WPA 9 Ball World Championship 2018
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9-Ball World Championship 2018 WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2018 
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| venue |
al-Arabi Sports Club , Doha , Qatar |
| opening | December 14, 2018 |
| Endgame | 20th December 2018 |
| discipline | 9-ball |
| winner |
 Joshua Filler
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The WPA-9-Ball World Championship 2018 was the 27th edition of the world championship in the pool discipline 9-ball . It took place from December 14th to 20th, 2018 at the al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha . The Qatari capital hosted the 9-ball World Cup for the ninth time in a row.
World champion was the 21-year-old German Joshua Filler , who beat defending champion Carlo Biado from the Philippines in the final with 13:10 . Filler is the second youngest 9-ball World Cup winner after Wu Jiaqing ( 2005 ) and the fourth German title holder after Oliver Ortmann ( 1995 ), Ralf Souquet ( 1996 ) and Thorsten Hohmann ( 2003 , 2013 ). Third place went to the Greek Alexander Kazakis and the American Shane van Boening .
mode
The 128 participants were initially divided into 16 groups of 8 players each , in which they competed against each other from December 14th to 16th in the double knockout system . Four players from each group qualified for the final round, which was played in the knockout system from December 17th to 20th . The game was played with an alternating break.
Prize money
| Prize money | |
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| winner | US $ 40,000 |
| finalist | US $ 20,000 |
| Semi-finalist | ? U.S$ |
| Quarter finalist | ? U.S$ |
| Round of 16 | ? U.S$ |
| Last 32 | ? U.S$ |
| Last 64 | ? U.S$ |
| 65–96. space | ? U.S$ |
| total | US $ 200,000 |
Preliminary round
Group 1
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
 Eklent Kaçi
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9 | |||||||||||||
 Alejandro Carvajal
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Alejandro Carvajal
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4th | Eklent Kaçi
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9 | |||||||||||
 Abdulatif Alfawal
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6th | Abdulatif Alfawal
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9 |  Meshaal al-Murdhi
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6th | |||||||||
 Vitaly Pazura
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9 | Meshaal al-Murdhi
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9 | |||||||||||
| Abdulatif Alfawal
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
 Aloysius Yapp
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9 | |||||||||||||
 Ryu Seung-woo
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9 |  Fayaz Hussain
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3 | |||||||||||
| Meshaal al-Murdhi
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3 | Fayaz Hussain
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3 | Aloysius Yapp
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9 | |||||||||
| Ryu Seung-woo
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9 | Vitaly Pazura
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8th | |||||||||||
| Vitaly Pazura
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Ryu Seung-woo
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5 | |||||||||||||
Group 2
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Joshua Filler
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9 | |||||||||||||
 Stanimir Ruslanov
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Stanimir Ruslanov
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5 | Joshua Filler
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9 | |||||||||||
 Matthew Edwards
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7th | Matthew Edwards
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9 |  Mazen Berjaoui
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5 | |||||||||
 Radoslaw Babica
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9 | Mazen Berjaoui
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9 | |||||||||||
| Matthew Edwards
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
 Hunter Lombardo
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Hunter Lombardo
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8th | Radoslaw Babica
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9 | |||||||||||
| Mazen Berjaoui
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9 | Hunter Lombardo
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9 | Radoslaw Babica
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6th | |||||||||
 Sami Koylu
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7th |  Jeffrey de Luna
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9 | |||||||||||
| Sami Koylu
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Jeffrey de Luna
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 3
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Roland Garcia
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8th | |||||||||||||
 Hsu Jui-an
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Roland Garcia
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9 | Hsu Jui-an
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9 | |||||||||||
| Roland Garcia
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9 |  Ahmed Nizam Uddin
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5 | Bader al-Awadhi
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1 | |||||||||
| Billy Thorpe
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5 | Ahmed Nizam Uddin
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1 | |||||||||||
| Bader al-Awadhi
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Billy Thorpe
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9 | |||||||||||||
 David Alcaide
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7th |  Ahmed Aleqaly
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4th | |||||||||||
| Bader al-Awadhi
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9 | Ahmed Aleqaly
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2 | Billy Thorpe
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7th | |||||||||
| David Alcaide
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9 | Liu Ri-teng
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9 | |||||||||||
| Liu Ri-teng
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9 | |||||||||||||
| David Alcaide
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1 | |||||||||||||
Group 4
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
 Fyodor Gorst
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Omar al-Shaheen
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Omar al-Shaheen
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9 | Fyodor Gorst
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9 | |||||||||||
