The 2013

WPA World Nine-ball Championship The WPA World Nine-ball Championship is an annual professional nine-ball pool tournament contested since 1990. The championship is sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and principally sponsored and organised by Matchroom Sport, ...

was the 22nd event in the annual

. The event took place from September 2 to 13, 2013 in

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. Germany's

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became world champion by a 13–6 victory over Philippine Antonio Gabica, in the final. This was Hohmann's second 9-ball World championship, having also won the 2003 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Hohmann defeated defending champion

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in an early stage of the event.

Format

The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in a

double elimination A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost ''two'' games or matches. It stands in contrast to a single-elimina ...

tournament against each other. The remaining 64 players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system.

Prize money

The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winner

winning $36,000.

Results

Preliminary round

The following 32 players won once in the preliminary round and lost twice, which means early retirement and places 65 to 96: The following 32 players lost twice in the preliminary round, which means early retirement and places 97-128.

Knockout round

References

External links

Tournament at azbilliards.com
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