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

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
Main RoundWinner’s Round
Albania Eklent Kaçi9
Chile Alejandro Carvajal7
Albania Eklent Kaçi9
Kuwait Meshaal al-Murdhi6
Kuwait Meshaal al-Murdhi9
Qatar Abdulatif Alfawal5
Singapore Aloysius Yapp9
Maldives Fayaz Hussain3
Singapore Aloysius Yapp9
Ukraine Witalij Pazura8
Ukraine Witalij Pazura9
South Korea Ryu Seung-woo5
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Qatar Abdulatif Alfawal6
Chile Alejandro Carvajal4Ukraine Witalij Pazura9
Qatar Abdulatif Alfawal9
South Korea Ryu Seung-woo9
Maldives Fayaz Hussain3Kuwait Meshaal al-Murdhi3
South Korea Ryu Seung-woo9

Group 2
Main RoundWinner’s Round
Germany Joshua Filler9
Bulgaria Stanimir Ruslanow5
Germany Joshua Filler9
Lebanon Mazen Berjaoui5
Lebanon Mazen Berjaoui9
New Zealand Matthew Edwards6
United States Hunter Lombardo5
Poland Radosław Babica9
Poland Radosław Babica6
Philippines Jeff de Luna9
Turkey Sami Koylu7
Philippines Jeff de Luna9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
New Zealand Matthew Edwards7
Bulgaria Stanimir Ruslanow5Poland Radosław Babica9
New Zealand Matthew Edwards9
United States Hunter Lombardo8
United States Hunter Lombardo9Lebanon Mazen Berjaoui9
Turkey Sami Koylu7

Group 3
Main RoundWinner’s Round
Philippines Roland Garcia8
Chinese Taipei Hsu Jui-an9
Chinese Taipei Hsu Jui-an9
Kuwait Bader al-Awadhi1
Bangladesh Ahmed Nizam Uddin1
Kuwait Bader al-Awadhi9
United States Billy Thorpe9
Jordan Ahmed Aleqaly4
United States Billy Thorpe7
Chinese Taipei Liu Ri-teng9
Chinese Taipei Liu Ri-teng9
Spain David Alcaide1
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Philippines Roland Garcia9
Philippines Roland Garcia9United States Billy Thorpe5
Bangladesh Ahmed Nizam Uddin5
Spain David Alcaide7
Jordan Ahmed Aleqaly2Kuwait Bader al-Awadhi9
Spain David Alcaide9

Group 4
Main RoundWinner’s Round
Russia Fjodor Gorst9
Kuwait Omar Al-Shaheen6
Russia Fjodor Gorst9
South Korea Jeong Young-hwa1
Syria Mohammad Soufi7
South Korea Jeong Young-hwa9
Poland Wojciech Szewczyk5
Hong Kong Robbie Capito9
Hong Kong Robbie Capito9
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanjin Pehlivanović5
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanjin Pehlivanović9
Philippines Johann Chua7
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Kuwait Omar Al-Shaheen9
Kuwait Omar Al-Shaheen9Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanjin Pehlivanović6
Syria Mohammad Soufi6
Philippines Johann Chua9
Poland Wojciech Szewczyk3South Korea Jeong Young-hwa7
Philippines Johann Chua9

Group 5
Main RoundWinner’s Round
Netherlands Niels Feijen9
Chinese Taipei Chang Yu-Lung5
Netherlands Niels Feijen9
Spain Francisco Díaz-Pizarro7
Spain Francisco Díaz-Pizarro9
Philippines Israel Rota2
United States Corey Deuel9
Bangladesh Ahmed Tanvir5
United States Corey Deuel9
Finland Petri Makkonen4
Kuwait Fawaz al-Rashedi3
Finland Petri Makkonen9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Chinese Taipei Chang Yu-Lung6
Chinese Taipei Chang Yu-Lung9Finland Petri Makkonen9
Philippines Israel Rota5
Bangladesh Ahmed Tanvir5
Bangladesh Ahmed Tanvir9Spain Francisco Díaz-Pizarro9
Kuwait Fawaz al-Rashedi4

