2013 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2013

Tournament information
Sport	9-ball
Location	Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation Doha, Qatar
Dates	September 2, 2013–September 13, 2013 [1]
Tournament format	Double elimination / Single elimination
Host	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Thorsten Hohmann
Runner-up	Antonio Gabica
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The 2013 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 22nd event in the annual WPA World Nine-ball Championship. The event took place from September 2 to 13, 2013 in Doha, Qatar. ^[2]

Germany's Thorsten Hohmann became world champion by a 13–6 victory over Philippine Antonio Gabica, in the final. ^[3] This was Hohmann's second 9-ball World championship, having also won the 2003 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Hohmann defeated defending champion Darren Appleton in an early stage of the event. ^[4]

Format

The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in a double elimination tournament against each other. The remaining 64 players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system. ^[5]

Prize money

The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winner Thorsten Hohmann winning $36,000. ^{[4] [6]}

Position	Prize
First Place (champion)	$36,000
Second Place (runner-up)	$18,000
Third Place (semi-finalist	$10,000
Fifth place (quarter finalist)	$6,000
Ninth place (loser in round of 16)	$4,000
Seventeenth place (loser in round of 32)	$2,500
Thirty Third (loser in round of 64)	$2,000
Sixty Fifth (loser in preliminaries)	$500

Results

Preliminary round

The following 32 players won once in the preliminary round and lost twice, which means early retirement and places 65 to 96:

• Hanni Al Howri
• Kuo Po-Cheng
• Jason Klatt
• Hayato Hijikata  [ de ]
• Liu Haitao
• Yukio Akakariyama
• Henrikas Strolis  [ de ]
• Marc Vidal  [ de ]
• Waleed Majid
• Bader al-Awadi
• Hunter Lombardo
• Mateusz Śniegocki
• Jeong Young-hwa  [ de ]
• So Shaw
• Radosław Babica
• Maghsoud Ali
• Tomasz Kapłan
• Satoshi Kawabata  [ de ]
• Robb Saez
• Fu Che-wei
• Bashar Hussain  [ de ]
• Salaheideen Alrimawi
• Mhana Al Obaidly
• Li Hewen
• Aloysius Yapp
• Mario Morra
• Francisco Bustamante
• Abdullah Alyousef
• Han Haoxiang  [ de ]
• Nico Erasmus
• Petri Makkonen

The following 32 players lost twice in the preliminary round, which means early retirement and places 97-128.

• Sayeem Hossain
• Shaun Wilkie
• K. A. Faray
• Chi Ho Kwok  [ de ]
• Roman Hybler
• Jasem al-Hasawi
• Ryouji Hori
• Abdulatif Fawal
• Zayed Mohamed
• Meshari Albuqayli
• Giorgio Margola
• Saleh Ameen
• Sibongiseni Gumede
• Khamis al-Obaidly
• Naif Abdulafou
• Nicolas Ottermann  [ de ]
• Mohammad Abdullah
• Nick Pera
• Ricky Puro
• Mehdi Rasheki
• Ali al-Obaidly
• Mohd al-Buainan
• Bruno Muratore  [ de ]
• Syed Habib
• Albin Ouschan
• Christopher Tevez  [ de ]
• Badr Alhamdan
• Nour al-Jarrah
• Muhammed Al Bin Ali
• Fahim Sinha
• Gharegozlou

