2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Tournament information | |
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Sport | 9-ball |
Location | al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar |
Dates | July 30, 2016–August 4, 2016 |
Tournament format(s) | Double elimination / Single elimination |
Host(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
Participants | 128 |
Final positions | |
Champion | Albin Ouschan[1] |
Runner-up | Shane Van Boening |
The 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 25th edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from July 30 to August 4, 2016 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the seventh time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.[2]
Albin Ouschan defeated American Shane Van Boening 13–6 in the final and became the first Austrian 9-ball world champion.[3] This was the third Austrian World pool champion, after Gerda Hofstätter won the Women's WPA World Nine-ball Championship in 1995, and Oushchan's sister Jasmine Ouschan who won the WPA World Ten-Ball Championship in 2010.[4]
The defending champion was Taiwanese player Ko Pin-yi, who lost to Jayson Shaw in the last 64.
Format
[edit]The tournament was attended by 128 players, of which the top 24 players in the world rankings qualified automatically. A total of 92 starting places were awarded according to a quota by the continental and regional associations as well as the hosting Qatari association and event sponsors. From July 25 to 28, 2016, a qualifying tournament was held in which 128 participants played in three knockout competitions for the remaining 12 starting places.[5]
In the main tournament, the 128 participants were first divided into 16 groups of 8 players and competed there from July 30 to August 1 in the double knockout system against each other. Four players in each group qualified for the final round. This took place from August 2 to 4 and was played in the knockout system.[6]
The event was played in the change break format, and with the triangle of balls were moved up the table, so that the 9-ball was placed where the 1 ball would usually be placed.
Prize money
[edit]Amount[2] | |
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Winner | $40.000 |
Runner Up | $20.000 |
Semifinal | $8.000 |
Quarter final | $5.000 |
Last 16 | $3.000 |
Last 32 | $2.000 |
Last 64 | $1.500 |
65.–96. Place | $500 |
Total | 200.000 |
Preliminary round
[edit]Group 1
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Ko Pin-yi | 9 | |||||
Mohamed Elraousti | 1 | |||||
Ko Pin-yi | 9 | |||||
Mario He | 5 | |||||
Mazen Berjuai | 5 | |||||
Mario He | 9 | |||||
Shahbaz Adil Khan | 4 | |||||
Thorsten Hohmann | 9 | |||||
Thorsten Hohmann | 9 | |||||
Jeong Young-hwa | 7 | |||||
Jeong Young-hwa | 9 | |||||
Waleed Majid | 5 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Mazen Berjuai | 1 | |||||
Mohamed Elraousti | 3 | Jeong Young-hwa | 9 | |||
Mazen Berjuai | 9 | |||||
Waleed Majid | 4 | |||||
Shahbaz Adil Khan | 7 | Mario He | 9 | |||
Waleed Majid | 9 | |||||
Group 2
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Chang Jung-Lin | 9 | |||||
Lo Ho Sum | 5 | |||||
Chang Jung-Lin | 9 | |||||
Jeffrey Ignacio | 7 | |||||
Jeffrey Ignacio | 9 | |||||