Group 6
Main RoundWinner’s Round
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Chia-chen9
Japan Satoshi Kawabata3
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Chia-chen9
Russia Ruslan Chinachov8
Russia Ruslan Chinachov9
Finland Mika Immonen5
Poland Mateusz Śniegocki9
South Africa Vincent Halliday7
Poland Mateusz Śniegocki9
Philippines Jeffrey Ignacio5
Kuwait Abdullah Alenzi6
Philippines Jeffrey Ignacio9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Japan Satoshi Kawabata6
Japan Satoshi Kawabata9Philippines Jeffrey Ignacio9
Finland Mika Immonen4
Kuwait Abdullah Alenzi2
South Africa Vincent Halliday1Russia Ruslan Chinachov9
Kuwait Abdullah Alenzi9

Group 7
Main RoundWinner’s Round
Greece Alexander Kazakis9
Slovakia Jakub Koniar8
Greece Alexander Kazakis9
Japan Hayato Hijikata8
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-han4
Japan Hayato Hijikata9
China Xu Xiaocong9
Jordan Ahmad Mohamad Sllah8
China Xu Xiaocong6
Qatar Waleed Majid9
Qatar Waleed Majid9
Chinese Taipei Cheng Yu-hsuan5
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-han9
Slovakia Jakub Koniar4China Xu Xiaocong7
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-han9
Chinese Taipei Cheng Yu-hsuan9
Jordan Ahmad Mohamad Sllah2Japan Hayato Hijikata5
Chinese Taipei Cheng Yu-hsuan9

Group 8
Main RoundWinner’s Round
Canada Alex Pagulayan9
Lebanon Mohammad Berjaoui8
Canada Alex Pagulayan9
Japan Tōru Kuribayashi8
Singapore Sharik Aslam Sayed5
Japan Tōru Kuribayashi9
Czech Republic Roman Hybler9
Bangladesh Mohammad al-Amin8
Czech Republic Roman Hybler1
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi9
Iraq Hasan Idan4
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Singapore Sharik Aslam Sayed9
Lebanon Mohammad Berjaoui6Czech Republic Roman Hybler4
Singapore Sharik Aslam Sayed9
Iraq Hasan Idan6
Bangladesh Mohammad al-Amin6Japan Tōru Kuribayashi9
Iraq Hasan Idan9

Group 9
Main RoundWinner’s Round
Philippines Carlo Biado9
Argentina Jorge Llanos3
Philippines Carlo Biado9
Russia Sergei Luzker5
Russia Sergei Luzker9
Vietnam Nguyễn Anh Tuấn8
Poland Wiktor Zieliński7
Japan Tomoya Iima9
Japan Tomoya Iima9
Vietnam Dương Quốc Hoàng7
Iraq Ameer Ali5
Vietnam Dương Quốc Hoàng9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Vietnam Nguyễn Anh Tuấn9
Argentina Jorge Llanos2Vietnam Dương Quốc Hoàng5
Vietnam Nguyễn Anh Tuấn9
Poland Wiktor Zieliński9
Poland Wiktor Zieliński9Russia Sergei Luzker7
Iraq Ameer Ali8

Group 10
Main RoundWinner’s Round
China Liu Haitao9
Qatar Ali Abdulhadi2
China Liu Haitao6
China Wang Can9
Philippines Marlon Manalo6
China Wang Can9
Canada Martin Daigle8
Finland Casper Matikainen9
Finland Casper Matikainen4
Japan Naoyuki Ōi9
Iraq Abdullah Falah2
Japan Naoyuki Ōi9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Philippines Marlon Manalo2
Qatar Ali Abdulhadi2Finland Casper Matikainen9
Philippines Marlon Manalo9
Canada Martin Daigle6
Canada Martin Daigle9China Liu Haitao9
Iraq Abdullah Falah3

Group 11
Main RoundWinner’s Round
Germany Thorsten Hohmann6
South Africa Jason Theron9
South Africa Jason Theron5
Poland Tomasz Kapłan9
Iran Takhti Zarekani6
Poland Tomasz Kapłan9
Austria Maximilian Lechner7
Japan Tomoo Takano9
Japan Tomoo Takano9
China Wu Jiaqing8
Netherlands Jimmy Worung1
China Wu Jiaqing9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Germany Thorsten Hohmann6
Germany Thorsten Hohmann9China Wu Jiaqing9
Iran Takhti Zarekani7
Austria Maximilian Lechner9
Austria Maximilian Lechner9South Africa Jason Theron5
Netherlands Jimmy Worung6

