2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2017

Tournament information
Sport	9-ball
Location	al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar
Dates	December 9, 2017–December 14, 2017
Tournament format(s)	Double elimination / Single elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Carlo Biado
Runner-up	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.

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

The tournament is attended by 128 players. 24 players qualified over the world rankings. 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. 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.

Tournament bracket

Preliminary round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 10

Group 11

Group 12

Group 13

Group 14

Group 15

Group 16

Final round

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Last 16				Quarter final				Semi-Final				Final
	Albin Ouschan	11
	Abdullah al-Yousef	6
					Albin Ouschan	11
					Ryu Seung-woo	9
	Samuel Santos	10
	Ryu Seung-woo	11
									Albin Ouschan	3
									Wu Kun-lin	11
	Warren Kiamco	11
	Kong Dejing	4
					Warren Kiamco	8
					Wu Kun-lin	11
	Hiroshi Takenaka	4
	Wu Kun-lin	11
													Wu Kun-lin	11
													Hsieh Chia-chen	8
	Alexander Kazakis	8
	Bader al-Awadhi	11
					Bader al-Awadhi	3
					Hsieh Chia-chen	11
	Martin Daigle	8
	Hsieh Chia-chen	11
									Hsieh Chia-chen	11
									Thorsten Hohmann	7
	Chang Yu-Lung	11
	Mieszko Fortuński	8
					Chang Yu-Lung	10
					Thorsten Hohmann	11
	Xu Xiaocong	5
	Thorsten Hohmann	11
																	Wu Kun-lin	6
																	Carlo Biado	11
	Carlo Biado	11
	Daniel Tångudd [de]	6
					Carlo Biado	11
					Tomasz Kapłan	8
	Tomasz Kapłan	11
	Wojciech Szewczyk	9
									Carlo Biado	11
									Jeffrey Ignacio	7
	Jeffrey Ignacio	11
	Lo Ho Sum	4
					Jeffrey Ignacio	11
					Francisco Felicilda [de]	9
	Francisco Felicilda [de]	11
	Naoyuki Ōi	7
													Carlo Biado
													Liu Haitao	DQ
	Francisco Sánchez	11
	Gerson Martínez	6
					Francisco Sánchez	10
					Liu Haitao	11
	Israel Rota	3
	Liu Haitao	11
									Liu Haitao	11
									Ko Ping-chung	10
	Radosław Babica	11
	Li Si-yu	8
					Radosław Babica	9
					Ko Ping-chung	11
	Pijus Labutis	10
	Ko Ping-chung	11
																					Carlo Biado	13
																					Roland Garcia	5
	Ko Pin-yi	11
	Maximilian Lechner	3
					Ko Pin-yi	11
					Nien Rong-chih	4
	Nien Rong-chih	11
	Hayato Hijikata [de]	10
									Ko Pin-yi	8
									Roland Garcia	11
	Niels Feijen	11
	Keng Kwang Chan [de]	9
					Niels Feijen	7
					Roland Garcia	11
	Md al-Amin	4
	Roland Garcia	11
													Roland Garcia	11
													Jalal al-Sarisi	4
	Ruslan Chinakhov	6
	Jalal al-Sarisi	11
					Jalal al-Sarisi	11
					Dương Quốc Hoàng	3
	Dương Quốc Hoàng	11
	Liu Cheng-chieh [de]	10
									Jalal al-Sarisi	11
									Dang Jinhu [de]	7
	Lo Li-wen [de]	11
	Nguyễn Anh Tuấn	7
					Lo Li-wen [de]	5
					Dang Jinhu [de]	11
	Christian Sparrenlöv [de]	8
	Dang Jinhu	11
																	Roland Garcia	11
																	Eklent Kaçi	6
	Jeffrey de Luna	11
	Maxim Dudanez	7
					Jeffrey de Luna	9
					Maung Maung	11
	Maung Maung	11
	Chu Bingjie [de]	8
									Maung Maung	11
									Joshua Filler	6
	Mateusz Śniegocki	11
	Nick Malai	10
					Mateusz Śniegocki	7
					Joshua Filler	11
	Ahmad Naiem	7
	Joshua Filler	11
													Maung Maung	7
													Eklent Kaçi	11
	Eklent Kaçi	11
	Roman Hybler	6
					Eklent Kaçi	11
					David Alcaide	4
	Wiktor Zieliński	5
	David Alcaide	11
									Eklent Kaçi	11
									John Morra	7
	Konstantin Stepanov	11
	Marco Teutscher	7
					Konstantin Stepanov	9
					John Morra	11
	John Morra	11
	Chang Jung-Lin	9

Final

The final was played between two Filipino players, the two players alternate break. Carlo Biado reached 13 in the first place to win the championship.

Biado quickly dominated the first two games. He then took advantage of Garcia's mistakes to make the score 5–0, then 7–0. Garcia gets the first point in the eighth game, losing 1–7. However Garcia's perfectionism in the next game led Biado to raise the score to 8–1.

Garcia seemed to be back with two straight wins, with a 3–8 deficit. However, a good break from Biado, with a penalty shoot-out Garcia made the score continue to separate the 7 points is 10–3. However, at this time the results seem to have been determined. Biado quickly ended the match with a perfect game of breaking balls and win the match and the 9-Ball world championship for the first time.

Player	Lag	Rack																		Racks won
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Carlo Biado																				13
Roland Garcia	•																			5

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

• Official Website
• Empire Poker WPA World Pool Championship 2017 at azbilliards.com