2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

2018 WPA World 9-Ball Championship
Tournament information
Sport	Nine-ball
Location	al-Arabi Sports Club,; Doha, Qatar
Dates	December 14, 2018–December 20, 2018
Tournament; format(s)	Double elimination / Single elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Joshua Filler
Runner-up	Carlo Biado
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 WPA 9-Ball-World 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[]

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

					Eklent Kaçi	9
					[de]	7
			[de]	4			Eklent Kaçi	9
		6		9				6
	[de]	9				9
						5
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Aloysius Yapp	9
	Ryu Seung-woo	9				3
		3		3			Aloysius Yapp	9
			Ryu Seung-woo	9			[de]	8
					[de]	9
					Ryu Seung-woo	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 2[]

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

					Joshua Filler	9
						5
				5			Joshua Filler	9
	Matthew Edwards	7	Matthew Edwards	9				5
	Radosław Babica	9				9
					Matthew Edwards	6
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
						5
		8			Radosław Babica	9
		9		9			Radosław Babica	6
				7			Jeff de Luna	9
						7
					Jeff de Luna	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

					Roland Garcia	8
					[de]	9
			Roland Garcia	9			[de]	9
	Roland Garcia	9		5				1
		5				1
						9
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
						9
	David Alcaide	7				4
		9		2				7
			David Alcaide	9				9
						9
					David Alcaide	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 4[]

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

					Fjodor Gorst	9
					Omar Al-Shaheen	6
			Omar Al-Shaheen	9			Fjodor Gorst	9
	Omar Al-Shaheen	9	[de]	6			[de]	1
	Sanjin Pehlivanović	6			[de]	7
					[de]	9
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Wojciech Szewczyk	5
	Johann Chua	9			Robbie Capito	9
	[de]	7	Wojciech Szewczyk	3			Robbie Capito	9
			Johann Chua	9			Sanjin Pehlivanović	5
					Sanjin Pehlivanović	9
					Johann Chua	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 5[]

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

					Niels Feijen	9
					Chang Yu-Lung	5
			Chang Yu-Lung	9			Niels Feijen	9
	Chang Yu-Lung	6		5			Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	7
	Petri Makkonen	9			Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	9
						2
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Corey Deuel	9
		5				5
	Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	9		9			Corey Deuel	9
				4			Petri Makkonen	4
						3
					Petri Makkonen	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

						9
					[de]	3
			[de]	9				9
	[de]	6	Mika Immonen	4			Ruslan Chinachov	8
	[de]	9			Ruslan Chinachov	9
					Mika Immonen	5
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Mateusz Śniegocki	9
		2				7
	Ruslan Chinachov	9		1			Mateusz Śniegocki	9
				9			[de]	5
						6
					[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 7[]

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

					Alexander Kazakis	9
					[de]	8
			[de]	4			Alexander Kazakis	9
		9	{	9			[de]	8
		7				4
					[de]	9
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
						9
	Cheng Yu-hsuan	9				8
	[de]	5		2				6
			Cheng Yu-hsuan	9			Waleed Majid	9
					Waleed Majid	9
					Cheng Yu-hsuan	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 8[]

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

					Alex Pagulayan	9
						8
				6			Alex Pagulayan	9
		9		9			[de]	8
	Roman Hybler	4				5
					[de]	9
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Roman Hybler	9
		6				8
	[de]	9		6			Roman Hybler	1
				9			Ko Pin-yi	9
						4
					Ko Pin-yi	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

					Carlo Biado	9
					[de]	3
			[de]	2			Carlo Biado	9
		9		9				5
		5				9
						8
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Wiktor Zieliński	7
	Wiktor Zieliński	9				9
		7	Wiktor Zieliński	9				9
				8				7
						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 10[]

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

					Liu Haitao	9
						2
				2			Liu Haitao	6
	Marlon Manalo	2	Marlon Manalo	9			Wang Can	9
		9			Marlon Manalo	6
					Wang Can	9
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
						8
		6				9
	Liu Haitao	9		9				4
				3			Naoyuki Ōi	9
						2
					Naoyuki Ōi	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

