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 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]

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

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

Preliminary round

[4][5][6][7][8]

Group 1

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin9
Australia James Georgiadis7
Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin9
Philippines Francisco Felicilda [de]8
Argentina Jorge Llanos [de]8
Philippines Francisco Felicilda [de]9
Chinese Taipei Chang Yu-Lung9
Hong Kong Kong Bu Hong5
Chinese Taipei Chang Yu-Lung9
Poland Mateusz Śniegocki5
Iran Takhti Zarekani8
Poland Mateusz Śniegocki9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Argentina Jorge Llanos [de]3
Australia James Georgiadis7Poland Mateusz Śniegocki9
Argentina Jorge Llanos [de]9
Iran Takhti Zarekani1
Hong Kong Kong Bu Hong5Philippines Francisco Felicilda [de]9
Iran Takhti Zarekani9

Group 2

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Philippines Johann Chua9
Iran Hassan Zeraatgar4
Philippines Johann Chua8
Venezuela Jalal al-Sarisi9
Morocco Zine el-Abidine Cherif1
Venezuela Jalal al-Sarisi9
Poland Mieszko Fortuński9
Myanmar Maung Maung3
Poland Mieszko Fortuński5
Spain Francisco Sánchez9
Japan Tomoo Takano6
Spain Francisco Sánchez9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Iran Hassan Zeraatgar7
Iran Hassan Zeraatgar9Poland Mieszko Fortuński9
MoroccoZine el-Abidine Cherif6
Myanmar Maung Maung9
Myanmar Maung Maung9Philippines Johann Chua3
Japan Tomoo Takano6

Group 3

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Philippines Jeffrey de Luna9
Algeria Mohamed el-Raousti1
Philippines Jeffrey de Luna9
Qatar Muzammil Hussain3
Qatar Muzammil Hussain9
South Korea Lee Jun-ho7
South Korea Ryu Seung-woo6
Kuwait Bader al-Awadhi9
Kuwait Bader al-Awadhi7
Singapore Keng Kwang Chan [de]9
Singapore Keng Kwang Chan [de]9
Finland Mika Immonen6
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
South Korea Lee Jun-ho7
Algeria Mohamed el-Raousti1Kuwait Bader al-Awadhi9
South Korea Lee Jun-ho9
South Korea Ryu Seung-woo9
South Korea Ryu Seung-woo9Qatar Muzammil Hussain5
Finland Mika Immonen5

Group 4

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Philippines Warren Kiamco9
South Africa Jason Theron3
Philippines Warren Kiamco7
Russia Konstantin Stepanov9
Kuwait Majed Alazmi3
Russia Konstantin Stepanov9
United States Robert Hart3
Philippines Jeffrey Ignacio9
Philippines Jeffrey Ignacio9
China Dang Jinhu [de]6
Singapore Teck Goh Chin5
China Dang Jinhu [de]9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Kuwait Majed Alazmi0
South Africa Jason Theron8China Dang Jinhu [de]9
Kuwait Majed Alazmi9
Singapore Teck Goh Chin6
United States Robert Hart4Philippines Warren Kiamco9
Singapore Teck Goh Chin9

Group 5

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi9
Kuwait Fawaz al-Rashedi6
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi9
Vietnam Lưu Minh Phúc8
Vietnam Lưu Minh Phúc9
Morocco Farhat Bouchaib2
Poland Wojciech Szewczyk8
Sweden Christian Sparrenlöv [de]9
Sweden Christian Sparrenlöv [de]9
Netherlands Niels Feijen8
Bangladesh Ahmed Tanvir0
Netherlands Niels Feijen9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Kuwait Fawaz al-Rashedi6
Kuwait Fawaz al-Rashedi9Netherlands Niels Feijen9
Morocco Farhat Bouchaib3
Poland Wojciech Szewczyk9
Poland Wojciech Szewczyk9Vietnam Lưu Minh Phúc7
Bangladesh Ahmed Tanvir6

