2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

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.

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2015
Tournament information
Sport9-ball
Locational-Arabi Sports Club,
Doha, Qatar[1]
DatesSeptember 7, 2015–September 18, 2015[2]
Tournament
format(s)
Double elimination / Single elimination
Host(s)WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants128
Final positions
ChampionChinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi
Runner-upUnited States Shane Van Boening

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
Total200.000

Preliminary round

Group 1

[10]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Austria Albin Ouschan9
Egypt Khaled Farag5
Austria Albin Ouschan8
Japan Satoshi Kawabata9
Japan Satoshi Kawabata9
United States Hunter Lombardo6
Qatar Bashar Hussain9
Indonesia Irsal Nasution5
Qatar Bashar Hussain4
Chinese Taipei Wu Kun-lin9
Russia Konstantin Stepanov7
Chinese Taipei Wu Kun-lin9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
United States Hunter Lombardo9
Egypt Khaled Farag5Qatar Bashar Hussain8
United States Hunter Lombardo9
Indonesia Irsal Nasution8
Indonesia Irsal Nasution9Austria Albin Ouschan9
Russia Konstantin Stepanov5

Group 2

[11]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
China Wang Can9
Japan Tōru Kuribayashi6
China Wang Can9
Netherlands Marc Bijsterbosch4
Netherlands Marc Bijsterbosch9
Qatar Mohd Al Bin Ali4
Poland Radosław Babica9
Kuwait Abdullah al-Yousef3
Poland Radosław Babica8
Mexico Rubén Bautista9
Mexico Rubén Bautista9
Kuwait Bader al-Awadhi7
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Japan Tōru Kuribayashi9
Japan Tōru Kuribayashi9Poland Radosław Babica8
Qatar Mohd Al Bin Ali8
Kuwait Abdullah al-Yousef8
Kuwait Abdullah al-Yousef9Netherlands Marc Bijsterbosch9
Kuwait Bader al-Awadhi6

Group 3

[12]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
China Li Hewen9
Czech Republic Roman Hybler8
China Li Hewen9
Australia Justin Campbell2
Australia Justin Campbell9
Iran Mehdi Rasekhi2
Qatar Waleed Majid6
Chinese Taipei Yang Ching-shun9
Chinese Taipei Yang Ching-shun6
Japan Yukio Akakariyama9
Spain Francisco Sánchez8
Japan Yukio Akakariyama9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Iran Mehdi Rasekhi5
Czech Republic Roman Hybler7Chinese Taipei Yang Ching-shun9
Iran Mehdi Rasekhi9
Qatar Waleed Majid5
Qatar Waleed Majid9Australia Justin Campbell9
Spain Francisco Sánchez5

Group 4

[13]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Philippines Raymund Faraon9
South Africa Francois Ellis3
Philippines Raymund Faraon9
Iran Pordel Mohammadali4
Iran Pordel Mohammadali9
Qatar Mohammed Saeed6
Greece Nikos Ekonomopoulos9
Maldives Mohamed Shareef1
Greece Nikos Ekonomopoulos9
China Zhou Long6
Netherlands Marco Teutscher7
China Zhou Long9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Qatar Mohammed Saeed5
South Africa Francois Ellis3China Zhou Long9
Qatar Mohammed Saeed9
Netherlands Marco Teutscher9
Maldives Mohamed Shareef0Iran Pordel Mohammadali3
Netherlands Marco Teutscher9

Group 5

[14]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Philippines Warren Kiamco9
Norway Vegar Kristiansen2
Philippines Warren Kiamco5
Poland Wojciech Szewczyk9
South Korea Jeong Young-hwa2
Poland Wojciech Szewczyk9
China Wu Jiaqing9
Canada Shannon Ducharme5
China Wu Jiaqing9
Philippines Oliver Medenilla2
Qatar Mohanna Obaidly2
Philippines Oliver Medenilla9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Norway Vegar Kristiansen6
Norway Vegar Kristiansen9Philippines Oliver Medenilla9
South Korea Jeong Young-hwa7
Canada Shannon Ducharme6
Canada Shannon Ducharme9Philippines Warren Kiamco9
Qatar Mohanna Obaidly8

