2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2017
Tournament information
Sport9-ball
Locational-Arabi Sports Club,
Doha, Qatar[1]
DatesDecember 9, 2017–December 14, 2017
Tournament
format(s)
Double elimination / Single elimination
Host(s)WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants128
Final positions
ChampionPhilippines Carlo Biado
Runner-upPhilippines Roland Garcia
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The 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 26th edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from December 9 to 14, 2017 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the eighth time in a row the venue for the 9-Ball Championships.[2]

The championship was won by Filipino Carlo Biado, who defeated his compatriot Roland Garcia 13–5 in the final. Third place went to Taiwanese Wu Kun-lin and fourth to Albanian Eklent Kaçi. Defending champion was the Austrian Albin Ouschan, who lost in the second round against Kun-lin. The world number one Chang Jung-Lin was defeated in the round of the last 64 of the Canadian John Morra.

  1. ^ "World 9-Ball Championship - Men (December 4, 2017)". WPA Pool. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  2. ^ Ted Lerner (December 7, 2017). "All Systems go for World 9-Ball Championship". wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.