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Topic: ** World 9 Ball - Official thread

Good luck to everyone in Qatar this week!

Pro9 has a regular fresh news articles from Doha arriving all the time, starting with the best Appleton interview in years...

www.pro9.co.uk/html/article.php?sid=2323

is it gonna be a live stream this year?

I'm just checking now to see if the Al Akass TV cameras are there yet? Al Kass are streaming on channels 1, 3, and 4 - but last year it was on Alkass 2, and that one is still not broadcasting yet... The link is in the article above just in case - and I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything.

OK... Unfortunately, the word is that the TV cameras are NOT there yet... We WILL find out when they are coming for you though.

In the meantime - there's a link to the brackets and the live-scoring in the article on Pro9's front page.

ok, thank you very much

This round is double elimination, so a brilliant day for the Brits...

Appleton, Darren (GBR) 9 4 Aarts, Ivo (NED)
Shaw, So (IRI) 9 7 Wilkie, Shaun (USA)
Majid, Imran (GBR) 9 4 Al Hasawi, Jasem (KUW)
Cheng, Tsung Hua (TPE) 9 7 Gray, Mark (GBR)
Biado, Carlo PHI (PHI) 5 9 Melling, Chris GBR (GBR)

...Strong result from Melling there!

Full results here...
http://wpapool.com/web/index.asp?id=131&pagetype=live_scoring&eventid=134

No live streaming from the World 9 Ball Championships until Wednesday 11 September 2013 - that's four more days of action we miss!

http://qbsf.qa/en/LiveStreaming/

A snippet - sorry guys, that's the best I've found so far...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyGEbZOE6gk

RESULTS DAY 1

Group 1
Darren Appleton(GBR) 9 - 4 Ivo Aarts(NED)
Jeong Young H(KOR) 9 – 5 Sayeem Hossain(BAN)
Hsu Kai Lun(TPE) 9 – 5 Efren Reyes(PHL)
So Shaw(GBR) 9 – 7 Shawn Wilke(USA)

Group 2
Antonio Gabica(PHL) 9 – 7 Sniegocki Mateusz(POL)
Dominic Jentsch(GER) 9 – 5 Khaled A. Faraj(EGY)
Omar Al Shahen(KUW) 9 – 3 Kwok Chi Ho(HKG)
Marlon Manalo(PHL) 9 – 4 Hunter Lombardo(USA)

Group 3
Ko Pin Yi(TPE) 9 – 5 Roman Hybler(CZE)
Waleed Majed(QAT) 9 – 7 Bader Al Awadi(KUW)
Jalal Yousef(VEN) 9 – 3 Huidji See(NED)
Imran Majid Jasem(GBR) 9 - 4 Al Hasawi(KUW)

Group 4
John Morra(CAN) 9 - 3 Mark Antony(PHL)
Konstanin Stepanov(RUS) 9 – 6 Hori Ryoji(JPN)
Chang Jung Lin(TPE) 9 – 1 Henrikas Stolis(LTU)
Marc Claramunt(ESP) 9 – 8 Abdulatif Fawal(QAT)

Group 5
Ralf Souquet(GER) 9 – 6 Mohamed Elassal(EGY)
Cheng Yu Hsuan(TPE) 9 – 7 Mark Gray(GBR)
Yukio Akagariyama(JPN) 9 – 2 Meshari Albuqayli(KSA)
Vilmos Foldes(HUN) 9 – 5 Hanni Al Howri(UAE)

Group 6
Jasson Klatt(CAN) 9 – 2 Kuo Po Cheng(TPE)
Toh Lian Han(SIN) 9 – 4 Giorgio Margola(ITA)
Chris Melling(GBR) 9 – 5 Carlo Biado(PHL)
Cheng Yu Lung(TPE) 9 – 1 Saleh Ameen(QAT)

