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2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

The 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 26th edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from December 9 to 14, 2017 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the eighth time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.[2]

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2017
Tournament information
Sport9-ball
Locational-Arabi Sports Club,
Doha, Qatar[1]
DatesDecember 9, 2017–December 14, 2017
Tournament
format(s)
Double elimination / Single elimination
Host(s)WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants128
Final positions
ChampionPhilippines Carlo Biado
Runner-upPhilippines Roland Garcia
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The championship was won by Filipino Carlo Biado, who defeated his compatriot Roland Garcia 13–5 in the final. Third place went to Taiwanese Wu Kun-lin and fourth to Albanian Eklent Kaçi. Defending champion was the Austrian Albin Ouschan, who lost in the second round against Kun-lin. The world number one Chang Jung-Lin was defeated in the round of the last 64 of the Canadian John Morra.

Qualification edit

The tournament is attended by 128 players. 24 players qualified over the world rankings.[3] A total of 92 starting places have been awarded according to a quota by the continental and regional associations as well as the hosting Qatari association and the sponsors.[3] From December 5 to 7, 2017, a qualifying tournament was held, in which 96 participants in three knockout competitions played off the remaining 12 starting positions.

In the main tournament, the 128 participants were first divided into 16 groups of 8 players, in which they competed in the double knockout system from December 9 to 11 . Four players of each group qualified for the final round, which took place from December 12 to 14 and was played in the knockout system.[2][3]

Tournament bracket edit

Preliminary round edit

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Group 1 edit

Group 2 edit

Group 3 edit

Group 4 edit

Group 5 edit

Group 6 edit

Group 7 edit

Group 8 edit

Group 9 edit

Group 10 edit

Group 11 edit

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Group 13 edit

Group 14 edit

Group 15 edit

Group 16 edit

Final round edit

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Round of 64 Round of 32 Last 16 Quarter final Semi-Final Final
            
  Albin Ouschan 11
  Abdullah al-Yousef 6
  Albin Ouschan 11
  Ryu Seung-woo 9
  Samuel Santos 10
  Ryu Seung-woo 11
  Albin Ouschan 3
  Wu Kun-lin 11
  Warren Kiamco 11
  Kong Dejing 4
  Warren Kiamco 8
  Wu Kun-lin 11
  Hiroshi Takenaka 4
  Wu Kun-lin 11
  Wu Kun-lin 11
  Hsieh Chia-chen 8
  Alexander Kazakis 8
  Bader al-Awadhi 11
  Bader al-Awadhi 3
  Hsieh Chia-chen 11
  Martin Daigle 8
  Hsieh Chia-chen 11
  Hsieh Chia-chen 11
  Thorsten Hohmann 7
  Chang Yu-Lung 11
  Mieszko Fortuński 8
  Chang Yu-Lung 10
  Thorsten Hohmann 11
  Xu Xiaocong 5
  Thorsten Hohmann 11
  Wu Kun-lin 6
  Carlo Biado 11
  Carlo Biado 11
  Daniel Tångudd [de] 6
  Carlo Biado 11
  Tomasz Kapłan 8
  Tomasz Kapłan 11
  Wojciech Szewczyk 9
  Carlo Biado 11
  Jeffrey Ignacio 7
  Jeffrey Ignacio 11
  Lo Ho Sum 4
  Jeffrey Ignacio 11
  Francisco Felicilda [de] 9
  Francisco Felicilda [de] 11
  Naoyuki Ōi 7
  Carlo Biado [a]
  Liu Haitao DQ
  Francisco Sánchez 11
  Gerson Martínez 6
  Francisco Sánchez 10
  Liu Haitao 11
  Israel Rota 3
  Liu Haitao 11
  Liu Haitao 11
  Ko Ping-chung 10
  Radosław Babica 11
  Li Si-yu 8
  Radosław Babica 9
  Ko Ping-chung 11
  Pijus Labutis 10
  Ko Ping-chung 11
  Carlo Biado 13
  Roland Garcia 5
  Ko Pin-yi 11
  Maximilian Lechner 3
  Ko Pin-yi 11
 Nien Rong-chih 4
  Nien Rong-chih 11
  Hayato Hijikata [de] 10
  Ko Pin-yi 8
  Roland Garcia 11
  Niels Feijen 11
  Keng Kwang Chan [de] 9
  Niels Feijen 7
  Roland Garcia 11
  Md al-Amin 4
  Roland Garcia 11
  Roland Garcia 11
  Jalal al-Sarisi 4
  Ruslan Chinakhov 6
  Jalal al-Sarisi 11
  Jalal al-Sarisi 11
  Dương Quốc Hoàng 3
  Dương Quốc Hoàng 11
  Liu Cheng-chieh [de] 10
  Jalal al-Sarisi 11
  Dang Jinhu [de] 7
  Lo Li-wen [de] 11
  Nguyễn Anh Tuấn 7
  Lo Li-wen [de] 5
  Dang Jinhu [de] 11
  Christian Sparrenlöv [de] 8
  Dang Jinhu 11
  Roland Garcia 11
  Eklent Kaçi 6
  Jeffrey de Luna 11
  Maxim Dudanez 7
  Jeffrey de Luna 9
  Maung Maung 11
  Maung Maung 11
  Chu Bingjie [de] 8
  Maung Maung 11
  Joshua Filler 6
  Mateusz Śniegocki 11
  Nick Malai 10
  Mateusz Śniegocki 7
  Joshua Filler 11
  Ahmad Naiem 7
  Joshua Filler 11
  Maung Maung 7
  Eklent Kaçi 11
  Eklent Kaçi 11
  Roman Hybler 6
  Eklent Kaçi 11
  David Alcaide 4
  Wiktor Zieliński 5
  David Alcaide 11
  Eklent Kaçi 11
  John Morra 7
  Konstantin Stepanov 11
  Marco Teutscher 7
  Konstantin Stepanov 9
  John Morra 11
  John Morra 11
  Chang Jung-Lin 9

