2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2014

Tournament information
Sport	9-ball
Location	al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar
Dates	June 16, 2014–June 27, 2014 [1]
Tournament format	Double elimination / Single elimination
Host	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Niels Feijen
Runner-up	Albin Ouschan
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The 2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 23rd edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from June 16 to 27, 2014 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the fifth time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.

Dutch Niels Feijen defeated Austria's Albin Ouschan in the final, winning 13–10. ^[2] Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann would lose in the round of 64, to Marco Teutscher. ^[3]

Tournament format

The tournament was attended by 128 players. In the preliminary round was played in the double elimination tournament system. ^[4] Winners of these games would qualify for the final round, which is played in the knockout system. ^{[5] [6]}

Brackets

Preliminary Round

The preliminary round was played between the 21–24 June 2014.

The following players won one game in the double-elimination round, and were classified as finishing between 65 and 96.

• IND Sumit Talwar
• CAN Erik Hjorleifson
• ENG Scott Cooney
• UAE Jalal Yousef
• KSA Abdul Rahman al-Ammar
• ROU Babken Melkonyan
• CRO Michel Bartol  [ de ]
• TPE Kuo Po-Cheng
• CHN Liu Haitao
• USA Hunter Lombardo
• VEN Frailin Guanipa  [ de ]
• KUW Abdullah al-Yusef
• NLD Ivo Aarts  [ de ]
• TPE Ko Ping-chung
• SWE Tom Storm
• NZL Glen Coutts
• KUW Maj al-Azmi
• PHI Efren Reyes
• LIB Mazen Berjaoui
• PHI Elvis Calasang
• USA Brandon Shuff
• IRN Mohammadali Pordel
• VIE Nguyen Anh Tuan
• QAT Ali Obaidly
• FIN Petri Makkonen
• USA Corey Deuel
• POL Tomasz Kapłan
• PHI Israel Rota
• KUW Omar Al-Shaheen
• CRO Ivica Putnik  [ de ]
• UKR Artem Koshovyi  [ de ]
• UAE Omran Salem

The following players lost twice and won no matches in the double-elimination round, and were classified 97-128.

• UAE Mohammed al-Hosani
• QAT Mohd Al Bin Ali
• CAN John Morra
• IRQ Hasan Hwaida Idan
• ERI Hamzaa Saeed Ali
• BRU Ahmed Taufiq
• QAT Mishel Turkey
• BAN Fahim Sinha
• JPN Yukio Akakariyama
• RSA Detlef Grzella
• EGY Mohamed Hamouda
• HKG Eric Lee
• POL Karol Skowerski
• UAE Abdulla Mohammad
• HUN Vilmos Földes
• JOR Nour Wasfi al-Jarrah
• BAN Sayeem Hossain
• EST Denis Grabe
• NLD Stefan Sprangers
• CHI Alejandro Carvajal  [ de ]
• EGY Mohamed Elassal
• AUT Jürgen Jenisy  [ de ]
• LIB Mohammad Ali Berjaou
• ECU Christian Aguirre
• KSA Bader al-Hamdan
• SIN Koh Seng Ann Aaron
• RSA J-Ram Alabanzas
• ENG Imran Majid
• ENG So Shaw
• HKG Kwok Chi Ho  [ de ]
• QAT Bashar Hussain  [ de ]
• CAN Mario Morra

Final Round

The knockout round was played between the 25–27 June 2014.

