WPA 9 Ball World Championship 2011

9-Ball World Championship 2011 WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2011
venue	al-Arabi Sports Club , Doha , Qatar
opening	June 25, 2011
Endgame	July 2, 2011
discipline	9-ball
winner	Yukio Akakariyama
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The World Cup in 9-Ball 2011 was the twentieth edition of this tournament and took place between June 25 and July 2, 2011 in Doha ( Qatar ). The usually annual world championship is organized by the WPA ( World Pool-Billiard Association ).

World champion was the Japanese Yukio Akakariyama with a 13:11 victory in the final against the Filipino Ronato Alcano .

mode

A total of 128 players took part in the tournament.

In the preliminary round, the number of players was reduced from 128 to 64. The game was initially played in a double knockout system . This means: After the first game, the players were divided into a winning round and a losing round. Whoever was in the winning round only had to prevail in one game against another player who had won in the first round to get to the final round. In the losers round, however, you first had to assert yourself against another player who lost in the first game and then win against a loser from the winning round.

Even if this system is relatively complicated, it guarantees every player to be able to lose a game in the preliminary round without having to be eliminated from the tournament immediately. The second lost game within the preliminary round will in any case lead to elimination from the tournament.

In the final round it was then played in the knockout system , so every defeat led to elimination from the tournament.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round lasted from June 25th to July 29th.

The following 32 players have won once and lost twice in the preliminary round, which means early elimination and places 65 to 96.

Mohanna Obaidly Han Haoxiang Manuel Gama Nguyen Phuong Thao Lee Chen Man Kim Laaksonen Mohammad al-Hazmi Desmond Goh Teck

Jalal Yousef Omar al-Shaheen Christian Tuvi Waleed Majid Francisco Olita Bader al-Awadi Nguyen Phuc Long Tomoo Takano

Mohamad Ali Berjaoui Majide Alazme Hanni al-Howri Ibrahim bin Amir Wu Jiaqing Abdulatef Fawal Francisco Sánchez Taher Hussain

Fu Jianbo Lee Gun-jae Ko Ping-chung Thomas Engert Sundeep Gulati Marcus Chamat Mohamad Asfari Ali Saeed

The following 32 players lost twice in the preliminary round, which means early elimination and places 97 to 128.

Andrew Kong Jason Klatt Mishel Turkey Tomasz Kapłan Amin Fekry Mohammed el-Assal Hamzaa Saeed Ali Mohammad Al Bin Ali

Vilmos Földes Bashar Hussain Ahmed Naeem Ali Mohammed al-Harthi Denis grave Mazen Berjawi Chan Keng Kwang Badr al-Hamdan

Henrique Correia Petri Makkonen Martin Daigle Jamil Hussain Mohamed Buainain Mohammad Soufi Khamis Obaidly Ramiz Turulja

Majed al-Zaab Jon Grimley David Alcaide John Morra Bruno Muratore Erik Hjorleifson Omar al-Omari Liu Cheng-chieh

Final round

Round of the last 64

Round of the last 32

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Ralf Souquet

11

Serge That

5

Ralf Souquet

11

Mariusz Skoneczny

2

Radoslaw Babica

7th

Mariusz Skoneczny

11

Ralf Souquet

9

Venancio Tanio

11

Thorsten Hohmann

7th

Lo Li-wen

11

Lo Li-wen

6th

Venancio Tanio

11

Nick van den Berg

7th

Venancio Tanio

11

Venancio Tanio

10

Yukio Akakariyama

11

Karlo Dalmatin

11

Hsu Kai-lun

7th

Karlo Dalmatin

8th

Yukio Akakariyama

11

Yukio Akakariyama

11

Soheil Vahedi

7th

Yukio Akakariyama

11

Carlo Biado

9

Oliver Medenilla

5

Lee Van Corteza

11

Lee Van Corteza

10

Carlo Biado

11

Carlo Biado

11

Takhti Zarekani

6th

Y. Akakariyama

11

M. Gray

10

Mika Immonen

10

Antonio Gabica

11

Antonio Gabica

11

Naoyuki Ōi

6th

Imran Majid

4th

Naoyuki Ōi

11

Antonio Gabica

5

Mark Gray

11

Chris Melling

11

Yong Hwang

2

Chris Melling

10

Mark Gray

11

Kuo Po-Cheng

10

Mark Gray

11

Mark Gray

11

Shane van Boening

8th

Darren Appleton

11

Dang Jinhu

6th

Darren Appleton

11

Allan Cuartero

4th

Allan Cuartero

11

Ahmad Taufiq Binh Murni

9

Darren Appleton

10

Shane van Boening

11

Shane van Boening

11

Konstantin Stepanov

8th

Shane van Boening

11

Chang Jung-Lin

5

Chang Jung-Lin

11

Joven Alba

5

Y. Akakariyama

13

R. Alcano

11

Chris Orme

7th

Ronato Alcano

11

Ronato Alcano

11

Raj Hundal

9

Raj Hundal

11

Tomoo Takano

10

Ronato Alcano

11

Chang Yu-Lung

9

Chang Yu-Lung

11

Israel Rota

9

Chang Yu-Lung

11

Scott Higgins

4th

Niels Feijen

10

Scott Higgins

11

Ronato Alcano

11

Tōru Kuribayashi

10

Antonio Lining

11

Oliver Ortmann

5

Antonio Lining

11

Roman Hybler

5

Roman Hybler

11

Liu Haitao

7th

Antonio Lining

8th

Tōru Kuribayashi

11

Mario Hey

8th

Hunter Lombardo

11

Hunter Lombardo

4th

Tōru Kuribayashi

11

Huidji lake

8th

Tōru Kuribayashi

11

R. Alcano

11

D. Orcollo

9

Dennis Orcollo

11

Muhammad Zulfikri

9

Dennis Orcollo

11

Caneda Villamor

6th

Efren Reyes

5

Caneda Villamor

11

Dennis Orcollo

11

Francisco Bustamante

7th

Francisco Bustamante

11

Sascha-Andrej Tege

4th

Francisco Bustamante

11

Riyan Setiawan

10

Carlos Cabello

8th

Riyan Setiawan

11

Dennis Orcollo

11

Daryl Peach

4th

Jeffrey de Luna

9

Fu Che-wei

11

Daryl Peach

11

Fu Che-wei

1

Daryl Peach

11

Roberto Gomez

4th

Daryl Peach

11

Ko Pin-yi

9

Stephan Cohen

11

Raymund Faraon

9

Stephan Cohen

4th

Ko Pin-yi

11

Karl Boyes

8th

Ko Pin-yi

11

Prize money

Tournament placement	Prize money
1st place (world champion)	$ 36,000
2nd place (defeat in the final)	$ 18,000
3rd place (semi-finals)	$ 10,000
5th place (quarter-finals)	$ 6,000
9th place (round of 16)	$ 4,000
17th place (out in the round of 32 )	$ 2,500
33rd place (out in the round of 64 )	$ 2,000
65th place (preliminary round with one win)	$ 500
97th place (preliminary round without victory)	$ 0

Web links

• WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2011 on azbilliards.com
• Online brackets (PDF; 68 kB) on the WPA website