					Thorsten Hohmann	6
						9
			Thorsten Hohmann	9				5
	Thorsten Hohmann	6		7			Tomasz Kapłan	9
	Wu Jiaqing	9				6
					Tomasz Kapłan	9
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Maximilian Lechner	7
	Maximilian Lechner	9				9
		5	Maximilian Lechner	9				9
				6			Wu Jiaqing	8
						1
					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 12[]

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

					Chris Melling	9
					Marc Bijsterbosch	2
			Marc Bijsterbosch	8			Chris Melling	9
		3		9				3
	Yukio Akakariyama	9				8
						9
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
						6
	[de]	9			Yukio Akakariyama	9
		3		7			Yukio Akakariyama	7
			[de]	9				9
					[de]	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 13[]

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

					Ko Ping-chung	9
					Ivar Saris	6
			Ivar Saris	9			Ko Ping-chung	9
	Ivar Saris	6		3			Nick Malai	6
	Jalal Yousef	9			Nick Malai	9
						3
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Jalal Yousef	9
	[de]	8			Oliver Szolnoki	5
	Nick Malai	9	Oliver Szolnoki	8			Jalal Yousef	7
			[de]	9			Shane Van Boening	9
					[de]	1
					Shane Van Boening	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

					Denis Grabe	3
						9
			Denis Grabe	9				9
	Denis Grabe	6	[de]	2				4
	[de]	9			[de]	3
						9
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Konstantin Stepanov	9
		9			[de]	8
		6	[de]	8			Konstantin Stepanov	9
				9			[de]	4
						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 15[]

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

					Francisco Sánchez	9
					Aung Moe Thu	6
			Aung Moe Thu	9			Francisco Sánchez	9
	Aung Moe Thu	5		3			John Morra	2
	Albin Ouschan	9				0
					John Morra	9
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					Konrad Juszczyszyn	9
		3				4
	John Morra	9		8			Konrad Juszczyszyn	9
				9			Albin Ouschan	4
						4
					Albin Ouschan	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

					Ralf Souquet	9
						3
				6			Ralf Souquet	9
		9		9			[de]	2
	Damianos Giallourakis	7				5
					[de]	9
Losers' bracket					Winners' bracket
					[de]	7
		5			Damianos Giallourakis	9
	[de]	9	[de]	4			Damianos Giallourakis	8
				9			Chang Jung-Lin	9
						8
					Chang Jung-Lin	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.

Finals[]

^[16]^[17]

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

Eklent Kaçi	11

	4
		Eklent Kaçi	10

		Robbie Capito	11
	4

Robbie Capito	11
				Robbie Capito	1

				Joshua Filler	11
Wang Can	9

	11
			6

		Joshua Filler	11
Nick Malai	5

Joshua Filler	11
						Joshua Filler	11

						Albin Ouschan	6
Roland Garcia	11

Waleed Majid	7
		Roland Garcia	8

		Albin Ouschan	11
Albin Ouschan	11

	6
				Albin Ouschan	11

				Wiktor Zieliński	8
Tomasz Kapłan	4

Wiktor Zieliński	11
		Wiktor Zieliński	11

		Johann Chua	5
	2

Johann Chua	11
								Joshua Filler	11

								Alexander Kazakis	10
Niels Feijen	11

	4
		Niels Feijen	11

		Mateusz Śniegocki	1
	2

Mateusz Śniegocki	11
				Niels Feijen	10

				Alexander Kazakis	11
	5

	11
			9

		Alexander Kazakis	11
Radosław Babica	10

Alexander Kazakis	11
						Alexander Kazakis	11

						Corey Deuel	8
Naoyuki Ōi	10

Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	11
		Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	7

