2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2017
Tournament information
Sport9-ball
Locational-Arabi Sports Club,
Doha, Qatar[1]
DatesDecember 9, 2017–December 14, 2017
Tournament
format(s)
Double elimination / Single elimination
Host(s)WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants128
Final positions
ChampionPhilippines Carlo Biado
Runner-upPhilippines Roland Garcia
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The 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 26th edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from December 9 to 14, 2017 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the eighth time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.[2]

The championship was won by Filipino Carlo Biado, who defeated his compatriot Roland Garcia 13–5 in the final. Third place went to Taiwanese Wu Kun-lin and fourth to Albanian Eklent Kaçi. Defending champion was the Austrian Albin Ouschan, who lost in the second round against Kun-lin. The world number one Chang Jung-Lin was defeated in the round of the last 64 of the Canadian John Morra.

Qualification[edit]

The tournament is attended by 128 players. 24 players qualified over the world rankings.[3] A total of 92 starting places have been awarded according to a quota by the continental and regional associations as well as the hosting Qatari association and the sponsors.[3] From December 5 to 7, 2017, a qualifying tournament was held, in which 96 participants in three knockout competitions played off the remaining 12 starting positions.

In the main tournament, the 128 participants were first divided into 16 groups of 8 players, in which they competed in the double knockout system from December 9 to 11 . Four players of each group qualified for the final round, which took place from December 12 to 14 and was played in the knockout system.[2][3]

Tournament bracket[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

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Group 1[edit]

Group 2[edit]

Group 3[edit]

Group 4[edit]

Group 5[edit]

Group 6[edit]

Group 7[edit]

Group 8[edit]

Group 9[edit]

Group 10[edit]

Group 11[edit]

Group 12[edit]

Group 13[edit]

Group 14[edit]

Group 15[edit]

Group 16[edit]

Final round[edit]

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Round of 64 Round of 32 Last 16 Quarter final Semi-Final Final
            
Austria Albin Ouschan 11
Kuwait Abdullah al-Yousef 6
Austria Albin Ouschan 11
South Korea Ryu Seung-woo 9
Portugal Samuel Santos 10
South Korea Ryu Seung-woo 11
Austria Albin Ouschan 3
Chinese Taipei Wu Kun-lin 11
Philippines Warren Kiamco 11
China Kong Dejing 4
Philippines Warren Kiamco 8
Chinese Taipei Wu Kun-lin 11
Japan Hiroshi Takenaka 4
Chinese Taipei Wu Kun-lin 11
Chinese Taipei Wu Kun-lin 11
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Chia-chen 8
Greece Alexander Kazakis 8
Kuwait Bader al-Awadhi 11
Kuwait Bader al-Awadhi 3
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Chia-chen 11
Canada Martin Daigle 8
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Chia-chen 11
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Chia-chen 11
Germany Thorsten Hohmann 7
Chinese Taipei Chang Yu-Lung 11
Poland Mieszko Fortuński 8
Chinese Taipei Chang Yu-Lung 10
Germany Thorsten Hohmann 11
China Xu Xiaocong 5
Germany Thorsten Hohmann 11
Chinese Taipei Wu Kun-lin 6
Philippines Carlo Biado 11
Philippines Carlo Biado 11
Sweden Daniel Tångudd [de] 6
Philippines Carlo Biado 11
Poland Tomasz Kapłan 8
Poland Tomasz Kapłan 11
Poland Wojciech Szewczyk 9
Philippines Carlo Biado 11
Philippines Jeffrey Ignacio 7
Philippines Jeffrey Ignacio 11
Hong Kong Lo Ho Sum 4
Philippines Jeffrey Ignacio 11
Philippines Francisco Felicilda [de] 9
Philippines Francisco Felicilda [de] 11
Japan Naoyuki Ōi 7
Philippines Carlo Biado [a]
China Liu Haitao DQ
Spain Francisco Sánchez 11
Peru Gerson Martínez 6
Spain Francisco Sánchez 10
China Liu Haitao 11
Philippines Israel Rota 3
China Liu Haitao 11
China Liu Haitao 11
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung 10
Poland Radosław Babica 11
Chinese Taipei Li Si-yu 8
Poland Radosław Babica 9
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung 11
Lithuania Pijus Labutis 10
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung 11
Philippines Carlo Biado 13
Philippines Roland Garcia 5
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi 11
Austria Maximilian Lechner 3
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi 11
Chinese TaipeiNien Rong-chih 4
Chinese Taipei Nien Rong-chih 11
Japan Hayato Hijikata [de] 10
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi 8
Philippines Roland Garcia 11
Netherlands Niels Feijen 11
Singapore Keng Kwang Chan [de] 9
Netherlands Niels Feijen 7
Philippines Roland Garcia 11
Bangladesh Md al-Amin 4
Philippines Roland Garcia 11
Philippines Roland Garcia 11
Venezuela Jalal al-Sarisi 4
Russia Ruslan Chinakhov 6