WPA 9 Ball World Championship 2017
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9-Ball World Championship 2017 WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2017 
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| venue |
al-Arabi Sports Club , Doha , Qatar |
| opening | December 9, 2017 |
| Endgame | December 14, 2017 |
| discipline | 9-ball |
| winner |
 Carlo Biado
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The WPA-9-Ball World Championship 2017 was the 26th edition of the world championship in the pool discipline 9-ball . It took place from December 9-14 , 2017 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha . The Qatari capital hosted the 9-ball World Cup for the eighth time in a row.
World champion was the Filipino Carlo Biado , who defeated his compatriot Roland Garcia 13: 5 in the final. Third place went to Taiwanese Wu Kun-lin and Albanian Eklent Kaçi . The defending champion was the Austrian Albin Ouschan , who was eliminated in the round of 16 against Wu Kun-lin. The world number one Chang Jung-Lin lost in the round of 64 the Canadian John Morra .
Mode and qualification
128 players take part in the tournament. 24 players qualified via the world rankings . A total of 92 starting places were allocated according to a quota by the continental or regional associations as well as the host Qatari association and the sponsors. A qualification tournament took place from December 5 to 7, 2017, in which 96 participants played the other 12 starting places in three knockout competitions .
At the main tournament, the 128 participants were initially divided into 16 groups of 8 players, in which they competed against each other from December 9th to 11th in a double knockout system . Four players from each group qualified for the final round, which took place from December 12th to 14th and was played in a knockout system. The game was played with an alternating break.
Prize money
The prize money was slightly reduced compared to the previous year.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | US $ 30,000 |
| finalist | US $ 15,000 |
| Semi-finalist | US $ 7,500 |
| Quarter finalist | US $ 5,000 |
| Round of 16 | US $ 3,000 |
| Last 32 | US $ 2,000 |
| Last 64 | US $ 1,000 |
| 65–96. space | US $ 500 |
| total | $ 184,000 |
Tournament schedule
Preliminary round
Group 1
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
 Chang Jung-Lin
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9 | |||||||||||||
 James Georgiadis
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7th | |||||||||||||
| James Georgiadis
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7th | Chang Jung-Lin
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9 | |||||||||||
 Jorge Llanos
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3 | Jorge Llanos
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9 | Francisco Felicilda
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8th | |||||||||
 Mateusz Śniegocki
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9 | Jorge Llanos
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8th | |||||||||||
| Francisco Felicilda
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Chang Yu-Lung
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9 | |||||||||||||
 Takhti Zarekani
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1 |  Kong Bu Hong
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5 | |||||||||||
| Francisco Felicilda
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9 | Kong Bu Hong
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5 | Chang Yu-Lung
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9 | |||||||||
| Takhti Zarekani
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9 | Mateusz Śniegocki
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5 | |||||||||||
| Takhti Zarekani
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Mateusz Śniegocki
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 2
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Johann Chua
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Hassan Zeraatgar
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Hassan Zeraatgar
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9 | Johann Chua
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8th | |||||||||||
| Hassan Zeraatgar
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7th |  Zine el-Abidine Cherif
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6th |  Jalal al-Sarisi
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9 | |||||||||
| Mieszko Fortuński
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9 | Zine el-Abidine Cherif
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1 | |||||||||||
| Jalal al-Sarisi
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Mieszko Fortuński
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9 | |||||||||||||
 Maung Maung
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9 | Maung Maung
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3 | |||||||||||
| Johann Chua
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3 | Maung Maung
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9 | Mieszko Fortuński
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5 | |||||||||
 Tomoo Takano
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6th |  Francisco Sánchez
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9 | |||||||||||
| Tomoo Takano
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Francisco Sánchez
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 3
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Jeffrey de Luna
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9 | |||||||||||||
 Mohamed el-Raousti
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Mohamed el-Raousti
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1 | Jeffrey de Luna
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9 | |||||||||||
 Lee Joon-ho
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7th | Lee Joon-ho
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9 |  Muzammil Hussain
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3 | |||||||||
 Bader al-Awadhi
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9 | Muzammil Hussain
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9 | |||||||||||
| Lee Joon-ho
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Ryu Seung-woo
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Ryu Seung-woo
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9 | Bader al-Awadhi
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9 | |||||||||||
| Muzammil Hussain
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5 | Ryu Seung-woo
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9 | Bader al-Awadhi
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7th | |||||||||
 Mika Immonen
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5 |  Keng Kwang Chan
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9 | |||||||||||
| Keng Kwang Chan
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Mika Immonen
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6th | |||||||||||||
Group 4
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Warren Kiamco
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9 | |||||||||||||
 Jason Theron
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Jason Theron
