2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

The WPA 9-Ball-World Championship 2015 was the 24th edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from September 7 to 18, 2015 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the sixth time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2015
Tournament information
SportNine-ball
Locational-Arabi Sports Club,
Doha, Qatar[1]
DatesSeptember 7, 2015–September 18, 2015[2]
Tournament
format(s)
Double elimination / Single Elimination
Host(s)WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants128
Final positions
Champion Ko Pin-yi
Runner-up Shane Van Boening

The event was won by Ko Pin-yi of Chinese Taipei, who defeated America's Shane Van Boening in the final, with a score of 13 racks to 11.[3][4]

Niels Feijen was the defending champion,[5] however, he did not make it past the preliminary round of the tournament.[6]

Format

From September 7 to 10, a qualifying tournament took place in which 128 participants played in three knockout competitions, for twelve starting places. The remaining 116 starting positions were previously awarded via the world rankings or according to a quota from the continental federations, the Qatari federation and as wildcard places by the WPA.[7]

The 128 qualified for the main tournament players were initially divided into 16 groups. From September 12 to 15 these groups played in a double elimination tournament. From each group four players qualified for the final round, which took place from September 16 to 18 and was played in a knockout system. The event was played with the alternating break format. The goal was to play seven games in qualifying, nine games in the preliminary round, eleven games in the final round and 13 games in the final.[8]

Prize money
Amount[9]
Winner$30,000
Runner Up$15,000
Semifinal$7,500
Quarter final$5,000
Last 16$3.,000
Last 32$2,000
Last 64$1,500
65.–96. Place$500
Total200.000

Preliminary round

Group 1

[10]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Albin Ouschan 9  
      Khaled Farag 5    
    Khaled Farag 5       Albin Ouschan 8
  Hunter Lombardo 9     Hunter Lombardo 9       Satoshi Kawabata 9
  Bashar Hussain 8     Satoshi Kawabata 9
    Hunter Lombardo 6  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Bashar Hussain 9  
  Irsal Nasution 8       Irsal Nasution 5  
  Albin Ouschan 9     Irsal Nasution 9       Bashar Hussain 4
      Konstantin Stepanow 5       Wu Kun-lin 9
    Konstantin Stepanow 7
      Wu Kun-lin 9  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 2

[11]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Wang Can 9  
      Tōru Kuribayashi 6    
    Tōru Kuribayashi 9       Wang Can 9
  Tōru Kuribayashi 9     Mohd Al Bin Ali 8       Marc Bijsterbosch 4
  Radosław Babica 8     Marc Bijsterbosch 9
    Mohd Al Bin Ali 4  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Radosław Babica 9  
  Abdullah al-Yousef 8       Abdullah al-Yousef 3  
  Marc Bijsterbosch 9     Abdullah al-Yousef 9       Radosław Babica 8
      Bader al-Awadhi 6       Rubén Bautista 9
    Rubén Bautista 9
      Bader al-Awadhi 7  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 3

[12]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Li Hewen 9  
      Roman Hybler 8    
    Roman Hybler 7       Li Hewen 9
  Mehdi Rasekhi 5     Mehdi Rasekhi 9       Justin Campbell 2
  Yang Ching-shun 9     Justin Campbell 9
    Mehdi Rasekhi 2  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Waleed Majid 6  
  Waleed Majid 5       Yang Ching-shun 9  
  Justin Campbell 9     Waleed Majid 9       Yang Ching-shun 6
      Francisco Sánchez 5       Yukio Akakariyama 9
    Francisco Sánchez 8
      Yukio Akakariyama 9  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 4

[13]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Raymund Faraon 9  
      Francois Ellis 3    
    Francois Ellis 3       Raymund Faraon 9
  Mohammed Saeed (pool player) 5     Mohammed Saeed (pool player) 9       Pordel Mohammadali 4
  Zhou Long (Poolbillardspieler) 9     Pordel Mohammadali 9
    Mohammed Saeed 6  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Nikos Ekonomopoulos 9  
  Marco Teutscher 9       Mohamed Shareef 1  
  Pordel Mohammadali 3     Mohamed Shareef 0       Nikos Ekonomopoulos 9
      Marco Teutscher 9       Zhou Long 6
    Marco Teutscher 7
      Zhou Long 9  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 5

