The 2025 World 8-Ball Championship takes place from October 9-13 as Bali, Indonesia hosts the tournament for the first time.
Joshua Filler will be defending his title, having beaten Hsu Jui-An in last year’s final in New Zealand, and he joins Shane van Boening and Ralf Souquet as the only three returning winners for this year’s event.
Other notable players involved include two-time world 10-ball champion Eklent Kaci, WPA number one Alex Kazakis, Albin Ouschan, Denis Grabe and Kledio Kaci, as well as 2024 semi-finalists Wu Kun-Lin and Marco Teutscher.
Poland will be strongly represented as usual by the likes of Wojciech Szewczyk, Daniel Maciol, Mieszko Fortunski and Konrad Juszczyszyn, while Indonesian youngster Derin Asaku Sitorus leads the host nation’s hopes.
Iraqi talent Ameer Ali will make his debut in a major international tournament outside of the Middle East, having been unable to attain a visa for last month’s World 10-Ball Championship in Vietnam.
Despite a strong field having assembled in Bali, numerous players have instead travelled to Vietnam for the World Nineball Tour’s Hanoi Open Championship, including Fedor Gorst, Carlo Biado and Aloysius Yapp.
The tournament will feature 96 players in the double elimination phase which will be race-to-eight, with 32 players qualifying for the single elimination phase as the format increases to race-to-ten racks.
Free coverage of two tables will be broadcast throughout the duration of the tournament via via the Billiard TV website, Pro Billiard TV on YouTube and Box Billiards Vietnam on YouTube.
WORLD 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2025
Draw Bracket
Click here for the full draw bracket via the Pro Billiard Series website
Last 32
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 6-10 Petri Makkonen 🇫🇮
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 10-5 Hamzaa Ali 🇪🇷
🇰🇼 Bader Alawadhi 10-9 Hsieh Chia-Chen 🇹🇼
🇵🇱 Radoslaw Babica 10-2 Konrad Juszczyszyn 🇵🇱
🇺🇸 Shane van Boening 10-3 Jefrey Mantra 🇮🇩
🇯🇵 Hayato Hijikata 10-7 Luca Menn 🇩🇪
🇵🇱 Mieszko Fortunski 10-8 Felix Vogel 🇩🇪
🇵🇱 Daniel Maciol 10-5 Roman Hybler 🇨🇿
🇪🇪 Denis Grabe 10-8 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 10-7 Alex Pagulayan 🇨🇦
🇮🇶 Ameer Ali 7-10 Hsu Jui-An 🇹🇼
🇰🇼 Abdullah Alenzi 9-10 Bryant Saguiped 🇵🇭
🇦🇹 Mario He 10-6 Sean Malayan 🇵🇭
🇦🇱 Kledio Kaci 10-6 Szymon Kural 🇵🇱
🇨🇭 Julian Serradilla 7-10 Genesis Oauno 🇵🇭
🇬🇷 Alex Kazakis 10-4 Oliver Villafuerte 🇵🇭
Last 16
🇫🇮 Petri Makkonen 3-10 Albin Ouschan 🇦🇹
🇰🇼 Bader Alawadhi 10-6 Radoslaw Babica 🇵🇱
🇺🇸 Shane van Boening 6-10 Hayato Hijikata 🇯🇵
🇵🇱 Mieszko Fortunski 4-10 Daniel Maciol 🇵🇱
🇪🇪 Denis Grabe 9-10 Eklent Kaci 🇦🇱
🇹🇼 Hsu Jui-An 7-10 Bryant Saguiped 🇵🇭
🇦🇹 Mario He 4-10 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇬🇷 Alex Kazakis 10-5 Genesis Oauno 🇵🇭
Quarter-Finals
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 10-0 Bader Alawadhi 🇰🇼
🇯🇵 Hayato Hijikata 10-5 Daniel Maciol 🇵🇱
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 7-10 Bryant Saguiped 🇵🇭
🇦🇱 Kledio Kaci 3-10 Alex Kazakis 🇬🇷
Semi-Finals
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 10-9 Hayato Hijikata 🇯🇵
🇬🇷 Alex Kazakis 10-8 Bryant Saguiped 🇵🇭
Final
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 10-5 Alex Kazakis 🇬🇷
Prize Fund
Champion – $70,000
Runner-up – $40,000
Semi-finalists – $17,500
Quarter-finalists – $8,750
Last 16 – $4,375
Last 32 – $2,188
Total – $250,000
