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GERMANY’S THORSTEN HOHMANN WINS HIS SECOND WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A SEARING 13-7 VICTORY OVER THE PHILIPPINES ANTONIO GABICA BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos courtesy Vinod DivaKaran, Doha Stadium Sports Weekly and Richard Walker (Doha, Qatar)–Playing with a laser-like focus and an intensity that spoke of a clear desire for pool immortality, Germany’s Thorsten Hohmann capped an incredible week with yet another a searing performance,  and won the 2013 World 9-ball Championship, beating the Philippines Antonio Gabica, 13-7, in front of nearly 1000 highly partisan Filipino fans at Doha’s Al Arabi Sports Club. With the victory Hohmann now becomes only the second man to win the WPA World 9-ball Championship two times, matching American Earl Strickland, who won pool’s most prestigious crown in 1991 and 2002. Hohmann will now also take over as the World Number 1 ranked player. Hohmann’s second World 9-ball Championship comes exactly ten years after he burst on to the international scene with a powerful run through a stacked  field in Cardiff, Wales in 2003.  In the intervening years […]

25th October, 2013 PartyPoker World Pool Masters Action underway in Barnsley Chris Melling (ENG) 8-3 Karol Skowerski (POL) Nick Ekonomopoulos (GRE) 8-2 Ralf Souquet (GER) Niels Feijen (HOL) 8-6 Karl Boyes (ENG) The 21st annual running of the PartyPoker World Pool Masters got underway at the Metrodome in Barnsley, Yorkshire and there were first round wins for Chris Melling, Nick Ekonomopoulos and Niels Feijen.  The $66,000 tournament has been a staple on the pool calendar for over two decades and was making its first appearance in the UK since 2005. In front of an excellent first night crowd at the popular Yorkshire venue, defending champion Karol Skowerski of Poland fell at the first hurdle as was beaten 8-3 by England’s Chris Melling who looked in fine form in front of his local fans. Melling, whose smooth action is renowned the world over, flew into a 5-0 lead in front of his Yorkshire faithful as he took advantage of the winners’ break format. Skowerski, who enjoyed a magical three days in his home town of Kielce […]

Konrad Juszczyszyn (POL) gewinnt Gotham City Billiards 9 Ball Pro Classic 2016 im Finale gegen Cheng Yu-Hsuan (TPE) mit 13-6. Den 3. Platz belegt Hsu Kai-Lun (TPE). Vom 08. – 10. Oktober 2016 findet in Brooklyn/New York die 2. Ausgabe der Gotham City Billiards 9 Ball Pro Classic statt. Dieses 9 Ball Pool Billard Turnier ist das erste Event von einer Reihe erstklassiger Veranstaltungen in den nächsten Wochen. Ende Oktober finden in New York die Steinway Classics statt, sowie vom 16. – 22. Oktober das größte 9 Ball Turnier in den Staaten, die US Open 9 Ball Championship. Zusätzlich gibt es in der nächsten Woche vom 12. – 16. Oktober noch die American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship 2016, die Infos zu diesem 14.1 Turnier sollten in den nächsten Tagen folgen. Die Gotham City Billiards 9 Ball Pro Classic 2016 sind in diesem Jahr ziemlich stark besetzt und viele der besten Spieler der Welt werden in diesem 64 Teilnehmer starken Feld zu finden sein. Zu den Favoriten zählen u.a.: Alexander Kazakis (GRE), Carlo Biado (PHI), David […]