2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Nine-ball |
Location | al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar[1] |
Dates | December 9, 2017–December 14, 2017 |
Tournament format(s) | Double elimination / Single elimination |
Host(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
Participants | 128 |
Final positions | |
Champion | Carlo Biado |
Runner-up | Roland Garcia |
The WPA 9-Ball-World Championship 2017 was the 26th edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from December 9 to 14, 2017 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the eighth time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.[2]
The championship was won by Filipino Carlo Biado, who defeated his compatriot Roland Garcia 13–5 in the final. Third place went to Taiwanese and fourth to Albanian Eklent Kaçi. Defending champion was the Austrian Albin Ouschan, who lost in the second round against Kun-lin. The world number one Chang Jung-Lin was defeated in the round of the last 64 of the Canadian John Morra.
Qualification[]
The tournament is attended by 128 players. 24 players qualified over the world rankings.[3] A total of 92 starting places have been awarded according to a quota by the continental and regional associations as well as the hosting Qatari association and the sponsors.[3] From December 5 to 7, 2017, a qualifying tournament was held, in which 96 participants in three knockout competitions played off the remaining 12 starting positions.
In the main tournament, the 128 participants were first divided into 16 groups of 8 players, in which they competed in the double knockout system from December 9 to 11 . Four players of each group qualified for the final round, which took place from December 12 to 14 and was played in the knockout system.[2][3]
Tournament bracket[]
Preliminary round[]
Group 1[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
Chang Jung-Lin | 9 | ||||||||||||||
7 | |||||||||||||||
7 | Chang Jung-Lin | 9 | |||||||||||||
3 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||||||
Mateusz Śniegocki | 9 | 8 | |||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
Chang Yu-Lung | 9 | ||||||||||||||
1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
9 | 5 | Chang Yu-Lung | 9 | ||||||||||||
9 | Mateusz Śniegocki | 5 | |||||||||||||
8 | |||||||||||||||
Mateusz Śniegocki | 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[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
Johann Chua | 9 | ||||||||||||||
4 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Johann Chua | 8 | |||||||||||||
7 | 6 | Jalal al-Sarisi | 9 | ||||||||||||
Mieszko Fortuński | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Jalal al-Sarisi | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
Mieszko Fortuński | 9 | ||||||||||||||
9 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Johann Chua | 3 | 9 | Mieszko Fortuński | 5 | |||||||||||
6 | Francisco Sánchez | 9 | |||||||||||||
6 | |||||||||||||||
Francisco Sánchez | 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 3[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
Jeffrey de Luna | 9 | ||||||||||||||
1 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Jeffrey de Luna | 9 | |||||||||||||
7 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||||
9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
7 | |||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
Ryu Seung-woo | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Ryu Seung-woo | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||
5 | Ryu Seung-woo | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||||
Mika Immonen | 5 | 9 | |||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||||
Mika Immonen | 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 4[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
Warren Kiamco | 9 | ||||||||||||||
3 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Warren Kiamco | 7 | |||||||||||||
0 | 9 | Konstantin Stepanov | 9 | ||||||||||||
9 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Konstantin Stepanov | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
3 | |||||||||||||||
6 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Warren Kiamco | 9 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||||
9 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
5 | |||||||||||||||
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[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
Ko Pin-yi | 9 | ||||||||||||||
6 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Ko Pin-yi | 9 | |||||||||||||
6 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||||
Niels Feijen | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||
2 | |||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
Wojciech Szewczyk | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Wojciech Szewczyk | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||
7 | Wojciech Szewczyk | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||
6 | Niels Feijen | 8 | |||||||||||||
0 | |||||||||||||||
Niels Feijen | 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[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
2 | |||||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||||
9 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
5 | 4 | Nick Malai | 9 | ||||||||||||
9 | Nick Malai | 9 | |||||||||||||
7 | |||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||||
Damianos Giallourakis | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||
9 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
Damianos Giallourakis | 9 | Joshua Filler | 9 | ||||||||||||
Damianos Giallourakis | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Joshua Filler | 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[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
Alex Pagulayan | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Yukio Akakariyama | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Alex Pagulayan | 7 | Yukio Akakariyama | 7 | ||||||||||||
6 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||
Roland Garcia | 9 | 7 | |||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
4 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Maximilian Lechner | 9 | |||||||||||||
Yukio Akakariyama | 7 | 9 | Maximilian Lechner | 9 | |||||||||||
5 | Roland Garcia | 5 | |||||||||||||
6 | |||||||||||||||
Roland Garcia | 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[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
Mario He | 9 | ||||||||||||||
3 | |||||||||||||||
4 | Mario He | 8 | |||||||||||||
9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||
Cheng Yu-hsuan | 6 | 9 | |||||||||||||
6 | |||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||||
Wiktor Zieliński | 9 | 5 | |||||||||||||
Mario He | 8 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Wiktor Zieliński | 9 | Cheng Yu-hsuan | 7 | ||||||||||||
Wiktor Zieliński | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Cheng Yu-hsuan | 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 9[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
Albin Ouschan | 9 | ||||||||||||||
5 | |||||||||||||||
5 | Albin Ouschan | 9 | |||||||||||||
8 | 9 | 5 | |||||||||||||
9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
