2013 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Tournament information | |
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Sport | 9-ball |
Location | Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation Doha, Qatar |
Dates | September 2, 2013–September 13, 2013[1] |
Tournament format(s) | Double elimination / Single elimination |
Host(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
Participants | 128 |
Final positions | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
The 2013 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 22nd event in the annual WPA World Nine-ball Championship. The event took place from September 2 to 13, 2013 in Doha, Qatar.[2]
Germany's Thorsten Hohmann became world champion by a 13–6 victory over Philippine Antonio Gabica, in the final.[3] This was Hohmann's second 9-ball World championship, having also won the 2003 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Hohmann defeated defending champion Darren Appleton in an early stage of the event.[4]
Format
The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in a double elimination tournament against each other. The remaining 64 players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system.[5]
Prize money
The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winner Thorsten Hohmann winning $36,000.[4][6]
Position | Prize |
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First Place (champion) | $36,000 |
Second Place (runner-up) | $18,000 |
Third Place (semi-finalist | $10,000 |
Fifth place (quarter finalist) | $6,000 |
Ninth place (loser in round of 16) | $4,000 |
Seventeenth place (loser in round of 32) | $2,500 |
Thirty Third (loser in round of 64) | $2,000 |
Sixty Fifth (loser in preliminaries) | $500 |
Results
Preliminary round
The following 32 players won once in the preliminary round and lost twice, which means early retirement and places 65 to 96:
Hanni Al Howri
Kuo Po-Cheng
Jason Klatt
Hayato Hijikata [de]
Liu Haitao
Yukio Akakariyama
Henrikas Strolis [de]
Marc Vidal [de]
Waleed Majid
Bader al-Awadi
Hunter Lombardo
Mateusz Śniegocki
Jeong Young-hwa [de]
So Shaw
Radosław Babica
Maghsoud Ali
Tomasz Kapłan
Satoshi Kawabata [de]
Robb Saez
Fu Che-wei
Bashar Hussain [de]
Salaheideen Alrimawi
Mhana Al Obaidly
Li Hewen
Aloysius Yapp
Mario Morra
Francisco Bustamante
Abdullah Alyousef
Han Haoxiang [de]
Nico Erasmus
Petri Makkonen
The following 32 players lost twice in the preliminary round, which means early retirement and places 97-128.
Sayeem Hossain
Shaun Wilkie
K. A. Faray
- Chi Ho Kwok [de]
Roman Hybler
Jasem al-Hasawi
Ryouji Hori
Abdulatif Fawal
Zayed Mohamed
Meshari Albuqayli
Giorgio Margola
Saleh Ameen
Sibongiseni Gumede
Khamis al-Obaidly
Naif Abdulafou
Nicolas Ottermann [de]
Mohammad Abdullah
Nick Pera
- Ricky Puro
Mehdi Rasheki
Ali al-Obaidly
Mohd al-Buainan
Bruno Muratore [de]
Syed Habib
Albin Ouschan
Christopher Tevez [de]
Badr Alhamdan
Nour al-Jarrah
Muhammed Al Bin Ali
Fahim Sinha
Gharegozlou
Knockout round
References
- ^ "The 9-Ball Jewel in the Desert is here". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ "World 9-Ball C'ship begins tomorrow". Gulf-Times (in Arabic). Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ "Hohmann Raises The Bar". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ a b "WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2013". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ "Players Feel The Heat From On High". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ "THE 9-BALL JEWEL IN THE DESERT IS HERE - WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
External links
- Tournament at azbilliards.com
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