Group 7
Shane V. Boening(USA) 9 - 4 Mazen Berjawi(LEB)
Nguyen Anh Tuan(VIE) 9 – 8 Hijikata Hayato(JPN)
Toru Korubaiyashi(JPN) 9 – 5 Liu Hai Tao(CHN)
Dimitri Jungo(SUI) 9 – 0 Sibongiseni O. Gumede(RSA)

Group 8
Wang Can(CHN) 9 – 3 Philip Reilly(AUS)
Ramil Gallego(PHL) 9 - 3 Khamis Obaidly(QAT)
Mika Immonen(FIN) 9 - 3 Naif Abdulafou(JOR)
Jeffery De Luna(PHL) 9 – 5 Radoslaw Babica(POL)

Group 9
Karl Boyes(GBR) 9 – 3 Ali Maghsoud(IRI)
Wu Chia Qing(CHN) 9 - 3Nicolas Ottermann(GER)
Ohi Naoyuki(JPN) 9 - 3 Nico Erasmus(RSA)
Mohamed Zulfikri(INA) 9 – 6 Mohamad Abdullah(UAE)

Group 10
Israel Rota(PHL) 9 – 5 Han Hao Xiang(CHN)
Abdullah Al Yousef(KUW) 9 – 7 Nick Philip Pera(AUS)
Alex Pagulayan(CAN) 9 – 7 Phil Burford(GBR)
Mario He(AUT) 9 – 6 Recky Boy Puro(PHL)

Group 11
Lo Li Wen(TPE) 9 – 4 Thorsten Hohmann(GER)
Alexander Kazakis(GRE) 9 - 6 Mehdi Rasekhi(IRI)
Francisco Bustamante(PHL) 9 – 5 Mario Morra(CAN)
Manuel Gama(POR) 9 – 3 Ali Al Obaidly(QAT)

Group 12
Nick Van D. Berg(NED) 9 – 5 Corey Duel(USA)
Raymund Faraon(PHL) 9 – 4 Mohd Buainain(QAT)
Enrique Rojas(CHL) 9 – 6 Li Hewen(CHN)
Aloysius Yapp(SIN) 9 -8 Bruno Muaratore(ITA)

DAY 2 RESULTS
1st Round Matches
Group 13
Lee Van Corteza(PHL) 9 - 1 Mohd Ali Berjawi(LEB)
Nick Malaj(ALB) 9 - 5 Syed Habib(QAT)
David Alcaide(ESP) 9 - 8 Albin Ouschan
Mhana Al Obaidly(QAT) 9 - 7 Salah Al Rimawi(KUW)

Group 14
Ruslan Chinakhov(RUS) 9 - 4 Bashar Hussain(QAT)
Nguyen K. Hoang(VIE) 9 - 7 Christopher Tevez(PER)
Oliver Ortmann(GER) 9 – 7 Fu Che Wei(TPE)
Fabio Petroni(ITA) 9 - 6 Badr Alhamdan(KSA)

Group 15
Nick Ekonomopoulos(GRE) 9 – 1 Nour Al- Jarrah(JOR)
Marlon Villamor(PHL) 9 – 4 Kong Bu Hong(HKG)
Robb Saez(USA) 9 - 6 Mohd Al Bin Ali(QAT)
Daryl Peach(GBR) 9 – 4 Kawabata Satoshi(JPN)

Group 16
Dennis Orcollo(PHL) 9- 1 Majid Gharehgozlou(IRI)
Neils Feijin(NED) 9 - 6 Chao Fong Pang(TPE)
Ryu Seung Woo(KOR) 9 - 3 Fahim Sinha(BAN)
Tomasz Kaplan(POL) 9 - 6 Petri Makkonen(FIN)

DAY 2 RESULTS
LOSERS BRACKET MATCHES
Group 1
Ivo Aarts(NED) 9 – 7 Sayeem Hossain(BAN)
Efren Reyes(PHL) 9 – 4 Shawn Wilke(USA)

Group 2
Sniegocki Mateusz(POL) 9 - 2 Khaled A. Faraj(EGY)
Hunter Lombardo(USA) 9 – 7 Kwok Chi Ho(HKG)
Group 3
Bader Al Awadi(KUW) 9 – 6 Roman Hybler(CZE)
Huidji See(NED) 9 - 6 Al Hasawi(KUW)

