu Lung9 Petri Makkonen9 Israel Rota5 Ahmed Tanvir5 Ahmed Tanvir9 Francisco Diaz Pizarro9 Fawaz al Rashedi4Group 6 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Hsieh Chia chen9 Satoshi Kawabata de 3 Hsieh Chia chen9 Ruslan Chinachov8 Ruslan Chinachov9 Mika Immonen5 Mateusz Sniegocki9 Vincent Halliday7 Mateusz Sniegocki9 Jeffrey Ignacio de 5 Abdullah Alenzi6 Jeffrey Ignacio de 91st playoff round2nd playoff round Satoshi Kawabata de 6 Satoshi Kawabata de 9 Jeffrey Ignacio de 9 Mika Immonen4 Abdullah Alenzi2 Vincent Halliday1 Ruslan Chinachov9 Abdullah Alenzi9Group 7 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Alexander Kazakis9 Jakub Koniar de 8 Alexander Kazakis9 Hayato Hijikata de 8 Ko Ping han4 Hayato Hijikata de 9 Xu Xiaocong9 Ahmad Mohamad Sllah8 Xu Xiaocong6 Waleed Majid9 Waleed Majid9 Cheng Yu hsuan51st playoff round2nd playoff round Ko Ping han9 Jakub Koniar de 4 Xu Xiaocong7 Ko Ping han9 Cheng Yu hsuan9 Ahmad Mohamad Sllah2 Hayato Hijikata de 5 Cheng Yu hsuan9Group 8 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Alex Pagulayan9 Mohammad Berjaoui8 Alex Pagulayan9 Tōru Kuribayashi de 8 Sharik Aslam Sayed5 Tōru Kuribayashi de 9 Roman Hybler9 Mohammad al Amin8 Roman Hybler1 Ko Pin yi9 Hasan Idan4 Ko Pin yi91st playoff round2nd playoff round Sharik Aslam Sayed9 Mohammad Berjaoui6 Roman Hybler4 Sharik Aslam Sayed9 Hasan Idan6 Mohammad al Amin6 Tōru Kuribayashi de 9 Hasan Idan9Group 9 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Carlo Biado9 Jorge Llanos de 3 Carlo Biado9 Sergei Luzker5 Sergei Luzker9 Nguyễn Anh Tuấn8 Wiktor Zielinski7 Tomoya Iima9 Tomoya Iima9 Dương Quốc Hoang7 Ameer Ali5 Dương Quốc Hoang91st playoff round2nd playoff round Nguyễn Anh Tuấn9 Jorge Llanos de 2 Dương Quốc Hoang5 Nguyễn Anh Tuấn9 Wiktor Zielinski9 Wiktor Zielinski9 Sergei Luzker7 Ameer Ali8Group 10 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Liu Haitao9 Ali Abdulhadi2 Liu Haitao6 Wang Can9 Marlon Manalo6 Wang Can9 Martin Daigle8 Casper Matikainen9 Casper Matikainen4 Naoyuki Ōi9 Abdullah Falah2 Naoyuki Ōi91st playoff round2nd playoff round Marlon Manalo2 Ali Abdulhadi2 Casper Matikainen9 Marlon Manalo9 Martin Daigle6 Martin Daigle9 Liu Haitao9 Abdullah Falah3Group 11 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Thorsten Hohmann6 Jason Theron9 Jason Theron5 Tomasz Kaplan9 Takhti Zarekani6 Tomasz Kaplan9 Maximilian Lechner7 Tomoo Takano9 Tomoo Takano9 Wu Jiaqing8 Jimmy Worung1 Wu Jiaqing91st playoff round2nd playoff round Thorsten Hohmann6 Thorsten Hohmann9 Wu Jiaqing9 Takhti Zarekani7 Maximilian Lechner9 Maximilian Lechner9 Jason Theron5 Jimmy Worung6Group 12 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Chris Melling9 Marc Bijsterbosch2 Chris Melling9 Richard Halliday3 Ali Maghsoud8 Richard Halliday9 Maxim Dudanez6 Yukio Akakariyama9 Yukio Akakariyama7 Wu Kun lin9 Wojciech Sroczynski de 5 Wu Kun lin91st playoff round2nd playoff round Ali Maghsoud3 Marc Bijsterbosch8 Yukio Akakariyama9 Ali Maghsoud9 Wojciech Sroczynski de 9 Maxim Dudanez7 Richard Halliday3 Wojciech Sroczynski de 9Group 13 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Ko Ping chung9 Ivar Saris6 Ko Ping chung9 Nick Malai6 Nick Malai9 Robert Hart3 Jalal Yousef9 Oliver Szolnoki5 Jalal Yousef7 Shane Van Boening9 Marek Kudlik de 1 Shane Van Boening91st playoff round2nd playoff round Ivar Saris6 Ivar Saris9 Jalal Yousef9 Robert Hart3 Marek Kudlik de 8 Oliver Szolnoki8 Nick Malai9 Marek Kudlik de 9Group 14 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Denis Grabe3 Phone Myint Kyaw9 Phone Myint Kyaw9 Lo Ho Sum4 Toh Lian Han de 3 Lo Ho Sum9 Konstantin Stepanov9 Enrique Rojas de 8 Konstantin Stepanov9 Dang Jinhu de 4 Lin Ta Li8 Dang Jinhu de 91st playoff round2nd playoff round Denis Grabe6 Denis Grabe9 Dang Jinhu de 9 Toh Lian Han de 2 Lin Ta Li9 Enrique Rojas de 8 Lo Ho Sum6 Lin Ta Li9Group 15 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Francisco Sanchez9 Aung Moe Thu6 Francisco Sanchez9 John Morra2 Roberto Brillantes0 John Morra9 Konrad Juszczyszyn9 Kong Bu Hong4 Konrad Juszczyszyn9 Albin Ouschan4 Thomas Tokoph4 Albin Ouschan91st playoff round2nd playoff round Aung Moe Thu5 Aung Moe Thu9 Albin Ouschan9 Roberto Brillantes3 Thomas Tokoph3 Kong Bu Hong8 John Morra9 Thomas Tokoph9Group 16 Edit Main RoundWinner s Round Ralf Souquet9 Mohammed Hassan3 Ralf Souquet9 Lo Li wen de 2 Bing Chen Gao5 Lo Li wen de 9 Bashar Abdulmajeed de 7 Damianos Giallourakis9 Damianos Giallourakis8 Chang Jung Lin9 Kwon Hojun8 Chang Jung Lin91st playoff round2nd playoff round Bing Chen Gao9 Mohammed Hassan6 Damianos Giallourakis7 Bing Chen Gao9 Kwon Hojun5 Bashar Abdulmajeed de 4 Lo Li wen de 9 Kwon Hojun9Finals Edit 16 17 Round of 64Round of 32Last 16Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal Eklent Kaci11 Bing Chen Gao4 Eklent Kaci10 Robbie Capito11 Mazen Berjaoui4 Robbie Capito11 Robbie Capito1 Joshua Filler11 Wang Can9 Nguyễn Anh Tuấn11 Nguyễn Anh Tuấn6 Joshua Filler11 Nick Malai5 Joshua Filler11 Joshua Filler11 Albin Ouschan6 Roland Garcia11 Waleed Majid7 Roland Garcia8 Albin Ouschan11 Albin Ouschan11 Hsieh Chia chen6 Albin Ouschan11 Wiktor Zielinski8 Tomasz Kaplan4 Wiktor Zielinski11 Wiktor Zielinski11 Johann Chua5 Phone Myint Kyaw2 Johann Chua11 Joshua Filler11 Alexander Kazakis10 Niels Feijen11 a, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
