by Absolute Pool • January 28, 2023

The World Pool Championship takes place from February 1-5 in Kielce, Poland, with 128 players competing for $325,000 in one of two blue ribbon tournaments on the nineball calendar.

Shane van Boening will be defending his prestigious accolade after beating Albin Ouschan in the final last time around, while US Open champion Francisco Sanchez Ruiz and UK Open winner Joshua Filler also headline the star-studded field.

Van Boening, Filler and Ouschan are amongst nine former champions competing in the 2023 edition, with Ko Pin-Yi, Thorsten Hohmann, Neils Feijen, Ralf Souquet, Alex Pagulayan and Mika Immonen also returning as past winners.

Fifth seed Mario He and sixth seed Jayson Shaw will be vying to secure long-awaited major successes, while Wiktor Zielinski and Mieszko Fortunski are the highest-ranked home hopes in Poland.

The tournament will be double elimination and race-to-nine until the single elimination phase, which involves 64 players as the format extends to race-to-eleven. Sunday’s final will be race-to-thirteen racks.

Coverage will be shown live via Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, DAZN in the USA and Canada and Viaplay in Poland, as well as other regional broadcasters throughout the five days.

In addition, tables two and three can be watched live via the Matchroom YouTube channels without commentary.

2023 WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP

Draw Bracket
Double Elimination
Click here for the full draw bracket via the Matchroom website

Single Elimination
Last 64
🇺🇸 Shane van Boening 11-2 Jani Uski 🇫🇮
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 11-8 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 9-11 Wojciech Szewczyk 🇵🇱
🇭🇰 Lo Ho Sum 5-11 Duoung Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇦🇹 Max Lechner 11-6 Ruben Bautista 🇲🇽
🇳🇱 Nick van den Berg 5-11 Johann Chua 🇵🇭
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 11-4 Emil-Andre Gangflot 🇳🇴
🇬🇷 Alexander Kazakis 2-11 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
🇵🇱 Sebastian Batkowski 11-8 Francesco Candela 🇮🇹
🇶🇦 Ali Nasser Al-Obaidli 8-11 James Aranas 🇵🇭
🇬🇧 Imran Majid 10-11 Mika Immonen 🇫🇮
🇵🇱 Mariusz Skoeneczny 8-11 Mohammad Soufi 🇸🇾
🇵🇪 Gerson Martinez 8-11 Lars Kuckhelm 🇩🇪
🇵🇱 Matsusz Sniegocki 11-5 Fabio Petroni 🇮🇹
🇵🇱 Daniel Maciol 11-7 Dimitri Jungo 🇨🇭
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 11-5 Tyler Styer 🇺🇸
🇨🇦 Alex Pagulayan 11-9 Joshua Filler 🇩🇪
🇷🇸 Aleksa Pecelj 11-7 Roman Hybler 🇨🇿
🇧🇦 Sanjin Pehlivanovic 9-11 Petri Makkonen 🇫🇮
🇳🇱 Niels Feijen 11-10 Ajdin Piknjac 🇧🇦
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 9-11 Mario He 🇦🇹
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 11-10 Shane Wolford 🇺🇸
🇨🇦 John Morra 11-8 Luong Duc Thien 🇻🇳
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 11-7 Besar Spahiu 🇦🇱
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 11-9 Mickey Krause 🇩🇰
🇪🇸 Jose Alberto Delgado 7-11 Moritz Neuhausen 🇩🇪
🇹🇼 Chang Jung-Lin 11-9 Hunter Lombardo 🇺🇸
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 11-10 Jan van Lierop 🇳🇱
🇵🇱 Konrad Juszczyszyn 7-11 Nguyen Anh Tuan 🇻🇳
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 10-11 Denis Grabe 🇪🇪
🇩🇪 Thorsten Hohmann 11-7 Khalid Al-Ghamdi 🇸🇦
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 11-3 Oscar Dominguez 🇺🇸

Last 32
🇺🇸 Shane van Boening 11-9 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇵🇱 Wojciech Szewczyk 1-11 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇦🇹 Max Lechner 11-6 Johann Chua 🇵🇭
🇯🇵 Noayuki Oi 4-11 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
🇵🇱 Sebastian Batkowski 11-9 James Aranas 🇵🇭
🇫🇮 Mika Immonen 10-11 Mohammad Soufi 🇸🇾
🇩🇪 Lars Kuckherm 9-11 Mateusz Sniegocki 🇵🇱
🇵🇱 Daniel Maciol 9-11 Albin Ouschan 🇦🇹
🇨🇦 Alex Pagulayan 6-11 Aleksa Pecelj 🇷🇸
🇫🇮 Petri Makkonen 10-11 Niels Feijen 🇳🇱
🇦🇹 Mario He 11-9 Ko Ping-Chung 🇹🇼
🇨🇦 John Morra 11-10 Jayson Shaw 🇬🇧
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 11-9 Moritz Neuhausen 🇩🇪
🇹🇼 Chang Jung-Lin 11-5 Ko Pin-Yi 🇹🇼
🇻🇳 Nguyen Anh Tuan 5-11 Denis Grabe 🇪🇪
🇩🇪 Thorsten Hohmann 7-11 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 🇪🇸

Last 16
🇺🇸 Shane van Boening 10-11 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇦🇹 Max Lechner 9-11 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
🇵🇱 Sebastian Batkowski 10-11 Mohammad Soufi 🇸🇾
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 11-3 Mateusz Sniegocki 🇵🇱
🇷🇸 Aleksa Pecelj 4-11 Niels Feijen 🇳🇱
🇦🇹 Mario He 11-10 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 7-11 Chang Jung-Lin 🇹🇼
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 8-11 Denis Grabe 🇪🇪

Quarter-Finals
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 4-11 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 8-11 Mohammad Soufi 🇸🇾
🇦🇹 Mario He 11-9 Niels Feijen 🇳🇱
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 11-4 Chang Jung-Lin 🇹🇼

Semi-Finals
🇹🇼 Wu Kun-Lin 6-11 Mohammad Soufi 🇸🇾
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 11-8 Mario He 🇦🇹

Final
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 13-10 Mohammad Soufi

Prize Fund
Champion – $60,000
Runner-up – $30,000
Semi-finalists – $17,500
Quarter-finalists – $10,000
Last 16 – $6,000
Last 32 – $3,000
Last 64 – $1,500
Losers Qualification – $500
Total – $325,000