Group 4
Mark Antony(PHL) 9 – 7 Hori Ryoji(JPN)
Henrikas Stolis(LTU) 9 - 8 Abdulatif Fawal(QAT)

Group 5
Mark Gray(GBR) 9 - 2 Mohamed Elassal(EGY)
Hanni Al Howri(UAE) 9 - 4 Meshari Albuqayli(KSA)

Group 6
Kuo Po Cheng(TPE) 9 – 0 Giorgio Margola(ITA)
Carlo Biado(PHL) 9 - 4 Saleh Ameen(QAT)

Group 7
Hijikata Hayato(JPN) 9 - 2Mazen Berjawi(LEB)
Liu Hai Tao(CHN) 9 – 0 Sibongiseni O. Gumede(RSA)

Group 8
Philip Reilly(AUS) 9 - 7 Khamis Obaidly(QAT)
Radoslaw Babica(POL) 9 - 3 Naif Abdulafou(JOR)

Group 9
Ali Maghsoud(IRI) 9 – 7 Nicolas Ottermann(GER)
Nico Erasmus(RSA) 9 – 6 Mohamad Abdullah(UAE)

Group 10
Han Hao Xiang(CHN) 9 - 7 Nick Philip Pera(AUS)
Phil Burford(GBR) 9 – 6 Recky Boy Puro(PHL

Group 11
Thorsten Hohmann(GER) 9 - 2 Mehdi Rasekhi(IRI)
Mario Morra(CAN) 9 – 7 Ali Al Obaidly(QAT)

Group 12
Corey Duel(USA) 9 - 5 Mohd Buainain(QAT)
Li Hewen(CHN) 9 - 7 Bruno Muaratore(ITA)

Group 13
Mohd Ali Berjawi(LEB) 9 – 7 Syed Habib(QAT)
Salah Al Rimawi(UAE) 9 – 6 Albin Ouschan(AUT)

Group 14
Bashar Hussain(QAT) 9 – 8 Christopher Tevez(PER)
Fu Che Wei(TPE) 9 - 7 Badr Alhamdan(KSA)

Group 15
Kong Bu Hong(HKG) 9 - 2 Nour Al- Jarrah(JOR)
Kawabata Satoshi(JPN) 9 - 5 Mohd Al Bin Ali(QAT)

Group 16
Chao Fong Pang(TPE) 9 - 0 Majid Gharehgozlou(IRI)
Petri Makkonen(FIN) 9 - 6 Fahim Sinha(BAN)

RESULTS FROM DAY 3
ALL MATCHES WINNERS SIDE.
WINNER ADVANCES TO ROUND OF 64, LOSERS GET ONE MORE CHANCE

Group 1
Darren Appleton(GBR) 9 – 5 Jeong Young H(KOR)
Hsu Kai Lun(TPE) 9 – 2 So Shaw(GBR)

Group 2
Antonio Gabica(PHL) 9 - 7 Dominic Jentsch(GER)
Omar Al Shahen(KUW) 9 - 1 Marlon Manalo(PHL)

Group 3
Ko Pin Yi(TPE) 9 – 4 Waleed Majed(QAT)
Jalal Yousef(VEN) 9 – 5 Imran Majid (GBR)

Group 4
Konstanin Stepanov(RUS) 9 – 7 John Morra(CAN)
Chang Jung Lin(TPE) 9 – 1 Marc Claramunt(ESP)

Group 5
Ralf Souquet(GER) 9 – 4 Cheng Yu Hsuan(TPE)
Vilmos Foldes(HUN) 9 – 8 Yukio Akagariyama(JPN)

Group 6
Toh Lian Han(SIN) 9 – 7 Jasson Klatt(CAN)
Cheng Yu Lung(TPE) 9- 5 Chris Melling(GBR)