[14]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Warren Kiamco 9  
      Vegar Kristiansen 2    
    Vegar Kristiansen 9       Warren Kiamco 5
  Vegar Kristiansen 6     Jeong Young-hwa 7       Wojciech Szewczyk 9
  Oliver Medenilla 9     Jeong Young-hwa 2
    Wojciech Szewczyk 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Wu Jiaqing 9  
  Shannon Ducharme 6       Shannon Ducharme 5  
  Warren Kiamco 9     Shannon Ducharme 9       Wu Jiaqing 9
      Mohanna Obaidly 8       Oliver Medenilla 2
    Mohanna Obaidly 2
      Oliver Medenilla 9  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 6

[15]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Chang Jung-Lin 8  
      Ralf Souquet 9    
    Chang Jung-Lin 9       Ralf Souquet 1
  Chang Jung-Lin 6     Mohammad Sharif (pool player) 4       Mateusz Śniegocki 9
  Johann Chua 9     Mateusz Śniegocki 9
    Mohammad Sharif 8  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Johann Chua 9  
  Ali Obaidly 5       Ali Obaidly 7  
  Ralf Souquet 9     Ali Obaidly 9       Johann Chua 7
      Hichem Benaissa 3       Abdul Rahman al-Amar 9
    Hichem Benaissa 3
      Abdul Rahman al-Amar 9  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 7

[16]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Nick van den Berg 5  
      Naoyuki Ōi 9    
    Nick van den Berg 9       Naoyuki Ōi 9
  Nick van den Berg 4     Abdultif Fawal 3       Tom Teriault 2
  Ruslan Tschinachow 9     Tom Teriault 9
    Abdultif Fawal 7  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Lee Van Corteza 6  
  Lee Van Corteza 9       Ruslan Tschinachow 9  
  Tom Teriault 2     Lee Van Corteza 9       Ruslan Tschinachow 4
      Mohamed al-Hosani 7       Liu Cheng-chieh 9
    Mohamed al-Hosani 8
      Liu Cheng-chieh 9  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 8

[17]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Daryl Peach 9  
      Muhammad Simanjuntak 2    
    M. Simanjuntak 9       Daryl Peach 5
  M. Simanjuntak 9     Alejandro Carvajal 5       Mike Dechaine 9
  Daniele Corrieri 7     Mike Dechaine 9
    Alejandro Carvajal 4  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Carlo Biado 9  
  Mishel Turkey 9       Fahad Khalaf 6  
  Daryl Peach 5     Fahad Khalaf 5       Carlo Biado 9
      Mishel Turkey 9       Daniele Corrieri 5
    Daniele Corrieri 9
      Mishel Turkey 6  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 9

[18]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Ko Pin-yi 9  
      Denis Grabe 4    
    Denis Grabe 9       Ko Pin-yi 9
  Denis Grabe 9     Rajandran Nair 4       Matey Ullah 6
  Oliver Ortmann 7     Rajandran Nair 6
    Matey Ullah 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Mika Immonen 9  
  Zhu Xihe 6       Amir Rota 4  
  Matey Ullah 9     Amir Rota 8       Mika Immonen 9
      Zhu Xihe 9       Oliver Ortmann 5
    Oliver Ortmann 9
      Zhu Xihe 2  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 10

[19]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Ko Ping-chung 9  
      Marcus Chamat 5    
    Marcus Chamat 6       Ko Ping-chung 9
  Cheng Yu-hsuan 9     Cheng Yu-hsuan 9       Christopher Tevez 2
  Richard Jones 6     Christopher Tevez 9
    Cheng Yu-hsuan 5  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Shane Van Boening 9  
  Omran Salem 9       Omran Salem 6  
  Christopher Tevez 7     Omran Salem 9       Shane Van Boening 9
      Hassan Shafraz 8       Richard Jones 5
    Hassan Shafraz 1
      Richard Jones 9  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 11

