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2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

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]

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2018
Tournament information
Sport9-ball
Locational-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
ChampionGermany Joshua Filler
Runner-upPhilippines Carlo Biado
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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 edit

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 edit

The event saw a total prize pool of $200,000.[14]

Prize money[7]
Winner 40.000 US$
Final 15.000 US$
Semi-final ? US$
Quarter-final ? US$
Last 16 ? US$
Last 32 ? US$
Last 64 ? US$
Total 200.000 US$

Preliminary round edit

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Group 1 edit

Group 2 edit

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Group 10 edit

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Group 13 edit

Group 14 edit

Group 15 edit

Group 16 edit

Finals edit

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Round of 64 Round of 32 Last 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
  Eklent Kaçi 11
  Bing Chen Gao 4
  Eklent Kaçi 10
  Robbie Capito 11
  Mazen Berjaoui 4
  Robbie Capito 11
  Robbie Capito 1
  Joshua Filler 11
  Wang Can 9
  Nguyễn Anh Tuấn 11
  Nguyễn Anh Tuấn 6
  Joshua Filler 11
  Nick Malai 5
  Joshua Filler 11
  Joshua Filler 11
  Albin Ouschan 6
  Roland Garcia 11
  Waleed Majid 7
  Roland Garcia 8
  Albin Ouschan 11
  Albin Ouschan 11
  Hsieh Chia-chen 6
  Albin Ouschan 11
  Wiktor Zieliński 8
  Tomasz Kapłan 4
  Wiktor Zieliński 11
  Wiktor Zieliński 11
  Johann Chua 5
  Phone Myint Kyaw 2
  Johann Chua 11
  Joshua Filler 11
  Alexander Kazakis 10
  Niels Feijen 11
  Bader al-Awadhi 4
  Niels Feijen 11
  Mateusz Śniegocki 1
  Ko Ping-han 2
  Mateusz Śniegocki 11
  Niels Feijen 10
  Alexander Kazakis 11
  Tomoo Takano 5
  Casper Matikainen 11
  Casper Matikainen 9
  Alexander Kazakis 11
  Radosław Babica 10
  Alexander Kazakis 11
  Alexander Kazakis 11
  Corey Deuel 8
  Naoyuki Ōi 10
  Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 11
  Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 7
  Corey Deuel 11
  John Morra 6
  Corey Deuel 11
  Corey Deuel 11
  Ko Pin-yi 9
  Konstantin Stepanov 8
  Ryu Seung-woo 11
  Ryu Seung-woo 4
  Ko Pin-yi 11
  Liu Ri-teng 5
  Ko Pin-yi 11
  Joshua Filler 13
  Carlo Biado 10
  Carlo Biado 11
  Witalij Pazura [de] 9
  Carlo Biado 11
  Konrad Juszczyszyn 7
  Lo Li-wen [de] 7
  Konrad Juszczyszyn 11
  Carlo Biado 11
  Wu Jia-qing 9
  Tomoya Iima 4
  Wu Jia-qing 11
  Wu Jia-qing 11
  Tōru Kuribayashi 6
  Tōru Kuribayashi [de] 11
  Francisco Sánchez 7
  Carlo Biado 11
  Wu Kun-lin 4
  Jeffrey Ignacio 9
  Petri Makkonen 11
  Petri Makkonen 11
  Fjodor Gorst 8
  Wojciech Sroczyński [de] 6
  Fedor Gorst 11
  Petri Makkonen 6
  Wu Kun-lin 11
  Alex Pagulayan 6
  Liu Haitao 11
  Liu Haitao 10
  Wu Kun-lin 11
  Maximilian Lechner 4
  Wu Kun-lin 11
  Carlo Biado 11
  Shane Van Boening 6
  Ko Ping-chung 8
  Yukio Akakariyama 11
  Yukio Akakariyama 2
  Chris Melling 11
  Hsu Jui-an [de] 8
  Chris Melling 11
  Chris Melling 5
  Shane Van Boening 11
  Shane Van Boening 11
  Cheng Yu-hsuan 7
  Shane Van Boening 11
  Jalal Yousef 7
  Jalal Yousef 11
  Dang Jinhu [de] 10
  Shane Van Boening 11
  Chang Jung-lin 8
  Jeff de Luna 9
  Lin Ta Li 11
  Lin Ta Li 11
  Sharik Aslam Sayed 7
  Sharik Aslam Sayed 11
  Aloysius Yapp 10
  Lin Ta Li 7
  Chang Jung-lin 11
  Ralf Souquet 11
  Ruslan Chinachov 6
  Ralf Souquet 6
  Chang Jung-lin 11
  Omar Al-Shaheen 1
  Chang Jung-lin 11

Grand Final edit

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Player Lag Rack Racks
won
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
  Joshua Filler                           13
  Carlo Biado •                     10

References edit

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