Group 12
Main RoundWinner’s Round
England Chris Melling9
Netherlands Marc Bijsterbosch2
England Chris Melling9
South Africa Richard Halliday3
Iran Ali Maghsoud8
South Africa Richard Halliday9
Russia Maxim Dudanez6
Japan Yukio Akakariyama9
Japan Yukio Akakariyama7
Chinese Taipei Wu Kun-lin9
Poland Wojciech Sroczyński5
Chinese Taipei Wu Kun-lin9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Iran Ali Maghsoud3
Netherlands Marc Bijsterbosch8Japan Yukio Akakariyama9
Iran Ali Maghsoud9
Poland Wojciech Sroczyński9
Russia Maxim Dudanez7South Africa Richard Halliday3
Poland Wojciech Sroczyński9

Group 13
Main RoundWinner’s Round
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung9
Netherlands Ivar Saris6
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung9
Greece Nick Malai6
Greece Nick Malai9
United States Robert Hart3
Venezuela Jalal Yousef9
Hungary Oliver Szolnoki5
Venezuela Jalal Yousef7
United States Shane Van Boening9
Poland Marek Kudlik1
United States Shane Van Boening9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Netherlands Ivar Saris6
Netherlands Ivar Saris9Venezuela Jalal Yousef9
United States Robert Hart3
Poland Marek Kudlik8
Hungary Oliver Szolnoki8Greece Nick Malai9
Poland Marek Kudlik9

Group 14
Main RoundWinner’s Round
Estonia Denis Grabe3
Myanmar Phone Myint Kyaw9
Myanmar Phone Myint Kyaw9
Hong Kong Lo Ho Sum4
Singapore Toh Lian Han3
Hong Kong Lo Ho Sum9
Russia Konstantin Stepanov9
Chile Enrique Rojas8
Russia Konstantin Stepanov9
China Dang Jinhu4
Chinese Taipei Lin Ta Li8
China Dang Jinhu9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Estonia Denis Grabe6
Estonia Denis Grabe9China Dang Jinhu9
Singapore Toh Lian Han2
Chinese Taipei Lin Ta Li9
Chile Enrique Rojas8Hong Kong Lo Ho Sum6
Chinese Taipei Lin Ta Li9

Group 15
Main RoundWinner’s Round
Spain Francisco Sánchez9
Myanmar Aung Moe Thu6
Spain Francisco Sánchez9
Canada John Morra2
Philippines Roberto Brillantes0
Canada John Morra9
Poland Konrad Juszczyszyn9
Hong Kong Kong Bu Hong4
Poland Konrad Juszczyszyn9
Austria Albin Ouschan4
United States Thomas Tokoph4
Austria Albin Ouschan9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Myanmar Aung Moe Thu5
Myanmar Aung Moe Thu9Austria Albin Ouschan9
Philippines Roberto Brillantes3
United States Thomas Tokoph3
Hong Kong Kong Bu Hong8Canada John Morra9
United States Thomas Tokoph9

Group 16
Main RoundWinner’s Round
Germany Ralf Souquet9
Maldives Mohammed Hassan3
Germany Ralf Souquet9
Chinese Taipei Lo Li-wen2
China Bing Chen Gao5
Chinese Taipei Lo Li-wen9
Qatar Bashar Abdulmajeed7
Greece Damianos Giallourakis9
Greece Damianos Giallourakis8
Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin9
South Korea Kwon Hojun8
Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
China Bing Chen Gao9
Maldives Mohammed Hassan6Greece Damianos Giallourakis7
China Bing Chen Gao9
South Korea Kwon Hojun5
Qatar Bashar Abdulmajeed4Chinese Taipei Lo Li-wen9
South Korea Kwon Hojun9

Finals

[16][17]

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

Grand Final

[18]

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Germany Joshua Filler 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13
Philippines Carlo Biado • 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10

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