World Pool Championship 2024: Schedule, TV channel, results in Saudi Arabia (2024)

THE world's best nineball pool players are in Saudi Arabia for the first time ever battling for the World Pool Championship RIGHT NOW.

Reigning WPA World Nineball champion Francisco Sanchez Ruiz is OUT, while British star Jayson Shaw has also undergone an early exit.

And now we have reached the semi-final stage with four stars eyeing the huge $250,000 jackpot.

Find out all the information on the UK Pool Championship below.

When is the World Pool Championship 2024?

• The World Pool Championship 2024 will start on Monday, June 3.
• It is scheduled to run for six days - concluding on Saturday, June 8.
• Matches begin at 1pm local or 11am BST.
• It will be held at the Green Halls, Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Ruiz beat Mohammad Soufi in last year's final in Poland.

How can I watch the World Pool Championship 2024?

• Fans can watch the World Pool Championship on TV on Sky Sports Main Event in the UK and Ireland.
• NOW TVwill also be streaming the entire tournament through any selected tablet or mobile device.

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World Pool Championship schedule and results

Monday, June 3

• Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 9-2 Waleed Albalkhi
• Ko Pin Yi 9-8 Jeffrey Ignacio
• Kyle Amoroto 9-5 Khalid Alghamdi
• Jayson Shaw 9-4 Jefrey Roda
• Eklent Kaci 9-4 Omar Alshaheen
• Johann Chua 9-8 Hamzaa Ali
• Dang Jin Hu 8-9 Phuong Nam Pham
• David Alcaide 7-9 Abdullah Alshammari
• Oliver Szolnoki 9-0 Hussein Mustafa
• Konrad Juszczyszyn 9-2 Nguyen Anh Tuan
• Alexander Kazakis 9-6 Besar Spahiu
• Lee Vann Corteza 9-1 Nawaf Shamardal
• Dmitri Jungo 9-5 Riku Romppanen
• Skyler Woodward 4-9 Kuo Po Cheng
• Aloysius Yapp 9-3 Mubarak Al-Wahaibi
• Chris Melling 9-3 Daniel Guttenberger
• Carlo Biado 5-9 Marco Teutscher
• Naoyuki Oi 8-9 Daniel Maciol
• Denis Grabe 9-4 Talal Alblooshi
• Dmittris Loukatos 4-9 Ko Ping Han
• Thorsten Hohmann 7-9 Kledio Kaci
• Tyler Styer 9-5 James Heorgiadis
• Jonas Souto Comino 9-6 Wpjciech Szewczyk
• Ralf Souget 9-2 Ahmed Al Ahmadi
• Roland Garcia 9-7 Nicholas De Leon
• Bj Ussery 9-5 Ahmed Zahid
• Niels Feijin 8-9 Hunter Lombardo
• Mohammad Soufi 7-9 Ajdin Piknjac
• Marc Bijsterbosch 9-7 Lo Hum Sum
• Darren Appleton 9-2 Georgi Georgiev
• Ko Ping Chung 9-4 DJ McGinley
• Mickey Krause 9-4 Jeremy Sossei

Tuesday, June 4

• Shane van Boening 9-1 Fahad Alharbi
• Francesco Candela 9-7 Patric Gonzales
• Chang Jung-Lin 9-2 Othman Alzahrani
• John Morra 8-9 Albert Manas
• Pijus Labutis 9-1 Pia Filler
• James Aranas 9-6 Fahad Aldhayan
• Billy Thorpe 9-2 Ahmed Al Jabar
• Moritz Neuhausen 9-7 Emil-Andre Gangflot
• Wiktor Zielinski 9-5 Hussain Maroom
• Tobias Bongers 7-9 Jan Van Lierop
• Shane Wolford 9-3 Alvin Anggito
• Robbie Capito 9-3 Karl Gnadeberg
• Aleksa Pecelj 9-8 Sam Henderson
• Anton Raga 9-1 Bernie Regalario
• Chang Yu Lung 9-4 Khalid Al Otaibi
• Albin Ouschan 8-9 Fu Che Wei
• Joshua Filler 9-5 Joao Grilo
• Hsieh Chia Chen 9-2 Saad Aldress
• Wu Kun Lin 4-9 Ali Al Obaidli
• Michael Feliciano 9-4 Michael Schneider
• Sanjin Pehlivanovic 2-9 Liu Ri Teng
• Abdullah Alyousef 5-9 Petri Makkonen
• Imran Majid 6-9 Bader Alawadhi
• Mario He 9-3 Tim De Ruyter
• Max Lechner 9-2 Masato Yoshioka
• Alex Pagulayan 4-9 Ameer Ali
• Jani Uski 9-5 Nikos Ekonomopoulos
• Mieszko Fortunski 3-9 Fitim Haradinaj
• Duong Quoc Hoang 8-9 Toh Lian Han
• Oscar Dominguez 9-5 Sullivan Clark
• Elliott Sanderson 9-8 Luong Duc Thien
• Fedor Gorst 3-9 Mustafa Alnar