[20]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      John Morra 9  
      Mario He 8    
    Mario He 9       John Morra 9
  Mario He 9     Mazen Berjaoui 6       Toh Lian Han 4
  Hesam Abdulaziz 2     Toh Lian Han 9
    Mazen Berjaoui 6  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Chu Bingjie 3  
  Chu Bingjie 8       David Alcaide 9  
  Toh Lian Han 9     Chu Bingjie 9       David Alcaide 9
      Khalid Yousuf 6       Hesam Abdulaziz 6
    Hesam Abdulaziz 9
      Khalid Yousuf 8  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 12

[21]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Dang Jinhu 9  
      Ryu Seung-woo 5    
    Ryu Seung-woo 9       Dang Jinhu 9
  Ryu Seung-woo 9     Hamzaa Saeed Ali 2       Tomasz Kapłan 4
  Niels Feijen 8     Hamzaa Saeed Ali 5
    Tomasz Kapłan 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Niels Feijen 9  
  Francisco Felicilda 7       Francisco Felicilda 4  
  Tomasz Kapłan 9     Francisco Felicilda 9       Niels Feijen 8
      Mohammad Berjaoui 7       Alexander Kazakis 9
    Alexander Kazakis 9
      Mohammad Berjaoui 1  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 13

[22]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Dennis Orcollo 9  
      Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 4    
    Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 9       Dennis Orcollo 9
  Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 9     Fahad al-Hejeli 3       Hosain Sayeem 6
  Thorsten Hohmann 4     Hosain Sayeem 9
    Fahad al-Hejeli 7  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Thorsten Hohmann 9  
  Goh Chin Teck 9       Nizar Mosbah Tamimi 3  
  Hosain Sayeem 5     Nizar Mosbah Tamimi 5       Thorsten Hohmann 8
      Goh Chin Teck 9       Jalal Yousef 9
    Goh Chin Teck 7
      Jalal Yousef 9  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 14

[23]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Karl Boyes 5  
      Lo Ho Sum 9    
    Karl Boyes 9       Lo Ho Sum 6
  Karl Boyes 7     Sameer al-Madhi 2       Imran Majid 9
  Chao Fong-Pang 9     Imran Majid 9
    Sameer al-Madhi 4  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Liu Haitao (pool player) 5  
  Liu Haitao (pool player) 9       Chao Fong-Pang 9  
  Lo Ho Sum 5     Liu Haitao (pool player) 9       Chao Fong-Pang 8
      Meshal al-Murdhi 2       Karol Skowerski 9
    Karol Skowerski 9
      Meshal al-Murdhi 4  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 15

[24]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Chang Yu-Lung 9  
      Sundeep Gulati 4    
    Sundeep Gulati 8       Chang Yu-Lung 9
  Petri Makkonen 2     Petri Makkonen 9       Matthew Edwards 3
  Jason Klatt 9     Petri Makkonen 8
    Matthew Edwards 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Jason Klatt 9  
  Andreas Gerwen 9       Ali Hussein Ali 4  
  Matthew Edwards 7     Ali Hussein Ali 4       Jason Klatt 6
      Andreas Gerwen 9       Jeffrey Ignacio 9
    Andreas Gerwen 7
      Jeffrey Ignacio 9  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Group 16

[25]

  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Antonio Gabica 9  
      Omar al-Shaheen 3    
    Omar al-Shaheen 9       Antonio Gabica 9
  Omar al-Shaheen 5     Bader al-Hamdan 4       Sinha Fahim 6
  Aloysius Yapp 9     Sinha Fahim 9
    Bader al-Hamdan 3  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Darren Appleton 5  
  Darren Appleton 9       Aloysius Yapp 9  
  Sinha Fahim 2     Darren Appleton 9       Aloysius Yapp 7
      Mohamed Elmola 3       Mark Gray 9
    Mark Gray 9
      Mohamed Elmola 1  
  Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers eliminated.		 Losers eliminated. Losers proceed to the 1st playoff round. Winners advance to the round of 64.
Losers proceed to the 2nd playoff round.