Group 6

[15]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin8
Germany Ralf Souquet9
Germany Ralf Souquet1
Poland Mateusz Śniegocki9
Poland Mateusz Śniegocki9
State of Palestine Mohammad Sharif8
Philippines Johann Chua9
Qatar Ali Obaidly7
Philippines Johann Chua7
Saudi Arabia Abdul Rahman al-Amar9
Algeria Hichem Benaissa3
Saudi Arabia Abdul Rahman al-Amar9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin6
Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin9Philippines Johann Chua9
Sudan Mohammad Sharif4
Qatar Ali Obaidly5
Qatar Ali Obaidly9Germany Ralf Souquet9
Algeria Hichem Benaissa3

Group 7

[16]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Netherlands Nick van den Berg5
Japan Naoyuki Ōi9
Japan Naoyuki Ōi9
Canada Tom Teriault2
Canada Tom Teriault9
Qatar Abdultif Fawal7
Philippines Lee Van Corteza6
Russia Ruslan Chinakhov9
Russia Ruslan Chinakhov4
Chinese Taipei Liu Cheng-chieh9
United Arab Emirates Mohamed al-Hosani8
Chinese Taipei Liu Cheng-chieh9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Netherlands Nick van den Berg4
Netherlands Nick van den Berg9Russia Ruslan Chinakhov9
Qatar Abdultif Fawal3
Philippines Lee Van Corteza9
Philippines Lee Van Corteza9Canada Tom Teriault2
United Arab Emirates Mohamed al-Hosani7

Group 8

[17]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
England Daryl Peach9
Indonesia Muhammad Simanjuntak2
England Daryl Peach5
United States Mike Dechaine9
United States Mike Dechaine9
Chile Alejandro Carvajal4
Philippines Carlo Biado9
Bahrain Fahad Khalaf6
Philippines Carlo Biado9
Italy Daniele Corrieri5
Italy Daniele Corrieri9
Qatar Mishel Turkey6
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Indonesia M. Simanjuntak9
Indonesia M. Simanjuntak9Italy Daniele Corrieri7
Chile Alejandro Carvajal5
Qatar Mishel Turkey9
Bahrain Fahad Khalaf5England Daryl Peach5
Qatar Mishel Turkey9

Group 9

[18]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi9
Estonia Denis Grabe4
Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi9
Norway Matey Ullah6
South Africa Rajandran Nair6
Norway Matey Ullah9
Finland Mika Immonen9
Philippines Amir Rota4
Finland Mika Immonen9
Germany Oliver Ortmann5
Germany Oliver Ortmann9
China Zhu Xihe2
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Estonia Denis Grabe9
Estonia Denis Grabe9Germany Oliver Ortmann7
South Africa Rajandran Nair4
China Zhu Xihe6
Philippines Amir Rota8Norway Matey Ullah9
China Zhu Xihe9

Group 10

[19]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung9
Sweden Marcus Chamat5
Chinese Taipei Ko Ping-chung9
Peru Christopher Tevez2
Peru Christopher Tevez9
Chinese Taipei Cheng Yu-hsuan5
United States Shane Van Boening9
United Arab Emirates Omran Salem6
United States Shane Van Boening9
England Richard Jones5
Pakistan Hassan Shafraz1
England Richard Jones9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Chinese Taipei Cheng Yu-hsuan9
Sweden Marcus Chamat6England Richard Jones6
Chinese Taipei Cheng Yu-hsuan9
United Arab Emirates Omran Salem9
United Arab Emirates Omran Salem9Peru Christopher Tevez7
Pakistan Hassan Shafraz8

Group 11

[20]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Canada John Morra9
Austria Mario He8
Canada John Morra9
Singapore Toh Lian Han4
Singapore Toh Lian Han9
Lebanon Mazen Berjaoui6
China Chu Bingjie3
Spain David Alcaide9
Spain David Alcaide9
Egypt Hesam Abdulaziz6
Egypt Hesam Abdulaziz9
United Arab Emirates Khalid Yousuf8
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Austria Mario He9
Austria Mario He9Egypt Hesam Abdulaziz2
Lebanon Mazen Berjaoui6
China Chu Bingjie8
China Chu Bingjie9Singapore Toh Lian Han9
United Arab Emirates Khalid Yousuf6