Karol Skowerski | 4 | |||||
Petri Makkonen | 9 | |||||
Abdul Aziz Alawadhi | 0 | |||||
Petri Makkonen | 4 | |||||
Johann Chua | 9 | |||||
Francis Crevier | 8 | |||||
Johann Chua | 9 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Karol Skowerski | 9 | |||||
Lo Ho Sum | 5 | Petri Makkonen | 6 | |||
Karol Skowerski | 9 | |||||
Francis Crevier | 7 | |||||
Abdul Aziz Alawadhi | 2 | Jeffrey Ignacio | 9 | |||
Francis Crevier | 9 | |||||
Group 3
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Darren Appleton | 9 | |||||
Bruno Muratore | 4 | |||||
Darren Appleton | 6 | |||||
Chu Hong-ming | 9 | |||||
Chu Hong-ming | 9 | |||||
Henrique Correia | 2 | |||||
MD Almin | 9 | |||||
Marcus Chamat | 4 | |||||
MD Almin | 4 | |||||
Ruslan Chinachov | 9 | |||||
Omar Al-Shaheen | 4 | |||||
Ruslan Chinachov | 9 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Bruno Muratore | 8 | |||||
Bruno Muratore | 9 | MD Almin | 9 | |||
Henrique Correia | 5 | |||||
Omar Al-Shaheen | 9 | |||||
Marcus Chamat | 4 | Darren Appleton | 5 | |||
Omar Al-Shaheen | 9 | |||||
Group 4
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Aloysius Yapp | 8 | |||||
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | 9 | |||||
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | 9 | |||||
Christopher Tevez | 5 | |||||
Daryl Peach | 6 | |||||
Christopher Tevez | 9 | |||||
Mohannad al-Ghumayz | 7 | |||||
Antonio Gabica | 9 | |||||
Antonio Gabica | 8 | |||||
Albin Ouschan | 9 | |||||
Roberto Gomez | 6 | |||||
Albin Ouschan | 9 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Daryl Peach | 9 | |||||
Aloysius Yapp | 5 | Antonio Gabica | 7 | |||
Daryl Peach | 9 | |||||
Roberto Gomez | 9 | |||||
Mohannad al-Ghumayz | 2 | Christopher Tevez | 3 | |||
Roberto Gomez | 9 | |||||
Group 5
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
John Morra | 9 | |||||
Artem Koshovyi | 5 | |||||
John Morra | 2 | |||||
Zhou Long | 9 | |||||
Zhou Long | 9 | |||||
Aoki Ryoji | 2 | |||||
Alex Pagulayan | 9 | |||||
Mohammad al-Kashawi | 5 | |||||
Alex Pagulayan | 9 | |||||
Lương Chí Dũng | 4 | |||||
Lương Chí Dũng | 9 | |||||
Yang Ching-shun | 8 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Artem Koshovyi | 9 | |||||
Artem Koshovyi | 9 | Lương Chí Dũng | 8 | |||
Aoki Ryoji | 8 | |||||
Yang Ching-shun | 9 | |||||
Mohammad al-Kashawi | 4 | John Morra | 6 | |||
Yang Ching-shun | 9 | |||||
Group 6
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Karl Boyes | 9 | |||||
Mohammed Saeed | 5 | |||||
Karl Boyes | 9 | |||||
Hamzaa Saeed Ali | 3 | |||||
Naoyuki Ōi | 8 | |||||
Hamzaa Saeed Ali | 9 | |||||
Armin Mahmoudi | 5 | |||||
Toh Lian Han | 9 | |||||
Toh Lian Han | 9 | |||||
Jeff de Luna | 6 | |||||
Jeff de Luna | 9 | |||||
Wang Can | 6 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Naoyuki Ōi | 1 | |||||
Mohammed Saeed | 2 | Jeff de Luna | 9 | |||
Naoyuki Ōi | 9 | |||||
Wang Can | 7 | |||||
Armin Mahmoudi | 7 | Hamzaa Saeed Ali | 9 | |||
Wang Can | 9 | |||||
Group 7
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Dennis Orcollo | 9 | |||||
Abdullah Karmastaji | 5 | |||||
Dennis Orcollo | 4 | |||||
Ramil Gallego | 9 | |||||
Imran Majid | 6 | |||||
Ramil Gallego | 9 | |||||
Irsal Nasution | 9 | |||||
Ali Abdulhadi Almeri | 2 | |||||
Irsal Nasution | 8 | |||||