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8th | Warren Kiamco
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7th | |||||||||||
| Majed Alazmi
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0 | Majed Alazmi
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9 |  Konstantin Stepanov
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9 | |||||||||
 Dang Jinhu
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9 | Majed Alazmi
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3 | |||||||||||
| Konstantin Stepanov
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
 Robert Hart
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Teck Goh Chin
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6th | Jeffrey Ignacio
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9 | |||||||||||
| Warren Kiamco
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9 | Robert Hart
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4th | Jeffrey Ignacio
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9 | |||||||||
| Teck Goh Chin
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9 | Dang Jinhu
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6th | |||||||||||
| Teck Goh Chin
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Dang Jinhu
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 5
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Ko Pin-yi
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Fawaz al-Rashedi
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Fawaz al-Rashedi
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9 | Ko Pin-yi
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9 | |||||||||||
| Fawaz al-Rashedi
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6th | Farhat Bouchaib
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3 |  Lu Minh Phúc
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8th | |||||||||
 Niels Feijen
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9 | Lu Minh Phúc
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9 | |||||||||||
| Farhat Bouchaib
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Wojciech Szewczyk
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Wojciech Szewczyk
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9 |  Christian Sparrenlöv
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9 | |||||||||||
| Lu Minh Phúc
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7th | Wojciech Szewczyk
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9 | Christian Sparrenlöv
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9 | |||||||||
 Ahmed Tanvir
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6th | Niels Feijen
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8th | |||||||||||
| Ahmed Tanvir
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Niels Feijen
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 6
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Han Haoxiang
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2 | |||||||||||||
 Ahmad Naiem
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Han Haoxiang
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9 | Ahmad Naiem
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7th | |||||||||||
| Han Haoxiang
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5 | Hunter Lombardo
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4th |  Nick Malai
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9 | |||||||||
| Kong Dejing
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9 | Nick Malai
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9 | |||||||||||
| Hunter Lombardo
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Kong Dejing
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Damianos Giallourakis
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8th |  Dharminder Lilly
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6th | |||||||||||
| Ahmad Naiem
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9 | Dharminder Lilly
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2 | Kong Dejing
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6th | |||||||||
| Damianos Giallourakis
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9 |  Joshua Filler
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9 | |||||||||||
| Damianos Giallourakis
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Joshua Filler
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 7
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
 Alex Pagulayan
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Yukio Akakariyama
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Pagulayan
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7th | Yukio Akakariyama
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7th | |||||||||||
 Mohammad Berjawi
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6th | Mohammad Berjawi
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9 | Lo Ho Sum
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9 | |||||||||
| Roland Garcia
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9 | Mohammad Berjawi
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7th | |||||||||||
| Lo Ho Sum
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Maxim Dudanez
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Maxim Dudanez
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9 |  Maximilian Lechner
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9 | |||||||||||
| Yukio Akakariyama
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7th | Maxim Dudanez
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9 | Maximilian Lechner
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9 | |||||||||
| Aayush Kumar
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5 | Roland Garcia
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5 | |||||||||||
| Aayush Kumar
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Roland Garcia
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 8
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Mario Hey
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Tao Ying Duo
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Tao Ying Duo
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4th | Mario Hey
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8th | |||||||||||
| Lo Li-wen
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9 | Lo Li-wen
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9 | Dương Quốc Hoàng
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9 | |||||||||
| Cheng Yu-hsuan
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6th | Dương Quốc Hoàng
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9 | |||||||||||
| Lo Li-wen
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Martin Daigle
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Wiktor Zieliński
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9 | Mazin Berjawi
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5 | |||||||||||
| Mario Hey
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8th | Mazin Berjawi
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3 | Martin Daigle
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9 | |||||||||
| Wiktor Zieliński
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9 | Cheng Yu-hsuan
