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
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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

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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

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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

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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
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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

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