2018 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship

The 2018 WPA World Junior Nine-ball Championships was the 27th hosting of the Junior World Championship in the pool discipline 9-Ball. The event ran from 31 October to 3 November 2018 Moscow, Russia.

2017 WPA World Nine-ball Juniors Championship
Tournament information
Dates31 October 2017–3 November 2017
CityMoscow
CountryRussia
Organisation(s)WPA
Formatdouble elimination, single elimination
Final
ChampionMahkeal Parris (U17)
Yip Kin Ling (boys)
Chen Chia-hua (girls)
2017
2019

Under 19 world champion was Yip Kin Ling from Hong Kong. In the final against his countryman Robbie Capito he won 11–10 against last year's finalist. In the Under 17 age group was won by Mahkeal Parris who won the final against the Norwegian Emil Andre Gangfløt 9–6. In the junior women, Chen Chia-hua won the event, winning 9–5 victory against the South Korean Seo Seoa in the final.

Defending champion were Sanjin Pehlivanović (U17), Fedor Gorst (U19) and Kristina Tkatsch (Junior). Gorst was the only champion to attempt to defend their title. While Pehlivanović now played in the Under 19 category, Tkatsch was due to age no longer eligible.

Winners

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Wettbewerb Gold Silber Bronze
U17-Junioren[2]   Mahkeal Parris   Emil Andre Gangfløt   Kristián Mrva
  Christoffer Lentz
U19-Junioren[3]   Yip Kin Ling   Robbie Capito   Christian Fröhlich
  Wiktor Zieliński
U19-Juniorinnen[4]   Chen Chia-hua   Seo Seoa   April Larson
  My Nguyen

Tournament format

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All three competitions were first held in the Double-elimination tournament with a Single-elimination tournament from the quarter-finals onwards. The events were all played as winner breaks.[5]

Under 17 Junior

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1   Christoffer Lentz 9
8   Dennis Laszkowski 8
  Christoffer Lentz 7
  Emil Andre Gangfløt 9
4   Emil Andre Gangfløt 9
5   Artem Lukin 6
  Emil Andre Gangfløt 6
  Mahkeal Parris 9
2   Quinten Pongers 6
7   Kristián Mrva 9
  Kristián Mrva 7
  Mahkeal Parris 9
3   Austin Summers 7
6   Mahkeal Parris 9

Under 19 Men's

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1   Wiktor Zieliński 11
8   Andrés Aguilar 3
  Wiktor Zieliński 10
  Robbie Capito 11
4   Robbie Capito 11
5   Wu Shi-hao 4
  Robbie Capito 10
  Yip Kin Ling 11
2   Yip Kin Ling 11
7   Wladimir Matwijenko 7
  Yip Kin Ling 11
  Christian Fröhlich 6
3   Christian Fröhlich 11
6   Fedor Gorst 10

Under 19 women's

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Semifinals Finals
      
1   My Nguyen 4
4   Seo Seoa 9
  Seo Seoa 5
  Chen Chia-hua 9
3   Chen Chia-hua 9
2   April Larson 4

References

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  1. ^ "Virgin Island's Mahkeal Parris Captures WPA World Junior 9-Ball Championship Title". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "2018 World 9-Ball Championships Juniors U17". tournamentservice.net. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b "2018 World 9-Ball Championships Juniors U19". tournamentservice.net. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b "2018 World 9-Ball Championships Girls". tournamentservice.net. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 World 9-Ball Championships Juniors" (PDF; 186 KB). wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
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