| Nine-ball men's singles at the 2005 World Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Saalbau Bottrop, Duisburg, Germany | ||||||
| Dates | 20–24 July 2005 | ||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 12 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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The men's singles nine-ball competition at the 2005 World Games took place from 20 to 24 July 2005 at the Saalbau Bottrop in Duisburg, Germany.
Thorsten Hohmann  | 11–8 |  Park Shin-Yong | |
Tom Storm  | 11–10 |  Philip Reilly | |
Rodney Morris  | 11–4 |  Rolland Acosta | |
| Thomas Engert | 11–9 |  Fu Che-Wei | |
| Ralf Souquet | 10–11 |  Vangelis Vettas | |
| Charles Williams | 11–7 |  Massashi Hoshi | |
| Chang Pei-weo | 11–8 |  Rajenderen Govender | |
Niels Feijen  | 11–10 |  Paul Potier |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| Thorsten Hohmann | 11 | |||||||||
| Tom Storm | 10 | |||||||||
| Thorsten Hohmann | 11 | |||||||||
| Rodney Morris | 10 | |||||||||
| Rodney Morris | 11 | |||||||||
| Thomas Engert | 8 | |||||||||
| Thorsten Hohmann | 10 | |||||||||
| Chang Pei-weo | 11 | |||||||||
| Vangelis Vettas | 11 | |||||||||
| Charles Williams | 7 | |||||||||
| Vangelis Vettas | 7 | |||||||||
| Chang Pei-weo | 11 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Chang Pei-weo | 11 | |||||||||
| Niels Feijen | 7 | |||||||||
| Rodney Morris | 11 | |||||||||
| Vangelis Vettas | 2 | |||||||||
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