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WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2013
Tournament information
Sport	9-ball
Location	Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation; Doha, Qatar
Dates	September 2, 2013–September 13, 2013
Tournament; format(s)	Double elimination / Single elimination
Host(s)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Participants	128
Final positions
Champion	Thorsten Hohmann
Runner-up	Antonio Gabica
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The 2013 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 22nd event in the annual WPA World Nine-ball Championship. The event took place from September 2 to 13, 2013 in Doha, Qatar.^[2]

Germany's Thorsten Hohmann became world champion by a 13–6 victory over Philippine Antonio Gabica, in the final.^[3] This was Hohmann's second 9-ball World championship, having also won the 2003 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Hohmann defeated defending champion Darren Appleton in an early stage of the event.^[4]

Format

The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in a double elimination tournament against each other. The remaining 64 players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system.^[5]

Prize money

The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winner Thorsten Hohmann winning $36,000.^[4]^[6]

Position	Prize
First Place (champion)	$36,000
Second Place (runner-up)	$18,000
Third Place (semi-finalist	$10,000
Fifth place (quarter finalist)	$6,000
Ninth place (loser in round of 16)	$4,000
Seventeenth place (loser in round of 32)	$2,500
Thirty Third (loser in round of 64)	$2,000
Sixty Fifth (loser in preliminaries)	$500

Results

Preliminary round

The following 32 players won once in the preliminary round and lost twice, which means early retirement and places 65 to 96:

The following 32 players lost twice in the preliminary round, which means early retirement and places 97-128.

Knockout round

Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter final		Semifinal		Final

Chang Jung-Lin	6

Oliver Ortmann	11
		Oliver Ortmann	8

		Antonio Gabica	11
Antonio Gabica	11

Anh Tuan Nguyen	8
				Antonio Gabica	11

				Ko Pin-yi	9
Ko Pin-yi	11

Ryu Seung-woo	2
		Ko Pin-yi	11

		Mika Immonen	8
Mika Immonen	11

Alex Pagulayan	6
						Antonio Gabica	11

						Nick van den Berg	10
Wu Jiaqing	11

Chao Fong-pang	8
		Wu Jiaqing	10

		Nick van den Berg	11
Nick van den Berg	11

Efren Reyes	5
				Nick van den Berg	11

				Hsu Kai-lun [de]	7
Toh Lian Han [de]	11

Bu Hong Kong	5
		Toh Lian Han [de]	9

		Hsu Kai-lun [de]	11
Hsu Kai-lun [de]	11

Phil Burford [de]	6
								Antonio Gabica	11

								Karl Boyes	6
Marlon Villamor	10

Karl Boyes	11
		Karl Boyes	11

		Huidji See	8
Konstantin Stepanov	6

Huidji See	11
				Karl Boyes	11

				Lo Li-wen [de]	10
Israel Rota	11

Mark Antony	8
		Israel Rota	2

		Lo Li-wen [de]	11
Lo Li-wen [de]	11

Raymund Faraon [de]	4
						Karl Boyes	11

						Nikos Ekonomopoulos	8
Manuel Gama [de]	7

Lee Van Corteza	11
		Lee Van Corteza	11

		Daryl Peach	4
Daryl Peach	11

Corey Deuel	10
				Lee Van Corteza	9

				Nikos Ekonomopoulos	11
Mario He	11

Mark Gray	7
		Mario He	6

		Nikos Ekonomopoulos	11
Wang Can	8

Nikos Ekonomopoulos	11
										Antonio Gabica	6

										Thorsten Hohmann	13
Naoyuki Ōi	11

Dominic Jentsch	5
		Naoyuki Ōi	7

		Vilmos Földes	11
Vilmos Földes	11

Khanh Hoang Nguyen	6
				Vilmos Földes	8

				Jeffrey de Luna	11
Niels Feijen	9

Jeffrey de Luna	11
		Jeffrey de Luna	11

		Muhammad Zulfikiri	5
Ruslan Chinakhov	7

Muhammad Zulfikiri	11
						Jeffrey de Luna	7

						Thorsten Hohmann	11
Darren Appleton	11

Ivo Aarts [de]	3
		Darren Appleton	5

		Thorsten Hohmann	11
Tōru Kuribayashi [de]	10

Thorsten Hohmann	11
				Thorsten Hohmann	11

				Dennis Orcollo	8
Nick Malai	9

John Morra	11
		John Morra	6

		Dennis Orcollo	11
Dennis Orcollo	11

Cheng Yu-hsuan	10
								Thorsten Hohmann	11

								Carlo Biado	4
Chang Yu-Lung	7

Chris Melling	11
		Chris Melling	11

		Ramil Gallego	7
Enrique Rojas [de]	8

Ramil Gallego	11
				Chris Melling	11

				David Alcaide	8
David Alcaide	11

Imran Majid	8
		David Alcaide	11

		Jalal Yousef	7
Jalal Yousef	11

Alexander Kazakis	6
						Chris Melling	3

						Carlo Biado	11
Ralf Souquet	5

Carlo Biado	11
		Carlo Biado	11

		Shane Van Boening	10
Shane Van Boening	11

Mohamad Ali Berjaoui	2
				Carlo Biado	11

				Fabio Petroni	10
Fabio Petroni	11

Dimitri Jungo [de]	6
		Fabio Petroni	11

		Marlon Manalo	7
Omar Al-Shaheen	5

Marlon Manalo	11

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