Group 7
Shane V. Boening(USA) 9 – 6 Nguyen Anh Tuan(VIE)
Toru Korubaiyashi(JPN) 9 - 5 Dimitri Jungo(SUI)

Group 8
Wang Can(CHN) 9 - 1 Ramil Gallego(PHL)
Mika Immonen(FIN) 9 – 6 Jeffery De Luna(PHL)

Group 9
Wu Chia Qing(CHN) 9 – 4 Karl Boyes(GBR)
Oi Naoyuki(JPN) 9 - 1 Mohamed Zulfikri(INA)

Group 10
Israel Rota(PHL) 9 – 5 Abdullah Al Yousef(KUW)
Mario He(AUT) 9 - 7 Alex Pagulayan(CAN)

Group 11
Lo Li Wen(TPE) 9 – 4 Alexander Kazakis(GRE)
Manuel Gama(POR) 9 – 6 Francisco Bustamante(PHL)

Group 12
Nick Van D. Berg(NED) 9- 6 Raymund Faraon(PHL)
Enrique Rojas(CHL) 9 - 6 Aloysius Yapp(SIN)

Group 13
Nick Malaj(ALB)9 – 8 Lee Van Corteza(PHL)
David Alcaide(ESP) 9 - 5 Mhana Al Obaidly(QAT)

Group 14
Ruslan Chinakhov(RUS) 9 – 5 Nguyen K. Hoang(VIE)
Fabio Petroni(ITA) 9 -7 Oliver Ortmann(GER)

Group 15
Marlon Caneda(PHL) 9 – 0 Nick Ekonomopoulos(GRE)
Daryl Peach(GBR) 9 – 6 Robb Saez(USA)

Group 16
Dennis Orcollo(PHL) 9 – 4 Tomasz Kaplan(POL)
Neils Feijin(NED) 9 - 4 Ryu Seung Woo(KOR)



Final Group Matches For Tuesday, September 10
Winners advance to round of 64. Losers are eliminated

Group 1
Ivo Aarts(NED) vs. So Shaw(GBR)
Efren Reyes(PHL) vs. Jeong Young H(KOR)

Group 2
Sniegocki Mateusz(POL) vs. Marlon Manalo(PHL)
Hunter Lombardo(USA) vs. Dominic Jentsch(GER)

Group 3
Bader Al Awadi(KUW) vs. Imran Majid(GBR)
Huidji See(NED) vs. Waleed Majed(QAT)

Group 4
John Morra(CAN) vs. Henrikas Stolis(LTU)
Mark Antony(PHL) vs. Marc Claramunt(ESP)

Group 5
Mark Gray(GBR) vs. Yukio Akagariyama(JPN)
Hanni Al Howri(UAE) Cheng Yu Hsuan(TPE)

Group 6
Kuo Po Cheng(TPE) vs. Chris Melling(GBR)
Carlo Biado(PHL) vs. Jasson Klatt(CAN)

Group 7
Hijikata Hayato(JPN) vs. Dimitri Jungo(SUI)
Liu Hai Tao(CHN) vs. Nguyen Anh Tuan(VIE)

Group 8
Philip Reilly(AUS) vs. Jeffery De Luna(PHL)
Radoslaw Babica(POL) vs. Ramil Gallego(PHL)

Group 9
Ali Maghsoud(IRI) vs. Mohamed Zulfikri(INA)
Nico Erasmus(RSA) vs. Karl Boyes(GBR)

Group 10
Han Hao Xiang(CHN) vs. Alex Pagulayan(CAN)
Phil Burford(GBR) vs. Abdullah Al Yousef(KUW)

Group 11
Thorsten Hohmann(GER) vs. Francisco Bustamante(PHL)
Mario Morra(CAN) vs. Alexander Kazakis(GRE)

Group 12
Corey Duel(USA) vs. Aloysius Yapp(SIN)
Li Hewen(CHN) vs. Raymund Faraon(PHL)

Group 13
Lee Van Corteza(PHL) vs. Salah Al Rimawi(KUW)
Mohd Ali Berjawi(LEB) vs. Mhana Al Obaidly(QAT)

