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WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2018
Tournament information
Sport9-ball
Locational-Arabi Sports Club,
Doha, Qatar
DatesDecember 14, 2018–December 20, 2018
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." The Qatari capital held the "event for the eighth time in a row."

The reigning champion was Filipino Carlo Biado, who defeated his compatriot Roland Garcia 13–5 in the 2017 final. 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.

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.

In the initial double-elimination round, 2003 and 2013 champion Thorsten Hohmann was eliminated, having first lost 6–9 to Jason Theron. And then to 2005 champion Wu Jiaqing also 6–9, despite being ahead 6–2.

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.

The semi-finals and "final were played on the December 20," 2018. 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.

Prize money※

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

Prize money
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※

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※

Finals※

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※

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

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