	Round of 64 25. June 2014				Round of 32 26. June 2014				Round of 16 26. June 2014				QuarterFinal 26. June 2014				SemiFinal 27. June 2014				Final 27. June 2014
	CHN Wang Can	11
	PHI Warren Kiamco	9
					CHN Wang Can	7
					PHI Raymund Faraon  [ de ]	11
	PHI Raymund Faraon  [ de ]	11
	TPE Liu Cheng-chieh  [ de ]	5
									PHI Raymund Faraon  [ de ]	8
									PHI Elmer Haya  [ de ]	11
	PHI Elmer Haya  [ de ]	11
	PHI Francisco Felicilda  [ de ]	4
					PHI Elmer Haya  [ de ]	11
					JPN Hayato Hijikata  [ de ]	8
	JPN Hayato Hijikata  [ de ]	11
	JPN Masaaki Tanaka  [ de ]	8
													PHI Elmer Haya  [ de ]	11
													PHI Johann Chua	8
	QAT Waleed Majid	11
	PHI Lee Van Corteza	6
					QAT Waleed Majid	11
					ENG Darren Appleton	9
	ENG Darren Appleton	11
	ENG Daryl Peach	3
									QAT Waleed Majid	8
									PHI Johann Chua	11
	RUS Konstantin Stepanow	11
	SWE Andreas Gerwen  [ de ]	8
					RUS Konstantin Stepanov	3
					PHI Johann Chua	11
	PHI Johann Chua	11
	ITA Daniele Corrieri  [ de ]	4
																	PHI Elmer Haya  [ de ]	7
																	NED Niels Feijen	11
	AUT Mario He	11
	PHI Alex Pagulayan	9
					AUT Mario He	11
					KOR Jeong Young-hwa  [ de ]	10
	SCO Jayson Shaw	9
	KOR Jeong Young-hwa  [ de ]	11
									AUT Mario He	6
									NED Niels Feijen	11
	POL Radosław Babica	11
	POR Manuel Gama  [ de ]	3
					POL Radosław Babica	6
					NED Niels Feijen	11
	NED Niels Feijen	11
	UAE Salaheldeen Al Rimawi	4
													NED Niels Feijen	11
													PHI Carlo Biado	7
	PHI Carlo Biado	11
	POL Mieszko Fortuński	6
					PHI Carlo Biado	11
					CAN Jason Klatt	5
	PHI Jeffrey de Luna	6
	CAN Jason Klatt	11
									PHI Carlo Biado	11
									TPE Ko Pin-yi	7
	PHI Dennis Orcollo	8
	JPN Naoyuki Ōi	11
					JPN Naoyuki Ōi	10
					TPE Ko Pin-yi	11
	TPE Ko Pin-yi	11
	IND Sundeep Gulati  [ de ]	3
																					NED Niels Feijen	13
																					AUT Albin Ouschan	10
	TPE Fu Che-wei	6
	TPE Hsu Kai-lun  [ de ]	11
					TPE Hsu Kai-lun  [ de ]	10
					CHN Wu Jiaqing	11
	CHN Wu Jiaqing	11
	JPN Lo Li-wen  [ de ]	4
									CHN Wu Jiaqing	10
									TPE Chang Yu-Lung	11
	NED Huidji See	5
	FRA Stephan Cohen	11
					FRA Stephan Cohen	6
					TPE Chang Yu-Lung	11
	TPE Cheng Yu-hsuan	9
	TPE Chang Yu-Lung	11
													TPE Chang Yu-Lung	11
													USA Shane Van Boening	8
	USA Shane Van Boening	11
	TPE Chang Jung-Lin	9
					USA Shane Van Boening	11
					CHN Dang Jinhu  [ de ]	4
	CHN Dang Jinhu  [ de ]	11
	ENG Karl Boyes	6
									USA Shane Van Boening	11
									JPN Tōru Kuribayashi  [ de ]	5
	JPN Tōru Kuribayashi  [ de ]	11
	GRE Alexander Kazakis	9
					JPN Tōru Kuribayashi  [ de ]	11
					GRE Nikos Ekonomopoulos	9
	GRE Nikos Ekonomopoulos	11
	ITA Fabio Petroni	5
																	TPE Chang Yu-Lung	7
																	AUT Albin Ouschan	11
	PHI Antonio Gabica	11
	IRN Mehdi Rasekhi	7
					PHI Antonio Gabica	11
					KOR Ryu Seung-woo	6
	ITA Bruno Muratore  [ de ]	7
	KOR Ryu Seung-woo	11
									PHI Antonio Gabica	9
									AUT Albin Ouschan	11
	FIN Mika Immonen	7
	CZE Roman Hybler	11
					CZE Roman Hybler	9
					AUT Albin Ouschan	11
	DEU Oliver Ortmann	5
	AUT Albin Ouschan	11
													AUT Albin Ouschan	11
													CHN Li Hewen	8
	CHN Li Hewen	11
	CHE Dimitri Jungo  [ de ]	7
					CHN Li Hewen	11
					NED Marco Teutscher	8
	DEU Thorsten Hohmann	9
	NED Marco Teutscher	11
									CHN Li Hewen	11
									NED Nick van den Berg	7
	NED Nick van den Berg	11
	SIN Aloysius Yapp	8
					NED Nick van den Berg	11
					PHI Ramil Gallego	8
	DEU Ralf Souquet	10
	PHI Ramil Gallego	11

References

1. "2014 World 9-Ball Supremacy Up For Grabs In Doha". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
2. "The Terminator Snaps It Off". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
3. "Now It's Anybody's Ball Game". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
4. World Pool-Billiard Association. "Preliminary rounds brackets" (PDF). qbsf.qa. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
5. "WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2014". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
6. World Pool-Billiard Association. "Knockout Rounds bracket" (PDF). qbsf.qa. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.

External links

• WPA 9-Ball-World Championship 2014 from the World Pool-Billiard Association
• WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2015 at azbilliards.com