Group 6

Main RoundWinner’s Round
China Han Haoxiang [de]2
Jordan Ahmad Naiem9
Jordan Ahmad Naiem7
Greece Nick Malai9
Greece Nick Malai9
United States Hunter Lombardo7
China Kong Dejing9
India Dharminder Lilly6
China Kong Dejing6
Germany Joshua Filler9
Greece Damianos Giallourakis6
Germany Joshua Filler9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
China Han Haoxiang [de]5
China Han Haoxiang [de]9China Kong Dejing9
United States Hunter Lombardo4
Greece Damianos Giallourakis8
India Dharminder Lilly2Jordan Ahmad Naiem9
Greece Damianos Giallourakis9

Group 7

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Canada Alex Pagulayan8
Japan Yukio Akakariyama9
Japan Yukio Akakariyama7
Hong Kong Lo Ho Sum9
Lebanon Mohammad Berjawi7
Hong Kong Lo Ho Sum9
Russia Maxim Dudanez4
Austria Maximilian Lechner9
Austria Maximilian Lechner9
Philippines Roland Garcia5
India Aayush Kumar6
Philippines Roland Garcia9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Lebanon Mohammad Berjawi6
Canada Alex Pagulayan7Philippines Roland Garcia9
Lebanon Mohammad Berjawi9
Russia Maxim Dudanez9
Russia Maxim Dudanez9Japan Yukio Akakariyama7
India Aayush Kumar5

Group 8

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Austria Mario He9
Chinese Taipei Tao Ying Duo3
Austria Mario He8
Vietnam Dương Quốc Hoàng9
Vietnam Dương Quốc Hoàng9
Chinese Taipei Lo Li-wen [de]6
Canada Martin Daigle9
Lebanon Mazin Berjawi5
Canada Martin Daigle9
Chinese Taipei Cheng Yu-hsuan7
Poland Wiktor Zieliński3
Chinese Taipei Cheng Yu-hsuan9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Chinese Taipei Lo Li-wen [de]9
Chinese Taipei Tao Ying Duo4Chinese Taipei Cheng Yu-hsuan6
Chinese Taipei Lo Li-wen [de]9
Poland Wiktor Zieliński9
Lebanon Mazin Berjawi3Austria Mario He8
Poland Wiktor Zieliński9

Group 9

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Austria Albin Ouschan9
Qatar Abdulatif Alfawal5
Austria Albin Ouschan9
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Chia-chen5
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Chia-chen9
Iran Mohammadali Pordel5
China Wang Can5
Chinese Taipei Nien Rong-chih9
Chinese Taipei Nien Rong-chih5
China Liu Haitao9
Russia Fyodor Gorst5
China Liu Haitao9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Iran Mohammadali Pordel8
Qatar Abdulatif Alfawal5Chinese Taipei Nien Rong-chih9
Iran Mohammadali Pordel9
Russia Fyodor Gorst3
China Wang Can7Chinese Taipei Hsieh Chia-chen9
Russia Fyodor Gorst9

Group 10

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Germany Ralf Souquet9
Qatar Ali al-Obaidly2
Germany Ralf Souquet7
Czech Republic Roman Hybler9
Hong Kong Ip Tung Pong2
Czech Republic Roman Hybler9
Iran Ali Maghsoud2
Poland Tomasz Kapłan9
Poland Tomasz Kapłan9
Russia Ruslan Chinakhov8
Vietnam Nguyễn Anh Tuấn8
Russia Ruslan Chinakhov9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Qatar Ali al-Obaidly5
Qatar Ali al-Obaidly9Russia Ruslan Chinakhov9
Hong Kong Ip Tung Pong4
Vietnam Nguyễn Anh Tuấn9
Iran Ali Maghsoud6Germany Ralf Souquet7
Vietnam Nguyễn Anh Tuấn9

Group 11

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Greece Alexander Kazakis9
Algeria Nadim Okbani2
Greece Alexander Kazakis9
Germany Sebastian Ludwig7
Germany Sebastian Ludwig9
Qatar Waleed Majid1
Japan Hiroshi Takenaka2
China Chu Bingjie [de]9
China Chu Bingjie [de]6
Albania Eklent Kaçi9
Maldives Mohammed Hassan2
Albania Eklent Kaçi9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Qatar Waleed Majid1
Algeria Nadim Okbani2China Chu Bingjie [de]9
Qatar Waleed Majid9
Japan Hiroshi Takenaka9
Japan Hiroshi Takenaka9Germany Sebastian Ludwig8
Maldives Mohammed Hassan2

