2025 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

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WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2025
Tournament information
Sport 9-ball
LocationGreen Halls,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
DatesJuly 21–26, 2025
Host(s) WPA World Nine-ball Championship,
Matchroom Pool
Participants128
Final positions
ChampionFlag of the Philippines.svg  Carlo Biado  (PHI)
Runner-upFlag of the United States.svg  Fedor Gorst  (USA)
  2024

The 2025 World Pool Championship was a nine-ball tournament contested between 21 and 26 July, 2025, at the Green Halls in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. [1]

The tournament had a prize pool of $1,000,000, [1] with a $250,000 prize for the winner. The field consisted of 128 players with an initial match format of race-to-nine; once the field was reduced to 64 players, the format was race-to-11 until the championship match, which was a race-to-15. The defending champion was Fedor Gorst of the United States, who won the 2024 edition of the event. [2] The tournament was won by Carlo Biado of the Philippines, who defeated Gorst in the championship match with a score of 15-13. [3]

Prize money

The event saw a total prize pool of $1,000,000. [4]

Prize money
Winner250.000 US$
Final100.000 US$
Semi-final50.000 US$
Quarter-final15.000 US$
Last 1615.000 US$
Last 327.000 US$
Last 643.500 US$
Last 962.500 US$
Last 1281.500 US$
Total1.000.000 US$

References

  1. 1 2 "WPA World Pool Championship 2025". azbilliards.com. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  2. "World Pool Championship 2024". azbilliards.com. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  3. Terrado, Jonas (July 26, 2025). "Carlo Biado makes history with second World Pool Championship title". inquirer.net. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
  4. "WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2018". azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.