2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2015
Tournament information
Sport	Nine-ball
Location	al-Arabi Sports Club,; Doha, Qatar
Dates	September 7, 2015–September 18, 2015
Tournament; format(s)	Double elimination / Single elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Ko Pin-yi
Runner-up	Shane Van Boening
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The WPA 9-Ball-World Championship 2015 was the 24th edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from September 7 to 18, 2015 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the sixth time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.

The event was won by Ko Pin-yi of Chinese Taipei, who defeated America's Shane Van Boening in the final, with a score of 13 racks to 11.^[3]^[4]

Niels Feijen was the defending champion,^[5] however, he did not make it past the preliminary round of the tournament.^[6]

Format[]

From September 7 to 10, a qualifying tournament took place in which 128 participants played in three knockout competitions, for twelve starting places. The remaining 116 starting positions were previously awarded via the world rankings or according to a quota from the continental federations, the Qatari federation and as wildcard places by the WPA.^[7]

The 128 qualified for the main tournament players were initially divided into 16 groups. From September 12 to 15 these groups played in a double elimination tournament. From each group four players qualified for the final round, which took place from September 16 to 18 and was played in a knockout system. The event was played with the alternating break format. The goal was to play seven games in qualifying, nine games in the preliminary round, eleven games in the final round and 13 games in the final.^[8]

Prize money[]

	Amount^[9]
Winner	$30,000
Runner Up	$15,000
Semifinal	$7,500
Quarter final	$5,000
Last 16	$3.,000
Last 32	$2,000
Last 64	$1,500
65.–96. Place	$500
Total	200.000

Preliminary round[]

Group 1[]

^[10]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					Albin Ouschan	9
						5
				5			Albin Ouschan	8
		9		9			[de]	9
	[de]	8			[de]	9
						6
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					[de]	9
	[de]	8			[de]	5
	Albin Ouschan	9	[de]	9			[de]	4
			Konstantin Stepanov	5				9
					Konstantin Stepanov	7
						9
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 2[]

^[11]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					Wang Can	9
					[de]	6
			[de]	9			Wang Can	9
	[de]	9		8			Marc Bijsterbosch	4
	Radosław Babica	8			Marc Bijsterbosch	9
						4
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Radosław Babica	9
		8				3
	Marc Bijsterbosch	9		9			Radosław Babica	8
				6			[de]	9
					[de]	9
						7
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 3[]

^[12]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					Li Hewen	9
					Roman Hybler	8
			Roman Hybler	7			Li Hewen	9
		5		9				2
	Yang Ching-shun	9				9
						2
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Waleed Majid	6
	Waleed Majid	5			Yang Ching-shun	9
		9	Waleed Majid	9			Yang Ching-shun	6
			Francisco Sánchez	5			Yukio Akakariyama	9
					Francisco Sánchez	8
					Yukio Akakariyama	9
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 4[]

^[13]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					[de]	9
					[de]	3
			[de]	3			[de]	9
		5		9				4
		9				9
						6
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Nikos Ekonomopoulos	9
	Marco Teutscher	9				1
		3		0			Nikos Ekonomopoulos	9
			Marco Teutscher	9				6
					Marco Teutscher	7
						9
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 5[]

^[14]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					Warren Kiamco	9
					[de]	2
			[de]	9			Warren Kiamco	5
	[de]	6	[de]	7			Wojciech Szewczyk	9
		9			[de]	2
					Wojciech Szewczyk	9
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Wu Jiaqing	9
		6				5
	Warren Kiamco	9		9			Wu Jiaqing	9
				8				2
						2
						9
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 6[]

^[15]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					Chang Jung-Lin	8
					Ralf Souquet	9
			Chang Jung-Lin	9			Ralf Souquet	1
	Chang Jung-Lin	6		4			Mateusz Śniegocki	9
	Johann Chua	9			Mateusz Śniegocki	9
						8
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Johann Chua	9
		5				7
	Ralf Souquet	9		9			Johann Chua	7
				3				9
						3
						9
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 7[]

^[16]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					Nick van den Berg	5
					Naoyuki Ōi	9
			Nick van den Berg	9			Naoyuki Ōi	9
	Nick van den Berg	4		3				2
	Ruslan Chinakhov	9				9
						7
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Lee Van Corteza	6
	Lee Van Corteza	9			Ruslan Chinakhov	9
		2	Lee Van Corteza	9			Ruslan Chinakhov	4
				7			[de]	9
						8
					[de]	9
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 8[]

^[17]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					Daryl Peach	9
						2
				9			Daryl Peach	5
		9	[de]	5			Mike Dechaine	9
	[de]	7			Mike Dechaine	9
					[de]	4
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Carlo Biado	9
		9				6
	Daryl Peach	5		5			Carlo Biado	9
				9			[de]	5
					[de]	9
						6
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 9[]