| Omar al-Shaheen
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9 |  Mohammad Soufi
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6th | Jeong Young-hwa
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1 | |||||||||
 Sanjin Pehlivanović
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6th | Mohammad Soufi
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7th | |||||||||||
| Jeong Young-hwa
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Wojciech Szewczyk
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Johann Chua
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9 |  Robbie Capito
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9 | |||||||||||
| Jeong Young-hwa
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7th | Wojciech Szewczyk
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3 | Robbie Capito
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9 | |||||||||
| Johann Chua
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9 | Sanjin Pehlivanović
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5 | |||||||||||
| Sanjin Pehlivanović
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Johann Chua
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7th | |||||||||||||
Group 5
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
 Niels Feijen
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Chang Yu-Lung
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Chang Yu-Lung
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9 | Niels Feijen
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9 | |||||||||||
| Chang Yu-Lung
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6th | Israel Rota
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5 | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro
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7th | |||||||||
 Petri Makkonen
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9 | Francisco Díaz-Pizarro
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9 | |||||||||||
| Israel Rota
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Corey Deuel
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Ahmed Tanvir
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5 | Ahmed Tanvir
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5 | |||||||||||
| Francisco Díaz-Pizarro
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9 | Ahmed Tanvir
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9 | Corey Deuel
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9 | |||||||||
| Fawaz al-Rashedi
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4th | Petri Makkonen
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4th | |||||||||||
| Fawaz al-Rashedi
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Petri Makkonen
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 6
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Hsieh Chia-chen
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9 | |||||||||||||
 Satoshi Kawabata
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Satoshi Kawabata
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9 | Hsieh Chia-chen
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9 | |||||||||||
| Satoshi Kawabata
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6th | Mika Immonen
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4th | Ruslan Tschinachow
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8th | |||||||||
| Jeffrey Ignacio
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9 | Ruslan Tschinachow
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9 | |||||||||||
| Mika Immonen
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Mateusz Śniegocki
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Abdullah Alenzi
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2 |  Vincent Halliday
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7th | |||||||||||
| Ruslan Tschinachow
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9 | Vincent Halliday
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1 | Mateusz Śniegocki
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9 | |||||||||
| Abdullah Alenzi
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9 | Jeffrey Ignacio
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5 | |||||||||||
| Abdullah Alenzi
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Jeffrey Ignacio
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 7
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
 Alexander Kazakis
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9 | |||||||||||||
 Jakub Koniar
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Jakub Koniar
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4th | Alexander Kazakis
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9 | |||||||||||
| Ko Ping-han
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9 | Ko Ping-han
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9 | Hayato Hijikata
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8th | |||||||||
 Xu Xiaocong
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7th | Ko Ping-han
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4th | |||||||||||
| Hayato Hijikata
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Xu Xiaocong
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Cheng Yu-hsuan
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9 | Ahmad Mohamad Sllah
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8th | |||||||||||
| Hayato Hijikata
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5 | Ahmad Mohamad Sllah
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2 | Xu Xiaocong
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6th | |||||||||
| Cheng Yu-hsuan
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9 | Waleed Majid
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9 | |||||||||||
| Waleed Majid
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Cheng Yu-hsuan
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5 | |||||||||||||
Group 8
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
 Alex Pagulayan
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Mohammad Berjaoui
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Mohammad Berjaoui
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6th | Alex Pagulayan
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9 | |||||||||||
| Sharik Aslam Sayed
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9 | Sharik Aslam Sayed
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9 | Tōru Kuribayashi
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8th | |||||||||
 Roman Hybler
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4th | Sharik Aslam Sayed
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5 | |||||||||||
| Tōru Kuribayashi
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Roman Hybler
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9 | |||||||||||||
 Hasan Idan
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6th | Mohammad al-Amin
