2012 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2012
Tournament information
Sport Nine-Ball
Location Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation
Doha, Qatar
Dates June 22, 2012–June 29, 2012
Tournament
format(s)
 Round robin / Single Elimination
Host(s) WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants 128
Final positions
Champion  ENG Darren Appleton
Runner-up  CHN Li Hewen

The 2012 WPA World Nine-ball Championship (sometimes called the World Pool Championship 2012) was a professional nine-ball pocket billiards (pool) championship, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and organised by Matchroom Sport. It was held from June 22 to 29 in Doha, Qatar, hosted by the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation. Qualifying tournaments were held from June 20 to 22, with the Al Sadd Sports Club hosting both qualifying and final tournaments.

British Darren Appleton won the championship defeating China's Li Hewen 13–12 in the final.[1] It was Appleton's second world title after having won the 2008 10-ball World Championship and his first world title in 9-ball. Defending champion Yukio Akakariyama was defeated in the round of 32, by future champion Thorsten Hohmann. A total of US$276,000 in prize money was distributed for the tournament, with the World Champion receiving $40,000.[1]

Format

Efren Reyes playing at the event.

The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in a double elimination tournamen against each other. The remaining 64 players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system.[2] The event was played under the alternating break format.[3]

Prize Money

The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winner Darren Appleton winning $40,000.[1]

PositionPrize
First Place (Champion)$40,000
Second Place (Runner-Up)$20,000
Third Place (Semi-finalist$12,000
Fifth place (quarter finalist)$8,000
Ninth place (loser in round of 16)$5,000
Seventeenth place (loser in round of 32)$3,500
Thirty Third (loser in round of 64)$2,000

Tournament Summary

The event was played in the alternating break format.[3] In the event's semi-finals, Li Hewen defeated Germany's Ralf Souquet, 11-6, whereas Darren Appleton defeated Japan's Naoyuki Ōi 11-7.[4] In the final, Appleton would take a heavy lead, moving to 9-2 infront, and later 11-3 in a race to 13. Li would make a comeback, to 12-6, before Appleton had the opportunity to win the tournament with an open table in the 19th rack.[5] Appleton would Snooker himself with just four balls left on the table, and Li would win the next 6 racks to make the tournament reach a decisive rack.[5]

Appleton would win the decisive frame, jump up onto the table, lifting his cue above his head. Appleton commented after the event that he was thinking "I can't lose, he needs a miracle" and, that at 12-10, he "started feeling the heat."[5]

