The 2014

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was the 23rd edition of the 9-Ball

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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 in the final, winning 13–10. Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann would lose in the round of 64, to Marco Teutscher.

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. * Sumit Talwar * Erik Hjorleifson * Scott Cooney * Jalal Yousef * Abdul Rahman al-Ammar * Babken Melkonyan * * Kuo Po-Cheng * Liu Haitao * Hunter Lombardo * * Abdullah al-Yusef * * Ko Ping-chung * Tom Storm * Glen Coutts * Maj al-Azmi *

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* Mazen Berjaoui * Elvis Calasang * Brandon Shuff * Mohammadali Pordel * Nguyen Anh Tuan * Ali Obaidly * Petri Makkonen *

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* Israel Rota * Omar Al-Shaheen * * * Omran Salem The following players lost twice and won no matches in the double-elimination round, and were classified 97-128. * Mohammed al-Hosani * Mohd Al Bin Ali * John Morra * Hasan Hwaida Idan * Hamzaa Saeed Ali * Ahmed Taufiq * Mishel Turkey * Fahim Sinha * Yukio Akakariyama * Detlef Grzella * Mohamed Hamouda * Eric Lee * Karol Skowerski * Abdulla Mohammad * Vilmos Földes * Nour Wasfi al-Jarrah * Sayeem Hossain * Denis Grabe * Stefan Sprangers * * Mohamed Elassal * * Mohammad Ali Berjaou * Christian Aguirre * Bader al-Hamdan * Koh Seng Ann Aaron * J-Ram Alabanzas * Imran Majid * So Shaw * * *

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Final Round

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

References

External links

WPA 9-Ball-World Championship 2014
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