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8th | |||||||||||
| Tōru Kuribayashi
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9 | Mohammad al-Amin
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6th | Roman Hybler
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1 | |||||||||
| Hasan Idan
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9 | Ko Pin-yi
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9 | |||||||||||
| Hasan Idan
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Ko Pin-yi
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 9
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Carlo Biado
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9 | |||||||||||||
 Jorge Llanos
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Jorge Llanos
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2 | Carlo Biado
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9 | |||||||||||
 Nguyon Anh Tuon
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9 | Nguyon Anh Tuon
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9 | Sergei Luzker
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5 | |||||||||
| Dương Quốc Hoàng
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5 | Sergei Luzker
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9 | |||||||||||
| Nguyon Anh Tuon
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Wiktor Zieliński
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Wiktor Zieliński
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9 | Tomoya Iima
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9 | |||||||||||
| Sergei Luzker
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7th | Wiktor Zieliński
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9 | Tomoya Iima
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9 | |||||||||
| Ameer Ali
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8th | Dương Quốc Hoàng
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7th | |||||||||||
| Ameer Ali
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Dương Quốc Hoàng
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 10
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Liu Haitao
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Ali Abdulhadi
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Ali Abdulhadi
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2 | Liu Haitao
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6th | |||||||||||
| Marlon Manalo
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2 | Marlon Manalo
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9 | Wang Can
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9 | |||||||||
| Casper Matikainen
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9 | Marlon Manalo
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6th | |||||||||||
| Wang Can
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Martin Daigle
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Martin Daigle
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6th | Casper Matikainen
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9 | |||||||||||
| Liu Haitao
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9 | Martin Daigle
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9 | Casper Matikainen
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4th | |||||||||
| Abdullah Falah
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3 | Naoyuki Ōi
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9 | |||||||||||
| Abdullah Falah
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Naoyuki Ōi
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 11
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Thorsten Hohmann
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Jason Theron
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Thorsten Hohmann
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9 | Jason Theron
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5 | |||||||||||
| Thorsten Hohmann
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6th |  Takhti Zarekani
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7th | Tomasz Kapłan
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9 | |||||||||
| Wu Jiaqing
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9 | Takhti Zarekani
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6th | |||||||||||
| Tomasz Kapłan
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
 Maximilian Lechner
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Maximilian Lechner
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9 | Tomoo Takano
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9 | |||||||||||
| Jason Theron
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5 | Maximilian Lechner
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9 | Tomoo Takano
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9 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Worung
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6th | Wu Jiaqing
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8th | |||||||||||
| Jimmy Worung
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Wu Jiaqing
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 12
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
 Chris Melling
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Marc Bijsterbosch
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Marc Bijsterbosch
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8th | Chris Melling
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9 | |||||||||||
| Ali Maghsoud
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3 | Ali Maghsoud
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9 | Richard Halliday
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3 | |||||||||
| Yukio Akakariyama
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9 | Ali Maghsoud
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8th | |||||||||||
| Richard Halliday
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Maxim Dudanez
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Wojciech Sroczyński
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9 | Yukio Akakariyama
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9 | |||||||||||
| Richard Halliday
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3 | Maxim Dudanez
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7th | Yukio Akakariyama
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7th | |||||||||
| Wojciech Sroczyński
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9 | Wu Kun-lin
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9 | |||||||||||
| Wojciech Sroczyński
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Wu Kun-lin
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 13
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Ko Ping-chung
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Ivar saris
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Ivar saris