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7th | |||||||||||
| Wiktor Zieliński
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Cheng Yu-hsuan
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 9
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Albin Ouschan
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Abdulatif Alfawal
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Abdulatif Alfawal
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5 | Albin Ouschan
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9 | |||||||||||
| Mohammadali Pordel
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8th | Mohammadali Pordel
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9 | Hsieh Chia-chen
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5 | |||||||||
| Nien Rong-chih
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9 | Hsieh Chia-chen
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9 | |||||||||||
| Mohammadali Pordel
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Wang Can
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Fyodor Gorst
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3 | Nien Rong-chih
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9 | |||||||||||
| Hsieh Chia-chen
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9 | Wang Can
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7th | Nien Rong-chih
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5 | |||||||||
| Fyodor Gorst
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9 | Liu Haitao
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9 | |||||||||||
| Fyodor Gorst
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Liu Haitao
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 10
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Ralf Souquet
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Ali al-Obaidly
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Ali al-Obaidly
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9 | Ralf Souquet
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7th | |||||||||||
| Ali al-Obaidly
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5 | Ip Tung Pong
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4th |  Roman Hybler
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9 | |||||||||
| Ruslan Tschinachow
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9 | Ip Tung Pong
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2 | |||||||||||
| Roman Hybler
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Ali Maghsoud
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Nguyon Anh Tuon
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9 | Tomasz Kapłan
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9 | |||||||||||
| Ralf Souquet
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7th | Ali Maghsoud
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6th | Tomasz Kapłan
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9 | |||||||||
| Nguyon Anh Tuon
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9 | Ruslan Tschinachow
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8th | |||||||||||
| Nguyon Anh Tuon
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Ruslan Tschinachow
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 11
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Alexander Kazakis
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Nadim Okbani
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Nadim Okbani
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2 | Alexander Kazakis
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9 | |||||||||||
| Waleed Majid
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1 | Waleed Majid
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9 | Sebastian Ludwig
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7th | |||||||||
| Chu Bingjie
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9 | Sebastian Ludwig
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9 | |||||||||||
| Waleed Majid
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Hiroshi Takenaka
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Hiroshi Takenaka
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9 | Chu Bingjie
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9 | |||||||||||
| Sebastian Ludwig
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8th | Hiroshi Takenaka
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9 | Chu Bingjie
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6th | |||||||||
 Mohammed Hassan
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2 |  Eklent Kaçi
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9 | |||||||||||
| Mohammed Hassan
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Eklent Kaçi
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 12
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| David Alcaide
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Mhanaa al-Obaidly
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Mhanaa al-Obaidly
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9 | David Alcaide
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4th | |||||||||||
| Mhanaa al-Obaidly
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0 | Hashim Ahusanu
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4th | Radoslaw Babica
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9 | |||||||||
| Md al-Amin
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9 | Hashim Ahusanu
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2 | |||||||||||
| Radoslaw Babica
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Md al-Amin
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9 | |||||||||||||
 Henrique Correia
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5 | Tōru Kuribayashi
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8th | |||||||||||
| David Alcaide
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9 | Tōru Kuribayashi
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8th | Md al-Amin
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5 | |||||||||
| Henrique Correia
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9 | Ko Ping-chung
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9 | |||||||||||
| Henrique Correia
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Ko Ping-chung
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 13
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Carlo Biado
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Xu Xiaocong
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Xu Xiaocong
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9 | Carlo Biado
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9 | |||||||||||
| Xu Xiaocong
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9 | Kwon Hojun
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2 | Richard Halliday
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4th | |||||||||
 Denis grave
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8th | Kwon Hojun
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8th | |||||||||||
| Richard Halliday
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Hayato Hijikata
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Samuel Santos
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9 | Samuel Santos
