2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2015

Tournament information
Sport	9-ball
Location	al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar[1]
Dates	September 7, 2015–September 18, 2015[2]
Tournament format(s)	Double elimination / Single elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Ko Pin-yi
Runner-up	Shane Van Boening
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The 2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 24th edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from September 7 to 18, 2015 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the sixth time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.

The event was won by Ko Pin-yi of Chinese Taipei, who defeated America's Shane Van Boening in the final, with a score of 13 racks to 11.^[3][4]

Niels Feijen was the defending champion,^[5] however, he did not make it past the preliminary round of the tournament.^[6]

Format

From September 7 to 10, a qualifying tournament took place in which 128 participants played in three knockout competitions, for twelve starting places. The remaining 116 starting positions were previously awarded via the world rankings or according to a quota from the continental federations, the Qatari federation and as wildcard places by the WPA.^[7]

The 128 qualified for the main tournament players were initially divided into 16 groups. From September 12 to 15 these groups played in a double elimination tournament. From each group four players qualified for the final round, which took place from September 16 to 18 and was played in a knockout system. The event was played with the alternating break format. The goal was to play seven games in qualifying, nine games in the preliminary round, eleven games in the final round and 13 games in the final.^[8]

Prize money

	Amount[9]
Winner	$30,000
Runner Up	$15,000
Semifinal	$7,500
Quarter final	$5,000
Last 16	$3.,000
Last 32	$2,000
Last 64	$1,500
65.–96. Place	$500
Total	200.000

Preliminary round

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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Knockout round

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	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	Raymund Faraon [de]	9
	Warren Kiamco	11
					Warren Kiamco	11
					Jalal Yousef	7
	Jalal Yousef	11
	Zhou Long	10
									Warren Kiamco	9
									Ko Pin-yi	11
	Carlo Biado	11
	Lee Van Corteza	5
					Carlo Biado	4
					Ko Pin-yi	11
	Ko Pin-yi	11
	Justin Campbell	7
													Ko Pin-yi	11
													John Morra	6
	Mika Immonen	11
	Goh Chin Teck	3
					Mika Immonen	11
					Wu Kun-lin	9
	Wu Kun-lin	11
	Ryu Seung-woo	9
									Mika Immonen	8
									John Morra	11
	John Morra	11
	Omran Salem	2
					John Morra	11
					Mark Gray	10
	Mark Gray	11
	Ralf Souquet	10
																	Ko Pin-yi	11
																	Wu Jiaqing	10
	Naoyuki Ōi	9
	Aloysius Yapp	11
					Aloysius Yapp	11
					Jeffrey Ignacio	6
	Jeffrey Ignacio	11
	Jason Klatt	5
									Aloysius Yapp	11
									Alexander Kazakis	10
	Imran Majid	10
	Liu Haitao	11
					Liu Haitao	9
					Alexander Kazakis	11
	Alexander Kazakis	11
	Chao Fong-Pang	10
													Aloysius Yapp	7
													Wu Jiaqing	11
	Antonio Gabica	5
	Ruslan Chinakhov	11
					Ruslan Chinakhov	7
					Wang Can	11
	Wang Can	11
	Tōru Kuribayashi [de]	7
									Wang Can	9
									Wu Jiaqing	11
	Satoshi Kawabata [de]	7
	Albin Ouschan	11
					Albin Ouschan	6
					Wu Jiaqing	11
	Wu Jiaqing	11
	Muhammad Simanjuntak	3
																					Ko Pin-yi	13
																					Shane Van Boening	11
	Ko Ping-chung	11
	Mario He	5
					Ko Ping-chung	11
					Yukio Akakariyama	9
	Yukio Akakariyama	11
	Johann Chua	5
									Ko Ping-chung	11
									Mike Dechaine	9
	Li Hewen	7
	Denis Grabe	11
					Denis Grabe	10
					Mike Dechaine	11
	Mike Dechaine	11
	Cheng Yu-hsuan	10
													Ko Ping-chung	11
													Wojciech Szewczyk	5
	David Alcaide	11
	Yang Ching-shun	8
					David Alcaide	11
					Toh Lian Han [de]	7
	Abdul Rahman al-Amar	8
	Toh Lian Han [de]	11
									David Alcaide	10
									Wojciech Szewczyk	11
	Liu Cheng-chieh [de]	11
	Andreas Gerwen [de]	5
					Liu Cheng-chieh [de]	8
					Wojciech Szewczyk	11
	Wojciech Szewczyk	11
	Marco Teutscher	8
																	Ko Ping-chung	1
																	Shane Van Boening	11
	Chang Yu-Lung	11
	Marc Bijsterbosch	4
					Chang Yu-Lung	11
					Oliver Medenilla	4
	Karol Skowerski	4
	Oliver Medenilla	11
									Chang Yu-Lung	5
									Shane Van Boening	11
	Shane Van Boening	11
	Tomasz Kapłan	3
					Shane Van Boening	11
					Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	5
	Dang Jinhu [de]	10
	Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	11
													Shane Van Boening	11
													Dennis Orcollo	1
	Mateusz Śniegocki	10
	Hunter Lombardo	11
					Hunter Lombardo	7
					Dennis Orcollo	11
	Dennis Orcollo	11
	Mishel Turkey	1
									Dennis Orcollo	11
									Darren Appleton	2
	Rubén Bautista [de]	3
	Darren Appleton	11
					Darren Appleton	11
					Nikos Ekonomopoulos	7
	Nikos Ekonomopoulos	11
	Matey Ullah [de]	7

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	24
Ko Pin-yi	•																									13
Shane Van Boening																										11

References

External links

• WPA 9-Ball Championship 2015 from the World Pool-Billiard Association
• WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2015 at azbilliards.com