The World Pool Championship returns to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from July 21-26 as 128 players compete for the lucrative $1million prize purse in the richest tournament on the World Nineball Tour roster.
World number one Fedor Gorst will return to Jeddah’s Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City to defend his crown, having defeated Eklent Kaci in one of the greatest ever finals last year to scoop the historic $250,000 champion’s cheque.
The top 100 on the world nineball rankings all received invitations to the iconic event, and they will be joined by 16 WPA wildcards, the Saudi Arabian federation representatives and international qualifiers.
Gorst will headline the 128-player field and is amongst eleven former champions heading to the Middle East, accompanying Francisco Sanchez Ruiz, Shane van Boening, Albin Ouschan, Joshua Filler, Carlo Biado, Ko Pin-Yi, Niels Feijen, Thorsten Hohmann, Ralf Souquet and Alex Pagulayan.
World number two and UK Open champion Aloysius Yapp and Hanoi Open winner Johann Chua are amongst those bidding to become first-time world champions, alongside the likes of Kaci, Jayson Shaw, Ko Ping-Chung, Mickey Krause and David Alcaide.
Wojciech Szewczyk, a semi-finalist last time around, is also amongst the notable entries, as are Pijus Labutis, Premier League champion Moritz Neuhausen, Jonas Souto Comino, Wiktor Zielinski, Japan’s Naoyuki Oi and Vietnam’s Duong Quoc Hoang.
Poland’s Szymon Kural, European champion Casper Matikainen and Iraq’s Ameer Ali are amongst the WPA wildcards, while Saudi youngster Khalid Al-Ghamdi leads the host nation representatives and South Korea’s Seo Seoa is the sole female player involved.
Players will need to win two matches to come through the double elimination phase, which is race-to-nine racks, before the single elimination phase involves 64 players and is race-to-11 racks until Saturday evening’s race-to-15 final.
Coverage will be broadcast live on Sky Sports throughout the six days, beginning from 7pm local time on Monday, while FanDuel (USA, Canada), Vietnam Billiards Promotion (Vietnam) and One Sports (Philippines) will also be screening the action amongst others. A full list of broadcasters can be found here.
WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP 2025
Draw Bracket
Double Elimination
Click here for the full draw bracket via the WNT Live Scores website
Single Elimination
Last 64
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 11-9 Jonas Souto Comino 🇪🇸
🇦🇹 Max Lechner 11-8 Joshua Filler 🇩🇪
🇵🇭 Roland Garcia 8-11 Oliver Szolnoki 🇭🇺
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 8-11 Mario He 🇦🇹
🇵🇭 Marvin Asis 11-10 Bui Truong An 🇻🇳
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 11-6 Daniel Maciol 🇵🇱
🇵🇭 Jefrey Roda 11-4 Fu Che-Wei 🇹🇼
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 11-9 Denis Grabe 🇪🇪
🇵🇭 Johann Chua 11-9 Max Eberle 🇺🇸
🇵🇭 Anton Raga 11-3 Fahad Aldhayan 🇸🇦
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 8-11 Ameer Ali 🇮🇶
🇻🇳 Luong Duc Thien 11-9 Hsu Jui-An 🇹🇼
🇻🇳 Nguyen Anh Tuan 3-11 Konrad Juszczyszyn 🇵🇱
🇵🇱 Wojciech Szewcyzk 5-11 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇧🇦 Sanjin Pehlivanovic 8-11 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇫🇮 Jani Uski 10-11 Michael Feliciano 🇵🇭
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 11-7 Tyler Styer 🇺🇸
🇳🇱 Marc Bijsterbosch 5-11 Marco Teutscher 🇳🇱
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 10-11 Shane van Boening 🇺🇸
🇫🇮 Casper Matikainen 11-8 Thorsten Hohmann 🇩🇪
🇵🇭 Bernie Regalario 11-7 Dimitris Loukatos 🇬🇷
🇭🇰 Lo Ho-Sum 11-6 Mauricio Garcia 🇵🇪
🇩🇪 Tobias Bongers 6-11 Patric Gonzales 🇵🇭
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 11-8 Joao Grilo 🇵🇹
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 11-3 Mohammad Soufi 🇸🇾
🇹🇼 Wu Kun-Lin 11-8 Aleksa Pecelj 🇷🇸
🇵🇭 James Aranas 11-4 David Alcaide 🇪🇸
🇩🇰 Mickey Krause 11-7 Francesco Candela 🇮🇹
Wiktor Zielinski 11-4 Seo Seoa 🇰🇷
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 11-9 Chris Melling 🇬🇧
🇵🇭 Jeffrey Ignacio 11-10 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇵🇭 AJ Manas 10-11 Mieszko Fortunski 🇵🇱
Last 32
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 11-4 Max Lechner 🇦🇹
🇭🇺 Oliver Szolnoki 10-11 Mario He 🇦🇹
🇵🇭 Marvin Asis 6-11 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇵🇭 Jefrey Roda 11-9 Jayson Shaw 🇬🇧
🇵🇭 Johann Chua 6-11 Anton Raga 🇵🇭
🇮🇶 Ameer Ali 11-4 Luong Duc Thien 🇻🇳
🇵🇱 Konrad Juszczyzyn 11-7 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇦🇱 Kledio Kaci 11-7 Michael Feliciano 🇵🇭
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 11-6 Marco Teutscher 🇳🇱
🇺🇸 Shane van Boening 9-11 Casper Matikainen 🇫🇮
🇵🇭 Bernie Regalario 11-9 Lo Ho-Sum 🇭🇰
🇵🇭 Patric Gonzales 11-6 Eklent Kaci 🇦🇱
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 11-9 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 James Aranas 11-4 Mickey Krause 🇩🇰
Wiktor Zielinski 8-11 Carlo Biado 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Jeffrey Ignacio 11-7 Mieszko Fortunski 🇵🇱
Last 16
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 11-5 Mario He 🇦🇹
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 10-11 Jefrey Roda 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Anton Raga 6-11 Ameer Ali 🇮🇶
🇵🇱 Konrad Juszczyszyn 8-11 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 11-8 Casper Matikainen 🇫🇮
🇵🇭 Bernie Regalario 11-9 Patric Gonzales 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 11-7 James Aranas 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 11-9 Jeffrey Ignacio 🇵🇭
Quarter-Finals
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 11-4 Jefrey Roda 🇵🇭
🇮🇶 Ameer Ali 9-11 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 4-11 Bernie Regalario 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Ko Ping-Chung 7-11 Carlo Biado 🇵🇭
Semi-Finals
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 11-7 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇵🇭 Bernie Regalario 3-11 Carlo Biado 🇵🇭
Final
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 13-15 Carlo Biado 🇵🇭
Prize Fund
Champion – $250,000
Runner-up – $100,000
Semi-finalists – $50,000
Quarter-finalists – $25,000
Last 16 – $15,000
Last 32 – $7,000
Last 64 – $3,500
Losers Qualification – $2,000
98-128th – $1,000
Highest break and run bonus – $10,000
Total – $1,000,000
