WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2013

Tournament information
Sport	9-ball
Location	Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation Doha, Qatar
Dates	September 2, 2013–September 13, 2013[1]
Tournament format(s)	Double elimination / Single elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Thorsten Hohmann
Runner-up	Antonio Gabica
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The 2013 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 22nd event in the annual WPA World Nine-ball Championship. The event took place from September 2 to 13, 2013 in Doha, Qatar.^[2]

Germany's Thorsten Hohmann became world champion by a 13–6 victory over Philippine Antonio Gabica, in the final.^[3] This was Hohmann's second 9-ball World championship, having also won the 2003 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Hohmann defeated defending champion Darren Appleton in an early stage of the event.^[4]

Format

The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in a double elimination tournament against each other. The remaining 64 players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system.^[5]

Prize money

The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winner Thorsten Hohmann winning $36,000.^[4][6]

Results

Preliminary round

The following 32 players won once in the preliminary round and lost twice, which means early retirement and places 65 to 96:

Hanni Al Howri Kuo Po-Cheng Jason Klatt Hayato Hijikata [de] Liu Haitao Yukio Akakariyama Henrikas Strolis [de]

Marc Vidal [de] Waleed Majid Bader al-Awadi Hunter Lombardo Mateusz Śniegocki Jeong Young-hwa [de] So Shaw Radosław Babica

Maghsoud Ali Tomasz Kapłan Satoshi Kawabata [de] Robb Saez Fu Che-wei Bashar Hussain [de] Salaheideen Alrimawi Mhana Al Obaidly

Li Hewen Aloysius Yapp Mario Morra Francisco Bustamante Abdullah Alyousef Han Haoxiang [de] Nico Erasmus Petri Makkonen

The following 32 players lost twice in the preliminary round, which means early retirement and places 97-128.

Sayeem Hossain Shaun Wilkie K. A. Faray Chi Ho Kwok [de] Roman Hybler Jasem al-Hasawi Ryouji Hori Abdulatif Fawal

Zayed Mohamed Meshari Albuqayli Giorgio Margola Saleh Ameen Sibongiseni Gumede Khamis al-Obaidly Naif Abdulafou

Nicolas Ottermann [de] Mohammad Abdullah Nick Pera Ricky Puro Mehdi Rasheki Ali al-Obaidly Mohd al-Buainan Bruno Muratore [de]

Syed Habib Albin Ouschan Christopher Tevez [de] Badr Alhamdan Nour al-Jarrah Muhammed Al Bin Ali Fahim Sinha Gharegozlou

Knockout round

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter final				Semifinal				Final
	Chang Jung-Lin	6
	Oliver Ortmann	11
					Oliver Ortmann	8
					Antonio Gabica	11
	Antonio Gabica	11
	Ang Tuan Nguyen	8
									Antonio Gabica	11
									Ko Pin-yi	9
	Ko Pin-yi	11
	Ryu Seung-woo	2
					Ko Pin-yi	11
					Mika Immonen	8
	Mika Immonen	11
	Alex Pagulayan	6
													Antonio Gabica	11
													Nick van den Berg	10
	Wu Jiaqing	11
	Chao Fong-pang	8
					Wu Jiaqing	10
					Nick van den Berg	11
	Nick van den Berg	11
	Efren Reyes	5
									Nick van den Berg	11
									Hsu Kai-lun [de]	7
	Toh Lian Han [de]	11
	Bu Hong Kong	5
					Toh Lian Han [de]	9
					Hsu Kai-lun [de]	11
	Hsu Kai-lun [de]	11
	Phil Burford [de]	6
																	Antonio Gabica	11
																	Karl Boyes	6
	Marlon Villamor	10
	Karl Boyes	11
					Karl Boyes	11
					Huidji See	8
	Konstantin Stepanov	6
	Huidji See	11
									Karl Boyes	11
									Lo Li-wen [de]	10
	Israel Rota	11
	Mark Antony	8
					Israel Rota	2
					Lo Li-wen [de]	11
	Lo Li-wen [de]	11
	Raymund Faraon [de]	4
													Karl Boyes	11
													Nikos Ekonomopoulos	8
	Manuel Gama [de]	7
	Lee Van Corteza	11
					Lee Van Corteza	11
					Daryl Peach	4
	Daryl Peach	11
	Corey Deuel	10
									Lee Van Corteza	9
									Nikos Ekonomopoulos	11
	Mario He	11
	Mark Gray	7
					Mario He	6
					Nikos Ekonomopoulos	11
	Wang Can	8
	Nikos Ekonomopoulos	11
																					Antonio Gabica	6
																					Thorsten Hohmann	13
	Naoyuki Ōi	11
	Dominic Jentsch	5
					Naoyuki Ōi	7
					Vilmos Földes	11
	Vilmos Földes	11
	Khanh Hoang Nguyen	6
									Vilmos Földes	8
									Jeffrey de Luna	11
	Niels Feijen	9
	Jeffrey de Luna	11
					Jeffrey de Luna	11
					Muhammad Zulfikiri	5
	Ruslan Chinakhov	7
	Muhammad Zulfikiri	11
													Jeffrey de Luna	7
													Thorsten Hohmann	11
	Darren Appleton	11
	Ivo Aarts [de]	3
					Darren Appleton	5
					Thorsten Hohmann	11
	Tōru Kuribayashi [de]	10
	Thorsten Hohmann	11
									Thorsten Hohmann	11
									Dennis Orcollo	8
	Nick Malai	9
	John Morra	11
					John Morra	6
					Dennis Orcollo	11
	Dennis Orcollo	11
	Cheng Yu-hsuan	10
																	Thorsten Hohmann	11
																	Carlo Biado	4
	Chang Yu-Lung	7
	Chris Melling	11
					Chris Melling	11
					Ramil Gallego	7
	Enrique Rojas [de]	8
	Ramil Gallego	11
									Chris Melling	11
									David Alcaide	8
	David Alcaide	11
	Imran Majid	8
					David Alcaide	11
					Jalal Yousef	7
	Jalal Yousef	11
	Alexander Kazakis	6
													Chris Melling	3
													Carlo Biado	11
	Ralf Souquet	5
	Carlo Biado	11
					Carlo Biado	11
					Shane Van Boening	10
	Shane Van Boening	11
	Mohamad Ali Berjaoui	2
									Carlo Biado	11
									Fabio Petroni	10
	Fabio Petroni	11
	Dimitri Jungo [de]	6
					Fabio Petroni	11
					Marlon Manalo	7
	Omar Al-Shaheen	5
	Marlon Manalo	11