Tuesday, June 4 (Losers Race to 9)

• Waleed Albalkhi 0-9 Khalid Alghamdi
• Hussein Mustafa 9-7 Nguyen Anh Tuan
• Besar Spahiu 9-5 Nawaf Shamardal
• Riku Romppanen 4-9 Skyler Woodward
• Mubarak Al-Wahaibi 0-9 Daniel Guttenberger
• Dang Jin Hu 9-5 Carlo Biado
• Naoyuki Oi 9-8 Talal Alblooshi
• Dimitris Loukatos 5-9 David Alcaide
• Jefrey Roda 6-9 Hamzaa Ali
• Thorsten Hohmann 6-9 James Georgiadis
• Wojciech Szewczyk 9-3 Ahmed Al Ahmadi
• Nicholas De Leon 3-9 Jeffrey Ignacio
• Omar Al Shaheen 8-9 Jeremy Sossei
• Ahmed Zahid 3-9 Niels Feijen
• Mohammad Soufi 9-6 Lo Ho Sum
• Georgi Georgiev 9-7 DJ McGinley
• Alvin Anggito 8-9 Karl Gnadeberg
• Fahad Alharbi 1-9 Patric Gonzales
• Othman Alzahrani 1-9 John Morra
• Pia Filler 9-4 Fahad Aldhayan
• Ahmed Al Jabar vs Emil-Andre Gangflot
• Hussain Maroom 9-5 Tobias Bongers
• Sam Henderson 3-9 Bernie Regalario
• Khalid Al Otabibi 2-9 Albin Ouschan
• Joao Grilo 9-2 Saad Aldress
• Wu Kun Lin 9-6 Michael Schneider
• Sanjin Pehlivanovic 9-5 Abdullah Alyousef
• Imran Majid 9-7 Tim De Ruyter
• Masato Yoshioka 6-9 Alex Pagulayan
• Nikos Keonompoulos 9-8 Mieszko Fortunski
• Duong Quoc Hoang 9-6 Sullivan Clark
• Luang Duc Thien 7-9 Fedor Gorst

Wednesday, June 5

Round 2 winners - winners qualification - race to 9

• Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 9-5 Kyle Amoroto
• Oliver Szolnoki 9-7 Konrad Juszczyszyn
• Alexander Kazakis 5-9 Lee Vann Corteza
• Dimitri Jungo 3-9 Kuo Po Cheng
• Aloysius Yapp 9-7 Chris Melling
• Phuong Nam Pham 2-9 Marco Teutscher
• Daniel Maciol 6-9 Denis Grabe
• Ko Ping Han 9-6 Abdullah Alshammari
• Jayson Shaw 9-4 Johann Chua
• Kledio Kaci 9-4 Tyler Styer
• Jonas Souto Comino 9-6 Ralf Souquet
• Roland Garcia 5-9 Ko Pin Yi
• Eklent Kaci 9-3 Mickey Krause
• BJ Ussery 9-4 Hunter Lombardo
• Ajdin Piknjac 2-9 Marc Bijsterbosch
• Darren Appleton 0-9 Ko Ping Chung
• Shane Wolford 7-9 Robbie Capito
• Shane Van Boening 9-3 Francesco Candela
• Chang Jung-Lin 7-9 Albert Manas
• Pijus Labutis 9-3 James Aranas
• Billy Thorpe 7-9 Moritz Neuhausen
• Wiktor Zielinski 9-3 Jan Van Lierop
• Aleksa Pecelj 9-4 Anton Raga
• Chang Yu Lung 6-9 Fu Che Wei
• Joshua Filler 9-3 Hsieh Chia Chen
• Ali Al Obaidli 9-5 Michael Feliciano
• Liu Ri Teng 9-2 Petri Makkonen
• Bader Alawadhi vs Mario He
• Max Lechner 5-9 Ameer Ali
• Jani Uski vs Fitim Haradinaj
• Toh Lian Han vs Oscar Dominguez
• Elliot Sanderson 9-8 Mustafa Alnar

