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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
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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]

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

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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

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

Prize money[7]
Winner 40.000 US$
Final 15.000 US$
Semi-final ? US$
Quarter-final ? US$
Last 16 ? US$
Last 32 ? US$
Last 64 ? US$
Total 200.000 US$

Preliminary round

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Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Group 7

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Group 8

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Group 9

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Group 10

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Group 11

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Group 12

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Group 13

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Group 14

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Group 15

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Group 16

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Finals

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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 [de] 9
Philippines Carlo Biado 11
Poland Konrad Juszczyszyn 7
Chinese Taipei Lo Li-wen [de] 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 [de] 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 [de] 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 [de] 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 [de] 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

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Player Lag Rack Racks
won
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
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

References

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  10. ^ "17 Year Old Hong Kong Native Capito Stuns Kaci To Reach Final 16". azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
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