| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | 9-ball |
| Location | al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar |
| Dates | July 30, 2016–August 4, 2016 |
Tournament format(s) | Double elimination / Single elimination |
| Host(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
| Participants | 128 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  Albin Ouschan[1] |
| Runner-up |  Shane Van Boening |
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.[2]
Albin Ouschan defeated American Shane Van Boening 13–6 in the final and became the first Austrian 9-ball world champion.[3] 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.[4]
The defending champion was Taiwanese player Ko Pin-yi, who lost to Jayson Shaw in the last 64.
- ^ "Albin Is Ocean's Apart". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
- ^ Ted Lerner (July 29, 2016). "2016 World 9-Ball All Set to kick off in Qatar". wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ Erich Matheis (August 4, 2016). "Albin Ouschan ist Weltmeister im 9er-Ball". oepbv.at (in German). Österreichischer Pool-Billard-Verband. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
- ^ "Albin Ouschan tritt aus dem großen Schatten". kurier.at. August 4, 2016. Archived from the original on September 16, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2018.