Final edit

The final was played between two Filipino players, the two players alternate break. Carlo Biado reached 13 in the first place to win the championship.

Biado quickly dominated the first two games. He then took advantage of Garcia's mistakes to make the score 5–0, then 7–0. Garcia gets the first point in the eighth game, losing 1–7. However Garcia's perfectionism in the next game led Biado to raise the score to 8–1.

Garcia seemed to be back with two straight wins, with a 3–8 deficit. However, a good break from Biado, with a penalty shoot-out Garcia made the score continue to separate the 7 points is 10–3. However, at this time the results seem to have been determined. Biado quickly ended the match with a perfect game of breaking balls and win the match and the 9-Ball world championship for the first time.[14][15]

Player Lag Rack Racks
won
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
  Carlo Biado                           13
  Roland Garcia •           5

Notes and references edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Liu Haitao arrived 25 minutes late. The game was therefore scored 11-0 for Carlo Biado.

References edit

  1. ^ "World 9-Ball Championship - Men (December 4, 2017)". WPA Pool. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Ted Lerner (December 7, 2017). "All Systems go for World 9-Ball Championship". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Invitation World 9-Ball Championship 2017" (PDF; 789 KB). wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. December 9, 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 9, 2017.
  4. ^ Ted Lerner (December 10, 2017). "Chang, Ouschan, lead the way on day 1…". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  5. ^ Ted Lerner (December 11, 2017). "Filler steamrolls into the Knockout Rounds…". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  6. ^ Ted Lerner (December 12, 2017). "It's all business from here on in…". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Played matches World 9 Ball Championship – Doha / Qatar 2017". esnooker.pl. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  8. ^ "World 9 Ball Championship Double Elimination – Doha / Qatar 2017". esnooker.pl. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  9. ^ Ted Lerner (December 12, 2017). "It's down to the final 16 in Doha". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  10. ^ Ted Lerner (December 13, 2017). "Four left to go for World 9-Ball Crown on Thursday". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  11. ^ "Scoresheet: Carlo Biado – Roland Garcia". esnooker.pl. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  12. ^ "World 9 Ball Championship Men – Doha / Qatar 2017 – Knockout". esnooker.pl. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  13. ^ "Knockout". esnooker.pl. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  14. ^ Ted Lerner (December 14, 2017). "Biado finally reaches pool's mountaintop". WPA Pool. Archived from the original on December 18, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  15. ^ "World 9-Ball Championship 2016". CueScore. Retrieved August 10, 2018.

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