David Alcaide | 9 | |||||
Christian Götemann | 4 | |||||
David Alcaide | 9 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Imran Majid | 5 | |||||
Abdullah Karmastaji | 2 | Irsal Nasution | 9 | |||
Imran Majid | 9 | |||||
Christian Götemann | 7 | |||||
Ali Abdulhadi Almeri | 6 | Dennis Orcollo | 9 | |||
Christian Götemann | 9 | |||||
Group 8
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Nikos Ekonomopoulos | 9 | |||||
Konrad Juszczyszyn | 3 | |||||
Nikos Ekonomopoulos | 9 | |||||
Jayson Shaw | 5 | |||||
Jayson Shaw | 9 | |||||
Karar Abdulwahed | 3 | |||||
Justin Campbell | 7 | |||||
Abdul Rahman al-Amar | 9 | |||||
Abdul Rahman al-Amar | 8 | |||||
Ko Ping-chung | 9 | |||||
Robert Hart | 1 | |||||
Ko Ping-chung | 9 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Konrad Juszczyszyn | 8 | |||||
Konrad Juszczyszyn | 9 | Abdul Rahman al-Amar | 9 | |||
Karar Abdulwahed | 5 | |||||
Justin Campbell | 7 | |||||
Justin Campbell | 9 | Jayson Shaw | 9 | |||
Robert Hart | 2 | |||||
Group 9
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Liu Haitao | 9 | |||||
Andrew Kong Bu Hong | 6 | |||||
Liu Haitao | 9 | |||||
Jalal Yousef | 1 | |||||
Jalal Yousef | 9 | |||||
Shaun Wilkie | 6 | |||||
Niels Feijen | 9 | |||||
Abdul Latif al-Fawal | 3 | |||||
Niels Feijen | 6 | |||||
Alexander Kazakis | 9 | |||||
Satoshi Kawabata | 7 | |||||
Alexander Kazakis | 9 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Shaun Wilkie | 3 | |||||
Andrew Kong Bu Hong | 1 | Niels Feijen | 9 | |||
Shaun Wilkie | 9 | |||||
Satoshi Kawabata | 9 | |||||
Abdul Latif al-Fawal | 6 | Jalal Yousef | 7 | |||
Satoshi Kawabata | 9 | |||||
Group 10
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Chu Bingjie | 9 | |||||
Nadim Okbani | 3 | |||||
Chu Bingjie | 9 | |||||
Rubén Bautista | 1 | |||||
Hiroshi Takenaka | 5 | |||||
Rubén Bautista | 9 | |||||
Hsieh Chia-chen | 9 | |||||
Mieszko Fortuński | 7 | |||||
Hsieh Chia-chen | 9 | |||||
Ali Maghsoud | 5 | |||||
Ali Maghsoud | 9 | |||||
Mika Immonen | 8 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Hiroshi Takenaka | 7 | |||||
Nadim Okbani | 3 | Ali Maghsoud | 9 | |||
Hiroshi Takenaka | 9 | |||||
Mieszko Fortuński | 9 | |||||
Mieszko Fortuński | 9 | Rubén Bautista | 5 | |||
Mika Immonen | 4 | |||||
Group 11
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Warren Kiamco | 9 | |||||
Omran Salem | 5 | |||||
Warren Kiamco | 9 | |||||
Oliver Ortmann | 7 | |||||
Oliver Ortmann | 9 | |||||
Skyler Woodward | 5 | |||||
Sayeem Hossain | 2 | |||||
Wojciech Szewczyk | 9 | |||||
Wojciech Szewczyk | 3 | |||||
Wu Kun-lin | 9 | |||||
Wu Kun-lin | 9 | |||||
Ralf Souquet | 6 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Skyler Woodward | 5 | |||||
Omran Salem | 3 | Wojciech Szewczyk | 9 | |||
Skyler Woodward | 9 | |||||
Ralf Souquet | 9 | |||||
Sayeem Hossain | 4 | Oliver Ortmann | 7 | |||
Ralf Souquet | 9 | |||||
Group 12
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Nick van den Berg | 7 | |||||
Hayato Hijikata | 9 | |||||
Hayato Hijikata | 3 | |||||
Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | 9 | |||||
Abdulla al-Yousif | 7 | |||||
Francisco Díaz-Pizarro | 9 | |||||
Muhammad Simanjuntak | 9 | |||||
Fahad al-Jassas | 7 | |||||
Muhammad Simanjuntak | 6 | |||||
Roman Hybler | 9 | |||||
