2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2016

Tournament information
Sport	9-ball
Location	al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar
Dates	July 30, 2016–August 4, 2016
Tournament format(s)	Double elimination / Single elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Albin Ouschan[1]
Runner-up	Shane Van Boening
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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.

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.

	Amount[2]
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

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	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter finals				Semi-final				Final
	Ko Pin-yi	5
	Jayson Shaw	11
					Jayson Shaw	11
					Dennis Orcollo	6
	Thorsten Hohmann	8
	Dennis Orcollo	11
									Jayson Shaw	11
									Artem Koshovyi [de]	10
	Chang Jung-Lin	11
	Satoshi Kawabata [de]	7
					Chang Jung-Lin	7
					Artem Koshovyi [de]	11
	Johann Chua	9
	Artem Koshovyi [de]	11
													Jayson Shaw	7
													Albin Ouschan	11
	Chu Hong-ming	3
	Ralf Souquet	11
					Ralf Souquet	10
					Mario He	11
	Ruslan Tschinachow	9
	Mario He	11
									Mario He	9
									Albin Ouschan	11
	Francisco Sánchez	11
	Hamzaa Saeed Ali	8
					Francisco Sánchez	6
					Albin Ouschan	11
	Albin Ouschan	11
	Jeffrey Ignacio	7
																	Albin Ouschan	11
																	Alex Pagulayan	4
	Zhou Long	11
	Chang Yu-Lung	7
					Zhou Long	8
					Alex Pagulayan	11
	Alex Pagulayan	11
	Irsal Nasution [de]	8
									Alex Pagulayan	11
									M. Simanjuntak	7
	Karl Boyes	7
	Muhammad Simanjuntak	11
					M. Simanjuntak	11
					Toh Lian Han [de]	10
	Toh Lian Han [de]	11
	MD Almin	6
													Alex Pagulayan	11
													Ko Ping-chung	10
	Ramil Gallego	5
	Carlo Biado	11
					Carlo Biado	11
					Jeong Young-hwa [de]	4
	David Alcaide	9
	Jeong Young-hwa [de]	11
									Carlo Biado	9
									Ko Ping-chung	11
	Nikos Ekonomopoulos	11
	Jeff de Luna	7
					Nikos Ekonomopoulos	6
					Ko Ping-chung	11
	Ko Ping-chung	11
	Wojciech Szewczyk	9
																					Albin Ouschan	13
																					Shane Van Boening	6
	Liu Haitao	11
	Yukio Akakariyama	4
					Liu Haitao	6
					Alexander Kazakis	11
	Alexander Kazakis	11
	Óscar Domínguez [de]	4
									Alexander Kazakis	11
									Chu Bingjie [de]	7
	Chu Bingjie [de]	11
	Ahmed M. Salah	3
					Chu Bingjie [de]	11
					Karol Skowerski	3
	Hsieh Chia-chen	7
	Karol Skowerski	11
													Alexander Kazakis	9
													Shane Van Boening	11
	Warren Kiamco	7
	Shane Van Boening	11
					Shane Van Boening	11
					Wu Kun-lin	5
	Wu Kun-lin	11
	Abdul Rahman al-Amar	10
									Shane Van Boening	11
									Omar Al-Shaheen	5
	Francisco Díaz-Pizarro	9
	Omar Al-Shaheen	11
					Omar Al-Shaheen	11
					Salah al-Remawi	4
	Roman Hybler	5
	Salah al-Remawi	11
																	Shane Van Boening	11
																	Cheng Yu-hsuan	9
	Wu Jiaqing	11
	Niels Feijen	9
					Wu Jiaqing	7
					Denis Grabe	11
	Denis Grabe	11
	Mieszko Fortuński	3
									Denis Grabe	11
									Daryl Peach	6
	Li Hewen	7
	Daryl Peach	11
					Daryl Peach	11
					Lo Li-wen [de]	5
	Lo Li-wen [de]	11
	Yang Ching-shun	10
													Denis Grabe	3
													Cheng Yu-hsuan	11
	Lee Van Corteza	10
	Cheng Yu-hsuan	11
					Cheng Yu-hsuan	11
					Konstantin Stepanov	8
	Konstantin Stepanov	11
	Mateusz Śniegocki	8
									Cheng Yu-hsuan	11
									Dang Jinhu [de]	8
	Dang Jinhu [de]	11
	Roberto Gomez	7
					Dang Jinhu [de]	11
					Han Haoxiang [de]	7
	Han Haoxiang [de]	11
	Ali Maghsoud	7

Player	Lag	Rack																			Racks won
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Albin Ouschan	•																				13
Shane Van Boening																					6

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