
The Big One is Finally Here!
128 of the world’s best pool players to contest 9-ball supremacy as the WPA World 9-ball championship begins September 7 in Doha, Qatar. BY TED LERNER – WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy Richard Walker Pool fans you’ve waited long enough. Now, the big event you’ve been longing for, is just about here. 15 months after Holland’s Niels Feijen sank the final 9-ball and stood on top of the pool world, the finest pool players from each and every corner of the globe will once again descend upon the desert capital of Doha, Qatar to contest the sport’s most important and most prestigious prize, the 2015 WPA World 9-ball Championship. The star-laden event runs from September 7-18th at Doha’s Al Arabi Sports Club. This will be the sixth straight year that that the tiny Gulf country of Qatar hosts the World 9-ball Championship, and the 24th time, dating back to 1990, that the World Pool Billiards Association(WPA) has held a World 9-ball Championship. Once again 128 players from over 40 countries will clash to see who […]