Roman Hybler | 9 | |||||
Carlo Biado | 6 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Nick van den Berg | 4 | |||||
Nick van den Berg | 9 | Muhammad Simanjuntak | 9 | |||
Abdulla al-Yousif | 7 | |||||
Carlo Biado | 9 | |||||
Fahad al-Jassas | 1 | Hayato Hijikata | 8 | |||
Carlo Biado | 9 | |||||
Group 13
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Wu Jiaqing | 9 | |||||
Ali al-Obaidly | 3 | |||||
Wu Jiaqing | 9 | |||||
Ryu Seung-woo | 5 | |||||
Manuel Chau | 8 | |||||
Ryu Seung-woo | 9 | |||||
Óscar Domínguez | 9 | |||||
Mateusz Śniegocki | 8 | |||||
Óscar Domínguez | 4 | |||||
Denis Grabe | 9 | |||||
Tōru Kuribayashi | 2 | |||||
Denis Grabe | 9 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Ali al-Obaidly | 6 | |||||
Ali al-Obaidly | 9 | Óscar Domínguez | 9 | |||
Manuel Chau | 7 | |||||
Mateusz Śniegocki | 9 | |||||
Mateusz Śniegocki | 9 | Ryu Seung-woo | 5 | |||
Tōru Kuribayashi | 7 | |||||
Group 14
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Li Hewen | 9 | |||||
Mohammed Berjaui | 4 | |||||
Li Hewen | 9 | |||||
Francisco Felicilda | 4 | |||||
Marco Teutscher | 7 | |||||
Francisco Felicilda | 9 | |||||
Lo Li-wen | 9 | |||||
Ariel Casto | 3 | |||||
Lo Li-wen | 9 | |||||
Yukio Akakariyama | 5 | |||||
Yukio Akakariyama | 9 | |||||
Shane Van Boening | 5 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Marco Teutscher | 1 | |||||
Mohammed Berjaui | 1 | Yukio Akakariyama | 9 | |||
Marco Teutscher | 9 | |||||
Shane Van Boening | 9 | |||||
Ariel Casto | 2 | Francisco Felicilda | 3 | |||
Shane Van Boening | 9 | |||||
Group 15
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Lee Vann Corteza | 9 | |||||
Salah al-Remawi | 5 | |||||
Lee Vann Corteza | 9 | |||||
Abdulla al-Shemmari | 7 | |||||
Abdulla al-Shemmari | 9 | |||||
Hunter Lombardo | 4 | |||||
Rogelio Belleca Sotero | 9 | |||||
Do Hoang Quan | 6 | |||||
Rogelio Belleca Sotero | 6 | |||||
Konstantin Stepanov | 9 | |||||
Konstantin Stepanov | 9 | |||||
Chang Yu-Lung | 8 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Salah al-Remawi | 9 | |||||
Salah al-Remawi | 9 | Rogelio Belleca Sotero | 5 | |||
Hunter Lombardo | 6 | |||||
Chang Yu-Lung | 9 | |||||
Do Hoang Quan | 2 | Abdulla al-Shemmari | 3 | |||
Chang Yu-Lung | 9 | |||||
Group 16
[edit]Main Round | Winner’s Round | |||||
Bashar Hussain | 9 | |||||
Abder Rehman Mebarki | 6 | |||||
Bashar Hussain | 3 | |||||
Dang Jinhu | 9 | |||||
Dang Jinhu | 9 | |||||
Joshua Filler | 8 | |||||
Han Haoxiang | 9 | |||||
Ahmed M. Salah | 8 | |||||
Han Haoxiang | 9 | |||||
Cheng Yu-hsuan | 3 | |||||
Himanshu Dinesh Jain | 3 | |||||
Cheng Yu-hsuan | 9 | |||||
1st playoff round | 2nd playoff round | |||||
Joshua Filler | 3 | |||||
Abder Rehman Mebarki | 0 | Cheng Yu-hsuan | 9 | |||
Joshua Filler | 9 | |||||
Ahmed M. Salah | 9 | |||||
Ahmed M. Salah | 9 | Bashar Hussain | 5 | |||
Himanshu Dinesh Jain | 6 | |||||
Knockout phase
[edit]Final
[edit]Player | Lag | Rack | Racks won | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | |||
Albin Ouschan | • | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
Shane Van Boening | 6 |
References
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External links
[edit]- Official Website
- WPA World Pool Championship 2016 at azbilliards.com