2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

The 2018 WPA 9-Ball-World 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]

2018 WPA World 9-Ball Championship
Tournament information
SportNine-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
Champion Joshua Filler
Runner-up Carlo Biado

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

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

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

Prize money[7]
Winner40.000 US$
Final15.000 US$
Semi-final? US$
Quarter-final? US$
Last 16? US$
Last 32? US$
Last 64? US$
Total200.000 US$

Preliminary round

[15][16]

Group 1
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Eklent Kaçi 9  
      Alejandro Carvajal 7    
    Alejandro Carvajal 4       Eklent Kaçi 9
  Abdulatif Alfawal 6     Abdulatif Alfawal 9       Meshaal al-Murdhi 6
  Witalij Pazura 9     Meshaal al-Murdhi 9
    Abdulatif Alfawal 5  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Aloysius Yapp 9  
  Ryu Seung-woo 9       Fayaz Hussain 3  
  Meshaal al-Murdhi 3     Fayaz Hussain 3       Aloysius Yapp 9
      Ryu Seung-woo 9       Witalij Pazura 8
    Witalij Pazura 9
      Ryu Seung-woo 5  
  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
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Joshua Filler 9  
      Stanimir Ruslanow 5    
    Stanimir Ruslanow 5       Joshua Filler 9
  Matthew Edwards 7     Matthew Edwards 9       Mazen Berjaoui 5
  Radosław Babica 9     Mazen Berjaoui 9
    Matthew Edwards 6  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Hunter Lombardo 5  
  Hunter Lombardo 8       Radosław Babica 9  
  Mazen Berjaoui 9     Hunter Lombardo 9       Radosław Babica 6
      Sami Koylu 7       Jeff de Luna 9
    Sami Koylu 7
      Jeff de Luna 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 3
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Roland Garcia 8  
      Hsu Jui-an 9    
    Roland Garcia 9       Hsu Jui-an 9
  Roland Garcia 9     Ahmed Nizam Uddin 5       Bader al-Awadhi 1
  Billy Thorpe 5     Ahmed Nizam Uddin 1
    Bader al-Awadhi 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Billy Thorpe 9  
  David Alcaide 7       Ahmed Aleqaly 4  
  Bader al-Awadhi 9     Ahmed Aleqaly 2       Billy Thorpe 7
      David Alcaide 9       Liu Ri-teng 9
    Liu Ri-teng 9
      David Alcaide 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 4
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Fjodor Gorst 9  
      Omar al-Shaheen 6    
    Omar al-Shaheen 9       Fjodor Gorst 9
  Omar al-Shaheen 9     Mohammad Soufi 6       Jeong Young-hwa 1
  Sanjin Pehlivanović 6     Mohammad Soufi 7
    Jeong Young-hwa 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Wojciech Szewczyk 5  
  Johann Chua 9       Robbie Capito 9  
  Jeong Young-hwa 7     Wojciech Szewczyk 3       Robbie Capito 9
      Johann Chua 9       Sanjin Pehlivanović 5
    Sanjin Pehlivanović 9
      Johann Chua 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 5
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Niels Feijen 9  
      Chang Yu-Lung 5    
    Chang Yu-Lung 9       Niels Feijen 9
  Chang Yu-Lung 6     Israel Rota 5       Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 7
  Petri Makkonen 9     Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 9
    Israel Rota 2  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Corey Deuel 9  
  Ahmed Tanvir 5       Ahmed Tanvir 5  
  Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 9     Ahmed Tanvir 9       Corey Deuel 9
      Fawaz al-Rashedi 4       Petri Makkonen 4
    Fawaz al-Rashedi 3
      Petri Makkonen 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
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Hsieh Chia-chen 9  
      Satoshi Kawabata 3    
    Satoshi Kawabata 9       Hsieh Chia-chen 9
  Satoshi Kawabata 6     Mika Immonen 4       Ruslan Chinachov 8
  Jeffrey Ignacio 9     Ruslan Chinachov 9
    Mika Immonen 5  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Mateusz Śniegocki 9  
  Abdullah Alenzi 2       Vincent Halliday 7  
  Ruslan Chinachov 9     Vincent Halliday 1       Mateusz Śniegocki 9
      Abdullah Alenzi 9       Jeffrey Ignacio 5
    Abdullah Alenzi 6
      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 7
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Alexander Kazakis 9  
      Jakub Koniar 8    
    Jakub Koniar 4       Alexander Kazakis 9
  Ko Ping-han 9     Ko Ping-han 9       Hayato Hijikata 8
  Xu Xiaocong 7     Ko Ping-han 4
    Hayato Hijikata 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Xu Xiaocong 9  
  Cheng Yu-hsuan 9       Ahmad Mohamad Sllah 8  
  Hayato Hijikata 5     Ahmad Mohamad Sllah 2       Xu Xiaocong 6
      Cheng Yu-hsuan 9       Waleed Majid 9
    Waleed Majid 9
      Cheng Yu-hsuan 5  
  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
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Alex Pagulayan 9  
      Mohammad Berjaoui 8    
    Mohammad Berjaoui 6       Alex Pagulayan 9
  Sharik Aslam Sayed 9     Sharik Aslam Sayed 9       Tōru Kuribayashi 8
  Roman Hybler 4     Sharik Aslam Sayed 5
    Tōru Kuribayashi 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Roman Hybler 9  
  Hasan Idan 6       Mohammad al-Amin 8  
