| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | 9-ball |
| Location | Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation Doha,Qatar |
| Dates | September 2, 2013–September 13, 2013[1] |
Tournament format | Double elimination /Single elimination |
| Host | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
| Participants | 128 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  Thorsten Hohmann |
| Runner-up |  Antonio Gabica |
The2013WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 22nd event in the annualWPA World Nine-ball Championship. The event took place from September 2 to 13, 2013 inDoha,Qatar.[2]
Germany'sThorsten Hohmann became world champion by a 13–6 victory over PhilippineAntonio Gabica, in the final.[3] This was Hohmann's second 9-ball World championship, having also won the2003 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Hohmann defeated defending championDarren Appleton in an early stage of the event.[4]
The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in adouble elimination tournament against each other. The remaining 64 players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system.[5]
The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winnerThorsten Hohmann winning $36,000.[4][6]
| 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 |
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 HaitaoYukio Akakariyama
Henrikas Strolis [de]
Marc Vidal [de]
Waleed Majid
Bader al-Awadi
Hunter Lombardo
Mateusz Śniegocki
Jeong Young-hwa [de]
So ShawRadosław Babica
Maghsoud AliTomasz KapłanSatoshi Kawabata [de]Robb SaezFu Che-weiBashar HussainSalaheideen AlrimawiMhana Al ObaidlyLi Hewen
Aloysius YappMario MorraFrancisco Bustamante
Abdullah AlyousefHan Haoxiang [de]
Nico Erasmus
Petri MakkonenThe following 32 players lost twice in the preliminary round, which means early retirement and places 97–128.
Sayeem HossainShaun Wilkie
K. A. Faray
Roman HyblerJasem al-HasawiRyouji HoriAbdulatif FawalZayed MohamedMeshari Albuqayli
Giorgio MargolaSaleh AmeenSibongiseni GumedeKhamis al-Obaidly
Naif AbdulafouNicolas Ottermann [de]Mohammad Abdullah
Nick PeraMehdi RashekiAli al-ObaidlyMohd al-BuainanBruno Muratore [de]
Syed Habib
Albin Ouschan
Christopher Tevez [de]Badr AlhamdanNour al-JarrahMuhammed Al Bin AliFahim Sinha GharegozlouWorldpool championships | |||||||||||
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