^[18]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					Ko Pin-yi	9
					Denis Grabe	4
			Denis Grabe	9			Ko Pin-yi	9
	Denis Grabe	9		4			[de]	6
	Oliver Ortmann	7				6
					[de]	9
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Mika Immonen	9
		6				4
	[de]	9		8			Mika Immonen	9
				9			Oliver Ortmann	5
					Oliver Ortmann	9
						2
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 10[]

^[19]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					Ko Ping-chung	9
					Marcus Chamat	5
			Marcus Chamat	6			Ko Ping-chung	9
	Cheng Yu-hsuan	9	Cheng Yu-hsuan	9			[de]	2
	[de]	6			[de]	9
					Cheng Yu-hsuan	5
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Shane Van Boening	9
	Omran Salem	9			Omran Salem	6
	[de]	7	Omran Salem	9			Shane Van Boening	9
				8			[de]	5
						1
					[de]	9
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 11[]

^[20]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					John Morra	9
					Mario He	8
			Mario He	9			John Morra	9
	Mario He	9		6			[de]	4
		2			[de]	9
						6
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					[de]	3
	[de]	8			David Alcaide	9
	[de]	9	[de]	9			David Alcaide	9
				6				6
						9
						8
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 12[]

^[21]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					[de]	9
					Ryu Seung-woo	5
			Ryu Seung-woo	9			[de]	9
	Ryu Seung-woo	9		2			Tomasz Kapłan	4
	Niels Feijen	8				5
					Tomasz Kapłan	9
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Niels Feijen	9
	[de]	7			[de]	4
	Tomasz Kapłan	9	[de]	9			Niels Feijen	8
				7			Alexander Kazakis	9
					Alexander Kazakis	9
						1
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 13[]

^[22]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					Dennis Orcollo	9
					Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	4
			Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	9			Dennis Orcollo	9
	Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	9		3				6
	Thorsten Hohmann	4				9
						7
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Thorsten Hohmann	9
		9				3
		5		5			Thorsten Hohmann	8
				9			Jalal Yousef	9
						7
					Jalal Yousef	9
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 14[]

^[23]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					Karl Boyes	5
						9
			Karl Boyes	9				6
	Karl Boyes	7		2			Imran Majid	9
	Chao Fong-Pang	9			Imran Majid	9
						4
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Liu Haitao	5
	Liu Haitao	9			Chao Fong-Pang	9
		5	Liu Haitao	9			Chao Fong-Pang	8
				2			Karol Skowerski	9
					Karol Skowerski	9
						4
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 15[]

^[24]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					Chang Yu-Lung	9
					[de]	4
			[de]	8			Chang Yu-Lung	9
	Petri Makkonen	2	Petri Makkonen	9			Matthew Edwards	3
	Jason Klatt	9			Petri Makkonen	8
					Matthew Edwards	9
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Jason Klatt	9
	[de]	9				4
	Matthew Edwards	7		4			Jason Klatt	6
			[de]	9			[de]	9
					[de]	7
					[de]	9
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 16[]

^[25]

	2nd playoff round		1st playoff round		Main Round		Winner’s Round

					Antonio Gabica	9
					Omar Al-Shaheen	3
			Omar Al-Shaheen	9			Antonio Gabica	9
	Omar Al-Shaheen	5		4				6
	Aloysius Yapp	9				9
						3
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Darren Appleton	5
	Darren Appleton	9			Aloysius Yapp	9
		2	Darren Appleton	9			Aloysius Yapp	7
				3			Mark Gray	9
					Mark Gray	9
						1
	Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers eliminated.		Losers eliminated.		Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round.			Winners advance to the round of 64. Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Knockout round[]

^[26]^[27]^[28]

Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Final

[de]	9

Warren Kiamco	11
		Warren Kiamco	11

		Jalal Yousef	7
Jalal Yousef	11

	10
				Warren Kiamco	9

				Ko Pin-yi	11
Carlo Biado	11

Lee Van Corteza	5
		Carlo Biado	4

		Ko Pin-yi	11
Ko Pin-yi	11

	7
						Ko Pin-yi	11

						John Morra	6
Mika Immonen	11

	3
		Mika Immonen	11

			9
	11

Ryu Seung-woo	9
				Mika Immonen	8

				John Morra	11
John Morra	11

Omran Salem	2
		John Morra	11

		Mark Gray	10
Mark Gray	11

Ralf Souquet	10
								Ko Pin-yi	11

								Wu Jiaqing	10
Naoyuki Ōi	9

Aloysius Yapp	11
		Aloysius Yapp	11

		[de]	6
[de]	11

Jason Klatt	5
				Aloysius Yapp	11

				Alexander Kazakis	10
Imran Majid	10

Liu Haitao	11
		Liu Haitao	9

		Alexander Kazakis	11
Alexander Kazakis	11

Chao Fong-Pang	10
						Aloysius Yapp	7

						Wu Jiaqing	11
Antonio Gabica	5

Ruslan Chinakhov	11
		Ruslan Chinakhov	7

		Wang Can	11
Wang Can	11

[de]	7
				Wang Can	9

				Wu Jiaqing	11
[de]	7

Albin Ouschan	11
		Albin Ouschan	6

		Wu Jiaqing	11
Wu Jiaqing	11

	3
										Ko Pin-yi	13

										Shane Van Boening	11
Ko Ping-chung	11

Mario He	5
		Ko Ping-chung	11

		Yukio Akakariyama	9
Yukio Akakariyama	11

Johann Chua	5
				Ko Ping-chung	11

				Mike Dechaine	9
Li Hewen	7

Denis Grabe	11
		Denis Grabe	10

		Mike Dechaine	11
Mike Dechaine	11

Cheng Yu-hsuan	10
						Ko Ping-chung	11

						Wojciech Szewczyk	5
David Alcaide	11

Yang Ching-shun	8
		David Alcaide	11

		[de]	7
	8

[de]	11
				David Alcaide	10

				Wojciech Szewczyk	11
[de]	11

[de]	5
		[de]	8

		Wojciech Szewczyk	11
Wojciech Szewczyk	11

Marco Teutscher	8
								Ko Ping-chung	1

								Shane Van Boening	11
Chang Yu-Lung	11

Marc Bijsterbosch	4
		Chang Yu-Lung	11

			4
Karol Skowerski	4

	11
				Chang Yu-Lung	5

				Shane Van Boening	11
Shane Van Boening	11

Tomasz Kapłan	3
		Shane Van Boening	11

		Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	5
[de]	10

Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	11
						Shane Van Boening	11

						Dennis Orcollo	1
Mateusz Śniegocki	10

	11
			7

		Dennis Orcollo	11
Dennis Orcollo	11

	1
				Dennis Orcollo	11

				Darren Appleton	2
[de]	3

Darren Appleton	11
		Darren Appleton	11

		Nikos Ekonomopoulos	7
Nikos Ekonomopoulos	11

[de]	7

Player	Lag	Rack																								Racks won
Player	Lag	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Racks won
Ko Pin-yi	•																									13
Shane Van Boening																										11

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^ "Stage 2 – Group 12 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
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^ "Stage 2 – Group 14 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
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^ "Final Round Part 2 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 16 / September 18". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
^ "The Final! – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 18, 2015.

External links[]

WPA 9-Ball Championship 2015 from the World Pool-Billiard Association
WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2015 at azbilliards.com

[azbi_TheB-1] "The Big One is Here". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2018.

[wpa-_Page-2] "The big one is finally here". WPA Pool. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2016.

[azbi_KoBe-3] "Ko Becomes Pool's Hardcore Man". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.

[4] "Kozoom Competition -". competition.kozoom.com. Retrieved August 13, 2018.

[azbi_Feij-5] "Feijen". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2018.

[azbi_Judg-6] "Judgement Day Brings Surprises Aplenty". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2018.

[7] "Tournament Information" (PDF). wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.

[8] Ted Lerner. "The big one is finally here!". wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.

[a-9] Ted Lerner (July 29, 2016). "2016 World 9-Ball All Set to kick off in Qatar". wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.

[10] "Stage 2 – Group 1 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[11] "Stage 2 – Group 2 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[12] "Stage 2 – Group 3 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[13] "Stage 2 – Group 4 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[14] "Stage 2 – Group 5 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[15] "Stage 2 – Group 6 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[16] "Stage 2 – Group 7 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[17] "Stage 2 – Group 8 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[18] "Stage 2 – Group 9 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[19] "Stage 2 – Group 10 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[20] "Stage 2 – Group 11 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[21] "Stage 2 – Group 12 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[22] "Stage 2 – Group 13 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[23] "Stage 2 – Group 14 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[24] "Stage 2 – Group 15 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[25] "Stage 2 – Group 16 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 12 / September 15". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.

[26] "Final Round Part 1 – 2015 World 9-Ball Championship – 16 / September 18". kozoom.com. Retrieved September 18, 2015.

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Summer sports & indoor sports	American football Aquatics Archery Association football (women) Athletics cross country Badminton Beach soccer Beach volleyball Boxing (amateur) Bowls Canoeing sprint slalom Cricket Cycling road track BMX mountain bike Fencing Fistball Floorball (women) Futsal AMF men women Gymnastics artistic rhythmic trampoline Handball men women Judo Korfball Minifootball Modern pentathlon Netball Orienteering Rowing Rugby union Squash men women men's team Table tennis Taekwondo Weightlifting Wrestling Wushu
Winter sports	Alpine skiing Bandy (men) Biathlon Bobsleigh / Skeleton Curling men women mixed mixed doubles wheelchair Figure skating Freestyle skiing / Snowboarding Ice hockey men women Luge Nordic skiing Speed skating allround sprint single distance short track
Cue & mind sports	Chess women rapid blitz Darts BDO PDC Draughts men match men women match women Pool Nine-ball Ten-ball Snooker six-red
Motor sports	Air race Endurance Formula One F1 Powerboat Motocross MotoGP Moto2 Moto3 Motorcycle cross-country rally Radio-controlled 1:10 off-road Rally Rallycross Sidecarcross Superbike Supersport Touring car