Group 12

[21]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
China Dang Jinhu9
South Korea Ryu Seung-woo5
China Dang Jinhu9
Poland Tomasz Kapłan4
Eritrea Hamzaa Saeed Ali5
Poland Tomasz Kapłan9
Netherlands Niels Feijen9
Philippines Francisco Felicilda4
Netherlands Niels Feijen8
Greece Alexander Kazakis9
Greece Alexander Kazakis9
Lebanon Mohammad Berjaoui1
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
South Korea Ryu Seung-woo9
South Korea Ryu Seung-woo9Netherlands Niels Feijen8
Eritrea Hamzaa Saeed Ali2
Philippines Francisco Felicilda7
Philippines Francisco Felicilda9Poland Tomasz Kapłan9
Lebanon Mohammad Berjaoui7

Group 13

[22]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Philippines Dennis Orcollo9
Spain Francisco Díaz-Pizarro4
Philippines Dennis Orcollo9
Bangladesh Hosain Sayeem6
Bangladesh Hosain Sayeem9
Saudi Arabia Fahad al-Hejeli7
Germany Thorsten Hohmann9
Jordan Nizar Mosbah Tamimi3
Germany Thorsten Hohmann8
Venezuela Jalal Yousef9
Singapore Goh Chin Teck7
Venezuela Jalal Yousef9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Spain Francisco Díaz-Pizarro9
Spain Francisco Díaz-Pizarro9Germany Thorsten Hohmann4
Saudi Arabia Fahad al-Hejeli3
Singapore Goh Chin Teck9
Jordan Nizar Mosbah Tamimi5Bangladesh Hosain Sayeem5
Singapore Goh Chin Teck9

Group 14

[23]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
England Karl Boyes5
Hong Kong Lo Ho Sum9
Hong Kong Lo Ho Sum6
England Imran Majid9
England Imran Majid9
Bahrain Sameer al-Madhi4
China Liu Haitao5
Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-Pang9
Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-Pang8
Poland Karol Skowerski9
Poland Karol Skowerski9
Kuwait Meshal al-Murdhi4
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
England Karl Boyes7
England Karl Boyes9Chinese Taipei Chao Fong-Pang9
Bahrain Sameer al-Madhi2
China Liu Haitao9
China Liu Haitao9Hong Kong Lo Ho Sum5
Kuwait Meshal al-Murdhi2

Group 15

[24]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Chinese Taipei Chang Yu-Lung9
India Sundeep Gulati4
Chinese Taipei Chang Yu-Lung9
New Zealand Matthew Edwards3
Finland Petri Makkonen8
New Zealand Matthew Edwards9
Canada Jason Klatt9
Iraq Ali Hussein Ali4
Canada Jason Klatt6
Philippines Jeffrey Ignacio9
Sweden Andreas Gerwen7
Philippines Jeffrey Ignacio9
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Finland Petri Makkonen2
India Sundeep Gulati8Canada Jason Klatt9
Finland Petri Makkonen9
Sweden Andreas Gerwen9
Iraq Ali Hussein Ali4New Zealand Matthew Edwards7
Sweden Andreas Gerwen9

Group 16

[25]

Main RoundWinner’s Round
Philippines Antonio Gabica9
Kuwait Omar Al-Shaheen3
Philippines Antonio Gabica9
Bangladesh Sinha Fahim6
Bangladesh Sinha Fahim9
Saudi Arabia Bader al-Hamdan3
England Darren Appleton5
Singapore Aloysius Yapp9
Singapore Aloysius Yapp7
England Mark Gray9
England Mark Gray9
Egypt Mohamed Elmola1
1st playoff round2nd playoff round
Kuwait Omar Al-Shaheen5
Kuwait Omar Al-Shaheen9Singapore Aloysius Yapp9
Saudi Arabia Bader al-Hamdan4
England Darren Appleton9
England Darren Appleton9Bangladesh Sinha Fahim2
Egypt Mohamed Elmola3

Knockout round

[26][27][28]

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