The 2019

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 Association (WPA) and principally sponsored and organized by Matchroom Sport, who pro ...

was a nine-ball pool championship, which took place from December 13 to 17, 2019 at the al-Arabi Sports Club in

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, Qatar. The defending champion was Germany's

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, who won the 2018 event defeating

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in the final 13–10. Russian

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won the event, defeating Taipei's Chang Jung-lin in the final 13–11.

Results

Finals

The following is results from the last-16 stage onwards.

Grand Final

References

External links

{{World championships in 2019

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International sports competitions hosted by Qatar

Sports competitions in Doha