The 33rd staging of the World Pool Championship is quickly approaching as 128 players head to Saudi Arabia to compete in the crown jewel of nineball pool, with a historic $1million prize purse on offer.
Jeddah’s Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City plays host to one of two blue-ribbon events on the World Nineball Tour from June 3-8, as world number one Francisco Sanchez Ruiz defends his title, having beaten Mohammad Soufi in last year’s final.
Having been held in Kielce, Poland almost a year-and-half ago, the World Championship embarks on a ten-year stint in the Middle East, with the world’s top 100 players being accompanied by 13 Saudi representatives and 15 wildcards for the six-day competition.
Twelve former winners will be involved, namely defending champion Sanchez Ruiz, Shane van Boening, Albin Ouschan, Fedor Gorst, Joshua Filler, Carlo Biado, Ko Pin-Yi, Niels Feijen, Thorsten Hohmann, Darren Appleton, Alex Pagulayan and Ralf Souquet.
World number four Ko Ping-Chung, twice a semi-finalist, is the highest-ranked player to have never won the prestigious accolade, with the likes of Jayson Shaw, Eklent Kaci, Mario He and Aloysius Yapp also vying to become first-time world champions and trouser the $250,000 top prize.
Newly-crowned UK Open champion Robbie Capito is also amongst the notable entries alongside Derby City Classic runner-up Pijus Labutis, while other contenders include Skyler Woodward, Moritz Neuhausen and Mieszko Fortunski.
Former world 10-ball champion Wojciech Szewczyk, Daniel Maciol and Pia Filler were selected amongst the wildcards from promoters Matchroom and the WPA, while Khalid Al-Ghamdi, a WNT junior champion in Atlantic City, headlines the host nation representatives.
Players will need to win two matches to come through the double elimination phase, which is race-to-nine racks, before the single elimination phase involves 64 players and is race-to-11 racks until Saturday evening’s extended race-to-15 final.
Coverage will be broadcast live on Sky Sports throughout the six days, beginning from 7pm local time on Monday, while DAZN will be screening the action in the USA and Spain amongst others. A full list of broadcasters can be found here.
2024 WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
Draw Bracket
Double Elimination
Click here for the full draw bracket via the WNT Live Scores website
Single Elimination
Last 64
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 7-11 Mickey Krause 🇩🇰
🇭🇺 Oliver Szolnoki 8-11 Billy Thorpe 🇺🇸
🇵🇭 Lee Van Corteza 11-7 James Aranas 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Kuo Po-Cheng 7-11 Dang Jinhu 🇨🇳
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 5-11 Mohammad Soufi 🇸🇾
🇳🇱 Marco Teutscher 10-11 Bader Al-Awadhi 🇰🇼
🇪🇪 Denis Grabe 8-11 Max Lechner 🇦🇹
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Han 5-11 Johann Chua 🇵🇭
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 11-3 Mustafa Alnar 🇹🇷
🇦🇱 Kledio Kaci 6-11 David Alcaide 🇪🇸
🇪🇸 Jonas Souto Comino 10-11 Jeffrey Ignacio 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 9-11 Patric Gonzales 🇵🇭
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 11-2 Sanjin Pehlivanovic 🇧🇦
🇺🇸 BJ Ussery 11-10 Alex Pagulayan 🇨🇦
🇳🇱 Marc Bijsterbosch 11-9 Konrad Juszczyszyn 🇵🇱
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 11-4 Bernie Regalario 🇵🇭
🇺🇸 Shane van Boening 11-9 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Albert Manas 1-111 Alexander Kazakis 🇬🇷
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 11-5 Francesco Candela 🇮🇹
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 2-11 Wojciech Szewczyk 🇵🇱
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 11-4 Ajdin Piknjac 🇧🇦
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 10-11 Ralf Souquet 🇩🇪
🇷🇸 Aleksa Pecelj 10-11 Naoyuki Oi 🇯🇵
🇹🇼 Fu Che-Wei 6-11 Joao Grilo 🇵🇹
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 11-9 Fitim Haradinaj 🇽🇰
🇶🇦 Ali Al-Obaidli 2-11 Oscar Dominguez 🇺🇸
🇹🇼 Liu Ri-Teng 3-11 Anton Raga 🇵🇭
🇦🇹 Mario He 11-9 Hunter Lombardo 🇺🇸
🇮🇶 Ameer Ali 9-11 Fedor Gorst 🇺🇸
🇫🇮 Jani Uski 9-11 Chang Yu-Lung 🇹🇼
🇸🇬 Toh Lian Han 4-11 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇬🇧 Elliott Sanderson 11-5 Roland Garcia 🇵🇭
Last 32
🇩🇰 Mickey Krause 11-6 Billy Thorpe 🇺🇸
🇵🇭 Lee Van Corteza 8-11 Dang Jinhu 🇨🇳
🇸🇾 Mohammad Soufi 11-7 Bader Al-Awadhi 🇰🇼
🇦🇹 Max Lechner 10-11 Johann Chua 🇵🇭
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 8-11 David Alcaide 🇪🇸
🇵🇭 Jeffrey Ignacio 11-7 Patric Gonzales 🇵🇭
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 11-4 BJ Ussery 🇺🇸
🇳🇱 Marc Bijsterbosch 11-4 Ko Ping-Chung 🇹🇼
🇺🇸 Shane van Boening 11-7 Alexander Kazakis 🇬🇷
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 8-11 Wojciech Szewczyk 🇵🇱
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 11-6 Ralf Souquet 🇩🇪
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 4-11 Joao Grilo 🇵🇹
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 11-1 Oscar Dominguez 🇺🇸
🇵🇭 Anton Raga 11-10 Mario He 🇦🇹
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 11-10 Chang Yu-Lung 🇹🇼
🇬🇧 Chris Melling 11-10 Elliott Sanderson 🇬🇧
Last 16
🇩🇰 Mickey Krause 6-11 Dang Jinhu 🇨🇳
🇸🇾 Mohammad Soufi 8-11 Johann Chua 🇵🇭
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 4-11 Jeffrey Ignacio 🇵🇭
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 11-3 Marc Bijsterbosch 🇳🇱
🇺🇸 Shane van Boening 7-11 Wojciech Szewczyk 🇵🇱
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 11-3 Joao Grilo 🇵🇹
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 7-11 Anton Raga 🇵🇭
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 11-9 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
Quarter-Finals
🇨🇳 Dang Jinhu 3-11 Johann Chua 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Jeffrey Ignacio 7-11 Eklent Kaci 🇦🇱
🇵🇱 Wojciech Szewczyk 11-5 Wiktor Zielinski 🇵🇱
🇵🇭 Anton Raga 4-11 Fedor Gorst 🇺🇸
Semi-Finals
🇵🇭 Johann Chua v Eklent Kaci 🇦🇱
🇵🇱 Wojciech Szewczyk v Fedor Gorst 🇺🇸
Final
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Prize Fund
Champion – $250,000
Runner-up – $100,000
Semi-finalists – $50,000
Quarter-finalists – $27,000
Last 16 – $15,000
Last 32 – $7,000
Last 64 – $3,500
Losers Qualification – $2,000
98-128th – $1,000
Highest break and run bonus – $2,000
Total – $1,000,000
