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2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 25th edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from July 30 to August 4, 2016 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the seventh time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships. Albin Ouschan defeated American Shane Van Boening 13–6 in the final and became the first Austrian 9-ball world champion. This was the third Austrian World pool champion, after Gerda Hofstätter won the Women's WPA World Nine-ball Championship in 1995, and Oushchan's sister Jasmine Ouschan who won the WPA World Ten-Ball Championship in 2010. The defending champion was Taiwanese player Ko Pin-yi, who lost to Jayson Shaw in the last 64. Format The tournament was attended by 128 players, of which the top 24 players in the world rankings qualified automatically. A total of 92 starting places were awarded according to a quota by the continental and regional associations as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Bin Hamad AlHitmi Indoor Hall
Mohammed Bin Hamad Indoor Hall (Arabic: صالة محمد بن حمد الهتمي), also known as the Al-Arabi Sports Club Hall, is a multi-purpose Hall in Doha, Qatar. It is currently used mostly for volleyball and basketball matches. The volleyball, basketball, futsal, and handball teams of Al-Arabi SC play there. The stadium has a seating capacity of 2,000 people. The hall served as one of the two venues for the 2013–14 Qatari Volleyball League season. Events hosted The stadium was used as the main venue for table tennis during the 2006 Asian Games. It was also used as a training facility during the 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship The 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 5th edition of the event. It was held in Doha, Qatar from 3 to 8 November 2009. Golden formula For the first time in an FIVB tournament, a new rule trialled during the FIVB Volleyba .... The inaugural edition of the Qatar Volleyball Super Cup took place in the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ko Pin-yi
Ko Pin-yi (born 31 May 1989) is a Taiwanese professional pool player. He became multiple World Champion in the disciplines of 9-ball and 10-ball in 2015. Career Ko defeated Carlo Biado in the final of the 2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship. He then defeated Shane Van Boening in the final of the 2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. At the junior level, Ko twice won the World Nine-ball Junior Championship in 2007 and 2008. Personal Ko is the oldest of three brothers. His younger brothers, Ko Ping-chung and Ko Ping Han, are also professional pool players. Career titles and achievements * 2023 World Pool Masters * 2022 APF Asian 9-Ball Open * 2022 Predator Bucharest Open * 2018 China Open 9-Ball Championship * 2017 CBSA Pengzhou 9-Ball Open * 2016 All Japan Championship 10-Ball * 2015 Billiards Digest Player of the Year * 2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship * 2015 World Cup of Pool - with ( Chang Yu-lung) * 2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship * 2014 CSI U.S. Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petri Makkonen
Petri Makkonen (Born 14 May 1988) is a Finnish professional pool player. Petri won the 2012 World Cup of Pool with partner Mika Immonen. Petri also won the 2015 German Open Euro Tour event, defeating Konrad Juszczyszyn 9–3 in the final. At the European Pool Championships, Makkonen was the runner-up at the 10-Ball event, losing to David Alcaide, losing in the final 8–7. Achievements * World Cup of Pool (2012) - With (Mika Immonen) * Euro Tour The Euro Tour is a series of professional pool events set around Europe, founded in 1992, and created by the European Pocket Billiard Federation. The Tour's first event was the ''Belgium Open'', held on May 29 – 31, 1992. The event was won by M ... ** German Open (2015) * Finnish Pool Championship ** 10-Ball (2012, 2014, 2017, 2020) ** 14.1 (2010, 2011, 2013) ** 8-Ball (2012, 2014, 2017) ** 9-Ball (2016) References External links Finnish pool players Living people Finnish sportsmen 1988 births {{cue-sports-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karol Skowerski
(born 9 May 1984) is a Polish professional pool player. After reaching the last 16 of the 2012 World Pool-Billiard Association World Nine-ball Championship, Skowerski won the 2012 World Pool Masters, defeating fellow Pole Mateusz Śniegocki in the final 8–6, which was held in Kielce, Poland. Skowerski also reached the final of the 2012 World Cup of Pool, alongside Śniegocki, losing to Team Finland, Petri Makkonen and Mika Immonen 10–8. Titles * World Pool Masters (2012) * European Pool Championship ** Straight Pool (2019) * Polish Pool Championship ** Straight Pool (2003) ** Nine-Ball (2012) ** Ten-Ball Ten-ball is a rotation pool game similar to nine-ball, but using ten balls instead of nine, and with the 10 ball instead of the 9 as the "" Although the game has existed for since the early 1960s, its popularity has risen since the early 2000s ... (2009, 2017) References External links Polish pool players Living people Polish sportsmen 1984 births {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Ho Sum
Lo may refer to any of the following: Arts and entertainment * ''Lo!'', the third published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort * L.O., a fictional character in the Playhouse Disney show Happy Monster Band * ''Lo'' (film), a 2009 independent film * Lo Recordings, a London-based record company established in 1995 * ''Law & Order'' (franchise), several related American television series created by Dick Wolf * '' Lost Odyssey'', a 2007 role-playing video game * '' Lore Olympus'', a 2018 webcomic ** ''Lore Olympus'' (TV series), an in-development adaptation by The Jim Henson Company Businesses and organizations * Legal observer, a third-party organization that monitors protests or war zones in the interest of protecting human and civil rights * Lo Recordings, a London-based record company established in 1995 * "National confederation of trade unions" in several Scandinavian countries: ** ''Landsorganisationen i Danmark'' (Danish Confederation of Trade Unions) ** ''Landsor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chang Jung-Lin