Group 14
Bashar Hussain(QAT) vs. Oliver Ortmann(GER)
Nguyen K. Hoang(VIE) vs. Fu Che Wei(TPE)

Group 15
Kong Bu Hong(HKG) vs. Robb Saez(USA)
Nick Ekonomopoulos(GRE) vs. Kawabata Satoshi(JPN)

Group 16
Chao Fong Pang(TPE) vs. Tomasz Kaplan(POL)
Petri Makkonen(FIN) vs. Ryu Seung Woo(KOR)

Who has the promotion rights for the World Pool Championship in 2014 as I have heard that the QBSF (Qatar Billiards & Snooker Federation) had only bought the rights up until this tournament which means it would be up for grabs in 2014.

Does this mean we could see matchroom sport come back as promoters of the tournament after a long hiatus & have TV coverage back in the UK instead of having to watch internet streams? I for one sincerely hope so.

World Championships here in Qatar till 2017 now...

All 7 uk players have qualified for last 64 Darren Appleton Mark Gray Chris Melling Karl Boyes Daryl Peach Imran Majid & Phil Burford....

DAY 4 RESULTS
All matches from the losers side.
Winner advances to final 64, loser is out

Group 1
Ivo Aarts(NED) 9 - 5 So Shaw(GBR)
Efren Reyes(PHL) 9 - 4 Jeong Young H(KOR)

Group 2
Marlon Manalo(PHL) 9 – 4 Sniegocki Mateusz(POL)
Dominic Jentsch(GER)9- 3 Hunter Lombardo(USA)    

Group 3
Imran Majid(GBR) 9 – 4 Bader Al Awadi(KUW)    
Huidji See(NED) 9 - 5 Waleed Majed(QAT)

Group 4
John Morra(CAN) 9 - 4 Henrikas Stolis(LTU)
Mark Antony(PHL) 9 – 7 Marc Claramunt(ESP)

Group 5
Mark Gray(GBR) 9 – 8 Yukio Akagariyama(JPN)
Cheng Yu Hsuan(TPE) 9 – 6 Hanni Al Howri(UAE)

Group 6
Chris Melling(GBR) 9 – 3 Kuo Po Cheng(TPE)
Carlo Biado(PHL) 9 – 7 Jasson Klatt(CAN)

Group 7
Dimitri Jungo(SUI) 9 – 7 Hijikata Hayato(JPN)
Nguyen Anh Tuan(VIE) 9 -0 Liu Hai Tao(CHN)

Group 8
Jeffery De Luna(PHL) 9 – 5 Philip Reilly(AUS)
Ramil Gallego(PHL) 9 - 6 Radoslaw Babica(POL)

Group 9
Mohamed Zulfikri(INA) 9 - 2Ali Maghsoud(IRI)    
Karl Boyes(GBR) 9 – 5 Nico Erasmus(RSA)

Group 10
Alex Pagulayan(CAN)9 -3 Han Hao Xiang(CHN)
Phil Burford(GBR) 9 - 5Abdullah Al Yousef(KUW)

Group 11
Thorsten Hohmann(GER) 9 - 6 Francisco Bustamante(PHL)
Alexander Kazakis(GRE) 9 – 3 Mario Morra(CAN)

Group 12
Corey Duel(USA) 9 – 8 Aloysius Yapp(SIN)
Raymund Faraon(PHL) 9 – 7 Li Hewen(CHN)

Group 13
Lee Van Corteza(PHL) 9 - 4 Salah Al Rimawi(KUW)
Mohd Ali Berjawi(LEB) 9 – 5 Mhana Al Obaidly(QAT)

Group 14
Oliver Ortmann(GER) 9 – 2 Bashar Hussain(QAT)
Nguyen K. Hoang(VIE) 9 - 5 Fu Che Wei(TPE)

Group 15
Kong Bu Hong(HKG) 9 - 6 Robb Saez(USA)
Nick Ekonomopoulos(GRE) 9 - 8 Kawabata Satoshi(JPN)