		Corey Deuel	11
John Morra	6

Corey Deuel	11
				Corey Deuel	11

				Ko Pin-yi	9
Konstantin Stepanov	8

Ryu Seung-woo	11
		Ryu Seung-woo	4

		Ko Pin-yi	11
	5

Ko Pin-yi	11
										Joshua Filler	13

										Carlo Biado	10
Carlo Biado	11

[de]	9
		Carlo Biado	11

		Konrad Juszczyszyn	7
[de]	7

Konrad Juszczyszyn	11
				Carlo Biado	11

				Wu Jia-qing	9
	4

Wu Jia-qing	11
		Wu Jia-qing	11

			6
[de]	11

Francisco Sánchez	7
						Carlo Biado	11

							4
[de]	9

Petri Makkonen	11
		Petri Makkonen	11

		Fjodor Gorst	8
[de]	6

Fedor Gorst	11
				Petri Makkonen	6

					11
Alex Pagulayan	6

Liu Haitao	11
		Liu Haitao	10

			11
Maximilian Lechner	4

	11
								Carlo Biado	11

								Shane Van Boening	6
Ko Ping-chung	8

Yukio Akakariyama	11
		Yukio Akakariyama	2

		Chris Melling	11
[de]	8

Chris Melling	11
				Chris Melling	5

				Shane Van Boening	11
Shane Van Boening	11

Cheng Yu-hsuan	7
		Shane Van Boening	11

		Jalal Yousef	7
Jalal Yousef	11

[de]	10
						Shane Van Boening	11

						Chang Jung-lin	8
Jeff de Luna	9

	11
			11

			7
	11

Aloysius Yapp	10
					7

				Chang Jung-lin	11
Ralf Souquet	11

Ruslan Chinachov	6
		Ralf Souquet	6

		Chang Jung-lin	11
Omar Al-Shaheen	1

Chang Jung-lin	11

Grand Final[]

^[18]

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	Racks won
Joshua Filler																									13
Carlo Biado	•																								10

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
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^ Goral, Dariusz. "Eklent KaÇi vs Robbie Capito – Scoresheet". esnooker.pl. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
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^ Goral, Dariusz. "Scoresheet". esnooker.pl. Retrieved December 24, 2018.

External links[]

WPA World 9-ball championship 2018 at azbilliards.com

[wpap_THEW-1] "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.

[2] "2018 WPA Men's World 9-Ball Champs". WPA Pool. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

[results-3] 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.

[wpap_BIAD-4] "BIADO FINALLY REACHES POOL'S MOUNTAINTOP – WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Archived from the original on December 18, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2018.

[azbi_Biad-5] "Biado Finally Reaches Pool's Mountaintop". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2018.

[Final_Scoreboard-6] "Final Scorecard". December 20, 2018. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.

[AnyonesGame-7] Ted Lerner (December 13, 2018). "It's Anyone's Game in Doha". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

[azbi_VanB-8] "Van Boening, Other Top Stars Cruise On Day One In Doha". azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018. Jason Theron

[azbi_Judg-9] "Judgement Day Casts Out The Weak As Fantastic Final 64 Gets Set To Do Battle". azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

[azbi_17Ye-10] "17 Year Old Hong Kong Native Capito Stuns Kaci To Reach Final 16". azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

[11] Goral, Dariusz. "Eklent KaÇi vs Robbie Capito – Scoresheet". esnooker.pl. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

[12] 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.

[news_Bill-13] News, ABS-CBN (December 20, 2018). "Billiards: Carlo Biado bows to German foe in World 9-Ball Championship". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.

[TournamentOverview-14] "WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2018". azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

[Vorrunde-15] "World 9-Ball Championship Double Elimination – Doha / Qatar 2018". esnooker.pl. Dariusz Goral. December 16, 2018.

[live_scoring-16] "2018 WPA Mens World 9-Ball Champs – Live Scoring Link". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. December 13, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

[Finalrunde-17] "World 9 Ball Championship Men – Doha / Qatar 2018 (Knockout)". esnooker.pl. Dariusz Goral. December 16, 2018.

[esno_Scor-18] Goral, Dariusz. "Scoresheet". esnooker.pl. Retrieved December 24, 2018.

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