Round 2 losers - losers qualification - race to 9

• Khalid Alghamdi 4-9 Mustafa Alnar
• Hussein Mustafa 5-9 Oscar Dominguez
• Besar Spahiu 7-9 Fitim Haradinaj
• Skyler Woodward 6-9 Max Lechner
• Daniel Guttenberger 5-9 Bader Alawadhi
• Dang Jin Hu 9-3 Petri Makkonen
• Naoyuki Oi 9-3 Michael Feliciano
• David Alcaide 9-2 Hsieh Chia Chen
• Hamzaa Ali 2-9 Chang Yu Lung
• James Georgiadis 4-9 Anton Raga
• Wojciech Szewczyk 9-6 Shane Walford
• Jeffrey Ignacio 9-4 Jan Van Lierop
• Jeremy Sossei 7-9 Billy Thorpe
• Niels Feijen 7-9 James Aranas
• Mohammad Soufi 9-4 Chang Jun-Lin
• Georgi Georgiev 7-9 Francesco Candela
• Patric Gonzales 9-8 Darren Appleton
• John Morra 5-9 Ajdin Piknjac
• Pia Filler 8-9 Hunter Lombardo
• Ahmed Al Jabar 7-9 Mickey Krause
• Hussain 7-9 Roland Garcia
• Karl Gnadeberg 8-9 Ralf Souquet
• Bernie Regalario 9-7 Tyler Styer
• Albin Ouschan 3-9 Johann Chua
• Joao Grilo 9-6 Abdullah Alshammari
• Wu Kun Lin 9-6 Daniel Maciol
• Sanjin Pehlivanovic 9-7 Phuong Nam Pham
• Imran Majid 4-9 Chris Melling
• Alex Pagulayan 9-3 Dimitri Jungo
• Nikos Ekonomopoulos 1-9 Alexander Kazakis
• Duong Quoc Hoang 8-9 Konrad Juszczyszyn
• Fedor Gorst 9-8 Kyle Amoroto

Thursday, June 6

Round One of Stage 2

• Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 7-11 Mickey Krause
• Oliver Szolnoki 8-11 Billy Thorpe
• Lee Vann Corteza 11-7 James Aranas
• Kuo Po Cheng 7-11 Dang Jin Hu
• Aloysius Yapp 5-11 Mohammad Soufi
• Marco Teutscher 10-11 Bader Alawadhi
• 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
• Jonás 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 1-11 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

Round Two of Stage 2

• Mickey Krause 11-6 Billy Thorpe
• Lee Vann Corteza 8-11 Dang Jin Hu
• Mohammad Soufi 11-7 Bader Alawadhi
• 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
• 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

Friday, June 7

Round Three of Stage 2

• Mickey Krause 6-11 Dang Jin Hu
• 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

Round Four of Stage 2

• Dang Jin Hu 3-11 Johann Chua
• Jeffrey Ignacio 7-11 Eklent Kaci
• Wojciech Szewczyk 11-5 Wiktor Zielinski
• Anton Raga 4-11 Fedor Gorst

Saturday, June 8

Semi-finals

• Johann Chua vs Eklent Kaci (12pm BST)
• Wojciech Szewczyk vs Fedor Gorst (1.30pm BST)

Final

• TBC vs TBC (6.30pm BST)

What is the World Pool Championship prize money 2024?

This year's crown jewel of the World Nineball Tour will witness a RECORD prize fund of $1MILLION (approx. £850,000) for the first time in its history.

Here is the full breakdown:

• Winner: $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
• Last 128: $1,000

What's been said?

Matchroom Sport chairman Eddie Hearn said:"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has forged a reputation for growth for sports to grow in a new market to new fans.

"The country has hosted some of the world’s premier sporting events in recent years, welcoming visitors from all over to experience its passion for sport and unique culture.

"The addition of both the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters and World Pool Championship over the next decade further enhances that as it heralds an exciting chapter for Snooker and Nineball pool.

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"We have seen the incredible impact Boxing has had in this region.

"Now, I believe we will see Billiards cement its legacy here too, creating incredible opportunities and competition for the finest players on the planet.”

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