Group 16
Chao Fong Pang(TPE) 9 – 7 Tomasz Kaplan(POL)
Ryu Seung Woo(KOR) 9 – 6 Petri Makkonen(FIN)    

FINAL 64
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Starting Times are GMT +3

Matches 1-8 begin at 11AM

1. Chang Jun Lin(TPE) vs. Oliver Ortmann(GER)
2. Antonio Gabica(PHL) vs. Nguyen Anh Tuan(VIE)

3. Ko Pin Yi(TPE) vs. Ryu Seung Woo(KOR)
4.Mika Immonen(FIN) vs. Alex Pagulayan(CAN)

5. Wu Chi Ching(CHN) vs. Chao Fong Pang(TPE)
6. Nick Van den Berg(NED) vs. Efren Reyes(PHL)

7. Toh Lian Han(SIN) vs. Kong Bu Hong(HKG)
8. Hsu Kai Lun(TPE) vs. Phil Burford(GBR)

Matches 9-16 begin at 1:30PM

9. Marlon Villamor(PHL) vs. Karl Boyes(GBR)
10. Konstantin Stepanov(RUS) vs. Huidji See(NED)

11. Israel Rota(PHL) vs. Mark Antony(PHL)
12. Lo Li Wen(TPE) vs. Raymond Faroun(PHL)

13. Manuel Gama(POR) vs. Lee Vann Corteza(PHL)
14. Daryl Peach(GBR) vs. Corey Duel(USA)

15. Mario He(AUT) vs. Mark Gray(GBR)
16. Wang Can(CHN) vs. Nick Ekonomopoulos(GRE)

Matches 17-24 begin at 4PM

17. Naoyuki Oi(JPN) vs. Dominic Jentsch(GER)
18. Vilmos Foldes(HUN) vs. Nguyen K. Hoang(VIE)

19. Niels Feijen(NED) vs. Jeff De Luna(PHL)
20. Ruslan Chinakov(RUS) vs. Mohammed Zulfikri(INA)

21. Darren Appleton(GBR) vs. Ivo Aarts(NED)
22. Toru Kuribayashi(JPN) vs. Thorsten Hohmann(GER)

23. Nick Malaj(ALB) vs. John Morra(CAN)
24. Dennis Orcollo(PHL) vs. Cheng Yu Hsuan(TPE)

Matches 25-32 Begin at 6:30pm

25. Chang Yu Lung(TPE) vs. Chris Melling(GBR)
26. Enrique Rojas(CHL) vs. Ramil Gallego(PHL)

27. David Alcaide(ESP) vs. Imran Majid(GBR)
28. Jalal Yousef(VEN) vs. Alexander Kazakis(GRE)

29. Ralf Souquet(GER) vs. Carlo Biado(PHL)
30. Shane Van Boening(USA) vs. Mohd Ali Berjawi(LEB)

31. Fabio Petroni(ITA) vs. Dmitri Jungo(SUI)
32. Omar Al Shaheen(KUW) vs. Marlon Manalo(PHL)

The full draw for the Last 64 stage of the World Pool Championships is now available to view in the latest article on Pro9's front page here...

www.pro9.co.uk/html/article.php?sid=2329

A stunning effort by the Brits (and other Europeans) - good luck gentlemen!

Thought stream started today ?

On 2013-09-07 08:52 , Administrator Wrote:

Appleton first played in the finals of the world 9 ball in 2001 or 2002 in Cardiff - coming through the qualifying school route as described. As did Chris Melling the same year. I remember seeing both of them there that year.

I think Phil Harrison (another English 8 ball player of the time) also got through.

Well, there's good news and there's bad news!

The good news is that the latest report on Pro9's front page has the results from the Last 64 Stage and we can see the match ups for the Last 32 - and nearly half the field is still made up of Europeans.

Woohoo!

The bad news is that they're only going to stream the Final and Semi-Finals...



...Of the 2013 World Pool Championship.