5 | |||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
Wang Can | 5 | ||||||||||||||
3 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Wang Can | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||
9 | Liu Haitao | 9 | |||||||||||||
5 | |||||||||||||||
Liu Haitao | 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 10[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
Ralf Souquet | 9 | ||||||||||||||
2 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Ralf Souquet | 7 | |||||||||||||
5 | 4 | Roman Hybler | 9 | ||||||||||||
Ruslan Chinakhov | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Roman Hybler | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
2 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Tomasz Kapłan | 9 | |||||||||||||
Ralf Souquet | 7 | 6 | Tomasz Kapłan | 9 | |||||||||||
9 | Ruslan Chinakhov | 8 | |||||||||||||
8 | |||||||||||||||
Ruslan Chinakhov | 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[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
Alexander Kazakis | 9 | ||||||||||||||
2 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Alexander Kazakis | 9 | |||||||||||||
Waleed Majid | 1 | Waleed Majid | 9 | Sebastian Ludwig | 7 | ||||||||||
9 | Sebastian Ludwig | 9 | |||||||||||||
Waleed Majid | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
2 | |||||||||||||||
9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Sebastian Ludwig | 8 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||||
2 | Eklent Kaçi | 9 | |||||||||||||
2 | |||||||||||||||
Eklent Kaçi | 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 12[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
David Alcaide | 9 | ||||||||||||||
0 | |||||||||||||||
9 | David Alcaide | 4 | |||||||||||||
0 | 4 | Radosław Babica | 9 | ||||||||||||
9 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Radosław Babica | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||||
5 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
David Alcaide | 9 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||
9 | Ko Ping-chung | 9 | |||||||||||||
5 | |||||||||||||||
Ko Ping-chung | 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 13[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
Carlo Biado | 9 | ||||||||||||||
6 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Carlo Biado | 9 | |||||||||||||
9 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Denis Grabe | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||||
9 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
4 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||
3 | Denis Grabe | 4 | |||||||||||||
1 | |||||||||||||||
Denis Grabe | 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[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||||
7 | |||||||||||||||
9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
9 | 0 | Petri Makkonen | 7 | ||||||||||||
6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Petri Makkonen | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
8 | |||||||||||||||
Thorsten Hohmann | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||
Petri Makkonen | 7 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Thorsten Hohmann | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||
} | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Thorsten Hohmann | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
Naoyuki Ōi | 9 | ||||||||||||||
3 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Naoyuki Ōi | 9 | |||||||||||||
9 | 3 | John Morra | 8 | ||||||||||||
Wu Jiaqing | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||
John Morra | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
Marco Teutscher | 9 | ||||||||||||||
5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
John Morra | 9 | 9 | Marco Teutscher | 9 | |||||||||||
Yang Ching-shun | 6 | Wu Jiaqing | 2 | ||||||||||||
Yang Ching-shun | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Wu Jiaqing | 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[]
2nd playoff round | 1st playoff round | Main Round | Winner’s Round | ||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||||
6 | |||||||||||||||
9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
9 | 1 | Konrad Juszczyszyn | 7 | ||||||||||||
4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Konrad Juszczyszyn | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Losers' bracket | Winners' bracket | ||||||||||||||
5 | |||||||||||||||
9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Konrad Juszczyszyn | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||
8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
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. |
Final round[]
Final[]
The final was played between two Filipino players, the two players alternate break. Carlo Biado reached 13 in the first place to win the championship.
Biado quickly dominated the first two games. He then took advantage of Garcia's mistakes to make the score 5–0, then 7–0. Garcia gets the first point in the eighth game, losing 1–7. However Garcia's perfectionism in the next game led Biado to raise the score to 8–1.
Garcia seemed to be back with two straight wins, with a 3–8 deficit. However, a good break from Biado, with a penalty shoot-out Garcia made the score continue to separate the 7 points is 10–3. However, at this time the results seem to have been determined. Biado quickly ended the match with a perfect game of breaking balls and win the match and the 9-Ball world championship for the first time.[14][15]
Player | Lag | Rack | Racks won | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |||
Carlo Biado | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
Roland Garcia | • | 5 |
Notes and references[]
Notes[]
- ^ Liu Haitao arrived 25 minutes late. The game was therefore scored 11-0 for Carlo Biado.
References[]
- ^ "World 9-Ball Championship - Men (December 4, 2017)". WPA Pool. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
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- ^ Ted Lerner (December 10, 2017). "Chang, Ouschan, lead the way on day 1…". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
- ^ Ted Lerner (December 11, 2017). "Filler steamrolls into the Knockout Rounds…". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
- ^ Ted Lerner (December 12, 2017). "It's all business from here on in…". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
- ^ a b "Played matches World 9 Ball Championship – Doha / Qatar 2017". esnooker.pl. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
- ^ "World 9 Ball Championship Double Elimination – Doha / Qatar 2017". esnooker.pl. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ Ted Lerner (December 12, 2017). "It's down to the final 16 in Doha". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
- ^ Ted Lerner (December 13, 2017). "Four left to go for World 9-Ball Crown on Thursday". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
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External links[]
- Official Website
- Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2017 at azbilliards.com
- WPA World Nine-ball Championship
- 2017 in cue sports
- 2017 in Qatari sport
- International sports competitions hosted by Qatar
- Sports competitions in Doha