The Qatar Open 9-Ball Championship returns for the first time in more than a decade from October 4-8 in Doha, with 128 players competing for $300,000 in prize money.
Having been most recently held in 2008 and 2009 and then scrapped after the organisers acquired the then World 9-Ball Championship, the tournament returns at the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation venue.
It follows in the footsteps of the recent China Open in being a WPA-sanctioned tournament and not recognised by the World Nineball Tour, with the top 16 in the WPA rankings receiving automatic invites.
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz, Fedor Gorst and Shane van Boening were amongst those to not travel to the Middle East, with Joshua Filler, Albin Ouschan and brothers Ko Pin-Yi and Ko Ping-Chung therefore headlining the field.
Finland’s Mika Immonen will act as the defending champion having won the tournament when it was last held 15 years ago, while Greece’s Alexander Kazakis, the USA’s Tyler Styer, Vietnam’s Duong Quoc Hoang and Poland’s Wiktor Zielinski and Wojciech Szewczyk will also be involved.
Coverage will be broadcast via the Qatar Billiards and Snooker YouTube channel throughout the week, with the final being shown on Sunday, October 8.
2023 QATAR OPEN 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Draw Bracket
Double Elimination
Click here for the full draw bracket via the Qatar Open website
Single Elimination
Last 32
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 11-10 Ameer Ali 🇮🇶
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 11-8 Mark Kalagayan 🇵🇭
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 11-10 Ali Al-Obaidli 🇶🇦
🇧🇬 Konstantin Stepanov 5-11 Alexander Kazakis 🇬🇷
🇪🇪 Denis Grabe 11-8 Mieszko Fortunski 🇵🇱
🇫🇮 Riku Rompannen 3-11 Alex Pagulayan 🇨🇦
🇭🇺 Oliver Szolnoki 5-11 Mustafa Alnar 🇹🇷
🇵🇱 Szymon Kural 11-8 Konrad Juszczyszyn 🇵🇱
🇵🇱 Daniel Maciol 11-2 Ricky Puro 🇵🇭
🇰🇼 Bader Al-Awadhi 11-6 Mika Immonen 🇫🇮
🇵🇱 Wojciech Szewczyk 6-11 Marc Bijsterbosch 🇳🇱
🇨🇾 Michael Georgiou 7-11 Ko Ping-Chung 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Israel Rota 11-9 Dominik Jastrzab 🇵🇱
🇸🇦 Khalid Al-Ghamdi 4-11 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 11-0 Leonardo Hipolito 🇵🇭
🇩🇴 Jose Ramon Diaz 9-11 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
Last 16
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 10-11 Joshua Filler 🇩🇪
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 3-11 Alexander Kazakis 🇬🇷
🇪🇪 Denis Grabe 11-9 Alex Pagulayan 🇨🇦
🇹🇷 Mustafa Alnar 6-11 Szymon Kural 🇵🇱
🇵🇱 Daniel Maciol 9-11 Bader Al-Awadhi 🇰🇼
🇳🇱 Marc Bijsterbosch 4-11 Ko Ping-Chung 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Israel Rota 3-11 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 11-5 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
Quarter-Finals
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 11-7 Alexander Kazakis 🇬🇷
🇪🇪 Denis Grabe 10-11 Szymon Kural 🇵🇱
🇰🇼 Bader Al-Awadhi 1-11 Ko Ping-Chung 🇹🇼
🇨🇦 John Morra 11-5 Carlo Biado 🇵🇭
Semi-Finals
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 11-4 Szymon Kural 🇵🇱
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 11-7 John Morra 🇨🇦
Final
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 13-9 Ko Ping-Chung 🇹🇼
Prize Fund
Champion – $50,000
Runner-up – $25,000
Semi-finalists – $12,500
Quarter-finalists – $8,000
Last 16 – $5,000
Last 32 – $3,000
Last 64 – $1,500
Last 96 – $1,000
Total – $300,000