Chang Jung-lin (born May 2, 1985) is a Taiwanese 8-ball and Nine-ball pool player. He became WPA World Eight-ball Champion in 2012 and won the silver medal at the 2013 World Games for Nine-ball. Jun-Lin is a former world number 1, having done so first after winning WPA World Eight-ball Championship in 2012. He studied at Chinese Culture University and is currently married. Career At the 2012 WPA World Eight-ball Championship, Jung-lin defeated compatriot Fu Che-wei in the final 11–6, after previously winning his semi-final 9–7 against Chris Melling. In 2013, Chang would compete in the 2013 World Games, reaching the final of the Men's Nine-Ball championships, where he would become runner-up to England's Darren Appleton, with the score ending 10–11. He began playing witPredatorin 2017. Career titles and achievements * 2020 Diamond Las Vegas Open * 2020 CPBA Champion of Champions * 2019 Derby City Classic Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge * 2019 Mid-West Billiards & Cue Expo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waleed Majid
Waleed Majid (born 22 September 1987 in Kuwait) is a Qatari professional pool player. Majid has played in several World Cup of Pool events representing Qatar, including reaching the quarter-finals at the 2015 event. Majid has also competed at the World Pool Masters competition, reaching the quarterfinals in 2015, defeating Daryl Peach. Majid has also played Snooker Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sports, cue sport played on a Billiard table#Snooker and English billiards tables, rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six Billiard table#Pockets 2, pockets, one at each corner and o ... at a high amateur level, most recently playing in the World Amateur Snooker Championship in 2018. Achievements * 2022 Qatar 9-Ball Ranking Championship * 2021 Qatar 8-Ball Ranking Championship * 2014 Qatar Ranking Tournament * 2015 Qatar West Asian Championship * 2012 Qatar Ramadan Open Tournament * 2012 Arab Ranking Tournament References External links {{DEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorsten Hohmann
Thorsten Hohmann (born 14 July 1979 in Fulda, West Germany) is a German professional pool player, nicknamed "the Hitman." He is a three-time world champion, winning the WPA World Nine-ball Championship in 2003, and 2013, and winning the WPA World Straight Pool Championship in 2006. Career Early life Thorsten was born and raised in Fulda, Germany and at a very young age had always been interested in sports, playing football, table tennis and badminton. At the age of nine Thorsten's father took him to a local pool hall. On his 10th birthday Thorsten received a miniature pool table. By age twelve Thorsten and a friend began playing pool at a local pool hall. By age 16 he had won his first open adult tournament, of 128 players in the state of Hessia. Europe-based career In 2003 Hohmann reached the finals of the World Pool League but lost to Rodney Morris, 8–3. Later in 2003, Thorsten would win the 2003 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, defeating previous champion Earl Strick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahbaz Adil Khan
Shahbaz ( fa, شهباز) is a Persian word referring to the fabled guardian bird Shahbaz. Shahbaz, Shabaz or Shehbaz may refer to: People with the given name *Shahbaz Bhatti (1968–2011), Christian Pakistani politician * Shahbaz Khan (actor) (born 1966), formerly Haider Amir, Indian actor * Shahbaz Khan (cricketer) (born 1991), Pakistani cricketer * Shahbaz Khan (hydrologist), Australian climatologist and hydrologist *Shahbaz Khan Bugti, tribal chief in Balochistan *Shahbaz Khan Kamboh (1529–1599), Mughal general of Akbar * Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistani politician *Shahbaz Tariq (born 1948), Norwegian politician *Shahbaz Ali (Born 1982), Pakistani Graphic Designer People with the surname * General Shahbaz Khan Kamboh (1529–1599), Mughal Empire general * Parsegh Shahbaz (1883–1915), Ottoman Armenian lawyer, political activist, journalist, and columnist *Hafizullah Shabaz Khail, Afghan prisoner in US detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba *John C. Shabaz (1931–2012), United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario He
Mario He (Born 3 August 1993, Rankweil, Austria) is an Austrian professional pool player. He is a former winner of the European Pool Championships, and winner of both the 2017 and 2019 World Cup of Pool events alongside Albin Ouschan. Career He has won six Euro Tour events, the first in 2016, at the North Cyprus Open 2016, and later the 2017 Austrian Open, and in 2018 both the 2018 Veldhoven Open, and 2018 Klagenfurt Open, and 2019 Veldhoven Open and 2022 Italian Open. With six victories overall, He is in the top 6 winners of Euro Tour events. He was set to represent Europe for the first time at the 2018 Mosconi Cup, however, he withdrew from the team, due to a failed drugs test. Having previously reached the final of the 9-ball 2011 European Pool Championships, He won the 2012 European Pool Championships in 8-Ball defeating Artem Koschowyj of the Ukraine in the final. He won the final in an 8–0 whitewash. In 2017, alongside Albin Ouschan, He won the 2017 World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazen Berjuai
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Mohamed Elraousti
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