2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

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WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2018
Tournament information
Sport 9-ball
Location al-Arabi Sports Club,
Doha, Qatar [1]
DatesDecember 14, 2018–December 20, 2018 [2]
Tournament
format(s)
 Double elimination / Single elimination
Host(s) WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants128
Final positions
Champion Flag of Germany.svg Joshua Filler
Runner-up Flag of the Philippines.svg Carlo Biado
←  2017
2019  →

The 2018 WPA World Nine-ball 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]

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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]
Winner40.000 US$
Final15.000 US$
Semi-final ? US$
Quarter-final ? US$
Last 16 ? US$
Last 32 ? US$
Last 64 ? US$
Total200.000 US$

Preliminary round

[15] [16]

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Chia-chen 9
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Kawabata  [ de ]3
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Chia-chen 9
Flag of Russia.svg Ruslan Chinachov 8
Flag of Russia.svg Ruslan Chinachov 9
Flag of Finland.svg Mika Immonen 5
Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Śniegocki 9
Flag of South Africa.svg Vincent Halliday 7
Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Śniegocki 9
Flag of the Philippines.svg Jeffrey Ignacio5
Flag of Kuwait.svg Abdullah Alenzi 6
Flag of the Philippines.svg Jeffrey Ignacio9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Kawabata  [ de ]6
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Kawabata  [ de ]9 Flag of the Philippines.svg Jeffrey Ignacio9
Flag of Finland.svg Mika Immonen 4
Flag of Kuwait.svg Abdullah Alenzi 2
Flag of South Africa.svg Vincent Halliday 1 Flag of Russia.svg Ruslan Chinachov 9
Flag of Kuwait.svg Abdullah Alenzi 9

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 10

Group 11

Group 12

Group 13

Group 14

Group 15

Group 16

Finals

[16] [17]

Round of 64 Round of 32 Last 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Flag of Albania.svg Eklent Kaçi 11
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bing Chen Gao 4
Flag of Albania.svg Eklent Kaçi 10
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Robbie Capito 11
Flag of Lebanon.svg Mazen Berjaoui 4
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Robbie Capito 11
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Robbie Capito 1
Flag of Germany.svg Joshua Filler 11
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Can 9
Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Anh Tuấn 11
Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Anh Tuấn 6
Flag of Germany.svg Joshua Filler 11
Flag of Greece.svg Nick Malai 5
Flag of Germany.svg Joshua Filler 11
Flag of Germany.svg Joshua Filler 11
Flag of Austria.svg Albin Ouschan 6
Flag of the Philippines.svg Roland Garcia 11
Flag of Qatar.svg Waleed Majid 7
Flag of the Philippines.svg Roland Garcia 8
Flag of Austria.svg Albin Ouschan 11
Flag of Austria.svg Albin Ouschan 11
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Chia-chen 6
Flag of Austria.svg Albin Ouschan 11
Flag of Poland.svg Wiktor Zieliński 8
Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Kapłan 4
Flag of Poland.svg Wiktor Zieliński 11
Flag of Poland.svg Wiktor Zieliński 11
Flag of the Philippines.svg Johann Chua 5
Flag of Myanmar.svg Phone Myint Kyaw 2
Flag of the Philippines.svg Johann Chua 11
Flag of Germany.svg Joshua Filler 11
Flag of Greece.svg Alexander Kazakis 10
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Feijen 11
Flag of Kuwait.svg Bader al-Awadhi 4
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Feijen 11
Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Śniegocki 1
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Ko Ping-han 2
Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Śniegocki 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Feijen 10
Flag of Greece.svg Alexander Kazakis 11
Flag of Japan.svg Tomoo Takano 5
Flag of Finland.svg Casper Matikainen 11
Flag of Finland.svg Casper Matikainen 9
Flag of Greece.svg Alexander Kazakis 11
Flag of Poland.svg Radosław Babica 10
Flag of Greece.svg Alexander Kazakis 11
Flag of Greece.svg Alexander Kazakis 11
Flag of the United States.svg Corey Deuel 8
Flag of Japan.svg Naoyuki Ōi 10
Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 11
Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 7
Flag of the United States.svg Corey Deuel 11
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Morra 6
Flag of the United States.svg Corey Deuel 11
Flag of the United States.svg Corey Deuel 11
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Ko Pin-yi 9
Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Stepanov 8
Flag of South Korea.svg Ryu Seung-woo 11
Flag of South Korea.svg Ryu Seung-woo 4
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Ko Pin-yi 11
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Liu Ri-teng 5
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Ko Pin-yi 11
Flag of Germany.svg Joshua Filler 13
Flag of the Philippines.svg Carlo Biado 10
Flag of the Philippines.svg Carlo Biado 11
Flag of Ukraine.svg Witalij Pazura  [ de ]9
Flag of the Philippines.svg Carlo Biado 11
Flag of Poland.svg Konrad Juszczyszyn 7
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lo Li-wen  [ de ]7
Flag of Poland.svg Konrad Juszczyszyn 11
Flag of the Philippines.svg Carlo Biado 11
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Jia-qing 9
Flag of Japan.svg Tomoya Iima 4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Jia-qing 11
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Jia-qing 11
Flag of Japan.svg Tōru Kuribayashi 6
Flag of Japan.svg Tōru Kuribayashi  [ de ]11
Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Sánchez 7
Flag of the Philippines.svg Carlo Biado 11
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Kun-lin 4
Flag of the Philippines.svg Jeffrey Ignacio 9
Flag of Finland.svg Petri Makkonen 11
Flag of Finland.svg Petri Makkonen 11
Flag of Russia.svg Fjodor Gorst 8
Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Sroczyński  [ de ]6
Flag of Russia.svg Fedor Gorst 11
Flag of Finland.svg Petri Makkonen 6
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Kun-lin 11
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Pagulayan 6
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Haitao 11
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Haitao 10
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Kun-lin 11
Flag of Austria.svg Maximilian Lechner 4
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Kun-lin 11
Flag of the Philippines.svg Carlo Biado 11
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Van Boening 6
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Ko Ping-chung 8
Flag of Japan.svg Yukio Akakariyama 11
Flag of Japan.svg Yukio Akakariyama 2
Flag of England.svg Chris Melling 11
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Jui-an  [ de ]8
Flag of England.svg Chris Melling 11
Flag of England.svg Chris Melling 5
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Van Boening 11
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Van Boening 11
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng Yu-hsuan 7
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Van Boening 11
Flag of Venezuela.svg Jalal Yousef 7
Flag of Venezuela.svg Jalal Yousef 11
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dang Jinhu  [ de ]10
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Van Boening 11
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Jung-lin 8
Flag of the Philippines.svg Jeff de Luna 9
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Ta Li 11
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Ta Li 11
Flag of Singapore.svg Sharik Aslam Sayed 7
Flag of Singapore.svg Sharik Aslam Sayed 11
Flag of Singapore.svg Aloysius Yapp 10
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Ta Li 7
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Jung-lin 11
Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Souquet 11
Flag of Russia.svg Ruslan Chinachov 6
Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Souquet 6
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Jung-lin 11
Flag of Kuwait.svg Omar Al-Shaheen 1
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Jung-lin 11

Grand Final

[18]

Player Lag RackRacks
won
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Flag of Germany.svg Joshua Filler 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 13
Flag of the Philippines.svg Carlo Biado • 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 9 ball.svg 10

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