The 2014

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 23rd edition of the

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World Championships. It took place from June 16 to 27, 2014 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the fifth time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships. Dutch

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defeated Austria's

Albin Ouschan Albin Alois Ouschan (born August 14, 1990, in Klagenfurt, Austria) is an Austrian pool and billiards player. Ouschan was the 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner, as well as the runner-up in 2014. He also won the 14.1 Continuous European ...

in the final, winning 13–10. Defending champion

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 Worl ...

would lose in the round of 64, to

Marco Teutscher Marco Teutscher (born 1 February 1992) is a professional Dutch people, Dutch Pool (cue sports), pool player. Career Teutscher began playing in 2007, and would enter the youth European Pool Championships the same year. His best finish at these ...

Tournament format

The tournament was attended by 128 players. In the preliminary round was played in the

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system. Winners of these games would qualify for the final round, which is played in the knockout system.

Brackets

Preliminary Round

The preliminary round was played between the 21–24 June 2014. The following players won one game in the double-elimination round, and were classified as finishing between 65 and 96. The following players lost twice and won no matches in the double-elimination round, and were classified 97-128.

Final Round

The knockout round was played between the 25–27 June 2014.

References

External links

WPA 9-Ball-World Championship 2014
from the

World Pool-Billiard Association The World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) is the international governing body for pool (pocket billiards). It was formed in 1987, and was initially headed by a provisional board of directors consisting of representatives from Australia, Americas ...

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2015
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International sports competitions hosted by Qatar Sports competitions in Doha