| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | 9-ball |
| Location | Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation Doha, Qatar |
| Dates | September 2, 2013–September 13, 2013 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double elimination / Single elimination |
| Host(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
| Participants | 128 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  Thorsten Hohmann |
| Runner-up |  Antonio Gabica |
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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.
Germany's Thorsten Hohmann became world champion by a 13–6 victory over Philippine Antonio Gabica, in the final. 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.
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.
Prize money
The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winner Thorsten Hohmann winning $36,000.
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| 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.
- ^ "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. September 3, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
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