Finals

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
            
 DEU Ralf Souquet 11
 ALB Nick Malai 4
 DEU Ralf Souquet 11
 VEN Jonny Martinez 7
 VEN Jonny Martinez 11
 JPN Takashi Uraoka 8
 DEU Ralf Souquet 11
 ITA Bruno Muratore 4
 TPE Fu Che-wei 11
 SRB Andrea Klasovic 4
 TPE Fu Che-wei 9
 ITA Bruno Muratore 11
 SCO Jayson Shaw 6
 ITA Bruno Muratore 11
 DEU Ralf Souquet 11
 NLD Nick van den Berg 9
 FIN Aki Heiskanen 5
 TPE Hsu Kai-lun 11
 TPE Hsu Kai-lun 8
 PHI Dennis Orcollo 11
 HKG Andrew Kong 8
 PHI Dennis Orcollo 11
 PHI Dennis Orcollo 6
 NLD Nick van den Berg 11
 NLD Nick van den Berg 11
 PHI Marlon Caneda 6
 NLD Nick van den Berg 11
 CHN Han Haoxiang 9
 CHN Han Haoxiang 11
 PHI Israel Rota 8
 DEU Ralf Souquet 6
 CHN Li Hewen 11
 PHI Lee Van Corteza 11
 BEL Serge Das 4
 PHI Lee Van Corteza 5
 FIN Mika Immonen 11
 MLT Tony Drago 10
 FIN Mika Immonen 11
 FIN Mika Immonen 9
 PHI Antonio Gabica 11
 PHI Antonio Gabica 11
 AUT Mario He 7
 PHI Antonio Gabica 11
 TPE Yang Ching-shun 9
 FRA Vincent Facquet 4
 TPE Yang Ching-shun 11
 PHI Antonio Gabica 10
 CHN Li Hewen 11
 KUW Majed Alazmi 8
 KUW Khaled al-Mutairi 11
 KUW Khaled al-Mutairi 6
 KUW Omar al-Shaheen 11
 TPE Chang Yu-Lung 10
 KUW Omar al-Shaheen 11
 KUW Omar al-Shaheen 9
 CHN Li Hewen 11
 CAN John Morra 11
 PHI Elvis Calasang 7
 CAN John Morra 8
 CHN Li Hewen 11
 CAN Jason Klatt 9
 CHN Li Hewen 11
 CHN Li Hewen 12
 ENG Darren Appleton 13
 PHI Carlo Biado 10
 JPN Naoyuki Ōi 11
 JPN Naoyuki Ōi 11
 TPE Chang Jung-Lin 3
 TPE Chang Jung-Lin 11
 PHI Joven Alba 2
 JPN Naoyuki Ōi 11
 DEU Thorsten Hohmann 9
 DEU Thorsten Hohmann 11
 KUW Badr al-Awadi 4
 DEU Thorsten Hohmann 11
 JPN Yukio Akakariyama 9
 DEU Thomas Engert 9
 JPN Yukio Akakariyama 11
 JPN Naoyuki Ōi 11
 ENG Karl Boyes 9
 ENG Karl Boyes 11
 VIE Do The Kien 9
 ENG Karl Boyes 11
 TPE Chao Fong-Pang 8
 PHI Francisco Bustamante 6
 TPE Chao Fong-Pang 11
 ENG Karl Boyes 11
 DEU Dominic Jentsch 10
 PRT Manuel Gama 6
 DEU Dominic Jentsch 11
 DEU Dominic Jentsch 11
 PHI Efren Reyes 10
 PHI Efren Reyes 11
 SGP Toh Lian Han 6
 JPN Naoyuki Ōi 7
 ENG Darren Appleton 11
 PHI Roberto Gomez 4
 CHN Liu Haitao 11
 CHN Liu Haitao 8
 GRC N. Ekonomopoulos 11
 GRC N. Ekonomopoulos 11
 KOR Ryu Seung-woo 5
 GRC N. Ekonomopoulos 8
 ENG Darren Appleton 11
 NZL Matthew Edwards 11
 JPN Tōru Kuribayashi 7
 NZL Matthew Edwards 10
 ENG Darren Appleton 11
 ENG Darren Appleton 11
 POL Mateusz Śniegocki 5
 ENG Darren Appleton 11
 TPE Ko Pin-yi 9
 RUS Konstantin Stepanow 11
 JPN Ryoji Hori 5
 RUS Konstantin Stepanow 3
 PHI Jundel Mazon 11
 PHI Ronato Alcano 9
 PHI Jundel Mazon 11
 PHI Jundel Mazon 9
 TPE Ko Pin-yi 11
 ENG Daryl Peach 9
 TPE Lo Li-wen 11
 TPE Lo Li-wen 10
 TPE Ko Pin-yi 11
 TPE Ko Pin-yi 11
 NLD Huidji See 6

Grand Final

PlayerLagRackRacks
won
12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
England Darren Appleton•WonWonWonWonWonWonWonWonWonWonWonWonWon13
China Li HewenWonWonWonWonWonWonWonWonWonWonWonWon12

References

  1. 1 2 3 "WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2012". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2002 WPA World Pool Championship" (PDF). csns.ca. Cue Sports Nova. July 18, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "The Gang of Four Goes for Glory at World 9-Ball Championship". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Appleton and Lee Fight For World 9-Ball Supremacy". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Its Dynamite in Doha". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
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