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9 | Ko Ping-chung
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9 | |||||||||||
| Ivar saris
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6th | Robert Hart
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3 | Nick Malai
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6th | |||||||||
 Jalal al-Sarisi
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9 | Nick Malai
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9 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hart
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Jalal al-Sarisi
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Marek Kudlik
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8th |  Oliver Szolnoki
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5 | |||||||||||
| Nick Malai
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9 | Oliver Szolnoki
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8th | Jalal al-Sarisi
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7th | |||||||||
| Marek Kudlik
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9 | Shane van Boening
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9 | |||||||||||
| Marek Kudlik
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Shane van Boening
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 14
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
 Denis grave
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Phone Myint Kyaw
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Denis grave
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9 | Phone Myint Kyaw
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9 | |||||||||||
| Denis grave
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6th | Toh Lian Han
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2 | Lo Ho Sum
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4th | |||||||||
| Dang Jinhu
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9 | Toh Lian Han
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3 | |||||||||||
| Lo Ho Sum
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Konstantin Stepanov
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Lin Ta Li
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9 | Enrique Rojas
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8th | |||||||||||
| Lo Ho Sum
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6th | Enrique Rojas
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8th | Konstantin Stepanov
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9 | |||||||||
| Lin Ta Li
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9 | Dang Jinhu
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4th | |||||||||||
| Lin Ta Li
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Dang Jinhu
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 15
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Francisco Sánchez
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Aung Moe Thu
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Aung Moe Thu
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9 | Francisco Sánchez
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9 | |||||||||||
| Aung Moe Thu
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5 | Roberto Brillantes
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3 | John Morra
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2 | |||||||||
| Albin Ouschan
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9 | Roberto Brillantes
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0 | |||||||||||
| John Morra
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Konrad Juszczyszyn
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Tokoph
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3 | Kong Bu Hong
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4th | |||||||||||
| John Morra
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9 | Kong Bu Hong
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8th | Konrad Juszczyszyn
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9 | |||||||||
| Thomas Tokoph
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9 | Albin Ouschan
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4th | |||||||||||
| Thomas Tokoph
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Albin Ouschan
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9 | |||||||||||||
Group 16
| 2nd losing round | 1st losing round | Main round | Winning round | |||||||||||
| Ralf Souquet
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Mohammed Hassan
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Mohammed Hassan
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6th | Ralf Souquet
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9 | |||||||||||
| Bing Chen Gao
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9 | Bing Chen Gao
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9 | Lo Li-wen
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2 | |||||||||
| Damianos Giallourakis
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7th | Bing Chen Gao
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5 | |||||||||||
| Lo Li-wen
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Losers round | Winning round | |||||||||||||
| Bashar Abdulmajeed
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Kwon Hojun
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5 | Damianos Giallourakis
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9 | |||||||||||
| Lo Li-wen
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9 | Bashar Abdulmajeed
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4th | Damianos Giallourakis
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8th | |||||||||
| Kwon Hojun
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9 | Chang Jung-Lin
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9 | |||||||||||
| Kwon Hojun
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Chang Jung-Lin
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9 | |||||||||||||
Final round
Web links
- Official website
- 9-Ball World Championship 2018 on azbilliards.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2018 WPA Mens World 9-Ball Champs - Live Scoring Link. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association , December 13, 2018, accessed December 16, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Ted Lerner: It's Anyone's Game in Doha. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, December 13, 2018, accessed December 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Ted Lerner: Van Boening, other Top Stars cruise on Day One in Doha. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, December 15, 2018, accessed December 17, 2018 .
- ↑ World 9-Ball Championship Double Elimination - Doha / Qatar 2018. In: esnooker.pl. Dariusz Goral , accessed December 16, 2018 .
- ↑ World 9 Ball Championship Men - Doha / Qatar 2018 (Knockout). In: esnooker.pl. Dariusz Goral, accessed December 16, 2018 .