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5 | |||||||||||
| Richard Halliday
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4th | Samuel Santos
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9 | Hayato Hijikata
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9 | |||||||||
 Osama Anga
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3 | Denis grave
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4th | |||||||||||
| Osama Anga
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Denis grave
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 14
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Wu Kun-lin
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Li Si-yu
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Li Si-yu
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9 | Wu Kun-lin
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9 | |||||||||||
| Li Si-yu
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9 | Abderrahmane Mebarki
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0 | Petri Makkonen
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7th | |||||||||
 Abdulkhizar Hasanin
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6th | Abderrahmane Mebarki
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3 | |||||||||||
| Petri Makkonen
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Bashar Hussain
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Thorsten Hohmann
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9 | Abdulkhizar Hasanin
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9 | |||||||||||
| Petri Makkonen
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7th | Bashar Hussain
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6th | Abdulkhizar Hasanin
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4th | |||||||||
| Thorsten Hohmann
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9 |  Pijus Labutis
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9 | |||||||||||
| Pijus Labutis
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Thorsten Hohmann
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3 | |||||||||||||
Group 15
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Naoyuki Ōi
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Daniel Tångudd
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Daniel Tångudd
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9 | Naoyuki Ōi
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9 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Tångudd
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9 | Mohammed Alkhashawi
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3 | John Morra
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8th | |||||||||
| Wu Jiaqing
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5 | Mohammed Alkhashawi
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4th | |||||||||||
| John Morra
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Marco Teutscher
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Ariel Casto
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5 | Ariel Casto
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5 | |||||||||||
| John Morra
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9 | Ariel Casto
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9 | Marco Teutscher
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9 | |||||||||
| Yang Ching-shun
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6th | Wu Jiaqing
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2 | |||||||||||
| Yang Ching-shun
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Wu Jiaqing
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 16
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Liu Cheng-chieh
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Israel Rota
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Israel Rota
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9 | Liu Cheng-chieh
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9 | |||||||||||
| Israel Rota
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9 | Jeremiah Naidoo
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1 | Konrad Juszczyszyn
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7th | |||||||||
| André Lackner
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4th | Jeremiah Naidoo
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5 | |||||||||||
| Konrad Juszczyszyn
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Abdullah al-Yousef
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Abdullah al-Yousef
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9 |  Gerson Martínez
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9 | |||||||||||
| Konrad Juszczyszyn
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3 | Abdullah al-Yousef
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9 | Gerson Martínez
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9 | |||||||||
| Meshaal al-Murdhi
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8th | André Lackner
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8th | |||||||||||
| André Lackner
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Meshaal al-Murdhi
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6th | |||||||||||||
Final round
1Liu Haitao arrived 25 minutes late. The game was therefore rated 11-0 for Carlo Biado.
Web links
- Official website
- WPA 9 Ball World Championship 2017 on azbilliards.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Invitation World 9-Ball Championship 2017. (PDF; 789 KB) In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association , accessed December 9, 2017 .
- ^ A b c Ted Lerner: All Systems go for World 9-Ball Championship. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, December 7, 2017, accessed December 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Ted Lerner: Chang, Ouschan, lead the way on day 1… In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, December 10, 2017, accessed December 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Ted Lerner: Filler steamrolls into the Knockout Rounds… In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, December 11, 2017, accessed December 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Ted Lerner: It's all business from here on in… In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, December 12, 2017, accessed December 14, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Played matches World 9 Ball Championship - Doha / Qatar 2017. In: esnooker.pl. Accessed December 14, 2017 .
- ↑ World 9 Ball Championship Double Elimination - Doha / Qatar 2017. In: esnooker.pl. Accessed December 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Ted Lerner: It's down to the final 16 in Doha. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, December 12, 2017, accessed December 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Ted Lerner: Four left to go for World 9-Ball Crown on Thursday. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, December 13, 2017, accessed December 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Scoresheet: Carlo Biado - Roland Garcia. In: esnooker.pl. Accessed December 14, 2017 .
- ↑ World 9 Ball Championship Men - Doha / Qatar 2017 - Knockout. In: esnooker.pl. Accessed December 9, 2017 .