  Tōru Kuribayashi 9     Mohammad al-Amin 6       Roman Hybler 1
      Hasan Idan 9       Ko Pin-yi 9
    Hasan Idan 4
      Ko Pin-yi 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 9
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Carlo Biado 9  
      Jorge Llanos 3    
    Jorge Llanos 2       Carlo Biado 9
  Nguyễn Anh Tuấn 9     Nguyễn Anh Tuấn 9       Sergei Luzker 5
  Dương Quốc Hoàng 5     Sergei Luzker 9
    Nguyễn Anh Tuấn 8  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Wiktor Zieliński 7  
  Wiktor Zieliński 9       Tomoya Iima 9  
  Sergei Luzker 7     Wiktor Zieliński 9       Tomoya Iima 9
      Ameer Ali 8       Dương Quốc Hoàng 7
    Ameer Ali 5
      Dương Quốc Hoàng 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 10
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Liu Haitao 9  
      Ali Abdulhadi 2    
    Ali Abdulhadi 2       Liu Haitao 6
  Marlon Manalo 2     Marlon Manalo 9       Wang Can 9
  Casper Matikainen 9     Marlon Manalo 6
    Wang Can 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Martin Daigle 8  
  Martin Daigle 6       Casper Matikainen 9  
  Liu Haitao 9     Martin Daigle 9       Casper Matikainen 4
      Abdullah Falah 3       Naoyuki Ōi 9
    Abdullah Falah 2
      Naoyuki Ōi 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
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Thorsten Hohmann 6  
      Jason Theron 9    
    Thorsten Hohmann 9       Jason Theron 5
  Thorsten Hohmann 6     Takhti Zarekani 7       Tomasz Kapłan 9
  Wu Jiaqing 9     Takhti Zarekani 6
    Tomasz Kapłan 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Maximilian Lechner 7  
  Maximilian Lechner 9       Tomoo Takano 9  
  Jason Theron 5     Maximilian Lechner 9       Tomoo Takano 9
      Jimmy Worung 6       Wu Jiaqing 8
    Jimmy Worung 1
      Wu Jiaqing 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 12
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Chris Melling 9  
      Marc Bijsterbosch 2    
    Marc Bijsterbosch 8       Chris Melling 9
  Ali Maghsoud 3     Ali Maghsoud 9       Richard Halliday 3
  Yukio Akakariyama 9     Ali Maghsoud 8
    Richard Halliday 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Maxim Dudanez 6  
  Wojciech Sroczyński 9       Yukio Akakariyama 9  
  Richard Halliday 3     Maxim Dudanez 7       Yukio Akakariyama 7
      Wojciech Sroczyński 9       Wu Kun-lin 9
    Wojciech Sroczyński 5
      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 13
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Ko Ping-chung 9  
      Ivar Saris 6    
    Ivar Saris 9       Ko Ping-chung 9
  Ivar Saris 6     Robert Hart 3       Nick Malai 6
  Jalal Yousef 9     Nick Malai 9
    Robert Hart 3  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Jalal Yousef 9  
  Marek Kudlik 8       Oliver Szolnoki 5  
  Nick Malai 9     Oliver Szolnoki 8       Jalal Yousef 7
      Marek Kudlik 9       Shane Van Boening 9
    Marek Kudlik 1
      Shane Van Boening 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
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Denis Grabe 3  
      Phone Myint Kyaw 9    
    Denis Grabe 9       Phone Myint Kyaw 9
  Denis Grabe 6     Toh Lian Han 2       Lo Ho Sum 4
  Dang Jinhu 9     Toh Lian Han 3
    Lo Ho Sum 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Konstantin Stepanow 9  
  Lin Ta Li 9       Enrique Rojas 8  
  Lo Ho Sum 6     Enrique Rojas 8       Konstantin Stepanow 9
      Lin Ta Li 9       Dang Jinhu 4
    Lin Ta Li 8
      Dang Jinhu 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 15
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Francisco Sánchez 9  
      Aung Moe Thu 6    
    Aung Moe Thu 9       Francisco Sánchez 9
  Aung Moe Thu 5     Roberto Brillantes 3       John Morra 2
  Albin Ouschan 9     Roberto Brillantes 0
    John Morra 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Konrad Juszczyszyn 9  
  Thomas Tokoph 3       Kong Bu Hong 4  
  John Morra 9     Kong Bu Hong 8       Konrad Juszczyszyn 9
      Thomas Tokoph 9       Albin Ouschan 4
    Thomas Tokoph 4
      Albin Ouschan 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
  2nd playoff round 1st playoff round Main Round Winner’s Round
                             
      Ralf Souquet 9  
      Mohammed Hassan 3    
    Mohammed Hassan 6       Ralf Souquet 9
  Bing Chen Gao 9     Bing Chen Gao 9       Lo Li-wen 2
  Damianos Giallourakis 7     Bing Chen Gao 5
    Lo Li-wen 9  
Losers' bracket Winners' bracket
      Bashar Abdulmajeed 7  
  Kwon Hojun 5       Damianos Giallourakis 9  
  Lo Li-wen 9     Bashar Abdulmajeed 4       Damianos Giallourakis 8
      Kwon Hojun 9       Chang Jung-Lin 9
    Kwon Hojun 8
      Chang Jung-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.

Finals

[16][17]

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 9
Carlo Biado 11
Konrad Juszczyszyn 7
Lo Li-wen 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 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 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 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 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

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Joshua Filler 13
Carlo Biado • 10

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