Knockout round

[26][27][28]

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter finals Semi finals Final
            
Raymund Faraon 9
Warren Kiamco 11
Warren Kiamco 11
Jalal Yousef 7
Jalal Yousef 11
Zhou Long 10
Warren Kiamco 9
Ko Pin-yi 11
Carlo Biado 11
Lee Van Corteza 5
Carlo Biado 4
Ko Pin-yi 11
Ko Pin-yi 11
Justin Campbell 7
Ko Pin-yi 11
John Morra 6
Mika Immonen 11
Goh Chin Teck 3
Mika Immonen 11
Wu Kun-lin 9
Wu Kun-lin 11
Ryu Seung-woo 9
Mika Immonen 8
John Morra 11
John Morra 11
Omran Salem 2
John Morra 11
Mark Gray 10
Mark Gray 11
Ralf Souquet 10
Ko Pin-yi 11
Wu Jiaqing 10
Naoyuki Ōi 9
Aloysius Yapp 11
Aloysius Yapp 11
Jeffrey Ignacio 6
Jeffrey Ignacio 11
Jason Klatt 5
Aloysius Yapp 11
Alexander Kazakis 10
Imran Majid 10
Liu Haitao (pool player) 11
Liu Haitao (pool player) 9
Alexander Kazakis 11
Alexander Kazakis 11
Chao Fong-Pang 10
Aloysius Yapp 7
Wu Jiaqing 11
Antonio Gabica 5
Ruslan Tschinachow 11
Ruslan Tschinachow 7
Wang Can 11
Wang Can 11
Tōru Kuribayashi 7
Wang Can 9
Wu Jiaqing 11
Satoshi Kawabata 7
Albin Ouschan 11
Albin Ouschan 6
Wu Jiaqing 11
Wu Jiaqing 11
Muhammad Simanjuntak 3
Ko Pin-yi 13
Shane Van Boening 11
Ko Ping-chung 11
Mario He 5
Ko Ping-chung 11
Yukio Akakariyama 9
Yukio Akakariyama 11
Johann Chua 5
Ko Ping-chung 11
Mike Dechaine 9
Li Hewen 7
Denis Grabe 11
Denis Grabe 10
Mike Dechaine 11
Mike Dechaine 11
Cheng Yu-hsuan 10
Ko Ping-chung 11
Wojciech Szewczyk 5
David Alcaide 11
Yang Ching-shun 8
David Alcaide 11
Toh Lian Han 7
Abdul Rahman al-Amar 8
Toh Lian Han 11
David Alcaide 10
Wojciech Szewczyk 11
Liu Cheng-chieh 11
Andreas Gerwen 5
Liu Cheng-chieh 8
Wojciech Szewczyk 11
Wojciech Szewczyk 11
Marco Teutscher 8
Ko Ping-chung 1
Shane Van Boening 11
Chang Yu-Lung 11
Marc Bijsterbosch 4
Chang Yu-Lung 11
Oliver Medenilla 4
Karol Skowerski 4
Oliver Medenilla 11
Chang Yu-Lung 5
Shane Van Boening 11
Shane Van Boening 11
Tomasz Kapłan 3
Shane Van Boening 11
Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 5
Dang Jinhu 10
Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 11
Shane Van Boening 11
Dennis Orcollo 1
Mateusz Śniegocki 10
Hunter Lombardo 11
Hunter Lombardo 7
Dennis Orcollo 11
Dennis Orcollo 11
Mishel Turkey 1
Dennis Orcollo 11
Darren Appleton 2
Rubén Bautista 3
Darren Appleton 11
Darren Appleton 11
Nikos Ekonomopoulos 7
Nikos Ekonomopoulos 11
Matey Ullah 7

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