2017 Women's World Nine-ball Championship

2017 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship
Tournament information
Dates	November 8–11 2017
City	Chengmai
Country	China
Organisation(s)
Format	Double elimination / Single elimination
Discipline	Nine-ball
Total prize fund	$175,000
Winner's share	$43,000
Final
Champion	(CHN)
Runner-up	Pan Xiaoting (CHN)
Score	9–7
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The 2017 Women's World Nine-ball Championship was a professional nine-ball pool tournament which was held in Hainan Chengmai (China) from 8 to 11 November 2017. The event was organized by the Guoao Group, which has hosted this event from 2013.^[1]

Overall 64 players from all arount the world was divided into 8 groups of 8 players, where double elimination format was applied. In the group stage all matches were race to 7 with alternate break format. Overall 32 players proceeded to the main tournament - knouckout stage. In the Knouckout stage all matches were played race to 9.

Siming Chen won the title with the 9–7 victory over Pan Xiaoting in the final. It was Chen's first Women's World Nine-ball title.

The prize money for the event is shown below.^[2]

Prize money
Position	Prize
First place (Champion)	$43,000
Second place (Runner-up)	$21,000
3rd - 4th	$11,000
5th - 8th	$6,000
9th - 16th	$3,000
17th - 32nd	$1,500
33rd - 48th	$800
Total	$175,000

Preliminary round - Double elimination^[3][]

In the group stage, the double elimination format was played with race to 7.

Group A[]

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

					Chen Siming	7
					Veronika Ivanovskaia	4
			Veronika Ivanovskaia	6			Chen Siming	7
		2		7				2
		7				7
						6
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
						7
		7			Ruolin Chen	5
		2	Ruolin Chen	2				5
				7				7
						7
						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 B[]

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

					Han Yu	4
						7
				7				1
	Han Yu	7		3				7
		5				7
						4
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
						6
		4				7
		7		7				2
			Kristina Tkach	4			Rubilen Amit	7
					Kristina Tkach	5
					Rubilen Amit	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 C[]

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

						7
						2
				7			Liu Shasha	7
		5		0				4
		7				7
						1
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
						6
		7				7
		5		7				7
			Oliwia Czuprynska	6				1
					Oliwia Czuprynska	3
						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 D[]

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

					Ga Young Kim	2
						7
			Ga Young Kim	7				7
	Ga Young Kim	7	Jessica Tan	6				6
		4			Jessica Tan	5
						7
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
						2
		7				7
		3		1				4
				7				7
						7
						5
	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 E[]

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

					Chezka Centeno	7
						4
				7			Chezka Centeno	7
		2	Tamara Peeters-Rademakers	5				3
		7			Tamara Peeters-Rademakers	2
						7
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
						7
		7				5
		5		6				5
				7			Fan Yang	7
					Fan Yang	7
						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 F[]

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

						7
						2
				7				6
		5		5				7
		7				5
						7
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
						5
		7				7
		4		2				7
				7				0
						7
						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 G[]

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

					Kelly Fisher	7
						0
				3			Kelly Fisher	7
		0		7			Jasmin Ouschan	5
		7				4
					Jasmin Ouschan	7
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
						5
		7				7
	Jasmin Ouschan	5		5				7
				7				3
						3
						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 H[]

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

						6
					Xue Chen	7
				7			Xue Chen	7
		7		6				4
		1				7
						5
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
						7
		6				4
		7		2				2
				7			Xiaoting Pan	7
						4
						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.

Main tournament - Last 32[]

Knockout stage consisted of last 32 players. Defending champion - Han Yu was defeated by Pan Xiaoting in semi-finals 5–9. ^[4]

1st Round		2nd Round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals

Kelly Fisher	9

	8
		Kelly Fisher	9

			6
Ga Young Kim	7

	9
				Kelly Fisher	4

					9
	3

	9
			9

			8
	9

Rubilen Amit	7
							8

						Chen Siming	9
Liu Shasha	9

	2
		Liu Shasha	9

			7
	9

	6
				Liu Shasha	1

				Chen Siming	9
	5

	9
			1

		Chen Siming	9
	4

Chen Siming	9
								Chen Siming	9

								Xiaoting Pan	7
	3

	9
			5

			9
	9

	5
					8

				Xiaoting Pan	9
	5

	9
			3

		Xiaoting Pan	9
	5

Xiaoting Pan	9
						Xiaoting Pan	5

						Han Yu	9
Chezka Centeno	9

	7
		Chezka Centeno	8

			9
Fu Xiaofang	8

	9
					5

				Han Yu	9
	6

Han Yu	9
		Han Yu	9

			7
	4

	9

Final[]

The final was played between two Chinese players - Chen Siming and Xiaoting Pan. Alternate break format was played. Chen Siming had three break-and-run in racks: 8, 10 and 12. Xiaoting Pan had two break-and-run in racks 1 and 3. ^[5]


Player	Lag																Score
Player	Lag	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Score
Chen Siming																	9
Xiaoting Pan	X																7

References[]

^ Nov 7; Women |, 2017 | World 9-Ball Champs- (2017-11-07). "2017 Women 9-Ball World Championships". WPA Pool. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
^ "2017 Women 9-ball World Championship set for Chengmai showdown". Alison Chang｜Taiwanese Passion for Pool (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2021-04-02.
^ Nov 12; Women |, 2017 | World 9-Ball Champs- (2017-11-12). "2017 Women's World 9-Ball Champion - Chen Siming!!". WPA Pool. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
^ "2017 World Women 9-Ball Championship". Billiard Walker. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
^ Chen Siming vs Pan Xiaoting Women World 9 Ball Championship 2017, retrieved 2021-04-02

[1] Nov 7; Women |, 2017 | World 9-Ball Champs- (2017-11-07). "2017 Women 9-Ball World Championships". WPA Pool. Retrieved 2021-04-02.

[2] "2017 Women 9-ball World Championship set for Chengmai showdown". Alison Chang｜Taiwanese Passion for Pool (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2021-04-02.

[3] Nov 12; Women |, 2017 | World 9-Ball Champs- (2017-11-12). "2017 Women's World 9-Ball Champion - Chen Siming!!". WPA Pool. Retrieved 2021-12-30.

[4] "2017 World Women 9-Ball Championship". Billiard Walker. Retrieved 2021-04-02.

[5] Chen Siming vs Pan Xiaoting Women World 9 Ball Championship 2017, retrieved 2021-04-02

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