2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | 9-ball |
| Location | al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar |
| Dates | June 16, 2014–June 27, 2014[1] |
Tournament format(s) | Double elimination / Single elimination |
| Host(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
| Participants | 128 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  Niels Feijen |
| Runner-up |  Albin Ouschan |
The 2014 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 23rd edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from June 16 to 27, 2014 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the fifth time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.
Dutch Niels Feijen defeated Austria's Albin Ouschan in the final, winning 13–10.[2] Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann would lose in the round of 64, to Marco Teutscher.[3]
Tournament format
[edit]The tournament was attended by 128 players. In the preliminary round was played in the double elimination tournament system.[4] Winners of these games would qualify for the final round, which is played in the knockout system.[5][6]
Brackets
[edit]Preliminary Round
[edit]The preliminary round was played between the 21–24 June 2014.
The following players won one game in the double-elimination round, and were classified as finishing between 65 and 96.
IND Sumit Talwar
CAN Erik Hjorleifson
ENG Scott Cooney
UAE Jalal Yousef
KSA Abdul Rahman al-Ammar
ROU Babken Melkonyan
CRO Michel Bartol
TPE Kuo Po-Cheng
CHN Liu Haitao
USA Hunter Lombardo
VEN Frailin Guanipa
KUW Abdullah al-Yusef
NLD Ivo Aarts- TPE Ko Ping-chung
SWE Tom Storm
NZL Glen Coutts- KUW Maj al-Azmi
PHI Efren Reyes
LIB Mazen Berjaoui- PHI Elvis Calasang
- USA Brandon Shuff
IRN Mohammadali Pordel
VIE Nguyen Anh Tuan
QAT Ali Obaidly
FIN Petri Makkonen- USA Corey Deuel
POL Tomasz Kapłan- PHI Israel Rota
- KUW Omar Al-Shaheen
- CRO Ivica Putnik
UKR Artem Koshovyi- UAE Omran Salem
The following players lost twice and won no matches in the double-elimination round, and were classified 97-128.
- UAE Mohammed al-Hosani
- QAT Mohd Al Bin Ali
- CAN John Morra
IRQ Hasan Hwaida Idan
ERI Hamzaa Saeed Ali
BRU Ahmed Taufiq- QAT Mishel Turkey
BAN Fahim Sinha
JPN Yukio Akakariyama
RSA Detlef Grzella
EGY Mohamed Hamouda
HKG Eric Lee- POL Karol Skowerski
- UAE Abdulla Mohammad
HUN Vilmos Földes
JOR Nour Wasfi al-Jarrah- BAN Sayeem Hossain
EST Denis Grabe- NLD Stefan Sprangers
CHI Alejandro Carvajal- EGY Mohamed Elassal
AUT Jürgen Jenisy- LIB Mohammad Ali Berjaou
ECU Christian Aguirre- KSA Bader al-Hamdan
SIN Koh Seng Ann Aaron- RSA J-Ram Alabanzas
- ENG Imran Majid
- ENG So Shaw
- HKG Kwok Chi Ho
- QAT Bashar Hussain
- CAN Mario Morra
Final Round
[edit]The knockout round was played between the 25–27 June 2014.
References
[edit]- ^ "2014 World 9-Ball Supremacy Up For Grabs In Doha". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ^ "The Terminator Snaps It Off". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ^ "Now It's Anybody's Ball Game". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ^ World Pool-Billiard Association. "Preliminary rounds brackets" (PDF). qbsf.qa. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ^ "WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2014". azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ^ World Pool-Billiard Association. "Knockout Rounds bracket" (PDF). qbsf.qa. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
External links
[edit]- WPA 9-Ball-World Championship 2014 from the World Pool-Billiard Association
- WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2015 at azbilliards.com