Group 12

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Spain David Alcaide9
Qatar Mhanaa al-Obaidly0
Spain David Alcaide4
Poland Radosław Babica9
Maldives Hashim Ahusanu2
Poland Radosław Babica9
Bangladesh Md al-Amin9
Japan Tōru Kuribayashi [de]8
Bangladesh Md al-Amin5
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung9
Portugal Henrique Correia [de]5
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Qatar Mhanaa al-Obaidly0
Qatar Mhanaa al-Obaidly9Bangladesh Md al-Amin9
Maldives Hashim Ahusanu4
Portugal Henrique Correia [de]5
Japan Tōru Kuribayashi [de]8Spain David Alcaide9
Portugal Henrique Correia [de]9

Group 13

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Philippines Carlo Biado9
China Xu Xiaocong6
Philippines Carlo Biado9
South Africa Richard Halliday4
South Korea Kwon Hojun8
South Africa Richard Halliday9
Japan Hayato Hijikata [de]9
Portugal Samuel Santos5
Japan Hayato Hijikata [de]9
Estonia Denis Grabe4
Libya Osama Anga1
Estonia Denis Grabe9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
China Xu Xiaocong9
China Xu Xiaocong9Estonia Denis Grabe8
South Korea Kwon Hojun2
Portugal Samuel Santos9
Portugal Samuel Santos9South Africa Richard Halliday4
Libya Osama Anga3

Group 14

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Chinese Taipei Wu Kun-lin9
Chinese Taipei Li Si-yu7
Chinese Taipei Wu Kun-lin9
Finland Petri Makkonen7
Algeria Abderrahmane Mebarki3
Finland Petri Makkonen9
Qatar Bashar Hussain [de]8
Iraq Abdulkhizar Hasanin9
Iraq Abdulkhizar Hasanin4
Lithuania Pijus Labutis9
Lithuania Pijus Labutis}9
Germany Thorsten Hohmann3
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Chinese Taipei Li Si-yu9
Chinese Taipei Li Si-yu9Iraq Abdulkhizar Hasanin6
Algeria Abderrahmane Mebarki0
Germany Thorsten Hohmann9
Qatar Bashar Hussain [de]6Finland Petri Makkonen7
Germany Thorsten Hohmann9

Group 15

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Japan Naoyuki Ōi9
Sweden Daniel Tångudd [de]3
Japan Naoyuki Ōi9
Canada John Morra8
Kuwait Mohammed Alkhashawi4
Canada John Morra9
Netherlands Marco Teutscher9
Argentina Ariel Casto [de]5
Netherlands Marco Teutscher9
China Wu Jiaqing2
Chinese Taipei Yang Ching-shun5
China Wu Jiaqing9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Sweden Daniel Tångudd [de]9
Sweden Daniel Tångudd [de]9China Wu Jiaqing5
Kuwait Mohammed Alkhashawi3
Argentina Ariel Casto [de]5
Argentina Ariel Casto [de]9Canada John Morra9
Chinese Taipei Yang Ching-shun6

Group 16

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Chinese Taipei Liu Cheng-chieh [de]9
Philippines Israel Rota6
Chinese Taipei Liu Cheng-chieh [de]9
Poland Konrad Juszczyszyn7
South Africa Jeremiah Naidoo5
Poland Konrad Juszczyszyn9
Kuwait Abdullah al-Yousef5
Peru Gerson Martínez9
Peru Gerson Martínez9
Germany André Lackner [de]8
Germany André Lackner [de]9
Kuwait Meshaal al-Murdhi6
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Philippines Israel Rota9
Philippines Israel Rota9Germany André Lackner [de]4
South Africa Jeremiah Naidoo1
Kuwait Abdullah al-Yousef9
Kuwait Abdullah al-Yousef9Poland Konrad Juszczyszyn3
Kuwait Meshaal al-Murdhi8

Final round

[7][9][10][11][12][13]

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

Final

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
Philippines Carlo Biado 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13
Philippines Roland Garcia • 1 1 1 1 1 5

Notes and references

Notes

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

References

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  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.
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  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.
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