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9-Ball Pool world championship, held July/August 2016
The 2016
WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 25th edition of the
9-Ball
pool World Championships. It took place from July 30 to August 4, 2016 in the
al-Attiya Sports Arena of the
Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the seventh time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.
[2]
Albin Ouschan defeated American
Shane Van Boening 13–6 in the final and became the first
Austrian 9-ball world champion.
[3] This was the third Austrian World pool champion, after
Gerda Hofstätter won the
Women's WPA World Nine-ball Championship in 1995, and Oushchan's sister
Jasmine Ouschan who won the WPA World Ten-Ball Championship in 2010.
[4]
The defending champion was Taiwanese player
Ko Pin-yi , who lost to
Jayson Shaw in the last 64.
Format
The tournament was attended by 128 players, of which the top 24 players in the world rankings qualified automatically. A total of 92 starting places were awarded according to a quota by the continental and regional associations as well as the hosting Qatari association and event sponsors. From July 25 to 28, 2016, a qualifying tournament was held in which 128 participants played in three knockout competitions for the remaining 12 starting places.
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In the main tournament, the 128 participants were first divided into 16 groups of 8 players and competed there from July 30 to August 1 in the double knockout system against each other. Four players in each group qualified for the final round. This took place from August 2 to 4 and was played in the knockout system.
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The event was played in the change break format, and with the
triangle of balls were moved up the table, so that the 9-ball was placed where the 1 ball would usually be placed.
Prize money
Amount
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Winner
$ 40.000
Runner Up
$20.000
Semifinal
$8.000
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
[11]
Group 3
[12]
Group 4
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Group 5
[14]
Group 6
[15]
Group 7
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Group 8
[17]
Group 9
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Group 10
[19]
Group 11
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Group 12
[21]
Group 13
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Group 14
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Group 15
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Group 16
[25]
Knockout phase
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[28]
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Final
References
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"Albin Is Ocean's Apart" . azbilliards.com .
Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018 .
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b Ted Lerner (July 29, 2016).
"2016 World 9-Ball All Set to kick off in Qatar" . wpa-pool.com . World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from
the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016 .
^ Erich Matheis (August 4, 2016).
"Albin Ouschan ist Weltmeister im 9er-Ball" . oepbv.at (in German). Österreichischer Pool-Billard-Verband. Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
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"Albin Ouschan tritt aus dem großen Schatten" . kurier.at .
Archived from the original on September 16, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2018 .
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"World 9-Ball Championship 2016" . CueScore . Retrieved August 10, 2018 .
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"Invitation World 9 Ball Championship 2016 (W9BC) July 25 to August 4, 2016" (PDF) . wpa-pool.com .
World Pool-Billiard Association . Archived from
the original (PDF) on July 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016 .
^ Ted Lerner (July 30, 2016).
"The Middle East rises on the World Stage" . wpa-pool.com . World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from
the original on July 31, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
^ Ted Lerner (July 31, 2016).
"Fit, fresh and fabulous" . wpa-pool.com . World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from
the original on July 31, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
^ Ted Lerner (August 1, 2016).
"Pressure becomes the great Equalizer on Judgement Day" . wpa-pool.com . World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from
the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 1" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 2" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 3" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 4" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 5" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 6" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 7" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 8" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 9" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 10" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 11" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 12" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 13" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 14" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 15" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – group 16" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved July 31, 2016 .
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"World 9 Ball 2016 – Final Round" . online-brackets.com . Online Brackets. Retrieved August 1, 2016 .
^ Ted Lerner (August 2, 2016).
"Shaw, Shane go on the Offensive" . wpa-pool.com . World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from
the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016 .
^ Ted Lerner (August 3, 2016).
"It's down to a fantastic four in Doha" . wpa-pool.com . World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from
the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
^ Ted Lerner (August 5, 2016).
"Albin is Ocean's Apart" . wpa-pool.com . World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from
the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
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