MATCHROOM POOL ACQUIRES WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP Matchroom Pool has acquired the rights in perpetuity to host the World 9-Ball Championship from 2020 in a ground-breaking agreement with the WPA. The World 9-Ball Championship joins Matchroom Pool’s portfolio of major events

GORST THE GREAT!19 year old Fedor Gorst of Russia wins the 2019 World 9-ball Championship with a hard fought 13 -11 win over Taiwan’s Chang Jung Lin in Doha. By Ted LernerWPA Media Officer (Doha, Qatar)–Playing with a poise, calm

World 9-Ball Championship Comes Down To Four Ko Ping Chung, Fedor Gorst, Chang Jung Lin and Liu Haitao stand on the brink of history in Doha.  By Ted LernerWPA Media Officer (Doha, Qatar)–After nearly ten hours of some of the most

The 28th WPA World 9-ball Championship Set For Break Off In Doha 96 players from over 40 countries will battle for a ticket to pool’s pantheon of legends By Ted LernerWPA Media Officer (Doha, Qatar)–For three decades it has been the sport

FILLER WINS A THRILLER IN DOHA Germany’s Joshua Filler wins his first World 9-ball Championship with a hard fought 13-10 win over the Philippines Carlo Biado. Story and Photos By Ted LernerWPA Media Officer (Doha, Qatar)– Yesterday in Doha, Joshua Filler and

Pool’s Best Push Through To The Final 64 By Ted LernerWPA Press Officer (Doha, Qatar)–A veritable armada of pool’s biggest stars pushed their way through to the Final 64 knockout stage at the Al Arabi Sports Club in Doha today, as

Van Boening, Other Top Stars Cruise On Day One In Doha  By Ted LernerWPA Press Officer (Doha, Qatar)–Shane Van Boening has never won a World 9-ball Championship. He did, of course, come ever so close, finishing runner up in 2015, and

It’s Anyone’s Game In Doha One of the toughest fields in years is set to do battle as the 2018 World 9-ball Championship kicks off in Doha, Qatar, Friday.  By Ted LernerWPA Press Officer (Doha, Qatar)–After the raucous excitement of the