Knockout round

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter final				Semifinal				Final
	Chang Jung-Lin	6
	Oliver Ortmann	11
					Oliver Ortmann	8
					Antonio Gabica	11
	Antonio Gabica	11
	Anh Tuan Nguyen	8
									Antonio Gabica	11
									Ko Pin-yi	9
	Ko Pin-yi	11
	Ryu Seung-woo	2
					Ko Pin-yi	11
					Mika Immonen	8
	Mika Immonen	11
	Alex Pagulayan	6
													Antonio Gabica	11
													Nick van den Berg	10
	Wu Jiaqing	11
	Chao Fong-pang	8
					Wu Jiaqing	10
					Nick van den Berg	11
	Nick van den Berg	11
	Efren Reyes	5
									Nick van den Berg	11
									Hsu Kai-lun  [ de ]	7
	Toh Lian Han  [ de ]	11
	Bu Hong Kong	5
					Toh Lian Han  [ de ]	9
					Hsu Kai-lun  [ de ]	11
	Hsu Kai-lun  [ de ]	11
	Phil Burford  [ de ]	6
																	Antonio Gabica	11
																	Karl Boyes	6
	Marlon Villamor	10
	Karl Boyes	11
					Karl Boyes	11
					Huidji See	8
	Konstantin Stepanov	6
	Huidji See	11
									Karl Boyes	11
									Lo Li-wen  [ de ]	10
	Israel Rota	11
	Mark Antony	8
					Israel Rota	2
					Lo Li-wen  [ de ]	11
	Lo Li-wen  [ de ]	11
	Raymund Faraon  [ de ]	4
													Karl Boyes	11
													Nikos Ekonomopoulos	8
	Manuel Gama  [ de ]	7
	Lee Van Corteza	11
					Lee Van Corteza	11
					Daryl Peach	4
	Daryl Peach	11
	Corey Deuel	10
									Lee Van Corteza	9
									Nikos Ekonomopoulos	11
	Mario He	11
	Mark Gray	7
					Mario He	6
					Nikos Ekonomopoulos	11
	Wang Can	8
	Nikos Ekonomopoulos	11
																					Antonio Gabica	6
																					Thorsten Hohmann	13
	Naoyuki Ōi	11
	Dominic Jentsch	5
					Naoyuki Ōi	7
					Vilmos Földes	11
	Vilmos Földes	11
	Khanh Hoang Nguyen	6
									Vilmos Földes	8
									Jeffrey de Luna	11
	Niels Feijen	9
	Jeffrey de Luna	11
					Jeffrey de Luna	11
					Muhammad Zulfikiri	5
	Ruslan Chinakhov	7
	Muhammad Zulfikiri	11
													Jeffrey de Luna	7
													Thorsten Hohmann	11
	Darren Appleton	11
	Ivo Aarts  [ de ]	3
					Darren Appleton	5
					Thorsten Hohmann	11
	Tōru Kuribayashi  [ de ]	10
	Thorsten Hohmann	11
									Thorsten Hohmann	11
									Dennis Orcollo	8
	Nick Malai	9
	John Morra	11
					John Morra	6
					Dennis Orcollo	11
	Dennis Orcollo	11
	Cheng Yu-hsuan	10
																	Thorsten Hohmann	11
																	Carlo Biado	4
	Chang Yu-Lung	7
	Chris Melling	11
					Chris Melling	11
					Ramil Gallego	7
	Enrique Rojas  [ de ]	8
	Ramil Gallego	11
									Chris Melling	11
									David Alcaide	8
	David Alcaide	11
	Imran Majid	8
					David Alcaide	11
					Jalal Yousef	7
	Jalal Yousef	11
	Alexander Kazakis	6
													Chris Melling	3
													Carlo Biado	11
	Ralf Souquet	5
	Carlo Biado	11
					Carlo Biado	11
					Shane Van Boening	10
	Shane Van Boening	11
	Mohamad Ali Berjaoui	2
									Carlo Biado	11
									Fabio Petroni	10
	Fabio Petroni	11
	Dimitri Jungo  [ de ]	6
					Fabio Petroni	11
					Marlon Manalo	7
	Omar Al-Shaheen	5
	Marlon Manalo	11

References

1. "The 9-Ball Jewel in the Desert is here". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
2. "World 9-Ball C'ship begins tomorrow". Gulf-Times (in Arabic). Retrieved September 10, 2018.
3. "Hohmann Raises The Bar". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
4. "WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2013". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
5. "Players Feel The Heat From On High". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
6. "THE 9-BALL JEWEL IN THE DESERT IS HERE - WPA Pool". WPA Pool. September 3, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

External links

• Tournament at azbilliards.com